2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 25, 1996 NATION/WORLD I Clinton, Kim appear to settle d s. ::. ,:. ,. .~ )>,.~ .~ ~ _ v 1 } k ^'' v .... a.:2 .'. t:.i O Presidents fail to agree on stalled peace initiatives for Korean peninsula MANILA, Philippines -- President Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young Sam appeared yesterday to patch up a dispute that had strained ties between the United States and one of its foremost Pacific allies, but they failed to agree on ways to restart stalled initiatives aimed at bringing peace to the Korean peninsula. A joint statement issued by the two leaders after the meeting papered over differences on how to revive a proposal for Korean peninsula peace talks and a com- plex agreement to halt North Korean efforts to devel- op nuclear weapons. "There's divergence," summed up a senior adminis- tration official. "It's still very difficult." Before resuming either effort, Seoul is demanding an apology from Communist North Korea for the incursion of a spy submarine that ran aground on the South Korean coast in September, setting off a bloody manhunt that left more than two dozen soldiers and civilians from both sides dead. The United States also has called for an apology. But it wants to revive the nuclear agreement, which promises North Korea two nuclear power stations and oil supplies in exchange for ending its nuclear weapons program. Washington also wants to revive a proposal for talks between the United States, China and the two Koreas to bring a formal end to the Korean War. Clinton's strong, personal con- demnation of the North's actions, :: >;; however, did manage to smooth over the rift in U.S. relations with Seoul stemming from the subma- rine incident, according to aides. Initial American calls for the' North and South to use "mutual restraint" in the wake of that inci- dent stunned South Koreans, who felt that their biggest ally Clinton was suddenly equating them with their enemy. "The point is that this meeting did underline the solidarity of the alliance," Winston Lord, the assis- tant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, told reporters. The Kim meeting was one of four one-to-one ses- sions Clinton had with Asian presidents in a hectic day of personal diplomac. that ha become a major part of the annual summit off the A Pai Lonomic Cooperation forum, known as APLC. ithe forum brings together leaders of 1v8 maor Pacific rim gov- ernments, giving them the opportuniv to meet indi- vidually and as a group. Earlier yesterday, Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin announced n esihange of Sino4LS. summits that will t ake place during the next two years. Clinton also paid a brief courtesy al on Philippine President Fidel Ramos nd tal ked with Japinec Prime Minister Ryutaro Hlashimoto about trade issues and reducing the visibility onf America' military pres- ence on Okinawa. the sout hern isand that is home to most of the U.S. troops in Jpan.t Today, Clinton and the other APEC leaders will fly by helicopter to nearby Subic Ba\.,a one-time U.S. military facility, for a daylong retreat of infor- mal contacts and t alks on economic and trade issues that will produce a final communique later in the day. During the talks with Clinton yesterday South Korea's Kim "repeatedly underscored the need for a North Korean apology (for the submarine incident) as well as assurances that such an act will not be repeat- ed," a South Korean official traveling with Kin said. I Chinese president delivers video of WWII crash site Boorda's suicide note made public WASHINGTON - Dreading a new Navy scandal, Adm. Jeremy Boorda, in a note addressed "to my sailors," wrote that he was about to kill himself because "I couldn't bear to bring dishonor toyou." Boorda's suicide note is made public in a 20,000-word story in the December issue of Washingtonian magazine that also provides new details on the chief of naval operations' death - an event that stunned Washington. Freelance writer Nick Kotz reports that Boorda had confided to his son, Edward that he planned to resign two years early as the Navy's top officer. He mentioned the enormous demands of the job and the stress on his wife, Bettie. Then Boorda shot himself in the chest last May, just hours before he was about to be questioned by reporters about two Vietnam combat decorations he wore but may not have been qualified to display. The magazine says the decorations affair was only one factor. Another, Kotz writes, was a drumbeat of hostility from the Navy's old guard, which considered Boorda a "political admiral" who had appeased politicians in his handling of the Navy's Tailhook scandal. In the suicide note, whose contents the Navy has never disclosed, Boorda me tioned the decorations but also talked of "those who want to tear our Navy down.' Simpson testifies for - and discomfort for Simpson. 