01 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 23, 2003 NATION/WORLD Earthquakes devastate Mexico COLIMA, Mexico (AP) - Emergency crews dug into piles of collapsed cement and brick yesterday to reach victims trapped by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 25 people, crumpling walls like paper, turning brick into powder and leaving steel reinforce- ment bars scattered like straws. At least 300 people were injured in the 7.8 mag- nitude quake that hit western Mexico, civil defense officials said. Among the dead were-a 90-year-old man crushed by a falling lamppost in the Colima state town of Tecoman and a 1-year-old girl killed by a collapsing brick ceiling in neighboring Jalis- co state. "All of a sudden the house came crashing down, and I was buried under a wall," recounted Colima resident Doris Janet Robles, 17, who was at a prayer meeting at a relative's house when the quake hit Tuesday night. "I was suffocating, until my brother was able to get me out" said Robles, who was hospitalized for a bro- ken pelvis. In the city of Guadalajara - Mexico's second- largest, more than 100 miles from the epicenter - bells from one of colonial city's dozens of ancient churches fell from the tower and dozens of homes partially collapsed. The quake also rocked Mexico City, 300 miles east of the epicenter, sending terrified residents fleeing into the streets. But there was little damage in the Mexican capital. At least 10 quakes ranging in magnitude from 3.9 to 4.5 shook the coastal area following Tuesday's quake. The aftershocks did little additional damage, but one 5.8-magnitude temblor sent residents of Col- ima scurrying out of their damaged homes yesterday afternoon. In Colima state's capital, parts of downtown lay in ruins yesterday, with collapsed adobe houses and cars crushed under piles of bricks. In all, 166 homes were destroyed in the capital - also called Colima - home to 230,000 people. President Vicente Fox's government called a state of emergency throughout the state. Rescue workers in yellow suits dug through wrecked buildings, using pneumatic drills and their bare hands to pull away concrete slabs in search of survivors, and passers-by, relatives and neighbors joined the battle to save those trapped. r Re fl8atiOfl Telling Stories from Our Twenties ... .. _. . ?dov. :+. .... . Gy A breakthrough collection from the best new voices of Your Generation TAkC HER PUTNAM A Tarcher/Putnam Book, an inprint of Penguin Putnam Inc. s ISBN: 1-58542-214-2 * $1495 Children of earthquake victim Maria . Rodriguez comfort each other during the funeral of their mother in Colima. Maria Elena Ramirez, 47, was pulled from a pile of rubble that once was her home, along with her 7- year-old son Jesus Martin, both buried when a wall crashed down on them. HOUSING. Continued from Page 1A gle-family houses by the city. "We have applied for more inspec- tors, but the city is also going through the process of being more efficient by cutting costs," Sebolt said. City inspectors only look for the minimum housing code requirements when inspecting a house, he said. Yet LSA senior Vanessa Furtado's house met the minimum requirements of the city's housing code just six months before her porch collapsed and sent her to the hospital with a bro- ken knee. The Ann Arbor Tenants Union's website advises tenants that inspectors favor landlords when checking homes. While Sebolt said city inspectors do not accept bribes from landlords, he admitted that some landlords may treat inspectors to lunch, or may give them what he called a "token." Amy Ament, executive director of the AATU, said although there is no significant evidence that shows city inspectors favor landlords, it is recom- mended that tenants are present for the house inspection. Since homes are inspected just every two and a half years, it is diffi- cult for students - who often rent for just one or two years - to be involved in the inspection process. "Tenants must know his or her rights. Often times, college is the first time students are renting and they are not aware of their rights and responsi- bilities," Ament said. City inspectors do not automati- callycheck eerything in the house. The tenant must inform the inspector of any problems with the house, Ament said. Another important resource is the inspector's office. If a student's land- lord is not responding to their com- plaints, they can call the city inspector, Sebolt said. "If anyone is seeing something that looks unsound they can call up the building inspec- tion department and we will come out and inspect the house at no cost to the tenant," he said. Students often encounter landlords who will not work with them on prob- lems. "Landlords often try to intimi- date students by threatening eviction or not doing repairs," Ament said. LSA junior Julie Rajagopal said she felt intimidated by her landlords after they refused to remove the bats that were living in her apartment. "My roommates and I called our landlord 100 times about the bats. They finally told us to chase them with a bucket and a broom," Rajagopal said. University Off-Campus Housing Advisor Melissa Goldstein said if a student has a problem with the safety of their home or is feeling intimidated by landlords, they can seek aid at the University Off-campus Housing Office or at Student Legal Services. o come "We are here for the students and hoevers they need to feel OK coming to talk to us. If you are scared to report some- thing, you need to contact us immedi- ately," she said. The OCHO has many resources available to help make renting an apartment more comfortable for stu- dents, Goldstein said. Many of the local landlords are enrolled in an OCHO program that )45 provide them with benefits such as advertising, but they are required to abide by the rules of the program which are designed to help students. The OCHO offers counseling for stu- dents and mediation between land- lords and students. If the student requests a mediation session with the landlord to discuss problems, the landlord is required to attend by the program rules. Another resource designed to pro- tect students from unreasonable, dis- respectful landlords is the AATU, which can inform students of their legal rights and offer tangible support. The group, located in the Trotter WASHINGTON Activists speak out against abortions Anti-abortion activists by the thousands marched with banners and placards in sub-freezing weather yesterday, buoyed by hopes that the new Republican-run Congress will curb the procedure.. President Bush, who already has promised to sign any bill which restricts late-term abortions, chose the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's land- mark Roe v. Wade decision to declare the United States "must protect the lives of innocent children waiting to be born." lush, who was in St. Louis to give a speech on his tax-cut plan, noted in a broadcast hookup that the gathering on the National Mall was near the memori- al to Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence. "The March for Life upholds the self-evident truth of that declaration - that all are created equal, and given the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," he said. KARACHI. Pakistan DayIMarksanniversaiy of aniel Pearl's death Scraps of refuse mix with chalky dust on the desolate dirt pith where Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl spent the last tortured days of his life. It was in a concrete shed here that the killers videotaped his gruesome murder, and in the overgrown yard outside that the journalist's dismem- bered remains were finally found. Four people have been convicted in the American reporter's kidnapping and murder, including the British-born mili- tant who masterminded his abduction on Jan. 23,2002. Investigators in the case have uncov- ered a web of extremism, with operatives from several Pakistani groups and possi- bly Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network in on the plot. That mix is bad news for Pakistan, which has endured a series of attacks since its president threw his sup- port behind the U.S.-led war on terrorism. WASHINGTON Rate of household stock purchases rising Slightly more than half of U.S. households owned stock"in 2001, compared with about a third only a decade earlier as the Wall Street boom of the 1990s pushed stock ownership to record level. The big rise in stock prices plus the longest economic expansion in history helped to boost family balance sheets, the Federal Reserve reported yester- day in the government's most exten- sive look at wealth in the country. The typical family's net worth -the difference between household assets and liabilities - rose to $86,100 in 2001, a gain of 10.3 percent from 1998 after removing the effects of inflation. Family incomes were up as well in 2001, with the median family - the midpoint for all families - earning $39,900, a gain of 9.6 percent from 1998. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. - IMEM NEWS IN BRIEF:. HEALIESFROM AROUND THE WORLD WASHINGTON Nations hesitate to go to war with Iraq . President Bush's efforts at bringing allies around to the U.S. position on Iraq appeared to be unraveling yesterday, putting the administration in a difficult position ahead of a key U.N. report and debate. Weapons inspectors were coming up empty. France and Germany were balking at moving toward war. Turkey was resisting having U.S. ground troops on its soil. Opposition was growing in Britain while polls showed the American public didn't want to go to war in Iraq. The administration was trying to lay the groundwork to make a strong case against Iraq when U.N. inspectors deliver their report on Monday to the Security Council. U.S. officials had seen the Jan. 27 report as a possible war decision point, but they've drawn opposition from allies who want the inspectors given more time to do their work. "An extra delay is necessary," French President Jacques Chirac asserted yesterday. France has hinted it might use its Security Council veto to block an Iraq war resolu- tion. Germany also called for a delay. In remarks yesterday in St. Louis that appeared directed at both Iraqi leader Sad- dam Hussein and unconvinced allies, Bush declared, "Its time for us to hold the world to account and for Saddam to be held to account. ... We must not be fooled by the ways of the past." Teen indicted for Virginia sniper killings A grand jury indicted 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo on two counts of capital murder in last fall's sniper shootings, setting the stage for a death penalty trial. The indictment, issued Tuesday and made public yesterday, also includes one count of using a firearm in a murder. Both capital murder counts stern from the Oct. 14 slaying of FBI agent Linda.-Franklin. The indictment officially marks the transfer of Malvo's case to adult court. A- juvenile court judge ruled last week that Malvo could be tried as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty if convicted of capital murder. His arraignment has not been scheduled. Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, 42, are accused of killing 13 people and wounding five in Alabama; Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. They are being tried first in Virginia because its laws allow the best opportunities for the death penalty. 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