2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 8, 1997 NATION/WOtL Clinton, Netanyahu begin peace talks P AROUND THE NATE WASHINGTON - With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, President Clinton agreed yes- terday that Israel should never "have to bargain to be free of terrorism." But their White House meeting failed to produce an immediate formula to resume stalled Mideast peace talks. Clinton said he would explore "any reasonable opportunity" to end the impasse. A Palestinian delegation will come to Washington later in the week to broaden the discussions. "We keep our commitments; they vio- late theirs,"Netanyahu said at the end of the day, signaling that divisions remain. However, he affirmed that new homes for Palestinians should be built carry out commitments for a three- in Jerusalem, a ges- ture designed to offset the harsh criticism surround- ing Israel's project for 6,500 new Jewish housing units. The statement was welcomed by the Clinton admin- istration. "That's obviously posi- We keep our commitments; they violate theirs."f -- Benjamin Netanyuhu Israeli Prime Minister stage pullback on the West Bank whether or not the Palestinians accept his pro- posal to move quickly into negotiations over Jerusalem, refugees and other tough issues. Still, Hasan Palestinian position that the talks would not be resumed until Israel stopped construction of the Har Homa project. The Palestinian official also dis- missed Netanyahu's attempt to focus attention on terrorism. "Mr. Netanyahu knows very well that we oppose terrorism because we feel that terrorism is against our national interests for Palestinians," he told The Associated Press. "Mr. Netanyahu bringing up the issue of terrorism is an attempt, in our view, to cover up for his own policies that are very disruptive to the peace process." Meltig snow causes severe flooding GRANITE FALLS, Minn. - Volunteers raced to stack more sandba' yesterday, afraid that the meltdown from a spring blizzard could wose what's already some of the most severe flooding on the northern Plains i years. Across the Plains, fields were sheets of wbite stretching to the horizon aflet storm over the weekend left more than 2 feet of snow in places. In northwestern Minnesota, along the Red River that forms the state line wa North Dakota, bright sunshine melted a little snow, but the real thaw is expecde Thursday or Friday, said Mark Seeley, cimatologist with the University Minnesota Extension Service. "Everything predicted for the Red is a flood of historic proportions," he saik The National Weather Service issued a flood warning extending for the next weeks along parts of three rivers in other parts of Minnesota - the Minflest Mississippi and St. Croix. There was no quick way to gauge how bad the flooding might become once snow melts, but 4 to 5 inches of heavy, late-season snow could be equal to1 inc of rain, Seeley said. In Granite Falls, wind-blown snow stung the faces of workers stacking san* on the levees as they worked to protect about 40 homes along the Minnesota Rive tive,' State Department spokesperson Nicholas Burns said. The Israeli leader also pledged to Abdel-Rahman, the chief Palestine Liberation Organization representa- tive in Washington, reiterated the Child protection law triggers controversy SAN MATEO, Calif. - The child molester everyone fears could, per-. haps, be here. Not scowling from the shadows. Not cruising in a van. Bit here. This quiet bayside city has enact- ed the first law in the nation ordt- ing every volunteer who supervises children to submit to a crimial background check. The law - which took effect last month - requires nonprofit greps from the Pop Warner Football Le ue to the YMCA to fingerprint all ccach- es, tutors and mentors who look after one or more children without another adult present. "It sends a message to perpetrators," said Beth Salazar, executive director of the Peninsula Family YMCA, "that they will need to go somewhere else to get a kid to abuse." As clearcut as that sounds, San Mateo's Child Protection Ordinance has generated a fair share of opposi- tion. *From the mayor to a local Iit League president, critics have object to the law on philosophical and jrct cal grounds. Underlying their critiques wounded, wistful question: Since did good deeds and clean fun so darn suspicious? Republican refuses to concede race F NEW ORLEANS - Five nottI have passed since the US. Senate ele tion was held in this politically colrf and sometimes scandal-prone 'sict and Louis "Woody" Jenkins stile not conceded defeat. Since losing to Democrat lVai Landrieu by 5,788 votes, Jenkb, Republican state legislator well know for his conservative causes, has refug to slip quietly away. With single-minded tenacity 1 has alleged a broad range of fbit fraud that he believes cost hio ' election. l AROUND THE WORLD British return to races after threats LONDON -An angry ~ritain went to the races yesterday in a national show of defiance against the Irish Republican Army. "We beat them. It was fantastic,"said one fan as he left Aintree racetrack in Liverpool after the belated running of the Grand National, the warld's premier steeplechase. Prime Minister Johrn Major and Princess Anne, the dauglhter of Queen Elizabeth II, joined more than 20,000 fans who came for a single race yester- day and were cheered on, by tens of mil- lions across the country watching on television. On Saturday, the 150th running of the Grand National was canceled at the last minute by bomb threats allegedly from the IRA, which has repeatedly disrupted Britain's transportation net- work over the past two, weeks in its own editorial comment on a national elec- tion campaign. Saturday's threat triggered the evacu- ation of about 70000 people . ii Aintree. ..- "The message to the IRA is thbafy cannot bomb the British out of Jhe national institutions" Major sai# yesterday's race. "You cannot brt1- British out of Northern Ireland, a1y cannot bomb Northern Ireland out < the U.K. The message is very plan." Vietnam to rep a' U.S. $145 million, WASHINGTON Vietnam 4 yesterday to repay more than $I lion in debts to the United Stat incurred by the defeated 'ou Vietnamese regime, eliminating major roadblock to the eventual no malization of economic and trade rel tions between Washington and Hanoi Hanoi's' commitment came 41 accord signed by Vietnamese Financ Minister Nguyen Hung and 4J. 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