2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 13, 1999 NATION/WORLD Judge holds Clinton in contempt LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A federal judge ruled President Clinton in contempt of court yesterday for giving "intentionally false" testimony about his rela- ,tipnship with Monica Lewinsky during questioning in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. The judge's finding, a civil rather than criminal rul- ing,, orders Clinton to pay Jones "any 'reasonable expenses including attorneys' fees caused by his will- ful failure to obey this court's discovery orders." U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright said she would delay enforcement for 30 days to give Clinton an opportunity to ask for a hearing or file a notice of appeal. The ruling stemmed from Clinton's sworn statement in the Jones case that he didn't have a sexu- al relationship with the former White House intern. Wright said in her ruling, "The record demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the president responded to plaintiffs' questions by giving false, mis- leading and evasive answers that were designed to obstruct the judicial process." "The court takes no pleasure whatsoever in holding this nation's president in contempt of court," the judge said. Wright said Jones was entitled to information regarding any state or federal employee with whom the president had or proposed to have sexual relations. In his deposition in the Jones case, Clinton said: "I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky." After the president's DNA was found on a dress belonging to Lewinsky, he acknowledged an "inappropriate intimate relationship" with her before a federal grand jury last Aug. 17 - and again in a nationally televised address. Clinton said the relationship did not fall under the definition of "sexual relations" provided by Jones' lawyers during his deposition, and that his testimony was legally accurate. Jim Kennedy, spokesperson for the White House counsel's office, said yesterday there would be no comment until the president's personal attorney in the case, Robert Bennett, had an opportunity to review the judge's ruling. Wright first raised the contempt issue in a footnote to a Sept. 1, 1998, ruling in which she released Clinton's testimony in the Jones case. In that footnote, Wright said she had concerns about the president's deposition but made no findings as to possible contempt at that time. In her decision, the judge wrote, "It is difficult to construe the president's sworn statements ... as any- thing other than a willful refusal to obey this court's discovery orders." "Simply put, the president's deposition testimony regarding whether he had ever been alone with Ms. Lewinsky was intentionally false and his statements regarding whether he had ever engaged in sexual rela- tions with Ms. Lewinsky likewise were intentionally false," said the judge. AROUND THE NATION Jury acquits McDougal on obstruction LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A jubilant Susan McDougal prevailed for the first time yesterday after years of legal battles with independent counsel Kenneth Start; as jurors acquitted her of obstructing justice in the Whitewater investigation and dad- locked on the two other charges, resulting in a mistrial. The result was a major setback for Starr's office, which said it would dec* shortly whether to retry McDougal on the charge that she committed criminal con- tempt of court by defying orders to testify before Starr's grand jury. "We will now carefully assess future steps in light of today's developments," Starr's office said in a statement. Reveling in victory outside the federal courthouse minutes after the verdict, McDougal and her lead attorney, Mark Geragos, had nothing but venom for Starr. "This guy should pack up and get out of here;" Geragos declared. "I'm happy to be the one, along with Susan, to wish him bon voyage. But get the heck out of Arkansas, and do it now. Nobody wants to see you." McDougal added: "I'm still a little numb. I've been indicted since 1993, and this is the first day I haven't been indicted in years." At the White House, President Clinton was "pleased to learn" that his fori business partner was acquitted of obstruction of justice, White House spokesper- son Joe Lockhart said, "He wishes all the best for her and her family." WCOLD SORES? Before LYCALL OINTMENT, all the drug store had for cold sores were palliatives to soothe and coat, or local anesthetics to reduce the pain while the unsight- ly cold sore ran its course of a week or more. 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President Clinton expressed resolve yesterday to win the air war against Yugoslavia and said President Slobodan Milosevic "should be under no illusions that we will end it from weariness." At the scene of the train wreck, a heavy smell of burned flesh hung in the air. Rescuers pulled charred bod- ies from the derailed cars, and body parts were scattered. Survivors told the Tanjug news agency they scram- bled out shattered windows before the train was consumed in flames on the bridge, 180 miles south of Belgrade. Journalists saw what appeared to be missile parts mixed with the wreckage. Nearby houses were lightly damaged, with windows broken. A doctor who treated some of the wounded at the site described the panic. "People were moaning, screaming for help," Tanjug quoted Tomislav Cvetanovic as saying. "Those unharmed managed to climb out of the smashed train windows." 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Program: August 30-- September 1' e Premed Club. *Stop by 3511 Student Activities Building to pick up an application, or call 764-6413 for more information.* iP-TEST Iancom April siainof American Medical Colleges. Application deadline: Arl1 GOP leaders push tax reforms FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - House and Senate GOP leaders staged a national "town hall meeting" yesterday in a bid to briefly shift attention from the war in Kosovo to their tax reform proposals. Joined by Virginia Republican Gov. James Gilmore III and roughly 250 Republican activists, the congressional leaders focused on how to convert a portion of the current budget surplus into lower taxes on everything from capital gains to a family's inheritance. "We want you to be able to keep more of your money," declared Senate Majority Whip Don Nickles (R-Okla.) "The power to tax is the power to destroy." Nickles was accompanied by House Majority Leader Richard Armey (R-Tex.), Rep. Thomas Davis (R-Va.) and Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) The House GOP leadership had planned to devote part of last week to publicizing its balanced budget resolu- tion, but scrapped the five-city tour in AROUND THE Russian legislature delays impeach vote MOSCOW - Russia's lower house of parliament yesterday put off a vote on whether to impeach President Boris Yeltsin, a victory for the president over his Communist foes. Even though few expected that the State Duma would vote to impeach Yeltsin, the Kremlin wanted to avoid the spectacle of a debate. Political ana- lysts said that yesterday's decision likely means an end to the Communist-led impeachment drive, unless a Kremlin scandal erupts, or Yeltsin fires Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov or Communist ministers in the Cabinet. Communists are trying simply "to preserve this saber over the head of the president, without actually hoping to succeed," said Igor Bunin, a political analyst. The prospect of an impeachment vote - even though it seemed certain to fail - added to the uneasy atmos- phere in Moscow in recent weeks. The light of the Kosovo hostilities. With the deadline for filing taxes three days away, both lawmakers 'nd audience members questioned why cit- izens are taxed as many as three times on some parts of their income. U.S. cracks down on ilegalaliens Federal authorities are aggressively prosecuting illegal immigrants with criminal records who return to -he United States after being deporte.-,- a policy shift that is swamping federal courts, filling prisons and dividing many families. The get-tough approach is part of tW nation's ongoing crackdown against ille- gal immigrants with criminal historie4. Returning to the United States after teing barred from re-entry is a dimne that, until recently, was seldom prose- cuted. But armed with increased resources, authorities are charging these immigrants as never before, tak- ing advantage of new laws that provide for prison sentences of up to 20 year AORLD", prosecutor general, whom Yeltsin is seeking to oust, has threatened 'to expose high-level corruption if"he doesn't keep his job, and Yeltsin ,has hinted that he may reshuffle the. ernment yet again. Election offers hope to war-weary Algeria PARIS -- Optimism has been a scarce commodity in Algeria for- as long as most of its 30 million people can remember - as scarce as food' and schooling, and housing, and jobs,en certainly as scarce as peace and ty. More than 75,000 Algerians have died since 1992 in one of the decade's dirtiest but least-visible civil wars.The conflict has pitted a government domi- nated by generals against shadowy guerrillas who kill in the namWe f Islam, but it has left few families unmarked. 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