2A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 5, 2001 NATION/WORLD Suicide bomber injures 13 near school The Washington Post JERUSALEM - Dressed in the skullcap, white shirt and black pants of a devout Jew, a Palestinian suicide bomber was just blocks from the heart of ,downtown Jerusalem yesterday morning when a pair ,of Israeli policemen became suspicious. As they ran up to him yelling "Stop!" the bomber turned, smiled from behind a beard and blew himself to bits. The blast sent the suicide bomber's head hurtling into the courtyard of a French international school, badly injured one of the policemen and left a dozen wther people with less serious wounds. It was the fifth .bomb to explode in Jerusalem in two days and poten- tially the most lethal: Had the bomber reached a busy intersection or snack bar a block or two away, many people could have died. The bombings this week have left Israelis in Jerusalem on edge. When the European Union's for- eign policy chief, Javier Solana, toured the scene of Yesterday's bombing and denounced the "terrible -.criminal act," he was booed and heckled by Israelis * nd hustled back to his limousine by bodyguards. Some of the hecklers evidently associated Solana with the United Nations, whose conference on racism in Durban, South Africa, has become a forum for crit- icizing Israel. "Anti-Semite, go back to Durban!" one of the heck- lers yelled at Solana. The bombings, coupled with clashes throughout the West Bank and Gaza City, Gaza Strip, have cast a pall over efforts by Solana and other diplomats to arrange talks between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. Arafat, speaking in Gaza, issued an expression of regret at attacks that hurt either Israeli or Palestinian civilians. But Avi Pazner, an Israeli spokesman, said: "Is it use- ful today to meet with (Arafat), who has continued a policy of hate and incitement?" The Jerusalem explosion occurred during the morn- ing rush hour on the Street of the Prophets, a block from a pizzeria where a Palestinian suicide bomber killed 15 people last month. At least one pedestrian noticed the man, who seemed out of sorts and was nearly running down the street, and alerted a pair of policemen on patrol. "We began chasing him ... and at a distance of four (yards) we ordered him to halt," one of the patrolmen, Guy Mughrabi, told Israel Radio from his hospital bed a few hours later. "He stopped and at the same time moved his right hand to his bag, pushed a button and blew up. He didn't speak-he just smiled." AP PHOTO Israeli police investigators inspect a car damaged when a suicide bomber disguised as an observant Jew blew himself up in central Jerusalem yesterday. Mughrabi's partner, who was nearest the bomber, suffered severe injuries and was listed in critical con- dition. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Israeli officials immediately said they sus- pected the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, which has been behind previous such bombings. *Man dies after shark attck on MANTEO, N.C. (AP) - A man was killed by a shark and his girlfriend was critically injured as they swam along the North Carolina shore, the latest in a series of East Coast shark attacks and the second deadly one of the holiday weekend. Authorities made two aerial search- es yesterday of the area along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Spotters on one flight did see sharks, but the nearest ones to the scene of the attack were about 10 miles away, said Mary Doll of the National Park Service. A medical examiner determined the man died of massive blood loss caused 5, Univ 7 by multiple shark bites, Doll said. Three types of sharks are common in the area along the Outer Banks: sand tiger, bull and scalloped hammer- head. Monday's attack, the first fatal one off North Carolina's coast in more than 40 years, came less than two days after Comm 4 a 10-year-old boy was killed by a Arts 5, shark near Virginia Beach, about 135 NEWS IN BRIEF WASHINGTON Bush reveals plan to boost economy President Bush opened the door yesterday to a future cut in the capital gains tax, a longtime Republican prescription for reviving an ailing economy, but said he first wants to see the effects of last spring's income tax cut. Bracing for an autumn of wrestling with Democrats over the sluggish econo- my and diminished budget surplus, Bush told reporters that before reducing the capital gains tax, he wanted to give the income tax 'cut time to stimulate the economy. