2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 6, 2001 NATION/WORLD Israel rockets Palestinian police NEWS IN BRIEF v E A LI E -4-RO N DP.NVO L Islamic militant killed when booby-trapped public phone explodes 'BET LAHIYA, Gaza Strip - Israeli helicopter gunships blasted two Palestin- ian police buildings and a power station .with rockets early today, retaliating for a 'PAlestinian mortar barrage against Jew- ish settlements in Gaza and a farm in Israel. The Palestinians said the helicopter A look at the underside of U of M www.universitysecrets.com raid injured two people and cut power to thousands of homes in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister'Ariel Sharon's spokesman, Raapan Gissin, said Israel would respond harshly to mortar fire on Jewish communities. He said Israel would target not only those who fired the shells, but also Palestinian security offi- cials who fail to prevent such attacks. "The continued escalation leaves no choice to the Israeli government but to act relentlessly until the cessation of ter- rorist acts and shootings and until the Palestinian Authority assumes its responsibility of preventing terrorist actions," Gissin said. Two Palestinian police installations were hit by rockets in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip at about 12:30 a.m. today. In a two-story police building, walls and the ceiling were damaged, and a large poster of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was scorched. Glass shards covered the floor. Two people were hit by shrapnel, and three were treated for shock, hospital officials said. It was the second Israeli rocket attack on Gaza this week. On Tuesday, Israeli helicopters and tanks struck Palestinian police installations in several parts of the Gaza Strip, after a mortar shell landed in an Israeli settlement, critically wounding a baby. The Israelis attacked after mortar shells fired by Palestinians struck the Jewish areas. No casualties were report- ed. It was the latest in a string of violent incidents in the space of 24 hours, scut- tling tentative efforts to resume contacts and defuse the violence. Yesterday, Iyad Hardan, a leading member of the militant Islamic Jihad group, was blown up when a booby, trapped public phone he regularly used exploded on the street outside the jail in the West Bank town of Jenin where he was held on-and-off by Palestinian authorities. Palestinians immediately blamed Israel for the killing, which came a day after the sides held "argumentative" and inconclusive talks on ending more than six months of Mideast violence. Israel named Hardan one of the most dangerous members of Islamic Jihad, and accused him of masterminding major bomb attacks against Israel. Without saying directly that Israel was responsible, Sharon said, "sometimes we will announce what we did, sometimes we will not announce what we did," he told a political meeting in Tel Aviv. "We don't always have to announce it." Hardan escaped from a Palestinian jail in October, in the first days of the Pales- tinian uprising. After a manhunt, he was rearrested by the Palestinians, only to be released in November. Israel says he then orchestrated a December bombing in northern Israel that killed two Israelis and injured 60. Hardan was arrested again by the Palestinians, but has been allowed to come and go from the jail. He went to a university in Jenin yesterday morning where he was studying history, and was returning to the jail in the afternoon. But before he entered, he made a call from his regular phone, just a few paces from the entrance to the facility, which also houses offices of the Palestinian Authority. WAS IN TO N Hopes fade for Bush's desired tax cut Still struggling for votes, Republicans conceded yesterday that the budget they plan to push through the Senate may fall short of President Bush's full $1.6 trillion, 10-year tax cut proposal. GOP hopes for fully restoring Bush's plan began to fade after their effort@ win support from maverick Sen. James Jeffords (R-Vt.) seemed to flag. Jeffords' vote had been considered pivotal in the Republican effort to erase the blow that the Senate dealt Bush on Wednesday in voting to slice the tax reduction to $1.15 trillion. "I've about run that string out," Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said of efforts to satisfy Jeffords. Jeffords has threatened to vote against Bush's budget because he says it would shortchange special education to make room for an oversized tax cut. Jeffords did not rule out an eleventh-hour deal, saying, "I'm always open to suggestions." But Lott acknowledged that Jeffords' resistance meant the tax number may end up being below Bush's coveted $1.6 trillion figure. "We're not in a bidding process. We're going to pass it. We're going to g conference at whatever level the bill is at that time," Lott told reporters, refer- ring to House-Senate bargaining on the final version of legislation. TOKYO Prime minister announces plans to resign Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, one of Japan's most unpopular leaders in decades, told his Cabinet today that he will resign, but did not set a date, the government's top spokesman said. Mori had long been expected to resign. The ruling Liberal Democr Party is planning to hold a leadership election later this month that wo choose a successor. But today's announcement was the first time Mori had directly said publicly that he would step down. "I made up my mind to resign because I think it is necessary to tackle mounting issues both at home and abroad under a new administration," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda quoted Mori as telling the Cabinet. The changing of the guard comes as Japan is struggling to overcome'a decade-long economic slowdown. Stocks have slumped, unemployment is near a record high and officials say a long-awaited recovery has stalled. The LDP began preparations this week to hold elections on April 24 for e new party president. The LDP president is almost guaranteed to become prime minister because of the party's domination of Parliament. NEW YORK Markets rebound after earlier slumps Stock prices shot higher yesterday, propelling the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 400 points, after Dell Computer and Alcoa gave Wall Street its first really good earnings news in months. The advance was a welcome relief for a market yearning for an end to Wall Street's protracted slump. But some analysts, noting that most first- quarter earnings reports will still be dis- appointing, cautioned that the market remains vulnerable to declines. The Dow rose 402.63, or 4.2 percent, to close at 9,918.05. The index's run-up was its second-largest daily point gain, after the 499.19 it rose on March 16, 200Q. Despite the big advance, the Dow has gained less than 40 points this week, having plunged 392 over Monday and Tuesday. The Nasdaq composite index also soared, rising 146.20, or 8.9 per- cent, to 1,785.00, posting its third- largest daily percentage gain. SAN FRANCISCO Russia turns away Delta Airlines flight A Delta flight from Atlanta to Japan was forced back to the United States after Russian air traffic controllers said it didn't have permission to fly through their airspace. The airline said it was an isolated mixup and the problem was corrected. Flight 55, carrying 203 passengers and 15 crew members, was about 20 minutes into Russian airspace when the controllers notified pilots the flight lacked proper clearance, Delta Air Lines said. Some 9 1/2 hours into the flight, the plane had to turn around and then fly 5 1/2 more hours to recross the Pacific and land in San Francisco early yester- day. Delta spokeswoman Alesia Wat called the incident "a one-time err that has been corrected. She said she did not know what had happened or how the problem was solved. WASHINGTON Bush backs bacteria test for school meat The Bush administration backed away from a proposal to ease salmo la testing requirements on meat or school lunches, saying it was overrulr ing lower level Agriculture Department officials. The administration reversed course yesterday after the proposal made front-page news, provoking criticism from consumer groups already angered by President Bush's with- drawal of a standard for the amount arsenic allowable in drinking water a standard issued by President Clin- ton. "It makes for a very tough morning when you open most newspapers in this country and find a front-page story that your administration is relaxing standards on the safety of school lunch programs," said Sen. Richard Durbin (D-1Il.), who favors testing. "That's a hard one to sell." - Compiled from Daily wire repo* 4. - WW4 . ..4 ,4 4 . " 4 DON'T MISS THIS GREAT a ul TO LEARN FIRST-HAND ABOUT 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. 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