T nft AL:.h......rt ":il._ _Th1.rc. .....J.... t f~4 4 Ar'u1 ' NATION/WORLD gu .Mye - uruouu;iL %4uslim leader becomes new Indonesian president !A JAKARTA, Indonesia E ecto {AI'} - A revered but i aiz,, t1 J frail Islamic party leader won the first open presidential election in Indonesia's troubled history yesterday, defeating the popular aughter of the country's founding father and setting ff a wave of violent protests by her disillusioned sup- porters. Abdurrahman Wahid comes to power as Indonesia grapples with its worst economic crisis in 30 years and continuing communal and separatist violence across this ethnically diverse archipelago of210 million peo- ple. His election gives Islam unprecedented influence in the world's largest Muslim nation. In the wake of the vote, gunshots rang throughout the capital, Jakarta. About 10,000 supporters of Wahid's rival, egawati Sukarnoputri, tried to march on Parliament, hrowing rocks and gasoline boipbs at police who stopped them with tear gas and warning shots. The clashes continued into the night before protesters drifted away. Gangs also roamed some streets and tried to hijack cars. At least one man was killed when a car exploded, injuring 18. A separate homemade bomb, hidden in a flower pot, injured five people at the city's main traffic circle. A third bomb went off harmlessly in a street after Jakarta's huge convention center was set on fire. n spurs violent Inside the heavily guarded Parliament, Wahid - who has suffered two strokes, is nearly blind and can barely walk - was supported by two aides as he shuf- fled to a podium to make his inaugural speech calling for national unity. Although Wahid heads Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, he has long supported cooperation among faiths and continuing the separation between religion and government. Wahid, better known by his nickname, Gus Dur, is regarded as a voice of tolerance and democratic reform. "It will be a heavy task to create a peaceful and prosperous society in the future," Wahid said in his first speech as president. Until yesterday, Megawati, the daughter of Indonesia's first president, had been regarded as the presidential frontrunner. Her Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle won 34 percent of the vote in June elections, more than any other party. Wahid's National Awakening Party won only 12 percent. Megawati's candidacy failed because some conser- vative Muslims rejected the idea of a female president and others claimed she lacked the vision and political savvy to build alliances with rivals. Initially, Wahid supported her campaign but later decided to go it deb at s alone after the two fell out over strategy. During the vote, of Megawati's hopeful supporters clogged s. The mood turned dark with news of her me cried; others resorted to violence. cople wanted Mega. Now there must be a A --- , said one supporter, who identified him- f' as Ita. shington, President Clinton welcomed 's presidential selection and the decision to end :entury of rule in East Timor, where a multi- >rce is trying to restore order after paramilitary it on a spree of burning, looting and intimida- ghout the terntory last month. vents of the last two days should give us all' a very great country that the world needs h is on the way back, and that's what I'm IlI happen," Clinton said yesterday. , _. /ahid sworn in as Indonesia's fourth head of - - 4 years of independence, the focus turned to . . assembly will choose Thursday as vice ; Officials in Wahid's party say he may well ;awati the vice presidency, a crucial post if . < e to fulfill his term. r possible choice is AkbarTanjung, leader ofAPO Golkar Party, who reportedly made a deal to Supporters of defeated Presidential candidate Megawati Sukamoputri tend to their /ahid's presidential bid. badly-injured colleague yesterday during a bomb explosion in Jakarta. Aibright lectures Nigerians on need to curb corruption v ABUJA, Nigeria (AP)- Lecturing her hosts, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warned yesterday that African nations cannot achieve their economic potential until they overcome crime and corruption by "those who consider pub- lic office a license to steal." She praised Nigeria's new civilian leader, but said the tran- sition from military rule will not be complete until civilians are firmly in charge. Speaking to a gathering at the headquarters of a 14-nation West Africa economic group known informally as ECOWAS, Albright pledged the United States would do what it could on a number of fronts for Africa - trade, debt forgiveness, democratic development and the fight against AIDS. But, she said, private sector investment must be the "engine of long- term growth across Africa." "And if domestic investment is to be profitable and foreign investment attractive, the battle against crime and corruption must be won," she said. "Too many of Africa's resources are being squandered, and its peace shattered, by the criminal and corrupt - by dia- mond runners, drug peddlers and those who consider public office a license to steal' Albright said. Albright, on the fourth leg of a six-nation Africa tour, came to Nigeria to welcome the reinstatement of democ- racy last spring after 1 5 years of dictatorship in a country largely ruled by the gun since independence in 1960. She said she saw the transition away from military rule as a transcendental event, on a par with the end of com- munism in her native Czechoslovakia a decade ago and of the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994. Albright offered praise for president Olesegun Obasanjo, who took office five months ago, but she said the transition to democracy will not be complete unless civilian supremacy is consolidated and repressive laws are repealed. Despite Nigeria's rich oil reserves and profits, which have been squandered by past leaders, the average person lives on about S2.60 a day. 'U' urged to join workers' consortium AP PHOTO Maurice Papon, center, said he has gone into exile rather than turn himself in to French authorities. Papon was convicted of crimes against humanity for his role in the deportation of 1,590 Jews during World War 11. 