2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 16, 1998 NATION/WORLD - I BO Continued from Page 1 avoid the same troubles he had. "I believe (that by) my experience and what I've gone through that I might help someone out there," he said. "People can change and get placed in the right direction." Marschke said he interviewed Smith in prison and left believing Smith had taken responsibility for his actions. Marschke also listened to Herman Cortez and his supporters. Cortez also is serving life without parole. Cortez, of Colombia, has been in prison since 1981. He was convicted in 1982 in Wayne County for trafficking a large quantity of cocaine from Colombia. Cortez has been denied parole at least twice previously. If his sentence is commuted, Cortez will be deported -- a move he said yesterday he would welcome. REACT Continued from Page 1 pact that would please the Palestinian side. "The Israelis don't want to give up what they have and the Palestinians are trying to get as much as they believe they should have," said Pharmacy Prof. Nabil Khalidi, the University's interim director of pharmacy services. Nabil, who is also a faculty adviser to the Muslim Student Association, said holding talks is the first step towards restoring Palestinian-Israeli relations. "You get nothing but good out of talking," Khalidi said. "We always are very happy when we hear there will be discussions. Obviously, opening the dialogue is positive even if there is no outcome the first time." Others said the situation looked more promising a few years ago former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat first started peace talks. Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995, was much more willing to negotiate than Netanyahu, LSA sophomore Nicole Scaglione said. "'Ihings were a lot more hopeful then because it was very different regime," said Scaglione, social actions com- mittee chair at Hillel. "I don't think either side is really AROUND T NATION:,' willing to do any negotiating. Ibey're both very rigid. But the schism between Israeli and Palestinian leaders is not the only threat to the peace process. Stockton said. Israelis are divided over the policy Israel should adopt towards giving up land to Palestinians, he said. "You've got a fundamental rift among the Israelis, between those who think giving the land away will com- promise national security and those who think not giving it away is dangerous," Stockton said. "Ihere's an extreme polarization in Israel" Some observers hoped the U.S. presence during the talks would strengthen the chance of negotiation and rec- onciliation, Khalidi said. The U.S. should pursue conces- sions from both sides, he said. "'The U.S., being the broker in this situation, should assist quite a bit in here," Khalidi said. "'There is a strong belief that the U.S. does not follow an even-handed policy" But Stockton dismissed the idea that the United States would push Israel to make concessions, citing the partiality of Congress and the administration towards Israel. Regardless of the outcome of the talks, tensions must be resolved, Khalidi said, for the good of the area, which is suffering from the political conflict. "There is a bright future if the people see it," he said. "We're losing a lot in the region, Israelis and Arabs" _f ' .. C'y/ . + ... 4. n J"w' f' Liver virus spread through transfusions WASIIINGTON 'Thousands of people will soon open their mailboxes to find warnings that they may have caught the dangerous liver virus hepatitis C from blood transfusions before 1992. It's the first step in a long-awaited government attack on a hidden epidemic. Ilepatitis C afflicts an estimated 3.9 million Americans, many of whom doO know they're infected because the virus can lurk silently in their bodies. Put now that doctors finally have treatments to offer a handful of drugs - the govern- ment is launching a major campaign to get people tested. First on the list are tens of thousands who received transfusions before purity tests of the blood supply began in 1992. Those people shouldn't panic, stressed Louis Katz of the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, who advised the government on the campaign. "The message is: Ask your doctor," he said. Many people will just be carriers of the disease, but for those with active hepatitis C, "we now have something to offer." A few hospitals, including some in Wisconsin and Minnesota, already h begun tracking down at-risk transfusion recipients. 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"Cancer can be caught early and is BUDGET Continued from Page i "When you compare where we were for eight months with where we are today and how good this is for America ..., these are huge victories for the American people," Clinton said. Republicans cited their own list of triumphs. These included giving local officials broader choices in how they would use the $1.1 billion Clinton won to begin hiring 100,000 teachers; blocking Clinton's plans for voluntary national testing of students and help- ing communities build new schools; winning close to $10 billion more for MIDEAST Continued from Page 1 a 100 percent effort on terrorism issues," and she said whatever security measures Arafat agrees to undertake must be verifiable. The American strategy, at least at the outset, was to put an emphasis on reciprocal anti-terrorism moves by Arafat's Palestinian Authority to match a virtual agreement %N ith Netanyahu to pull back from a fur- ther 13 percent of the West Bank. Except for a nature preserve, the land would be turned over to Arafat to add to the 27 percent of the West Bank and Gaza, already promised to him under earlier accords. Albright called it a "land-for-securi- ty" deal, thereby placing new emphasis on security instead of using the tradi- tional label of land for peace. Netanyahu's position is that he can- not give up land, which is tangible, in exchange for promises alone. "We come with the best intentions and we hope that there will be an accord," Netanyahu told reporters at the White House. "We're asked to give additional territory. We want to ensure RELIGIOUS SERVIJCES AVAVAVAVA CANTERBURY HOUSE JAZZ MASS Episcopal Center at U of M 721 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 665-0606 The Rev. 