2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, M, L 4 '* 4A " arun 16. Diplomats a The Washington Post SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - As tourists with snorkel tubes patrolled the underwater reefs nearby, foreign dignitaries began converging on this thriving Red Sea resort yesterday for a somber show of inter- national unity in the face of terrorist threats to Middle East peace. But already the so-called peacemakers' summit has been partially overshadowed by differences among U.S., Israeli and Arab participants over the goals and emphasis of today's meeting, which is expected to draw representatives of25 countries, including Euro- pean and Arab heads of state and foreign ministers. After a series of attacks by Palestinian suicide bomb- ers that have killed many in Israel in recent weeks, casting a pall over the Middle East peace process, the United States and Israel are eager to find ways of curbing extiremist violence while providing a badly needed po- litical boost to Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres NATION/WORLD rve in Egypt for summ before he faces reelection in May. Arab countries want to prevent the conference from becoming a U.S.-Israeli forum for pressing Palestin- ian leader Yasser Arafat to take tougher measures against Pales-, tinian militants operating from ti t areas underthe Palestinians'lim- ited self-rule in Gaza and the ' West Bank. Instead, they hopetoair broader 1 concerns about the Middle East peaceprocess,eincluding what they see as Israel's reluctance to honor the terms of the 1993 Oslo accord between Israel and the Palestine Arfat Liberation Organization. Arab raf leaders also are concerned that if the conference places too much emphasis on curbing terrorism, they will be discredited if further attacks take place, according to diplomatic sources. "Our priority is the peace issue because if it were only terrorism, then the summit would be somewhere else," Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told reporters here yesterday afternoon. "We have to look into the reason" for the bombings, he added. "We have to work toward pushing the peace process forward." Notwithstanding the absence of Syria, one of the most important Arab actors in the peace process, Western diplomats were generally upbeat about prospects for a gathering of Arabs and Israelis whose presence in the same room wouldhavebeen unthinkablejust a few years ago. Besides Egypt, Arab countries slated to attend the one-day conference include Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emir- ates, Qatar and Oman. Syrian state radio yesterday described the summit as "an international propaganda rally" intended to "rescue" Israel, Reuter reported. lo TIOA REPORT Federal judge places Watt on probation WASHINGTON - A federal judge gave what he called "a break" to James Watt yesterday by placing the former interior secretary on probation for five years for attempting to mislead a grand-jury investigation of influence-peddling in the Reagan administration's Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth also ordered Watt, who is from Jackson Hole, Wyo., to pay a $5,000 fine and do 500 hours of community service. But William Reynolds, one of Watt's attorneys, said Watt was disappoiil with the sentence, particularly the length of the probation and the "inconvenience" of its fairly strict reporting requirements. Watt said the investigation cost him more than money. "I would not wish this experience on my worst enemy," he said. "It's an ordeal no one should have to go through." Lamberth said he struggled with the sentence because Watt had "trifled" with the grand-jury process by sending a letter in June 1990 that deliberately diverted attention of investigators away from him. Francis Carter, another Watt attorney, told Lamberth that a strong message was still being sent by having Watt, a proud and some would say arrogant man, find himself in a courtroom to answer for his actions. U.S. officer CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - China's complex military maneuvers are essentially a dry run for an opera- tion to gain control of the air and seas around Taiwan, the top U.S. military officer said yesterday. Gen. John Shalikashvili also said a possibility exists that miscalculation by either side could lead to actual con- flict. -But Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told The Associ- ated Press the Chinese operation, Ahich began last week with missile test-firings, was "most probably de- signed to be just an exercise." : Chinese war games Hours later, a U.S. guided missile additional missiles during the course of cruiser, the USS Bunker Hill, steaming the exercise. south of Taiwan, monitored another "We expect them to continue through Chinese missile test into a landing zone the Taiwanese elections on March 23," southwest of Taiwan. The firing of the Fettig said. He said President Clinton unarmed M-9 medium-range missile had been informed of the new test while broke a four-day hiatus of missile aboard Air Force One en route to the launchings. Last Friday, the Chinese Middle East for a summit meeting on military launched three M-9s in test terrorism. firings. Those missiles also carried no Dressed in camouflagebattlefatigues, warheads. Shalikashvili reviewed military exer- At the White House, spokesperson cises by Marines at Camp Lejeune yes- James Fettig called the latest missile terday as China'smilitary launched war test "reckless" and "provocative." He games off Taiwan's coast, and the said China's government has told the island's government threatened to de- United States it intends to fire several stroy any attackers. a dryrun Shalikashvili said the Chinese are demonstrating the versatility of their military by combining air, sea and am- phibious movements. "It's as complex or more complex than any they had done before," he said. He said they were demonstrating how they would "go through the stages of gaining air superiority and control of the seas." As the Chinese exercises pick up steam, the Pentagon is mounting an unmistakable show of force by adding a second aircraft carrier battle group to one already deployed off