2nd day in trial First on the agenda was domestic vio- lence, Simpson's Achilles' heel, a dark SANTA MONICA, Calif.-- Day two side of his marriage which he admitted of O.J. Simpson's testimony today he has sought to minimize because it cast promises slightly less drama but perhaps a shadow over his sunny public image. more substance than Friday's dramatic session when he stepped up at last to 1st Latino Dem. on deny he killed his ex-wife and her friend. Blood and cuts, shoes and gloves, a W ays and M eans suicide note and a wild Bronco chase are some of the subjects that Simpson WASHINGTON - Three years still faces under a lawyer's relentless after brazenly clashing with House interrogation. Ways and Means Committee Chair His testimony Friday was a mantra of Dan Rostenkowski, first-term repre- denial. "That is absolutely untrue,' he sentative Xavier Becerra (D-Los intoned repeatedly. Angeles) was elected Thursday to that, "This was a big moment not only in same committee. O.J.'s life but for everyone who attend- Becerra becomes the first Lati* ed his testimony," said Loyola Democratic member to serve on the University Law School Dean Laurie powerful tax-writing Ways and Means, Levenson, who was in the courtroom. Committee, which oversees the United- "You felt like you were in a sea of bod- States' massive social programs, such as ies all directed at one image, and that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. was O.J. on the witness stand." Because Ways and Means is consid- Daniel Petrocelli, the lawyer on a ered an "exclusive" House committee, mission to prove Simpson a killer, was Becerra will have to give up his other following a script carefully crafted to two committee assignments, most maximize dramatic impact for the jury notably the Judiciary Committee. SAVE on Travel Amtrak a Save 15% Los Angeles Times MANILA, Philippines - When Chinese President Jiang Zemin met President Clinton yesterday, he carried with him a small gift - a photo album and a videocassette documenting the recently discovered crash site in south- Christopher's staff when he was in Beijing last week. 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After learning of the discovery of the wreckage in Guangxi province, Chinese authorities notified members of Secretary of State Warren rants of a d there -Winston Lord Cretary of state the slightest idea. "They said, 'We've just got- ten this, please keep it confiden- tial and w'll try to get more information by the time of the presidents' meet- ing," Lord added. "At the :{K { I;; presidents' meet- ing, they handed (Clinton) an album of photographs and a videotape, I don't kno yet how much has been analyzed. They did specify that it's the remnants of a plane and there are remains." Plane hi'acking, crash kis 123 MORONI, Comoros Islands - Boaters pulled corpse after corpse yes- terday fromr the shattered, submerged fuselage of an Ethiopian airliner, com- mandeered by drunken hijackers who forced the pilot to fly until the jet ran out of fuel and crashed into the Indian Ocean. Only 52 people surived when the Boeing 767 cartwheeled into the waves off Comoros Islands on Saturday, killing 123. The survivors included two of the three hijackers, who struggled for the controls of the aircraft even as one engine and then the other ran dry and stopped. The hijackers refused Capt. Leul Abate's pleas to let him land the jet safely at an airport in the Comoros Islands capital of Moroni. "He wanted to go there, but they wouldn't let him," co-pilot Yonas Mekuria told The Associated Press from his hospital bed, where he was being treated for cuts and bruises. "I guess they understood it," the co- pilot said of the fuel shortage. "But they didn't give a damn." Police charged with beating Palestinians JERUSALEM -Two Israeli border, police officers videotaped beating Palestinians were indicted on charges of aggravated assault and abuse of power yesterday. Four other officers were charged in a similar incident. David Ben Abu and Tsahi Shmaya were arrested last week after an amas teur videotape showing them kicki4 and humiliating six Palestinians was broadcast on Israel Television. A Palestinian cameraman captured the two kicking the Palestinians in the head, forcing them to do push-ups and hitting them in the face about six weeks ago near the A-Ram police checkpoint on the northern outskirts of Jerusalem- The prosecution asked the judge to jail the two defendants, who have been under house arrest, until the end of their trial - Compiled from Daily wire repor' I ,4 I The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $85. Winter term (January through April) is $95, yearlong (September through April) is $165. On-campus sub- scriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. 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