2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 2001 4 NATION/WORLD No new anthrax cases reported BOCA RATON, Fla.(AP) - Investigators have found no further sign of anthrax in the office of a man killed by the disease since traces were found on his computer keyboard and in the nose of a co-worker, health officials said yesterday. There have been no additional cases of contamina- tion, Florida health department spokesman Tim O'Connor said. Hundreds of people are waiting for test results to learn whether they were exposed to anthrax at the Boca Raton headquarters of supermarket tabloid pub- lisher American Media. Some worked closely with Robert Stevens, a 63- year-old Sun editor who died of anthrax Friday. Inves- tigators say anthrax bacteria were later found on his computer keyboard and in the nasal passages of mail- room employee Ernesto Blanco, 73. Blanco was in good condition at an area hospital, O'Connor said. The source of the anthrax, which can be used as a biological weapon, is the subject of a federal investiga- tion involving the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has virtually ruled out environmental causes as the source. The FBI believes the strain that infected Stevens was manmade since it does not match any known naturally occurring version, law enforcement officials in Wash- ington said on condition of anonymity. Investigators have not found evidence of terrorism, though the manufactured nature of the bacteria suggests criminal activity may be involved, the officials said. I - 4 ceco , Learn More About the Peace Corps Palestinians close universities, ban foreign jounalists NEWS IN BRIEF{ BIG CREEK, Belize Hurricane Iris kills 15, leaves 5 missing Flattening buildings and flinging boats ashore, Hurricane Iris tore through Belize and capsized a yacht carrying U.S. divers, killing 15 people and leaving five others missing and feared dead. Twenty divers from the Richmond, Va., area and eight crew members were aboard the MV Wave Dancer when the year's most powerful Atlantic storm hit southern Belize with 140 mph winds Monday night, said Patricia Rose, spokes- woman for the Miami-based Peter Hughes Diving, which coordinated the trip. She said five crew members and three divers had been accounted for yesterday morning. The boat was one of two 120-foot yachts that had been chartered by the Richmond Dive Club for a weeklong trip in Belize. The Wave Dancer lay on its side in about 12 feet of water yesterday, just a few feet from shore. The night before, Iris' storm surge temporarily raised the sea level by some 13 to 18 feet, pulling the boats with it and flooding nearby land. Stunned passengers on the neighboring BelizetAggressor III watched yester- day as the bodies of friends were pulled from the water. Helicopters roamed overhead, apparently looking for survivors. "We're hoping for survivors, but I don't know that it's likely," Rose said in Miami. WASHINGTON Senate discusses airport security legislation Senate leaders struggled yesterday to resolve disputes over legislation to tight- en security at America's airports, as many Republicans continued to balk at a proposed federal takeover of screening operations and worker-relief provisions. The day began on a propitious note for sponsors, as the Senate voted 97 to 0 to limit debate on the measure, normally a sign that a bill has cleared an early hur-, die. But Republican critics promptly served notice they would continue to delay action. Both parties were reportedly working on possible compromises but no agree- ments had been reached by late last night. The bill has been stalled since last Wednesday. Join us for a Peace Corps Information Meeting And Video Tues., Oct. 16, 7 to 9 p.m. Int'l Ctr, Rm. 9, Michigan Union, 603 E Madison St. Interviews: Drop by the UMich Peace Corps Office (Interna- tional Center), or call the Peace Corps Campus Recruiter at 734-647-2182 to schedule an INTERVIEW! GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Embarrassed by anti-U.S. protests, Yasser Arafat's government took two unprecedented steps yesterday: it closed Gaza City's universities to silence Islamic militants and barred foreign reporters from the Gaza Strip to prevent coverage of the events. The clampdown by the Palestinian Authority came a day after the dead- liest internal Palestinian fighting in years, triggered by the militants' show of support for Osama bin Laden. Two civilians were killed and dozens of police and protesters hurt in a clash with guns, stones, clubs and tear gas. Meanwhile yesterday, Nabil Shaath, cabinet minister for international cooperation, sought to distance the Palestinian cause from remarks by bin Laden that were broadcast Sunday, saying "Palestinians are not prepared to be responsible for whoever says that, for security to be achieved for the Palestinian people, one must strike not only America but everyone living there." Referring to bin Laden, the Palestin- ian minister said, "If he thinks that he serves the Palestinian cause this way, then let him be responsible for his remarks. We will not be." Shaath, in Doha for an Organization of the Islamic Conference meeting that starts today, said Palestinians did not reject bin Laden's linking of American security to Palestinian security. Palestinians do reject their cause being used as justification for the killing of innocent people in the Unit- ed States, however, he said. Thurs. October 11, 8 PM Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center 1tickets also at all r on a raSO outes and the venue box office. Charge get tickets at w .com-" by phone at 248645.6666 or 734."7-2282 o -nIne at ticketmaatercom ~ All tickets subject to convenlencelhandling charges. Oates and act(s) subject to change without notice. A Clear Channel Event. brought to you in part by McKenny Union Campus Life I "We do not want to be an excuse for anyone," he said. "Our cause is just and we want to achieve it justly. Because the Israelis are the terrorists." The fighting pitted the Palestinian Authority against its longtime rival, the Islamic militant group Hamas, which has been behind the rallies in support of bin Laden following the Sept. I I terror attacks on the United States. Arafat is trying to persuade Hamas to abide by a Sept. 26 truce with Israel, and could be using the clampdown to force it into compliance. In recent weeks, Arafat had shied away from open confrontation with Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad group, even though both had defied his orders to stop attacks on Israelis. Palestinian analyst Ghassan Khatib said it was easier for Arafat to crack down on the militants over the pro-bin Laden rallies than over the cease-fire, which is largely unpopular. Many Palestinians are dismayed by bin Laden's attempt in a televised address this week to create a link between the Palestinian cause and his war against the United States. "The statement that represents aver- age Palestinians and their feelings about bin Laden's speech is to respond: 'Leave us alone,"' Khatib said. The response was vastly different a decade ago, just before the outbreak of the Gulf War, when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein presented himself as the Palestinians' savior, mainly in hopes of fracturing an international coalition against him. Chemical sprayed on Md. bwa s y TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (AP) -- An armed man sprayed a substance into a subway station yesterday dur- ing a scuffle with police, leaving some 35 passengers and transit workers suffering from nausea, headaches and sore throats. Authorities said it did not appear to be a terrorist act. "It appears at this point to be an isolated incident," said Prince Georges County Police Chief John Farrell. The station was temporarily closed as fire department haz- ardous-material teams in protective rubber suits responded and the sick were treated at the scene. Officers said the man apparently had evaded paying the fare when he got on the train, then pulled out a pump-action bottle and sprayed the area in a struggle with police who asked for his identification. At the next train stop, additional transit police boarded, and the man pulled out a gun and fired a single shot at police. No one was hit. Police said he was also carrying a large steak knife and religious material in an unidentified lan- guage. The man, Kenneth Ranger, 23, was charged with attempted murder of a police officer and was being detained at an undisclosed hospital, Metro transit police said. He is believed to be a District of Columbia resident. Prince Georges County Fire Department Capt. Chauncey Bow- ers said that after several hours of testing, authorities concluded that nepner spray used by officers may WASHINGTON High court won't hear Microsoft case Microsoft Corp. lost a longshot appeal to the Supreme Court yester- day, and all sides said they will focus on settling the government's long-run- ning antitrust case against the software company. The court opted to stay out of the case for now, ending Microsoft's hopes for a fresh start as it tries to avoid penalties for anti-competitive behavior. That leaves the case in the hands of a federal judge who has told the company and the government to settle out of court. "It's back to settlement," said Robert E. Litan, a former Justice Department antitrust chief. "This was Microsoft's long ball that didn't get completed." Microsoft had asked the high court to hear its complaint that the original federal judge who handled the 78-day Microsoft antitrust trial was biased and all of his findings should be thrown out. STOCKHOLM, Sweden U.S. researchers win physics Nobel Prize Three U.S.-based researchers won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for creating a new state of matter - a kind of super-cold gas that could help scien- tists build tinier electronics, faster com- puters and ultra-precise clocks and measuring instruments. The $943,000 award will be shared by Americans Eric A. Cornell, 39, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., and Carl E. Wieman, 50, of the University of Colorado in Boulder, and a Ger- man, Wolfgang Ketterle, 43, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1995, the Colorado researchers - using ordinary lasers from com- pact disc players and a magnetic field - and Ketterle made gases so cold that multiple atoms began to behave as one, or "sing in unison," as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences put it. NEW YORK Giuliani cuts city's budget by 15 percent Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ordered a 15 percent cut in spending by most city departments yesterday, predicting the World Trade Center attack will cost $ I billion in revenue this fiscal year and 100,000 jobs. Separately, Gov. George Pataki said it will take $54 billion in federal money for New York to recover. He said New York is requesting $34 billion to rebuild lower Manhattan and $20 billion to reinvigorate New York's Democrats were working on a somewhat scaled-down version of their original S3.8 billion proposal to help the more than 100,000 aviation industry workers who have been laid off since the Sept. I 1 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. 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