the coast of Taiwan. Clinton announces radical aid changes WASHINGTON - The Clinton ad- ministration announced a radical trans- formation yesterday in the way the United Statesswill use its dwindling funds to help impoverished and devel- oping countries overseas. Assailed by Congress for spending too much and by industrial allies for spending too little, the administration promised to cut its foreign aid missions abroad, concentrate on helping fewer countries and work more closely with private organizations engaged in the business of economic development. On top of this, the administration promised to help countries free them- selves of foreign aid and generate wealth by participating in world markets. Under the revamped program, ad- ministration officials, facing the reality of a hostile Congress, would make clear that the United States no longer regards itself as a major donor of funds but instead as a vital source of know-how and a force for development. In the view of some private Ameri- cans involved in development, .how- ever, no amount of transformation could make up for the budget reductions "These cuts mean that more families will suffer the effects of poverty and more children will die," said Kay Bunting, a Washington official of CARE, one of America's best known private humanitarian organizations. Senate restores $2.'~ in domestic spendig WASHINGTON-Senate Republi- cans, nervous about their election year prospects, joined with Democrats yes- terday to restore $2.7 billion of Presi- dent Clinton's domestic spending pri- orities, halting the budget brinkmanship that threatened a third partial govern-etsuton ment shutdown. By a vote of 84 to 16, the Ser added back funds Republicans had t this year from education, job training and Head Start as part of a comprehen- sive spending bill to keep the govern- ment fully operating through Sept. 30, the remainder of the fiscal year. The measure funds the nine Cabipet departments and dozens ofother agencies that have been operating without perma- nent spending authority since last Oct. 1. a MED SCHOOL Continued from Page 1 subcommittee, saidthe Medical School went outside the University to get the report done because it wanted to ensure fairness and accuracy. "A lot of these topics are very sensi- tive," said Gordon, assistant dean for faculty affairs. "If we went internal, we wouldn't get as open a response." Dr. Lorris Betz, a member of the faculty steering subcommittee, said the realization of a previous alarming trend noticed in the Medical School helped spur the investigation. Betz said that in 1994 minority representation of faculty was below the national average while it was above the national average for stu- dents. "In 1994, 17.2 percent of the student group were minorities, while the na- tional average was 11.4 percent," Betz said. "2.6 percent of the faculty were minorities while the national average was 5.3 percent." Betz also said the consultants praised the courage of the Medical School to undergo the scrutiny of such a study, but cautioned that the school "can't sit back." "This is the first step in raising the visibility of the issue," he said. The next step is to distribute the re- port to the general Medical School com- munity and invite feedback, Betz said. SPEAKER Continued from Page 1 human rights and trade with China. "We have all kinds of problems with all kinds of countries all the time, but you don't see them on the front page of The New York Times." Some students said Lieberthal's talk gave them more information about the situation. "It's good for someone who's stud- ied for a very long time to give differ- ent ideas (than) newspaper and TV reports," said Martha Kirpes, an SNRE doctoral candidate. LSA first-year student Matt Harris said he had not realized how serious the situation is. "I knew things were going on in Taiwan," Harris said. "I don't think that the United States should commit to helping with Taiwan. We shouldn't get involved right away." at peace tall IRA a epsuntil there is responsibility for The Corn Command, a London bomb estant guerri LONDON - The Catholic Irish Re- Belfast yest publican Army acknowledged respon- had enough sibility for a bomb yesterday, and Prot- Viage estant loyalists threatened retaliation for any new attacks, sending Northern belchir Ireland sliding further away from rec- onciliation. SANTIA The IRA called a radio station in Mexico - R Belfast to confirm that it planted the the slope oft trash can bomb that exploded without volcano trud injury in London early Saturday. terday, carry The statement came as Gerry Adams, spicy mole s head of the IRA political wing, Sinn Placingth Fein, flew to the United States yester- chili sauce in day for St. Patrick's Day celebrations to the mou with a promise of continuing efforts to Gregorio Chi rescue the peace process. man Catholi A widely applauded 17-month IRA The volca cease-fire ended Feb. 9 with the explo- Mexico City sion of a bomb in London that killed Monday aft( two people and injured dozens. Since that ended se then, there have been three more bomb Expertssay incidents in the British capital and no but 28 emerg hint of a new cease-fire. Britain and pared in near Ireland say Sinn Fein cannot participate - ks scheduled for June 10 one. nbined Loyalist Military an umbrella group for Prot- llas, issued a statement in erday warning that it had of IRA attacks. rs climb ash-0 ig volcano GO XALITZINTLA, Residents of this village on the smoking Popocatepetl ged up its barren sides yes- ying offerings of fruit-and sauce. e fruit and chocolate-b n caves, they paid homre ntain's patron saint, San hino, in a rite blending Ro- c and Indian traditions. ano, 55 miles southeast;o y, belched steam and ash er a week of lesser activity everal months of calm. ythere isno immediate threat, ency shelters have been pre- xby towns and cities. From Daily wire sere ; now... '---U, I e I t lU- :11h] qira I| U 1111 and save' Get a head start on the MCAT with The Nation's Leader in Test Prep! " Great teachers * Great strategies " Great materials Im800mKAP=TEST get ah eherscore KAANLA e A IN.MANY COMPANIES IT TAKES YEARS. 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