2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 11, 1996 NATION/WORLD I Kurds flee Iraqi-held territory Los Angeles Tunes ISTANBUL, Turkey - Although Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his allies offered them the olive branch of an amnesty, thousands of Kurds yester- day began fleeing areas that have col- --apsed into the control of a Baghdad- lacked Kurdish faction. Estimates varied greatly about the numbers of refugees streaming from the eastern cities of Sulaymaniyah and Dukan, captured Monday by the Iraqi- supported Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP) run by leader Masoud Barzani. Neighboring Iran appealed yesterday for international assistance in handling as many as 200,000 people. Most U.N. sources, though, spoke of 50,00p Kurds and others pouring out of Sulaymaniyah, which once had been a guerrilla stronghold of the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and its leader, Jalal Talabani. Only about 10,000 people actually had reached the Iraqi-Iranian border, where they were camping in minefields without proper food or sanitation, observers said yesterday. "And they noted that, when it became clear that frontier was closed and that Iraqi troops were taking no direct part in the KDP advance on Sulaymaniyah, many of the refugees began to return to northern Iraq. In Sulaymaniyah, there were reports that a carnival atmosphere prevailed as Barzani and his forces exulted in their apparent victory, which gave them seemingly undisput- ed mastery over the 3.5 million Iraqi Kurds living under guerrilla rule in northern Iraq. Barzani's forces were reported to have conducted an impromptu parade, with fighters carrying AK-47 rifles riding through the city streets in pick- up trucks. By nightfall, Sulaymaniyah's popula- tion of 750,000 seemed to be swelling with returning Kurds, who were travel- ing home by truck, taxi and on foot. Shops had reopened and residents had swapped flying their green PUK flags for the yellow color of the victorious PDK. Merchants were plastering their businesses with photocopied pictures of Barzani. Outside the city, about 20 miles northeast at the PUK headquarters, KDP fighters 'looted everything they could carry. A;L P More than half of teens risk diseases CHICAGO - More than half the adoles.cents in a national survey had two or more risk factors that can lead to chronic disease, such as eating fatty foods and not getting enough exercise, government researchers say. The survey by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was published today in the Journal of the American Med4 Association. The study was based on a 1992-93 survey of 6,321 adolescents ages 12 through 17. There are more than 20 million Americans in that age group. The study listed five risk factors for chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer: smoking; a sedentary lifestyle; eating too few fruits and vegeta- bles; eating too many high-fat foods; and heavy drinking, defined as five o more drinks in a row at least once during the preceding 30 days. More than six of 10 adolescents reported two or more of the risk factors; one in 13 reported at least four of the risk factors. The highest number of risk factors were found among youngsters who had poor, less-educated parents. The researchers called on family doctors to counsel adolescents and t families about healthy habits and disease prevention. AP PHOTO Fighters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party celebrate yesterday as they drive through Sulaymanlyah, Iraq. The victory gave Saddam Hussein control over Northem Iraq for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War. Watch the first Presidential Debate on September 25, then Join the 38th President of the United States Gerald R. 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Those who trudged to the crossing at Sairan Ban found it shut already, leaving thousands backed up, hanging from cars that jammed a hot; dusty road from Penjwin, 18 miles away. Tractors pulled wagons piled with belongings. Apparently to avert this sort of an exodus, the Iraqi government and its PDK allies spoke in extremes of amnesty for their Kurdish opposition. Baghdad broadcast a promise to end the five-year-old Iraqi govern- ment embargo on Kurdish areas and talked of re-integrating Iraq by reviving 1970s negotiations on autonomy for an area known as Iraqi Kurdistan. As for Barzani, while relishing his faction's triumphs, he announced his own amnesty for all members of Talabani's group. Irbil, the Iraqi Kurdish capital, fell to Barzani's forces Aug. 31 with the sup- port of Iraqi army artillery and armored support. Postal service aims for 3 years of profits WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal1 Service, which soon will report its sec- ond annual profit of more than $1 bil- lion, yesterday set its sights on a record three years in the black. This year's profit, estimated at $1.2 billion, was a major accomplishment for Postmaster General Marvin Runyon, who last year ordered a strict cost-cutting program to hold off any increase in stamp prices. The agency reported a record $1.7 billion profit in fiscal 1995. The agency's newly approved 1997 budget, which calls for a modest $55 million profit, again will test Runyon's management skills - and, no doubt, the cooperation of the agency's big labor unions. Runyon already has