2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 10, 2001 NATION WORLD 4 Bombings put pressure on Arafat JFERUSALEM (AP) -A suicide bomber set off an explosion at a busy intersection in northern Israel yes- terday, failing to kill anyone other than himself but intensifying already heavy American and Israeli pres- sure on Yasser Arafat. Secretary of State Colin Powell said a string of recent bombings are "destroying his (Arafat's) authori- ty and credibility," and Vice President Dick Cheney told NBC's "Meet the Press" that "until Arafat demon- strates that he is serious about suicide attackers, there won't be progress." The United States and Israel have demanded that Arafat do more to stop terrorists; the Palestinian leader says he is already cracking down on them and that 180 have been arrested. So long as the terrorism continues, Israel says its incursions into Palestinian territory are necessary. In the West Bank yesterday, Israeli soldiers killed five Palestinians and detained 30 suspected militants in raids on two villages. American diplomatic efforts hit a rough patch as peace envoy Anthony Zinni told Israeli and Palestinian security officials that if they didn't make real progress in the next 48 hours, he would consider leaving the region, one Israeli official said on condition of anonymity. The Israeli said Zinni _ who arrived in Israel just two weeks ago, saying he would stay as long as it took to restore calm and restart peace talks _ stood up and left talks between the two sides after issuing his ultima- tum. U.S. Embassy spokesman Paul Patin declined to comment on the- meeting yesterday afternoon at Jerusalem's King David Hotel, other than to say the United States planned to convene another in a few days. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned after the botched bombing in the northern port city of Haifa that Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territories were likely to intensify. "In light of what is going on, we will apparently have to increase our (military) activity,"he said. The Haifa bombing, which killed the attacker and slightly injured 11 bystanders, came exactly a week after another suicide bomber detonated himself on a bus there, killing 15. That attack and one that killed 11 in Jerusalem the night before set off a new crisis, prompting Israel to strike Palestinian police and security installations. An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said yesterday's bomber had intended to set off two explosions, one to draw rescue workers to the scene and then a larger bomb strapped to his body. Instead, he blew himself up when police confronted him. Emergency workers found a second bomb hours later and detonated it in a controlled explosion. Palestinian security sources identified the attacker NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD BRUSSELS, Belgium Middle East peace topic at EU summit European Union ministers plan to try their hand at Middle East peacemaking today before opening a week of intense negotiations to resolve several internal disputes within their 15-nation bloc. The EU has invited Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and top Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath for talks in an effort to halt resurgent violence in the region. The pair are scheduled to meet Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofs- tadt, who holds the EU's rotating presidency, and EU foreign ministers gathered here. European officials, however, expressed little hope of a breakthrough. "We realize how difficult and fragile the situation is," said Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel, who will chair Monday's ministerial meeting. The ministers will also look at the EU's role in the war against terrorism, and plans to help stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan now the Taliban have fallen. The meeting was originally called to prepare for the EU's year-end summit to be held in Brussels Friday and Saturday. To ensure the summit runs smoothly, the EU foreign ministers will try to over- come differences on various issues. CROSSMAGLEN, Northern Ireland 22 police officers injured in IRA riots Irish Republican Army supporters armed with clubs, fence posts and other makeshift weapons clashed with riot police and soldiers yesterday at three British security installations near the Northern Ireland border. Police said 22 officers suffered mostly minor injuries, but two with head wounds were airlifted by helicopter to a Belfast hospital. The officers reported firing two plastic bullets to force back protesters outside one army watchtower and used batons and a further plastic bullet to beat back protesters who had forced their way into the main barracks used by soldiers and police in Crossmaglen. One soldier suffered burn injuries after protesters filled a large oil drum with gasoline and set it alight against the barracks' main gate, police said. Two military dogs were also injured in the attack on the base. Police said they had arrested four people during yesterday's protests - two men and two teen-agers - and had videotaped the scuffles outside the watchtowers in the hope of identifying people in the crowd. Warning signs outside each base read, "This is a prohibited place within the meaning of the Official Secrets Act. Unau- thorized persons in the area will be arrested and prosecuted." 