2A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 6, 2000 Rebels refuse release of American ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) - Muslim rebels holding an American hostage in a southern Philippine jungle refused yesterday to exchange him for a suspected guerrilla. Jeffrey Schilling of Oakland, Calif., ended a hunger strike and is being held in a heavily guarded bamboo hut, said a government envoy who visited the rebel camp. Schilling's legs are tied because he tried to escape, the envoy said. On Monday, police said they had arrested a 73- year-old man suspected of belonging to the Abu Sayyaf rebels and accused him of taking part in kidnappings on Basilan island. Rebel spokesman Abu Sabaya identified the man as his grandfather, but refused to swap him for Schilling, who was kidnapped Aug. 28. The rebels will not release Schilling for "even 10, even 100 of my grandfathers," Sabaya told the Radio Mindanao Network. The rebels, who say they are fighting to establish an Islamic state in the southern Philippines, have insisted that the arrested man, Ahmad Opao, be freed before they begin talks for Schilling's release. Schilling, who became a Muslim in 1994, was taken hostage when he visited the Abu Sayyaf's camp on Jolo island, 580 miles south of Manila. The rebels seized him after he angered them in a debate about religion and politics, a newspaper reported Sunday. Abu Sayyaf is holding six Europeans - four from a group abducted April 23 from a Malaysian diving resort and two French journalists - and 12 Filipino Christian evangelists who came to pray for the hostages in July. Officials hope the six Europeans will be freed later this.week after the return Tuesday of Libyan negotiator Rajab Azzarouq, who is leading talks for their release. Libya reportedly paid S6 million for last week's release of six other foreigners. Schilling has been living in Zamboanga since March with a Muslim Filipino woman, Ivi Osani. The couple married sev- eral months ago. Osani, Sabaya's second cousin and the widow of a rebel killed in fighting several years ago, said she and Schilling were invited by Sabaya to visit the Abu Sayyaf camp. On Monday, the rebels rejected the government's choice of a local official to negotiate for Schilling's freedom and demanded a national government offi- cial instead. Government officials refused to replace negotia- tors. BOOKS Best Book Buys ............. Michigan Book & Supply ... . Michigan Union Bookstore .... . Shaman Drum Bookstore Ulrich's Bookstore ........... ..... Arts 6 .....AA 2, Sp 8, Arts 2, ....Univ 12, Comm 2 ....Arts 10, News 7, 18 & 21 .Univ 8 .AA 4, 8, Arts 4, Univ 10, .....Comm 5, News 27 Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop ......... Adrian's T-Shirt Stud .............. Bivouac ........................ Fanatical Sportswear ............. Footprints ...................... 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Zamora said Schilling was apparently responsi- le for his own capture. Unlike the European hostages who were taken by >rce without their consent in another country and rought to the Philippines, Schilling walked into e Abu Sayyaf camp. We don't really have to do nything about it," he told the government radio ation. The Abu Sayyaf faction which abducted chilling also kidnapped about 50 children and achers on Basilan in March. Two teachers were beheaded after the United tates ignored the group's demand for the release of rab terrorists held in U.S. jails. The faction also illed a Catholic priest. The group has not announced its demands for chilling's release, although Sabaya privately emanded Sl0 million last week, negotiators id. HAVEL Continued from Page 1A reform their systems to make higher education available to all people. This, he said, "will help societies to achieve globalization's fundamental challenge -getting the rewards to everyone." Without this education reform, many countries will not be involved in deci- sion-making processes, "and will not be able to channel results of globalization in moral and ethical ways," Svejnar said. Dickerson then read excerpts from the letters Havel wrote to his wife Olga while he was in prison for speaking out against the communist regime. In 1982, Havel wrote to her about his decision to do things he knew would land him in jail: "I had to act as I acted. It was sim- ply not possible to act in any other way." Bollinger said Havel's life offers important lessons to students who because of their age will live most of their lives in a world without the pres- ence of communism. "I think that one great question of a time of such wide- spread peace and growing prosperity is, How do we make sure that what had to be resisted in order to achieve it is not forgotten?" Bollinger said. Havel was born into a prominent family in 1936. His father's influence in business and politics caused the family to be singled out as a threat to the com- munist regime, limiting Havel's access to education. He was able to study at the Czech Technical University before join- ing Prague's Theater on the Balustrade. After Warsaw Pact members invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, Havel began speaking out against communist poli- cies of restricting speech and publica- tions. He co-founded the Chapter 77 human tights initiative and the Commit- tee for the Defense of the Unjustly Oppressed, both of which worked to ensure the rights of Czechoslovakian people. Havel is also well-known for numer- ous plays about life in his country. Many were banned by the government, and the writings earned him a five-year prison sentence for political dissent. 