2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 24, 2003 NATION WORLD Koreas agree to end standoff SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South and North Korea agreed early yesterday to peacefully resolve the international standoff over North Korea's nuclear programs, according to a joint declaration released after Cabinet-level talks. But South Korea acknowledged it had not been able to draw any compromises from the North over its nuclear programs during the two days of talks in Seoul. In the joint declaration, the two sides said they had "sufficiently exchanged" positions on the nuclear issue and "agreed to actively cooperate to resolve this issue peacefully." Meanwhile, a top American diplomat visited Tokyo to strengthen international support for putting the issue before the U.N. Security Coun- cil. The push comes as top officials in Washing- ton say they detect a softening in North Korea's stance. This week's Cabinet-level meetings in Seoul were the first in months between the two Koreas, and South Korea promised to make them a forum for insisting North Korea scrap nuclear programs that could make weapons. The two sides agreed to hold the next round of talks April 7-10 in Pyongyang and another round of inter-Korean economic talks Feb. 11-14 in Seoul. Both sides also pledged to work toward reconciliation on the Korean peninsula, which has been divided since 1945. In a separate statement, the South Korean negotiators said they had been unable to win any compromises from the North. The South had been pressing the North to state specific steps for settling the international standoff peacefully. "Although we have not been able to draw out a more progressive position on North Korea's nuclear issue, we have sufficiently delivered our and the international community's concern on the nuclear issue," the negotiators said. The South Korean side also said it would work with Japan and the United States to resolve the issue peacefully and encourage North Korea to abide by its international obligations. The ongoing Cabinet-level meetings have been seen as a chance for South Korea to broker a solution. But North Korea has repeatedly said it will only deal directly with the United States. At a dinner break late yesterday, South Korean delegation head Jeong Se-hyun urged the North to make a clear statement on the nuclear impasse. "We must completely remove the security con- cerns which have been formed on the Korean Peninsula recently," Jeong said. North Korean delegation leader Kim Ryong Song agreed it was vital to "prevent the danger of war on the Korean Peninsula and preserve the safety of the nation." Separately, negotiators from both countries met yesterday in the North Korean capital to discuss completing railroad and road links. The projects began as part of a reconciliation process stemming from a North-South summit in June 2000. "We must completely remove the security concerns which have been formed on the Korean Peninsula recently," - Jeong Se-hyun South Korean chief negotiator Tensions escalated in October when the United States said North Korea admitted having a secret nuclear program in violation of a 1994 agree- ment. The United States and its allies suspended oil shipments to the North, and Pyongyang respond- ed by expelling U.N. inspectors and preparing to restart a 5-megawatt nuclear reactor to generate badly needed electricity. North Korea is believed to already have pro- duced two nuclear weapons and experts say its complex at Yongbyon could produce several more within months. Although the North says it has no such inten- tion, it has quit a global nuclear nonproliferation treaty. The North wants the United States to sign a nonaggression pact. NEWS IN BRIEF" WASHINGTON Senate OKs $390B in federal spending The Senate approved a massive $390 billion measure yesterday financing most federal agencies, blessing the long-delayed last chunk of this year's budget that stalled last fall in an election-season standoff with President Bush over spending. The bill's 69-29 passage ended the first prolonged battle this year in the new Senate. The winners were the chamber's majority Republicans, who battled - and sometimes used budget sleight of hand - to keep the price tag within limits Bush demanded. Passage set the stage for what could be prolonged negotiations with the House before a final measure can be sent to Bush for his signature. White House budget chief Mitchell Daniels, a frequent sparring partner with Congress in disputes over spending, lauded the Senate for moving closer to fin- ishing this year's budget in what he said was a fiscally prudent way. "They have successfully joined with the president in saving taxpayers billions in unnecessary spending," Daniels said in a written statement. Bush and Republicans said the bill reflects diminished resources caused by revived deficits and the need to focus on fighting terrorism and restoring the economy. But Democrats said the wide-ranging bill shortchanges everything from hiring food inspectors to helping low-income school districts. BOGOTA, Colombia Rebels kidnap reporter and photographer Rebels said they kidnapped an American photographer and a British reporter on assignment for the Los Angeles Times, the first foreign journal- ists to be abducted in recent memory in the country's long war. Scott Dalton, a native of Conroe, Texas; and Ruth Morris, a British national, have been "retained" by the National Liberation Army, or ELN, the guerrilla group said in a statement yesterday on a clandestine rebel radio station. The kidnappings come just days after three other journalists were report- ed missing and believed kidnapped by a Colombian paramilitary group in Panama just north of the Colombian border. Dalton and Morris had been intercepted Tuesday at a rebel roadblock in Arauca state, one of the most violent regions of Colombia. They were led away from their taxi with hoods on their heads, but had been told they were being taken for an encounter with a rebel commander, their driver, Madiel Ariza, told The Associated Press. Ariza said he was told by the rebels he should leave the rebel encampment the next day, and that the ELN would turn over the journalists to the Red Cross within a day or two. But the ELN statement said the journalists were being held. Powell: Nations will join U.S. attack