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But there is no sig- nificant increase related to one's rela- tion to a relative outside the immediate family who has the disease. "The best outcomes come with early detection:" Petrovskis said. military programs; and blocking fami- ly planning aid to countries that coerce abortion. All of these, they said, reflected (GOP philosophies. "We wanted the government to be smaller," Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said with other Republican leaders at the Capitol. "We wanted less decisions in Washington. We wanted more decisions being made back home with the people." The wins and losses meant more than money and legislation. They will also help frame each party's themes for the remaining two-and-a-half weeks before the congressional elec. tions. that this territory doesn't become a base and a haven for terrorists to attack us as has happened before." Arafat, in a brief exchange with reporters, said he was optimistic an accord could be reached during the weekend retreat. But when asked whether he can guarantee security in the region, he said, "I can give 100 per- cent effort, but no one in the world can give 100 percent results." Later, Hassan Abdul Rahman, the Palestine Liberation Organization's rep- resentative in the United States, urged Netanyahu to "exert the same etforts against extremists who are committing crimes against Palestinian people and settlers who shoot and kill Palestinian people." In an AVIV interview, Rahman said "lverybody knows the ball is in the Israeli court. Mr. Netanyahu can make these talks or break them" The summit, which is scheduled to go on through Sunday but could be extended, is a last-ditch effort by the Clinton administration to end a 19- month stalemate in peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinians. The U.S. aim is not only to conclude a West Bank agreement but to launch negotiations over such thorny issues as Palestinian demands for a state with its capital in Jerusalem, borders and refugees. "We must remember as we come together again that, in the end, peace is more than a process; it is, in the end, a destination," Clinton said in the Rose Garden after meeting pri- vately for 42 minutes with Netanyahu and Arafat. AROUND THE WORLD Lebanon's mil head voted president CAIRO,I gypt With unanimous approval in parliament, Lebanon's popu- lar army commander was elected presi- dent yesterday. But the most important vote had been already been cast by Syrian President Ha fez Assad. Syria has exercised an unofficial, although universally recognized, suzerainty over I ebanon since 1990. And Assad gave Gen. I mile Lahoud the nod last week from Damascus. 'The only dissenting voice to Lahoud's ascension as the country's I I th president was from fruze leader Walid Jumblatt, who objected on principle to a military officer becoming head of state. Jumblatt was among 10 deputies who absented themselves from the vote. Nevertheless, Lebanese of all faiths appeared to welcome the dynamic, no- nonsense officer, credited with largely expunging sectarianism from Lebanon's military. Many expressed hope he will do the same for the government. Lahoud will be sworn in Nov. 24 to succeed President Elias Hrawi, another EI Syria loyalist who served for nine years. Over the past year, Irawi became embroiled in highly visible squabbles with Prime Minister Rafik Hlannr * members of the media. lrawi's original six-year term had been lengthened to nine years by parliament in 1995, but the 72-year-old H rawi had indicated he wished to go through with his retirement. Pope: Marriage of faith, reason needed VATICAN CITY - Decrying skeptical postmodern society that relegates religion and ethics to "the realm of mere fantasy," Pope John Paul II called yesterday for a mar- riage of faith and rational thought in the search for truth about the human condition. In an encyclical titled "Faith and Reason," the Roman Catholic leader stressed that the two are not incom- patible. But he said it is his churc duty to reject philosophies at od* with "certitudes of faith." -- Compiled from Daily wire reports. Doomsday cult members vanish DENVER The leader of a doomsday cult who predicted the destruction of Denver last weekend has vanished along with about 50 of his fol- lowers, raising fears they are bent on mass suicide. Followers of Monte Kim Miller's group, Concerned Christians, have sold their belongings and abandoned their homes. Cult watchers believe the group may be headed to Jerusalem because of Miller's belief he would die there in December 1999 and be resurrected. Miller founded Concerned Christians in the early 1980s, preaching against the evils of cults. Hal Mansfield, director of the Fort Collins-based Religious Movement Resource Center, which has been mon- itoring the Denver-based Concerned Christians for at least two years, said Miller might have started the move- ment as a financial scam. But critics said the group has transformed itself into an apocalyptic personality cult. Miller, claimed that God was using him as a vehicle to speak to his follow- ers. After prophesying that the Apocalypse would begin with an earth- quake in Denver last Saturday, the cult leader and about 50 of his discip dropped from sight. Feud threatens Maverick's future LOSANGELIS-A feud between the founders of Madonna's Maverick Records, one of the most successful start-up labels of the decade, is threat ening to undercut the label's value if it goes up for sale next year. Sources say Maverick co-chair Freddy DeMann may exit the company before January with a buyout package worth more than $20 million. Representatives for Madonna, DeMarm and Maverick minority owner Guy Oseary have been meeting regularly in Burbank, Calif., to resolve the matter with senior brass at Time Warner's Warner Music Group, which owns percent of Maverick. N L E I DEPECHE MODE The Singles 86>98 f I ,/ i I y 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 s 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. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St.. Ann Arbor, Michigan 481091327. 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