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the idea could be consid- ered for the fiscal 2003 budget, to be sent to Congress early next year. "But I'm open-minded," Bush said before meeting with Senate leaders as Con- gress returned from its summer break. Bush said trimming the capital gains tax rate - now 20 percent for most peo- ple - "would pile up some revenues" for the government. That would be a huge help for the administration as it scours the tight budget for money to pay for its proposals to boost defense, education and other spending. . Many economists say the government could make money in the early periog of a capital gains tax cut - as additional people sell their property to fake advantage of the lower takes - but the reduction would be a money-loser forihe government in the long run. MEXICO CITY Fox to push immigration plan while in U.S. President Vicente Fox will be playing his favorite role as Mexico's salesman' in chief a visit to Washington, hoping to sell the U.S. Congress on the first "inte- grated" approach to the immigration problem. But Fox, who arrived in the U.S. capital yesterday evening, is not just trying t' wow the United States with his vision of a more modern, more assertive, nore open Mexico. In his first six months in office he visited 26 countries with the same message, earning himself the nickname "the frequent flyer president." Whether the former Coca-Cola executive is trolling Asia for new investment, pursuing more work visas for Mexicans or the loftier aim of obtaining a rotating seat for his nation on the U.N. Security Council, Fox wants all the world to know that Mexico is ready to take its place on the global stage. "Mexico's image in the world has changed," said Foreign Affairs Secretary Jorge Castaneda, the conservative'ihtellectual Fox picked to lead the nation into the embrace of the United States. "The country has an image of democracy, openness and honesty," he said, referring to Fox's victory over the Institution Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for 71 years. I1 MADISON, Wis. Scientists coax stem cells into blood cells Scientists for the first time have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming blood cells, an advance that may eventually offer a safe and inexhaustible source of blood for transfusions and new treatments for many blood diseases, scientists announced yesterday. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison guided stem cells into blood cells by surrounding them with chemical cues and nutrients that signaled the immature cells to morph into every type of regular blood cell - red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. "Because (embryonic stem) cells can be expanded without apparent limit, (their) cell-derived blood products could be created in virtually unlimited amounts" the scientists reported in yes- terday's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. WASHINGTON Gramm announces new career plans Sen. Phil Gramm announced yester- day he will not seek re-election next year. The Texas Republican said his deci- sion followed "a long and difficult peri- od of soul searching." Gramm's retirement will conclude a career that spanned two political parties and a quarter-century of unflinching 'conservatism. "Remarkably, the things I came to Washington to do are done," Gramm, 59, told a news conference, his voice breaking with emotion. He mentioned tax cuts passed under President Reagan and the current Pres- ident Bush and a federal budget now in surplus. He predicted a Republican would bW elected to replace him in increasingly Republican Texas. The former Democ- rat was first elected to the House in 1978 and to the Senate in 1984. CAEN, France Bishop convicted of concealing abuser A court convicted a Roman Cathol bishop yesterday of concealing knowI- edge that a priest was sexually abusing children, sentencing him to a three- month suspended prison term. Pierre Pican, 66, bishop of Bayeux- Lisieux in Normandy, had faced up.to three years in prison. Pican's lawyers had argued that the bishop had been motivated by what amounts to professional secrets eve though he learned of the priest's act outside the sacrosanct church confes- sional. The prosecution said that Pihan failed to assure that the case be brought to the attention of judicial authorities. "This is not the trial of the church, but of a man of the church who failed in his duty," Prosecutor Jacques-Philippe Segondat told the "No one saw any animals in the water. They saw people in distress but nothing in the water." - Mary Doll National Park Service miles up the shore. Beaches were open yesterday but officials advised swimmers to be cau- tious, espe- cially near dusk and dawn when sharks look for food near the shore. "I don't know if I would use the word 'afraid,' " said David Griffin, director of North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island. "'Respect' is better." Doll identified the victim as Sergei Zaloukaev, 28, and his companion as Natalia Slobonskaya, 23. They lived together in Oakton, Va., a suburb of Washington, neighbors said. Slobonskaya was alert and stable but remained in critical condition yes- terday, said Sandra Miller, spokes- woman for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia. She was on a ventilator to assist her breathing, said Dr. Jeffrey Riblet, a trauma surgeon at the hospital. Residents and workers along the popular stretch of beach were stunned "My son fishes and surfs these waters all the time," said Carlene Beckham, an employee of the Avon Fishing Pier. "But after seeing what happened today he said he's not so sure anymore." Sharks had been reported in the area in recent days but not at the time of Monday's attacks. "No one saw any animals in the water. They saw people in distress but nothing in the water," Doll said. Officials were uncertain how far out the couple were swimming when attacked. 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