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Cohen tries to forge closer US hina ties The! US defense secreta'ry says his mission is toepromote trust and to argue for openness i 1 BY ROBERT BURNS 1 The Associated Press 3 iIIING Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived in Chp la yesterday to try to smooth the way for closer relations with a rising military power that harbor deep suspicions about Amefican motives in Asia and the Pacific Cohen is the first US defense chief to visit China since William Perry arrived in October 1994' He told reporters flying wittl'him from Thailand yesterdaythat his mission is to promote trust and argue for openness He said he will raise a number of sensitiVe subjects including Chinese arms sales to Iran but will also try to convince Chinese leaders that the United States is not aiming to stifle their nation's military and economic development "We're not engaged in trying to contain them" in the way US polity during the Cold War was designed to contain the former The Associated Press J41 ARTA Indonesia Police patrolled a town in eastern Java yesterday two days after rioters stormed through the streets to protest increased food prices brought on by the Asian economic crisis Residents said the main street in Jember about 500'ini1es east of Jakarta was blocked off not far from 'a shopping mall that was torched during the unrest Pozens rioted and broke into stores Thursday accusing owners of selling staples such as rice at inflated prices Many stores closed Friday but were open 'again yesterday BE BOLD WITH YOUR MONEY IN A CONSERVATIVE RESPONSIBLE KIND OF WAY Okay so you want a good return on your investment But you don't want to take a risk No problem Just open a Bank One Market Index and your rates will be higher than bank money market account rates Because we set our rates according to the average of over 800 money market mutual funds while other banks set rates arbitrarily Of course you'll also have full FDIC protection And the ability to access your money any time without penalty So be sure to talk to us soon While your bold meter is still running The Associated Press US Secretary of Defense William Cohen left is welcomed at Beijing International Airport yesterday by Xiong Guangkai deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army Soviet Union and the spread of communism Cohen said "But we are determined to remain a Pacific power" During his three days in China Cohen is scheduled to meet with government officials including President Jiang Zemin sign a naval agreement designed to avoid confrontations at sea address Chinese military academy students and get an apparently unprecedented look inside an air defense command headquarters "It's part of an effort on my part to continue building those military-to-military relationships and contacts" Cohen said Last week Cohen traveled to four Southeast Asian nations to spread the word that although the Cold War is over the United States will keep about 100000 troops in Asia and the Pacific That is equivalent to the US troop presence in Europe In a speech in Singapore on Thursday Cohen said the emergence of China as an economic and military power is "the most anticipated change in Asia In many respects China has already emerged Today China is an Asian power and rightfully so" Washington's relations with Beijing are marred by several sensitive issues including human rights and US accusations that China helped Pakistan and other countries develop a nuclear weapons program In 1996 US-China relations were rocked by disagreements over Taiwan "Shops and traditional markets are back to normal" said Sritadi a resident who like many Indonesians uses only a single name "They are open and selling things with normal prices But I saw some police deployed around the central town's market" Prices have shot up in the past few months in the wake of a 70 percent drop in the Indonesian currency against the US dollar On Monday protesters attacked shops in the east Java town of Banyuwangi Similar unrest erupted in neighboring Bondowoso and Jember from Tuesday through Thursday The Associated Press SAN PEDRO JOCOPILAS Guatemala In an elaborate ceremony mixing tears and laughter Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu Turn was married and buried her baby yesterday Menchu who won the Peace Prize in 1992 for her activism against the slaughter of Guatemala's Indian majority during a 36-year civil war returned from Mexico City for the religious ceremony Three years ago Menchu married Angel Canil in a Mayan ceremony in the Kaminal Juyu ruins on the outskirts of the capital Yesterday's wedding to Canil was conducted in a Roman Catholic church in his village of San Pedro Jocopilas a highlands town whose short cobblestone streets end in dirt roads Sunday January 18 1998 Star-Telegram Section A Page 17 leading to the adobe houses and cornfields of surrounding communities The wedding was followed by the burial of the cremated remains of the couple's baby Tz'unun which means hummingbird in Menchu's Quiche Maya language The boy was born prematurely Dec 4 and died two days later "Many outsiders don't understand that for Quiches it's common to mix sadness and happiness in a single ceremony" said the Rev Clemente Penelieu the Quiche village priest who performed the ceremony "It's part of their culture" Menchu 38 wore a traditional white smock and a dark Indian skirt Canil 28 wore a dark suit with lapels embroidered in traditional Maya style SALE PRICES ingle-sided 812" 11" autofed copies onto white 20 bond paper I speCial color copier features such as enlargements ts do not apply to sale items during the time petiod of dm sale Black White Copies Other oilers toilets do not apply to sale items during the time period of die sale Me kinko's Inc All nghts reserved khlko's Tho woe to office are registered trademarks of Onito's Ventunes Inc and 4et used by pennhsion kinko's requires written permission from the copyright holder in order to reproduce arry otcynghted materials 69 Color Copies 'OPEN 24 HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK 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