2Ai - fhe Michigan Daily -- i hursdav, March 29, 2001 N AT ION! WORLD Israel retalates against bombin GIAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) _ - Israeli helicopters rocketed head- quarters of Force 17, Yasser Arafat's elite guard, in Gaza and the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday, retaliating for a wave of bombings, including a suicide attack that killed two Israeli teen-agers. Reed flares lit up the night sky over Ramallah, where two people were killed in the assault, and flames leaped from burning build- ings and cars as firefighters tried to put out tnultiple blazes. Doctors in Ramallah said the dead included a member of Force 17 and a female civilian. Overall, more than two dozen Palestinians were injured in Ramallah and Gaza, several critically, doctors said. The attacks on Palestinian gov- ernment buildings were the first since last fall and further eroded the fabric and foundation of the peace agreements that granted the Pales- tinians autonomy and self-govern- ment. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has repeatedly accused Force 17 of involvement in attacks against Israeli civilians. "The purpose is to strik( those responsible for terr Israeli military said in a sta military said it hit the Fors quarters in Ramallah, and 17 targets around Gaza Ci al-Balah in the southern G< including a training camp depot. - * dults with Develo June11 Augua, I. Counselors ~~ Outdoor Euc -: Barn & Organic c :. :..qu stia Instri * ~,Creative Art,- :4. Sports ".. Thrdy 'ueBa Outdoor LIvi $1DsticBersan Make a difference in so - $ Wl Dins9-0'n Barrier free recreatici 5'ngIslCalltil517-673-21 9 -mil director~thefowlE Satud*V,. lub Musc °Write: 2315 HarmonL $Mayville, MI 487, " The Fowler Cen. atr'17 SIw l Dik 1 9 9 0 6 - P 6OutdoorLer * Unlimited Nights, Unlimited Weekends. Talk for hours without burning minutes. *! Plus, Nationwide Long Distance. At no extra cost, 24/7. g.s NEWS IN BRIEF Ita ce directly at WSIGO rorim," the m e (~ ir p .1 s t atemet.ThSupremeCor has aijaa ut% rce 17 head- The Supreme Court took a first look at prescription pot yesterday, heaing argu-- d four Force ments on an issue that has pitted the federal government against cancer, AIDS an ., ity and Deir other patients who sometimes regard marijuana as a wonder drug. aza Strip- As far as the federal government is concerned, marijuana is illegal and should-.,,- and an arms remain so. Federal enforcement efforts have led to confrontations and arrests inE California and other Western states. The issue for an openly skeptical Supreme Court is whether a patient's need for marijuana trumps a 1970 federal law that classifies it as an illegal substance with .. no known medical value.;,,,,; President Bush supports federal prohibitions on marijuana, but also respecs _.1 hildren and states' rights to pass voter initiatives, as was the case in California, spokesman A, A, ilidrn and Fleischer said. pmentai"The president is opposed to the legalization of marijuana, including for medi,-® cinal purposes," he said Yesterday.4 St 17 Lawyers for the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative in California want to.; M make what they call a "medical necessity" defense in federal court, and argue that. , .fQx federal judges and juries have the power to decide if the drug is warranted.ep $ Several justices seemed to think that approach was a stretch at best. Iton WASHINGTON 3arden 'utor Senate votes to raise 'limits on hard money,-- The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to raise the limits on contributions t, candidates and political parties, hoping to strike a balance on campaign finance legi , nig lation one day after moving to flush millions of dollars out of the nation's politi,7 system. !050 allies to curtail the influence of big money in politics.K "Money is not evil in and of itself," said Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) shortly rcenter.org before the Senate agreed to increase donation limits enacted in the wake of the Water-, ake Rd 144 gate scandal a quarter-century ago. Donors would be permitted to give $2,000 a year each to candidates of their iter for choice, and $37,500 overall to candidates and political parties for use in direct cam-, ing" paign expenses. These limits would rise with inflation in the future. The current limiyts;.{ are $1,000 and $25,000. - -The compromise called for smaller increases than Thompson originally wantP_, but more than Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) proposed in an alternative. WASHINGTON ness, the self-styled Ral, who says Bushorde ban aid cloning is a mandate conveyed to him -4 Bush oder ba s aid an extraterrestrial he met in 1973, sever- u to family planning al leading House members said t1i* ; intended to pass a law this year to bar, Without fanfare or public notice, cloning as a means of reproduction. President Bush yesterday signed a spe- President Bush has said he also suppr cial memorandum barring U.S. foreign a ban on cloning and will work aid to family planning groups involved Congress to pass one. in abortion. Ral, a French former journalist born. "It's been done. It will be in the Fed- as Claude Vorilhon, claims he has fund,, era Register tomorrow White-.House ing and a list of 100 women who will. spokesman Scott McClellan said. help him clone a human. The action, which the White House foreshadowed late last Friday, was . ATLANTA designed to quietly pre-empt abortion- . rights proponents in Congress who Children beaten in1 hoped to overturn Bush's policy of deny- ch rh s sin ing U.S. aid to family planning groups c u c e so s¢ that also do abortion counseling and lob- A judge put 41 children in foster bying with their own private funds. care for a year yesterday after their par-,, "President Bush has responded by tak- ents refused to stop whipping them i , ing procedural steps aimed at stopping church-sponsored beating sessions and. Congress from even voting on this issue' forcing teen-age girls to marry. said Amy Coen, president of Population "I hate to see these children jeopar ,,, Action International. "It is patently unde- dized by what I consider to be a cult,".,, mocratic ... and calls into question his Juvenile Court Judge Sanford Jones said. stated desire to work with Congress"' The decision followed a two-day- hearing into practices at the House ., WASHINGTON Prayer, led by the Rev. Arthur Allen Jr , The judge was told about a 7-yea -old Congress hears from left with welts and bruises and a 1-ear- cloning advocate old with open wounds on his belly ,aj~(, , side. A former church member also tes-,f. A star-shaped pendant around his fled that she was forced to marry at L5 neck, his hair gathered atop his head in a and was beaten when she refused to have bun, the white-suited leader of a Canadi- sex with her 23-year-old husband.,.t{{ an religious group told lawmakers yes- Allen has said the beatings aresm- terday that they should no more block pl discipline. Is plans to clone, human beings than "The Bible says that if you spareth-1 they would stop the development of rod you're going to spoil the child," antibiotics, blood transfusions, vaccines said last week..4 and other medical advances. c. But shortly after hearing from the wit- - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 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 $100. Winter term (.January through April) is $105, yearlong (September through April) is $180. Oncampus PHONE NUMBERS (ALl area code 734): News 76-DAILY; Arts 763-0379: Sports 647-3336; Opinion 764-0552 "" Circulation 764-0558; Classified advertising 764-0557; Display advertising 764-0554; Billing 764050. 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