2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 21, 2002 NATION/WORLD 4 Palestinian bus bombing kills 8 NEWS IN BRIF mSF A.UDTEWR t JERUSALEM (AP) - An Islamic it wouldn militant blew himself up in a packed agreement bus during morning rush hour yester- "I hadt day, killing seven other passengers, attack), an including four Israeli soldiers. Israel that as lot said it wouldn't retaliate for now and tinians, wx agreed to a crucial meeting with the Israelis," Palestinians in an effort to produce a of group cease-fire after 18 months of Mideast Jenin. fighting. The U. Israel Radio reported that the meet- year und ing of security commanders from director both sides with U.S. envoy Anthony Palestini Zinni, in Tel Aviv late yesterday, tion and ended without agreement on a truce, Israel isp and another session would be held in any kin the coming days. Authority Zinni earlier contacted Israeli No sp Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and seen top Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to attack, an ensure that the delicate truce talks exerciser would not be derailed by the bomb- who spc ing near the northern town of Afula. anonymit The explosion, which blew gaping Howev holes in the sides of the bus, also istry spo injured 27 people, many of them said ther Arab Israelis. the agre Israelis and Palestinians have both attacks.1 hinted a truce could be declared as cease-fir early as today. However, the militant Severa Islamic Jihad group claimed responsi- lapsed, an bility for yesterday's bombing and said deadliest U.S. readies not abide by any cease-fire It. the honor to organize (this id I want to tell the Israelis ng as Sharon is killing Pales- ve in Islamic Jihad will kill said Mahmoud Tawalbi, head in the West Bank town of S. truce plan, written last der the guidance of CIA George Tenet, calls on ans to "apprehend, ques- incarcerate terrorists." prohibited from "attacks of nd against Palestinian facilities." ecific mechanism is fore- prevent retaliation for an end both sides will have to restraint, said a. diplomat, oke on condition of y. , ver, Israeli Defense Min- okesman Yarden Vatikay e will be no provisions in ement for dealing with He said there can be no e if there are terror attacks. 1 previous cease-fires col- rd this month has seen the spurt of violence since the .. c: T:::.:. ;::o;;.::.:x . .. ': WASHINGTON "a a-r,.Senate passes campaign finance reforms Police and rescue workers attend to the scene of a bus bombing in Um Al Fahem, an Arab town in northern Israel. The bomber killed himself and seven others. fighting began in September 2000. "The patience of the (Israeli) public will not be able to hold out for another attack or two," said Israeli Labor Minister Shlomo Benizri. Following yesterday's bombing, Sharon said Arafat bore ultimate responsibility for failing to prevent it. Arafat has "not moved away from a policy of terror, has not taken any steps and has not given any orders to stop attacks," Sharon said. But Israel Radio, citing sources close to Sharon, said Israel would hold off on retaliation and would not cancel last night's truce talks in Tel Aviv, during which the Palestinians were to respond to Israel's proposed truce timetable. Congress approved the most far-reaching changes to the nation's cam- paign finance system since the Watergate scandals yesterday, sweeping aside years of gridlock to clear legislation for President Bush's signature. Bush said he will sign the bill, though he called it "flawed in some areas." Critics attacked the bill as unconstitutional and pledged a swift court challenge. "With the stroke of the president's pen, we will eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars of unregulated soft money that has caused Americans to question the integrity of their elected representatives," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the bill's leading advocate, said shortly before a 60-40 Senate vote that cleared the measure. "The reforms passed today, while flawed in some areas, still improve the current system overall, and I will sign them into law," Bush said in a writ- ten statement. The House passed the bill last.month on a vote of 240-189. Bush and his team reluctantly began preparing for a signing ceremony as early as next week that will include the bill's sponsors, including .his 2000 presidential primary foe McCain. BAGRAM, Afghanistan Taliban, al-Qaida forces moving to regroup The Operation Anaconda commander warned yesterday that al-Qaida fighters are an "adaptable enemy" already drawing on a fresh flow of cash to rebuild forces in eastern Paktia province. Just 40 miles to the east, U.S. and Afghan troops came under fire, and one American was wounded. Intelligence data showed that well-outfitted fighters already were moving to regroup, Maj. Gen. Frank Hagenbeck said just two days after completion of the largest U.S. offensive in the Afghan war. He predicted increased activity as the weather improves. "I can tell you there are al-Qaida operatives in Paktia right now who are going to great lengths to try to regroup or regenerate," Hagenbeck said in an interview with three news organizations in his office at Bagram air base. "They are also spending a lot of money to regroup." He declined to elaborate on what measures al-Qaida operatives were taking. But he said it was a rich orga'nization able to count on backing from the people in the region near the Pakistani border. "They are a very adaptable