2 - fhe Michigan Daily -- Tuesday, October 20, 1998 NATION/WORLD - Attack threatens Middle East peace talks TALKS Continued from Page 1 He said Secretary of State Madeleine Albright had met with Arafat and there were "informal contacts" between Israelis and Palestinians, as well. Palestinian sources said Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon had met with two senior Palestinian offi- 'vials, Mahmoud Abbas and Ahmed Qurie. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Palestinians continued to press for release of hundreds of prisoners held by Israel and for full con- trol of about 14 percent of the 27 percent of the West Bank that Israel already has agreed to relinquish. The swath of land is now under joint security con- trust is deep. The going has been tough. But the par- trol. ties must consider the consequences of failure and Current negotiations are based on Israel's willing- ness to surrender a further 13 percent of the territory, with 3 percent designated as a nature preserve. Security would be jointly controlled by Israel and the Palestinians. Rubin said attacks had caused temporary setbacks to peacemaking in the past, and "we are going to work a hard as we can today" on an agreement. Clinton deplored the attack before leaving Washington and acknowledged negotiators were hav- ing a tough time. "The issues are difficult;" Clinton said. "The dis- YrYYrrr IYYIIMn I YrYY nIrIl nArYrf1RY1 lY enefits of progress." or Netanyahu adviser, David Bar-Illan, said ttack in Beersheba, which injured more than re Israelis, was the 10th in a series over seven nd that the Palestinian Authority had done about most of them. disagreed. He said the Palestinians had its security arrangements. y, if the Israelis do not show up for commit- ngs, there will not be committee meetings," d. But, he added, "we are continuing to work s we can today." -DIWAL I Continued from Page i2 We will "ask for blessing from God, asking for blessing and prosperity throughout the new year," added Sumit Carnick, an LSA junior and member of the Hindu Student Council. This event follows the tradition of Hindu storytelling, in which people gather to listen and watch a storyteller pass down an important part of their culture, Carnick said. Along with the cultural history, cul- tural food will be served. "Diwali is like Christmas; its a big family day," LSA sophomore Vasu Mahavisno said. Where there is family, there is food, he said. The meal includes Dahl, a type of gravy, naan, which is like pita bread and aloogobi, a mixture of vegetables. The meal will be completely vegetarian and eaten only after it has been blessed. Mahavisno said he is preparing two trays of rice mixed with gee - a type of butter. "It is fattening, but it tastes so good," Mahavisno said. ACTION Continued from Page 12 sions, a written statement provided by Provost Nancy Cantor warned students to not let the days interfere with class- room activities. "Members of the University commu- nity need to express their opinions about this important issue,' Cantor said. "Staying away from class, howev- er, is not the right way to do so. We encourage all of our students to take part in this week's activities while keeping up with their classroom com- mitments." But some graduate student instruc- tors and professors are accommodating students who desire to participate. Amber Peters, a biology GSI, said she will allow students to turn in assignments at a later time in order to permit students to attend the demon- strations and workshops. "College is an important time to think about values," Peters said. "This is a good way to show what they feel." DON'T FRET, DAILY'S CRIME NOTES WILL RETURN FROM HIATUS THIS FRIDAY. AROUND THE NATION Last minutes deals secure budget WASHINGTON - White House and congressional negotiators yesterday put what they hoped were the finishing touches on a massive year-end spending mea- sure and prepared for a final House vote this evening, after another round of last- minute dealmaking. Although leaders held celebratory news conferences late last week to announce that they had finished work on the huge budget deal, negotiations continu through the weekend and into yesterday afternoon. In a flurry of eleventh-hour haggling, negotiators took some provisions out, put some provisions in and continued to battle fiercely over others. Kept in were nearly $2 billion of increased payments to Medicare home health care providers and a disability program for Persian Gulf War veterans that a senior GOP aide said will cost from $1 billion to $6 billion over 10 years. Also preserved was legislation to repeal a government directive requiring peanut-free zones on some airline flights. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) chair of the Senate Appropriations transportation subcommittee, said the directive, designed to protect people with peanut allergies, was not based on scientific evidence. "These guidelines represent why so many people have come to resent and4@ trust government," he said. Class-action suit by smokers begins MIAMI - The first class-action lawsuit brought by smokers against the tobacco industry went to trial yesterday with the plaintiffs' lawyer accusing cig- arette companies of trying to confuse people about the dangers of smoking. As many as 500,000 sick Florida smokers are seeking $200 billion in damages from the nation's five largest cigarette makers. "The evidence will show, ladies and gentlemen, that this is an industry that has never accepted their responsibility - corporate responsibility - for the devastating health consequences caused by cigarettes," lawyer Stanley Rosenblatt said in his opening state- ment to the jury. The only previous class-action law- suit against the industry to make it to trial was that of flight attendants who claimed secondhand smoke made them sick. In that case, also handled by Rosenblatt, the tobacco industry agreed to a $300 million settlement to estab- lish a research foundation. The tobacco industry has also agreed to pay four states a total of $37 billion to settle lawsuits over the costs of treating sick smokers. Florida was among those states, but nothing in its settlement prevents individuals fro suing. Panel calls for more research protection WASHINGTON - A presidential advisory commission that studies bioethical issues is expected today to call for increased protections for research subjects who have mental dis- orders and whose decision-maki capacity may be impaired. Acknowledging the critical impor- tance of research into mental dior- ders, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission nevertheless described current safeguards as inadequate and said that more needs to be done to ensure that those who participate in such studies receive ethical treat- ment. 4 0 AROUND THE WORLD tA~vAGAN sw- t (eqV stf4 we : , . ti:4 .,.mow 4 ^ rr. t ^ A M ,' q. rn . A M" M . . .;!" .. . , 0 b., t pb f r' t t ' 1 f _ Y .E wy i n y < M ' at{ 4Y L l { 5V r^, R ' 1 f l ) ra ! +. , , 68 p hon6 e: 663.58 8 1140 aouth university (above goodtime charleys), AA mon.-thurs.: 9:00a"10:00p sundays fri. & sat.: 9:00a-11:00P 11;00a=8:00 ri cM~I f k, yew telec~e svjcctoved k'j o~ec 3fe t MWI C. (we h.pe kE$, is pleoaseo mu 44eyov? German cabinet signals turn to left BERLIN -Three weeks after he led the Social Democrats to victory with a centrist campaign message, Chancellor-elect Gerhard Schroeder unveiled a legislative program and a Cabinet yesterday that portend a sharp leftward turn for Germany. After negotiations that were surpris- ingly free of discord, the Social Democrats and their coalition partner, the environmentalist Greens party, wrapped up plans for significant reforns in Germany's tax, social and energy, policies. They also have vowed to loosen strict nationality laws, which could enable up to 3 million foreigners to obtain German citizenship. Since last month's election, much public attention has focused on the backstage jostling for key posts in Schroeder's government. As the dust settles, the emerging powers in his Cabinet reflect a dramatic shift in the conservative mind-set that has shaped government policy for the past 16 years, a transformation that augers important changes in Germany's politi- cal character. During his successful campaign to oust Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Europe's longest-serving leader, Schro ed soothed voter fears by insisting" would tame his party's powerful leftist wing by carving out a "new middle" in German politics. 100 whales buried after beachings HOBART, Australia - Park rangers buried about 100 pilot wham yesterday that defied frantic rescu efforts to save them after they beached themselves on the island of Tasmania. During the ordeal that began Saturday, the whales frustrated res- cuers' attempts to keep them in deep water, returning repeatedly to the dead- ly shallows off the island state south of Australia. 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