2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 11, 1997 NATION/WORLD Clinton uneasy about Israeli plan The Washington Post WASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday intensified his criticism of Israel's plan to construct new housing for Jewish residents in 'mostly-Arab East Jerusalem, and he appealed to "the people in the Arab world" to understand why the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution denouncing the project. "It's obvious that who owns the land is disputed," Clinton said, chal- lenging Israel's assertion of a right to build there. In an allusion to Israel's decision to go ahead with the project without negotiating with the Palestinians over it, Clinton chided those who "attempt to preclude the process of negotiations or pre-empt it, or are insensitive to the needs and feelings" of others involved. Nevertheless Clinton said the United States "did the right thing" to veto the anti-Israel U.N. resolution on Friday. Speaking at a White House news con- ference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the president said the resolu- tion contained language that Washington has regarded as veto-bait in the past, such as an assertion that Israeli settlements are "illegal." He also argued that the United Nations is not the prop- er forum for matters that are under negotiation between parties in the region. The U.S. position is that the future of Jerusalem is a matter to be resolved in President, FBI clash over policies WASHINGTON -The White House and the FBI clashed in a rare public quar- rel yesterday after President Clinton said 'he should have been alerted when the bureau told national security officials that the Chinese government might be trying to influence U.S. elections. The FBI said it did not try to keep the information from Clinton's senior staff last year. But the White House said the FBI imposed specific limits that restricted the information to two people on Clinton's National Security Council staff. "Therefore, the White House considers the FBI's statement to be in error," pre,- idential spokesperson Mike McCurry said, leaving the FBI and the White House at an embarrassing impasse at day's end. Four hours earlier, Clinton complained that he should have been told about the FBI's suspicions. "It didn't happen. It should have happened. It was a mistake." "The president should know," he said when questioned by a reporter. Indeed, FBI agents had briefed at least one member of Congress about the alleged plot as long ago as 1991 during the Bush administration, a congressperson said. Late yesterday, the FBI issued a statement contradicting White House assertions that the bureau had restricted the two national security officials from telling their bosses about the FBI warning. , Air uiU Israeli soldiers confront a Palestinian demonstrator during clashes in Hebron yes- terday. Dozens of Palestinians tried to stop buldozers clearing a new road to the Jewish Settlement of Kiryat Araba. "final status" negotiations that Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to con- duct and that neither side should take actions that prejudge the outcome. Israel's position is that all of Jerusalem will forever be the Jewish state's undi- vided capital and that as the sovereign power there Israel can build wherever it wants. Clinton acknowledged that "In all candor I'm very concerned" about damage done by the veto to U.S. credibility as a Middle East peace broker. GET THE]LOOK 10% off all chemical services MENINGITIS Continued from Page 1 fever, severe headaches, a stiff neck and back pain. LSA junior Tal Sapeika said she is frightened by the rapid progression of the disease, which can be treated, but only if detected early. "By the time you realize you're sick, you could be dead," she said. Meningitis causes inflammation of the meninges - the membranes cover- ing the brain and spinal cord. It is trans- mitted by fungi, viruses and bacteria, by which the most severe cases occur. LSA senior Kate Glickman said she wouldn't consider flu-like symptoms to be lethal. "I would probably igntre the symptoms until I was writhing in pain." o fflai 312 Thompson St. 995-5733 (near corner of Liberty) weatves HAIRa& NAIL SALON j'j, Water shortage causes healthcrisis WASHINGTON - Dwindling water supplies around the world are threatening food shortages and health crises and raising the possibility of armed conflicts, a food policy research group says. "New strategies are urgently needed to avert severe national, regional and local scarcities that will depress agri- cultural production, parch the house- hold and industrial sectors, damage the environment and escalate water-related health problems," the organization con- cluded in a study released Sunday. In a survey of global water use, the International Food Policy Research Institute found rising demand at the same time supplies are shrinking because of waste, groundwater deple- tion and pollution. "Unless better water policies are adopted internationally, we may see large-scale conflicts and catastrophes resulting from water shortages," writes Mark Rosegrant, author of the study, Balkans war crimes tribunal opens third trail in Netherlands THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United Nations Tribunal for War Crimes in the former Yugoslavia opened its third trial yesterday, with a prosecutor accus- ing four defendants of murdering, rap- ing and committing other violent crimes ; against Bosnian Serbs. It marked the first time Muslims and Croats had been brought into interna- tional court for crimes against Serbs during the war. And it was an opportu- nity for the U.N. tribunal to dispute charges it is biased against Serbs, who comprise the bulk of the 74 men cur- rently under indictment. In this case, three of the defendants are Bosnian Muslims and the fourth is a Bosnian Croat. Critics of the Tribunal also have complained it is wasting firepower on the petty criminals of the Balkan war while the main quarries - Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and his military leader Ratko Mladic - HEADACHE RESEARCH "Water Resources in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Implicatidns for Action." Rosegrant believes that countries experiencing "water stress" will double in the next 30 years and the number 6f people affected by water scarcity will increase tenfold. White House to hire welfare recipient WASHINGTON - President Clinton said yesterday he wants to hire someone off welfare as a White House employee - if there's a vacati- cy. Speaking during a news confere~e with Egyptian President 1osni Mubarak, Clinton said the possibility of hiring a former welfare recipient at the White House depends on whether vacancies are available, and what thpe vacant positions are. "I'd like to see us set an example, if we have a chance to do so," Clinton said. remain at large. But the defendants in the new trial represent an entire spec- trum of command authority for one local area. Albania's southern, rebels seize towns TIRANA, Albania - Rebels in southern Albania seized more territory yesterday, looting assault rifles, heavy machine guns and MiG fighter planes from government bases as police and army units fled north. In Kucova, 75 miles south of the capital Tirana, rebels towed three Chinese-made MiGs off the tarnV of Albania's largest military air base - now abandoned - to hide them from government forces. A shop- keeper pleaded for people to put down their guns, but they answered by firing Kalashnikovs into the air. Violence in the town injured eight people, the Health Ministry said. Security forces withdrew 25 miles north, to the town of Lushnja. - Compiled from Daily wire reporys. Men and women over the age of 18 who experience intermittent headache may be eligible for a study evaluating investigational research medications for migraine. 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