enemy," he said. plans for terror tribunals WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has settled on a complex set of military tribunal regulations more advantageous to al-Qaida and Taliban defendants than the guidelines President Bush originally issued in November, knowledgeable sources said yesterday. The new rules would require a unanimous vote of judges to give convicted terrorists the death penalty - not the two-thirds vote Bush had suggested in his Nov. 13 executive order esta1gishing the tribunals. And while the president's original order barred appeals after conviction, the new regulations allow military officers to review a tribunal's decision on appeal. Yet the new rules, scheduled to be announced today, also give prosecutors more leeway than they would find in criminal courts. Hearsay or second- hand evidence could be used in the new tribunals, for example, although it is barred in ordinary criminal trials and courts-martial. Bush's original order brought a firestorm of criti- cism from human rights groups and European offi- cials who said it could violate the rights of suspects brought to trial by the United States. In the four months since, experts from the White House, the Defense Department and the Justice Department have been slowly working out the details of what could become one of the most controversial aspects of the U.S. war on terror. Despite the furor, many U.S. officials have con- cluded that there may be little use for the tribunals because the great majority of the 300 prisoners in Cuba are low-ranking foot soldiers, sources said. The tribunals are planned only for relatively high-ranking al-Qaida and Taliban operatives against whom there is persuasive evidence of terrorism or war crimes. "The world now will begin to see what we meant by a fair system that will enable. us to bring people to justice (but) at the same time protect citizenry," Bush told reporters yesterday. Bush administration officials have other plans for many of the relatively junior captives now at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba: indefinite deten- tion without trial. U.S. officials would take this action with prisoners they fear could pose a danger of terror- ism even if they have little evidence of past crimes. Human rights groups expressed differing opinions about the new tribunal rules. All contended that some provisions still violate the rights of prisoners, but some expressed relief that the regulations had been softened since Bush announced them. The tribunals, sometimes called "commissions," will resemble military courts-martial in composition. They will have three to seven members. In cases where the death penalty is not a possibility, defendants can be convicted by a two-thirds vote. A person convicted in a tribunal will be allowed to ask a review panel appointed by the president - consisting of three people, one of whom will be a military judge - to reconsider his case. The defendant will not be allowed to appeal to the federal courts. The rules of evidence governing cases before the tribunals will be considerably looser than they are in U.S. criminal courts. In ordinary criminal cases, a witness cannot offer hearsay evidence - information based on what someone else has said. But hearsay testimony will be allowed before military tribunals, sources said. Undergraduates:... Are you reading this In lecture? Bored? Think that you know a better way to run class? Prove it. As a Project Community Coordinator! As a coordinator you willyJ " Develop leadership skills while facilitating your own discussions that integrate volunteering experiences and sociological readings. " Receive support at weekly meeting with fellow coor- dinators and a GSI. " Earn academic credit through Sociology 325 All majors are eligible and experience is not necessary, however leadership and/or community service experience is beneficial. 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BEIJING Protests over labor continue in China Profound labor unrest shook two cities in northern China's "rust belt" yesterday as unpaid and laid off work- ers protested, overturning a car and massing 10,000-strong to face off with military police. In Liaoyang, an industrial center in northeastern Liaoning province, columns of military police protected the city government office - on Democracy Road - and broke up protests. Witnesses, who estimated the crowd at 10,000, said there were no injuries, but city officials denied there were any protests at all. "Nothing has happened. It's quiet outside," said a spokesman at the Liaoyang city office. Hundreds of armed officers were reportedly blanketing the area and ring- ing the building around the clock. HOBOKEN, N.J. Some change names following attacks Tariq Hasan will henceforth be known as Terry Hasan. The 35-year-old Pakistani-born financial worker is among a small but growing number of people across the nation going to court to change their names to less Arabic-sounding ones since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Many cite incidents of bias and harassment or fear they could be target- ed because the attacks were carried out by Muslim extremists. "I notice a change in people's demeanor when I tell them my name is Tariq," said Hasan, who lives in Hoboken, directly across the Hudson River from where the World Trade Center once stood. "They may be thinking, 'Oh, you're one of them.' 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