10 Havel became president of Czecho- slovakia when communism fell in 1989, and was elected president of the Czech Republic in 1993 after the country divided. REPU BLI CANS Continued from Page 1A Party chairwoman, takes a similar viewpoint. "I think U of M, by the title of the course and by the way they're portraying it, are making it provocative. It kind of pushes the envelope," Avery said. But Halperin says the attention his class has received is unwarranted. Arts 5 "Neither (candidate) has attempted to get in touch with me or find out what the class is really about," he said yesterday. H[alperin said the University has never put pressure on him to cancel his class. If either Anderson or Avery were 4, elected, that could change, as both can- didates say they would oppose taxpayer funding of the class. "We understand that this is some- thing a lot of people in the University were not aware of and we don't think this is an appropriate way to spend tax dollars," Avery said. Conceivably, the Board of Regents could take action if a majority support such a motion. But the board has not in recent memory tried to use its power sanction any academic affairs within a University school or college. Regent Dan Horning (R-Grand 20 Haven) said the class "crosses the moral line" but added that he doesn't know of any "Republican plans" to prohibit the University from offering t1- rn o;C k tk .n , _ _ in _ivor, t AROUND HE WORL ACROSS THE NATION Ford prepares for congressional hearin WASHINGTON -On the eve of congressional hearings into the recall of65 million Firestone tires, Ford Motor Co. released new documents yesterday to bolster its contention that it had no reason to doubt the safety of the tires beintr investigated in 88 deaths. In a more than hour-long briefing with reporters, the automaker presented packet of charts and correspondence with Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. to sh that it repeatedly asked the tire maker to investigate reports of tread separation coming in from around the world. Each time Bridgestone/Firestone insisted that there was no manufacturing defect with the tires and blamed performance problems on poorly maintained tires or other external factors, according to the documents. And data from Ford, Firestone and the federal government did not show a trend of defects, Ford said. "I genuinely believe we can demonstrate to anyone that has the patience to sit- and listen that we were not taking a see no evil, hear no evil approach," said Helen Petrauskas, Ford vice president of safety. Ford eventually replaced the tires on its popular Explorer SUV and other vehi- cles in 16 foreign countries beginning in August 1999. Ford said it only we ahead with the recall because customers in those markets kept complaining th their tires were falling apart. One year later after the federal government began investigating the tires, Bridgestone/Firestone recalled 6.5 million ATX, ATX II and Wilderness tires, but both companies say they still do not know what is causing the tread separa-- tion, blowouts and other defects that customers have reported. Ruling on MP3.com lawsuit in sight NEW YORK - The world's largest record company asked a judge yesterday to award it up to S450 million in dam- ages from M P3.com for copyright infringements, an amount the Internet music company said would put it out of business. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, who earlier this year determined MP3.com had violated copyright law by allowing people to store copied songs on its com- puters, said he would rule today on whether the company willfully infringed on Universal Music Group copyrights. If he finds the company did so intentional- ly, that could increase potential damages. "An award should sting. It should be serious," said Hadrian Katz, Universal's lawyer. "Massive copyright infringement is the kind of innovation that needs to be deterred." The nation's four other major record companies also sued but have since set- tIed with San Diego-based MP3.com. The amount of the settlements were not disclosed, but the company recently set aside 5150 million to cover its legal costs, including the deals. A S450 million damages awadl would mean S45,000for each of ale 10,000 CDs Universal maintains we* illegally copied and included in an MP3.com service that allowed MP3.com customers to access their favorite CDs on the Web, Katz said. Judge casts doubt on argument against Lee NEW YORK -- The federal judge handling the case of former Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee ha raised serious questions about the strength of the prosecution's argu- ments. In an Aug. 31 ruling made public over the Labor Day weekend, U.S. Dis- trict Court Judge James Parker said new evidence makes the Taiwanese- American physicist's alleged security bling that they appeared to be" earlier. ' "Dr. Lee's actions may not ha been as surreptitious, clandestine ° secretive as the government originally indicated," Parker wrote in the 17-page opinion, which concluded Lee should be released on SI million bail pending his jury trial in November. 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