2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 7, 1998 NATION/WORLD Palestinians launch hunger strike The Washington Post JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Palestinian prison- ers demanding to be freed from Israeli jails launched a hunger strike this weekend in an intensifying protest that has inflamed Jews and Arabs alike days before President Clinton is to arrive here on a peace mission. With Clinton scheduled to land Saturday for a three-day visit, the Israeli-Palestinian peace agree- ment he brokered in Maryland in October is badly frayed. Violent street clashes have dominated media images in recent days, angry words are flying, and Israel has officially suspended further pullbacks from the occupied West Bank, a centerpiece of the U.S.- mediated deal. U.S. diplomats are openly expressing worry that even if Clinton manages to patch things up while he is here Dec. 12-15, the peace pact could easily fall apart again after his departure in the current climate of intense distrust. "It's hard to imagine that in this envi- ronment the trip can yield the reconciliation that Clinton had hoped would result from his visit" a U.S. official said. On both sides, the drift toward confrontation appears so strongly driven by domestic politics that neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has had the stom- ach to stand up to his constituency. For Netanyahu, as always, the issue is maintaining his wobbly governing coalition and ensuring his polit- ical survival. He faces vitriolic right-wing opposition to further West Bank withdrawals, as well as a sched- uled vote as early as today to dissolve the Israeli par- liament and call early elections. Mindful of the risk, Netanyahu declared last week that there would be no new Israeli pullbacks until the Palestinians fulfilled a handful of new demands. Arafat, too, has problems at home. The deal he agreed to at the Wye River Plantation six weeks ago calls for the release of 750 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails but says nothing about which ones. The Israelis hold more than 2,000 such inmates. When Israel released the first batch of 250 last month, the Palestinians were outraged that they included 150 common criminals. The deal, said Arafat and his aides, was for political prisoners to be freed. Surely they did not bargain for days at Wye for the lib- eration of car thieves, said Ahmed Tibi, a Palestinian spokesperson. AROUND THE NATION Supporters pay Clinton legal bills WASHINGTON - Michiganians donating to President Clinton' defense fund say they consider it unfair that expensive legal bills were draining Clinton's finances while he continued to serve the country. "I don't usually respond to appeals (for money) but it seemed he was being t ed unfairly," said Thaddeus Byczkowski of Fennville, Mich., who contributed to the fund. "He has mounting legal bills," said the homemaker. "I feel he's being hounded. It seems some people are trying to undo his election." Three-hundred 27 Michiganians contributed to President Clinton's defense fund in the first six months of its existence, ending in late August. All but a handful con- tributed between $10 and $100 and nobody contributed more than $1,000, accord- ing to a computerized review of the records. The money will help pay Clinton's legal expenses from the now-settled Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit and Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's ongoing investigations of the Monica Lewinsky matter and Whitewater. Nationally, the fund took in $2.2 million during its first six months, truss reported, as some 17,000 donors gave an average of $130 each. The largest group of contributors - 4,717-- were retirees. Don't Panicsv if you think you're pregnant... cail us--w listen, we care. PROBLEM PREGNANCY HELP 915-4357 Any time, any day, 24 hours. Fully confidential. Serving Students since 1970. COACH Continued from Page IA staff and players, including this year's seniors, to explain his resignation and what the near future holds for him and the team. "I think the team, especially the return- ers, are pretty sad to be losing such a great coach," graduating senior Jane Stevens said, calling Giovanazzi "a coach who really cared for his players as indi- viduals." "It was a very emotional meeting," she said. The Wolverines complied a 104-116 overall record and a 59-81 Big Ten record under Giovanazzi. Michigan enjoyed the program's best season duringGiovanazzi's tenure. The 21-12 overall record during the '97 sea- son led to a third-place tie in the Big Ten, posting a 13-7 conference record. That season also marked the program's first bid to the NCAA tournament, where Michigan defeated Temple in five games to advance past first