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Show NATION IJl~ THE - - --- - THE UNIVERS1T¥ JOURNAL • SOU'FHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY• FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1998 Talks avert Microsoft showdown One source familiar w ith the negotiations said WASHINGTON (AP) - Down-to-the-wire Microsoft made "significant offers" to respond negotiations between government lawyers and to government antitrust concerns, including Microsoft Corp. averted a sweeping antitrust case yesterday against the world's most pow erful modifying the company's agreements with Internet companies and computer makers. A software company - at least for the moment. source with one of the state attorneys general The Justice Department and at least 20 states spoke of "major concessions." agreed not to file lawsuits as P,lanned, and Critics were skeptical, citing Microsoft's 1994 Microsoft agreed to delay shipping the latest agreement with the Justice D epartment that upgrade of its popular Windows software to _ ended an earlier computer makers round of government until M onday. antitrust concerns. Both sides said "Justice now discussio ns will understands they cont inue over the we re taken for fools nex t several days, in 1994," said Ken though there w ere no Wasch, pres ident of indications t hat a ~ the Software ·resolution was 2.: Publishers imminent. ~ Association, one of Government ~ Micorsoft's toughest lawyers contend that 8 critics. " T hey' re n ot Microsoft, whose ~ about to let tha t Windows software is ~ happen again . Justice used on virtually L-_........J 1- clearly isn't going to every desktop settle cheaply." computer, has used its Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, is shown here in tllis file photo. Microsoft agreed yesterday to delay The investigation m arket domination co shipping the upgrade to Microsoft's Windows is one of the biggest illegally monopolize software to computer makers until Monday. ant itrust efforts the industry a nd since the 1984 crim p competition in break up of AT&T. Microsoft characterized the booming high technology markets. negot iations as starting as early as May 6, the Government officials want Microsoft to relax day after company chairman Bill Gates met man y of ~ts sales agreements with computer quietly in Washington wit h top Justice lawyers. makers, giving them more freedom to install However, a deparnnenr official said yesterday competitors' products over Microsoft's if they choose co do so, and co customize the versions of that serious talks began only in "the last day or two." Windows they seU. , -· - U.S. DIGEST .REMAINS OF UNKNOWN VIETNAM VETERAN EXHUMED: After 14 years sealed under granite s labs in a monument to the nation's war dead, the remains of an unknown Vietnam veteran we re exhumedyesterday before dawn for possible identification. " We disturb this ·hallowed gro1,1nd with profound reluctance," Defense Secretary William Cohen said at a brief midmorning ceremony that was attended by 18 members of five families whose loved one's remains may be those that have long rested in the Tomb of the Unknowns. The remains will undergo DNA t esting over the next 12 to 24 weeks to see if they can be identified. NETANYAHU STRESSES SECURITY IN TALKS WITH ALBRIGHT: Lobbying Co ngress and the American public, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin N etanyahu p ledged .;,,:, -.... yesterday to reject any U.S. proposals for peace with the Palestinfans that might erode a "territorial buffer'' against terrorism . Heading inco a second day of talks with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the fate of the Ben;amin Clinton administration's. m~diation efforts in Netanyahu the balance, Netanyahu 111s1sted peace without security would not hold up. They met for a little m ore than an hour and there was no word on the results. GEORGE MICHAEL PLEADS NO CONTEST TO LEWD ACT: British pop singer George Michael pleaded no contest yesterday to committing a lewd act a lone in a Los Angeles park rest room. M ichael, who did not attend the hearing, had his plea entered for him by his la·wyer and was fined $810, banned from the park and ordered tO undergo psychological counseling. Exactly what Michael did was never discussed at the hearing and has not been made public. Michael has said he was embarrassed by the arrest, but rol<l CNN, "I won't even say it's the first time it's happened." ~ THE WORLD Riots continue in Indonesian capital JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rioters tore through the smoke filled Indonesian capi tal yesterday, burning and looting in the worst violence in decades a nd the biggest cha llenge yet to President Suharto's rule. With 20 reported killed, the military o rdered its troops t o take over t he streets. Tanks ro lled through the streets in a show of force during a th ird s traight day of arson, looting andgunfue. .--~~~~~~~~~.............-~~-=rr.,n--,i:mr, Plumes of thick sm oke billowed across the sk yline of Jakarta. Mobs set afire cars, ti res, shops and houses. Rock-th rowing teens and children smashed hundreds of window s in a frenzy of destruction that sent forcigners fleeing. "Jakarta is on fire. We'll go anywhere," said Siaumei Wen, a 27-year-old Chinese woman trying to buy plane tickets out of nation . lndonesia fo r her Syamsudin's crackdown orders came as family. Suharto, Asia's longest ruling leader, cut short a The violence erupted when police shot to visit to Egypt. H e headed home to save an death six student marchers Tuesday, after authoritarian regime more dependent than ever tolerating three months of intensifying protests on the military's support during the country's over an economic crisis that has sent prices and worst economic turmoil in three decades. unemployment soaring. Newspapers carried reports quoting Suharto as Unconfirmed reports said as many as 20 saying he was willing step down if people no people were dead or missing and feared dead longer trusted h'im. Lawmakers said they would yesterday. The military said four soldiers were discuss the issue next week. also killed. WORLD DIGEST PAKISTAN SAYS INDIAN TESTS LIKE DECLARATION OF WAR: Scoffing at the international sanctions imposed on lndia for setting off five underground n uclear blasts, Pakistani officials said yesterday that their neighbor had left them little choice but to go ahead with theu own nuclear test. "What India has done is short of a declaratio n of war - the provocation has been that extreme," Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub said. American officials rushed to Islamabad, hoping that even belated diplomacy could contain a n uclear arn1s race that could sweep up India, Pakistan and possibly China. CLINTON COMMEMORATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BERLIN AffiLIFT: From the tannac t hat SO years ago was a lifeline for besieged West Berliners, President Clinton yesterday saluted U.S. and Allied pilots who delivered food and supplies in the Cold War's first nervy showdown. He urged American companies to be those pilots' •BLil_l _C_b-.n==t:...on...- modern-day counterparts. Clinton underscored - - - - - the importance of U.S. investment in Germany. However, Clinton reportedly left early due to severe back pain. Upon his arrival in Birmingham, England to attend a summit meeting, Clinton said his back felt "good." ESTRADA LEADS PHILIPPINE VOTE AS CONCERNS ESCALATE OVER SLOW PACE: Vice President Joseph Estrada, the main opposition candidate, retained a strong lead yesterday in the Philippine presidential count despite escalating criticism over the slow pace of votetallying. Counting of senarorial races, due to stan yesterday, w as delayed for at least a day after no provincial tally sheets arrived. Estrada's party claims that government officials have been pressuring their local counterparts to s low the count from Monday's election to enable cheating by the ruling party. I |