4 Ar r-uT Jews light candles during a Hanukkah celebration yesterday at Zion Square, the place of the suicide bombing attack last week in Jerusalem. as Nimr Abu Sayfien, 20, from the town of Yamoun in the northern West Bank. About 3,000 people marched through Yamoun later to show support for Abu Sayfien's family, some shout- ing "Intefadeh until victory!" U U COLLEGE FANTASY . SP O RTS o 1 in every 5 entrants win! o Only $29.95 to enter o Choose your favorite players o Enter by 12/26/2001 0 1 in every 5 entrants win! Ol 0 Only $29.95 to enter Choose your favorite players O Enter by 1/6/2002 Go to mjmfantasysports.com or call us toll free at (866) 680-1800 to sign up today! Brought to you by the first company to offer fantasy sports using college players with permission from the NCAA! 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Yesterday, Kenyan authorities contin- ued their efforts to restore calm to East Africa's largest slum. So far,'about a dozen people have been killed and hun- dreds more injured in battles where the combatants hacked and beat each other with machetes, daggers and woden clubs. "If they try to destroy us, we'll react viciously," said 32-year-old Abdullah Ali, a Nubian whose family'rents out several shacks. "We don't have guns, but we have many daggers and Allah on our side." The rent battle in Kibera is a problem seen across much of Africa, according to Johnnie Carson, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya. Many rural residents relocate to urban areas searching for jobs and a better life, only to encounter unemploy- ment, a lack of affordable housing, and other social ills. They settle in places such as Kibera, where some 700,000 people are crammed into an area small- er than some American university cam- puses. Economic hardship feared in Argentina BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - After nearly a decade of stability, the fear is back for Argentines. They are watching their savings warily, wor- ried that the dark past of triple-digit inflation and economic chaos is about to return. The tension is palpable along the stately boulevards of the capital, known as the Paris of Latin America, with passers-by visiting currency changers to check the latest rates and patrons of the street cafes talking about ways to protect their cash. "People are bracing for the worst, they don't know what to expect," said waiter Ilernan Bellessi, serving coffee and croissants to a half-empty Cafe Tortoni. "The fear is the lid could come off at any time." A $132 billion debt crisis and four years of recession have left Argentina teetering on the edge of financial col- lapse, struggling to maintain some basic services. A slew of measures have failed to re-ignite the economy, and now inter- national lending has been cut off. Pres- sure is hivrh on the country's finances. CAPE CANAVERAL. Flay Supplies unloaded into space staion Astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle Endeavour and international space station unloaded supplies yester- day for the three men who will remain in orbit until May. The most noteworthy payloads, though, are staying on the shuttle: thousands of US. flags in tribute to those killed on Sept. 11. Six thousand of the small flags will be distributed after Endeavour's flight to victim's relatives and some of the survivors of the tragedy. The larger flags will be returned to Pennsylvania, the Pentagon and New York, where one of them was flying at the World Trade Center when the hijacked airlin- ers slammed into the towers. That flagis ripped and stil smells of smoke. Shuttle commander Dominic Gorie said before the mission that he was reluctant to unpack it in space for fear it would trigger smoke alarms. GENEVA First Ebola outbreak confirmed in Gabon An outbreak of fever in the west African nation of Gabon has been con- firmed as the deadly disease Ebola, the World Health Organization said yes- terday. It is the world's first documented outbreak of Ebola since last year in Uganda, where 224 people - includ- ing health workers - died from the virus. Ebola is one of the most virulent viral diseases known to humankind, causing death in 50 to 90 percent of all clinically ill cases. "It's been confirmed by a laboratory in Gabon," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told The Associated Press. "We've had reports that seven people have died." Hartl said WHO has already sent a team to help the coastal nation and that a second team of four special- ists would leave Geneva for Gabon today. DUBLIN, Ireland Slide continues on Japanese markets Doctors said they were growing more hopeful yesterday about the condition of five refugees fighting for their lives after a journey in a ship- ping contajner that killed ight.otherr. The survivors - four men and one woman - remained in critical condi- tion, but their conditions have stabi- lized said' Dr. Paddy ML iernan, a consultant physician at Wexford Gen- eral Hospital. "We are much more hopeful about them now," he said, though he added that the woman in particular remained critically ill. The patients were being treated for respiratory problems and hypothermia, doctors said. A trucker discovered the survivors and eight dead bodies amid his cargo of office furniture Saturday after hear- ing moaning and pounding noises as he neared the town of Wexford, 70 miles south of Dublin. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 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