round. The Wolverines lost in a four-game match to Texas A&M in the second round. "To have him leaving is heart-wrench- ing almost," junior Maggie Cooper said. "It was very sad. I think everyone would agree that it was a shock, and I think everyone is pretty upset about it." There were several all-Big Ten athletes to emerge from Giovanazzi's program. Shareen Luze won the Big Ten Medal of Honor, recognizing the conference's top scholar athlete, during the '97 season. There also were 40 Academic All-Big Ten citations awarded while he coached. Several record-breaking athletes have played during the Giovanazzi years, including all-time assist leader Linnea Mendoza. Graduating seniors Karen Chase and Linsey Ebert also hold the all- time kill and block assist records, respec- tively. His players say Giovanazzi's most important accomplishments is the excel- lence he achieved while leading the pro- gram and maintaining a relaxed, yet highly competitive, atmosphere. 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"Congratulations to the crew of the good ship Endeavour," replied Mission Control. "That's terrific. The 240-mile-high construction job began two hours earlier with Nancy Currie's capture of Zarya (Russian for Sunrise) using the shut- tle robot arm. "We're halfway home," Cabana said. Then came the hard part: stacking the two giant cylinders in the cargo bay. Sacajawea contender for new dollar coin ' WASHINGTON - Sacajawea, the Shoshone teen-ager who accompanied explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Pacific Ocean two centuries ago, gazes serenely from a pro- posed design for the new dollar coin. She looks over her shoulder, as if ready to go. Her infant son sleeps on her back. It's among six finalists for the gold-colored coin that Americans will find in their pockets starting in 2000.0 No one knows exactly what 16-year- old Sacajawea, who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804, looked like. But all the proposals, according to U.S. Mint Director Philip Diehl, "are realistic depictions of Native American women." "They are attractive, but they are not romanticized,"he said. Starting today, Americans can see the designs on the Mint's Internet site ad select their preferences. -8355 5 wwSsnbeas om0 IrrII rY IlA rl r rrrrr ll II rrrrr rr grq.. rr MICHI INSIDE BO SCHEMBECHLE FOOTBALL SCRAPI "the best Michigan fool done and the perfect h -Bo Schembechier ~ Slee in PROCEEDS NE AROUND THE WORLD Sentiment grows for extraditing suspects TRIPOLI, Libya - Perched on a fence above the city's seafront, with nothing better to do"all"day than watch the cars go by, the jobless man showed no hesitation when asked whether his government should surrender two sus- pects wanted in the bombing 10 years ago of Pan Am Flight 103. "The Lockerbie case should be resolved and those two men should be extradited," said Khaled Sadq, a univer- sity graduate who has remained unmar- ried because he said he could not find work to support a spouse. Although many in the West remain highly skeptical of the intentions of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, a visit to Tripoli this weekend showed signs that sentiment is building for turning over the two suspects who have been blamed by the United States and Britain for the terrorist bombing that killed 270 people over the Scottish vil- lage of Lockerbie. "A solution to this crisis is within reach," state-run Libyan Radio said yesterday, quoting an unidentified for- eign ministry official one day after U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's visit to Libya to attempt to win extraditions. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook was briefed by Annan about his talks with Libyan officials, including his meeting with Gadhafi. Venezuela elects Chavez president CARACAS, Venezuela - Former Lt. Col. Hugo Chavez, who stage* bloody coup attempt against the gov- ernment six years ago, was elected president of Venezuela yesterday - dealing a stunning blow to the political and economic establishment that has ruled the country during 40 years of democracy. With 65 percent of the vote counted, Chavez had 56 percent compared to 39 percent for Yale-educated businessper- son Henrique Salas Romer, according to official results from the Natio Electoral Council. - Compiled fom Daily wire reports rim il I I s U . .U the mcegnait .,wy (ibb i.9..-r) is r ubusha Monday thrugh ridiay durigu t aiundwinter terms b y students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, startingin September, via U.S. mail are $85. Winter term (January through April) is $95, yearlong (September through April) is $165. On-campus& 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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