cut costs by trimming overtime and eliminating programs he found unproductive. To save more, he has said he wants the agency to contract out some operations to pri- vate industry, a proposal that has infuriated postal unions. Since the Postal Service became an independent agency 25 years ago, it has never shown a profit three years ina row. Instead it typically has run a th year cycle: showing a profit the firs year of a rate increase, breaking the second year and losing mon'ey third. Stamp prices were last raised o Jan. 1, 1995. Children to receive new vaccinations Parents preparing to take their chil dren to the doctor for routine vaccina tions have more options, includin recently approved whooping-co vaccine for babies and new recofamen dations from experts on which young sters should be immunized againstbvar ious diseases. The new vaccine against whoopin cough, the bacterial infection that i also known as pertussis, was approve by the Food and Drug Administration i July for use in infants less than a yea old. MARRIAGE Continued from Page 1 bill, eight Republicans, including three who are not seeking re-election this year, voted for it while five Democrats, all but one from the South, voted against it. A Clinton administration statement said the president, who courted the gay vote four years ago, will sign the same-sex marriage bill because he "has long opposed same-sex mar- riage." The statement stressed Clinton's opposition to "discrimination against any group of Americans, including gay. and lesbian individuals." Clinton endorsed barring job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the 1992 campaign and Vice President Al Gore was ready to return to Washington from campaign stops in Pennsylvania to break a tie. , That was not necessaryas Sen. David Pryor (D-Ark.) missed yesterday's votes because his 33-year-old son had 12-hour cancer surgery in Little Rock Monday, his spokesperson said. Pryor was committed to vote for the bill, according to supporters. Even if the Senate had approved the measure, House leaders were unlikely to schedule a vote on it before quitting for the year in the next few weeks. The same-sex marriage measure, which supporters call the "Defense of Marriage Act," says no state would have to recognize a same-sex marriage granted by another state. The bill also for the first time defines marriage in federal law as the "legal union between one man and one woman" and defines "spouse" as "a person of the opposite sex who is a hus- band or a wife." As a result, even if a state were to recognize gay marriages, those partners would not be eligible for benefits as spouses under such federal programs as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or veterans' programs. Conservative activists said yester- day's votes - eight weeks to the day before Election Day - would boost the chances of GOP nominee Bob Dole. "This is a huge string of victories for the pro-family movement," said Ralph Reed, executive director of the Christian Coalition. "These are the bricks in the wall that allow you to build the turnout of reli- gious conservatives." Mass Meetng tonight at 7 pam. 0420 Maynard St Seed of Abraham #-A O NDT HE W OR L D Colombian VP Still, exp resign rose a resigns in dislgrace Calle, who president an BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian returned from Vice President Humberto de la Calle down. But af resigned in exasperation yesterday - a dent's resigna virtual admission that growing eco- suggested tha nomic turmoil and anarchy will not force Colombian President Ernesto Formei Samper out of office. .ailed f In an emotional presentation at aJ downtown hotel, de la Calle read his letter of resignation in which he made a BERLIN desperate plea for Samper to step down German gen for the good of the nation. But with the sentences) president determined to serve out his guards at th remaining two years and now blaming and West G de la Calle for the nation's crisis, there trying to seemed little hope that Samper would Communist accede to his former running mate's call A Berlin for "an act of generosity." main defend Samper has withstood similar deputy defe demands from this nation's most impor- Baumgarten tant economic groups, the Catholic for manslau Church and the Conservative Party, longest prise Colombia's major opposition party. He any trial of has stated repeatedly that Colombia official. would only deteriorate further if he left office. - Compile ectations that he woul gain last week when de 1 was simultaneously' vic nd ambassador to Spain n Europe ready for a s ter he demanded the presi ation, Samper and his alli at the vice president quit. r E. Germans or shootings - Six former -Eas erals received substan+ia yesterday for orde e old border between Eas 3ermany to shoot peopl escape the defunc state. state court sentenced th [ant, former East Germa rse minister Klaus-Diete , to 6 1/2 years in priso ghter. It was one of th on terms given to date i f a former East Ge edfrom Daily wire report Congregation Zera Avraham A Messiank Jewishi Synagogue. Believing that Yeshua is The Promised Messiah 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 ar $85. Winter term (January through April) is $95, yearlong (September through April) is $165. On-campusf scriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. 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