'Form~~~10er Vih fica le Holocaust victims angered when Maurice Papon leaves France to avoid being jailed PARIS (AP) - Defying French justice and angering Holocaust vic- tims, former Vichy official Maurice Papon has fled the country to avoid being s jailed for his complicity in deporting 1,590 Jews to Nazi death camps during World War II. Authorities ordered an internation- al arrest warrant to track down Papon, whose six-month trial opened old wounds about French collaboration with the Nazis and whose flight was certain to raise questions about the nation's determination to confront its role in the Holocaust. The 89-year-old Papon, the high- est-ranking member of the pro-Nazi Vichy regime to be convicted for complicity in crimes against humani- ty, maintained in a statement yester- day that he had chosen exile to uphold his honor.- The former deputy prefect of Bordeaux disappeared on the eve of his appeals hearing, which was sched- uled for today. Under French law, he was required to report to jail on the eve of the hear- ing and his failure to appear would mean automatic rejection of his appeal. He spent three days in jail at the start of his trial in October 1997, but a Bordeaux court then released him for health reasons during the trial and appeals period. Papon, who was sentenced to 10 years in jail, did not say where he was going. His lawyer, Jean-Marc Varaut, told The Associated Press that his client might be in the British Channel Islands of Jersey or Guernsey. The lack of border controls among EU countries would have made it easy for Papon to leave the country. His disappearance was a major embarrassment to French officials who did not place controls on Papon's movements after his April 1998 con- viction for his role in deporting 1,590 Jews from Bordeaux to Drancy, the squalid French transit camp that was the antechamber to Auschwitz. Paporn was absolved of guilt in their deaths at Auschwitz after the jury appeared to accept his defense that while he knew the deportees would meet a cruel fate, he was unaware of the Nazis' systematic extermination of Jews. "If Maurice Papon had been an ordinary thief or rapist, authorities would have taken away his passport, at the very least," said civil party lawyer Arno Klarsfeld, adding that he may press charges against Bordeaux magistrates who allowed Papon to remain free throughout his trial. SWVEATSHOP Continued from Page 1A wrong when women your age are locked in factories producing apparel for your university," he said. After protests and rallies on hundreds of college campuses, plus sit-in demon- strations at Duke UniversityGeorgetown University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Arizona and at the University of Michigan, Kernaghan said corporations are fearing the student movement. "The one thing companies are count- ing on is that you are going to graduate and not be around in two years," Kernaghan said, adding that since the student movement is growing on col- lege campuses and in high schools, the pressure is not going away. Kernaghan urged the University administration to endorse the Workers Rights Consortium, a labor code devel- oped in part by United Students Against Sweatshops. Members of USAS and the NLC released the WRC on Tuesday in New York. The policy is an alternative to a code from the Fair Labor Association, a White House-sponsored coalition of corporations and human rights groups. USAS organizer Eric Brakken said the FLA has fundamental flaws that instead of helping to end sweatshop labor, help to hide it. "Corporations get to choose who gets to monitor the factories, chooses when inspections will e done ... and the information is not made public," Brakken said. Brakken said the WRC is a vehicle to create change in the apparel industry. Under the WRC, local human rights groups conduct factory monitoring, whereas, under the FLA, corporate auditors conduct factory monitoring.. "Instead of keeping the veils of secrets and solidifying the sweatshop industry, (the WRC)is designed to open this industry up and tear down the walls," Brakken said. On Monday, Brown University became the first school to sign on to the WRC. Since 30 members of SOLE stormed and occupied the office of University of Michigan President Lee Bollinger in March, demanding the administration take a stronger stance against sweat- shop labor in the apparel industry, the University^ has not committed to the FLA or any other labor code. Public Policy Prof. John Chamberlin, chair of the University's Anti- Sweatshop Advisory Committee, said he does not want the committee to be too quick to make a decision and that careful study is needed before commit- ting to the FLA, the WRC or any other code. "I don't want to rush into anything,' Chamberlin said Tuesday. Brakken urged the University to endorse the WRC. "You have a chance to be one of the first campuses in the nation to break down this corporate veil of secrecy," he said. LSA first-year student David Lempert said the workers' testimony brings the reality of sweatshops from the factory to campus. "You can talk about all of this in the- ory ... they really bring the message home;" he said. Afterwards, SOLE members led the audience to the Fleming Administration Building to write chalk messages on and around the building. "We need to make sure that the administration knows that we are still here on campus,' said SOLE member Rachel Edelman, an LSA senior. VELTMAN Bontinued from Page 1A He is scheduled to give a lecture titled, "Understanding Particles" tomorrow at 3 p.m. in Room 1800 of the Chemistry Building. The lecture will explain particle physics in layman's terms, a subject Veltman said is very important to him. He said that along with the book he has been writing, he also hopes to make this complicated subject accessible to veryone. "It's important, but nobody ows what we do' Veltman said. Since receiving the Nobel Prize, Veltman joked that "he had more friends than he had ever realized. "I have received numerous telephone calls and flowers - they barely fit in the house. The publicity value is out of this world," he said. The Queen of Holland bestowed onto Veltman the title of commander in .ie order of the Dutch lion. He explained that this is a nominal stature only. As part of his week visiting the cam- pus, Veltman will get a chance to stand in front of 110,000 Michigan football fans Saturday when Michigan takes on Illinois. He will be on the field in