The Bush Administration seeks to minimize disputes with allies opposing war WASHINGTON (AP) - Secre- tary of State Colin Powell, declar- ing Iraq's failure to disarm is "a challenge that must be met," said yesterday many nations would fight alongside American forces if the United States went to war without U.N. Security Council approval. "I don't think we will have to worry about going it alone," Powell said as France and Germany stiff- ened their resistance to using force to disarm Iraq. "I am sure it will be a strong coalition." British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who met with Powell at the State Department and then joined him at a news conference, said "there are still ways that this can be resolved peacefully." Straw said all 15 members of the council who unanimously approved a resolution in November authoriz- ing weapons searches "knew what they were saying" when they warned of serious consequences if Iraq did not get rid of its weapons. A growing dispute between the United States and some of its allies could hamper efforts to reach a consensus next week when the monitors report on 60 days of searches and the Security Council considers its next moves. The White House sought to mini- mize the dispute. Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer said "the president is confident that Europe will heed the call." Fleischer acknowledged, however, that "it's entirely possible that France won't be on the line." Eager to demonstrate it does not stand alone, Fleischer said Bush thanked Australia, which announced it was dispatching air, land and naval forces to the Gulf region. Bush also spoke to Russian Presi- dent Vladimir Putin about coopera- tion on Iraq, Fleischer said, without providing any details. The Kremlin said Putin told Bush "the main cri- terion" in assessing the situation should be the weapons inspectors' findings. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz argued that disarming Saddam "a crucial part of winning the war on terror." The decision on war or peace rests entirely with Saddam, Wol- fowitz told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. "So far, he has not made the fundamental deci- sion to disarm and, unless he does, the threat posed by his weapons programs will remain with us and, indeed, it will grow." As the dispute heated up, leaders reacted angrily yesterday to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's dismissal of France and Germany as the "old Europe," say- ing the comments underscore America's arrogance. Finance Minister Francis Mer said he was "profoundly vexed" by the remarks. ' "I wanted to remind everyone that this 'old Europe' has resilience, and is capable of bouncing back," Mer told LCI television. "And it will show it, in time." Rumsfeld, joining the trans- Atlantic debate over inspections, said Germany and France were "a problem," but that the vast majority of other countries in Europe backed the United States. Yesterday, Powell seemed anxious to cool down the rhetoric, although he acknowledged "there are differ- ent ideas right now about how to proceed." He said the administration anxious- ly awaited the report of inspectors to the council and but again indicated the United States might not wait for council approval to attack Iraq. "Each member of the Security Council, including the United States, reserves the right to act in a way that's consistent with its inter- national obligations as well as its own national interests," Powell said. "To say never mind now, or walk away from this problem or allow it to be strung out, I think, would be a defeat for the international comuni- ty an a serious defeat for the United Nations, he said. Suspect 1n Kuwaiti shootings confesses KUWAIT CITY (AP) - A Kuwaiti suspect who reportedly shared the beliefs of Osama bin Laden confessed yesterday to shooting two U.S. defense workers, the government said. Police searched for two more suspects. Also yesterday, Kuwaitis and Ameri- cans here remembered the man slain in Tuesday's attack and offered sympathy for the second man, who was wounded. The Kuwaiti suspect was arrested in Saudi Arabia and deported, a statement said. The Interior Ministry identified him as Sami al-Mutairi, a 25-year-old civil servant, and said the weapon had been recovered at his workplace. Al-Mutairi became a suspect "in the first hours after the crime was commit- ted," the ministry statement said without elaboration. Saudi border guards arrested him early Wednesday. "He confessed that he committed the crime of assassinating the American citi- zen and injuring another on Tuesday," the statement said. "After he was extradited to Kuwaiti authorities, he was interrogated and he confessed he adopts the thought of al- Qaida organization," the statement said. A Kuwaiti security officer said al- Mutairi "had partners, maybe two." In Tuesday's attack, a gunman hiding behind a hedge ambushed a sport utility vehicle carrying the civilian contractors working for the U.S. military. The attack took place at a stoplight about three miles from the U.S. military's Camp Doha, which is 10 miles west of Kuwait City. The shooting was the first assault on U.S. civilians in Kuwait and the third on Americans since October in the oil-rich emirate, where pro-American sentiment is usually strong. The United States led the coalition that forced Iraq to abandon its 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait. Thou- sands of U.S. troops are assembling here ahead of a possible new war on neigh- boring Iraq. The wounded man, David Caraway, JERUSALEM. Wife of Palestinian assassin detained Israeli forces detained the wife of a jailed Palestinian radical as she was trying to travel to a conference in Brazil to talk about her husband's imprisonment for his alleged role in the assassination of an Israeli Cabi- net minister, relatives said yesterday. Israeli government officials refused to comment. A Palestinian human rights group and relatives of Ablah Saadat, 47, said she was arrested as she tried to cross from the West Bank to Jordan. From there she planned to fly to Brazil to attend the six-day World Social Forum, which began yesterday, according tothe human rights group Palestine Monitor. Her husband, Ahmed Saadat, is the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a radical PLO faction whose gunmen assassi- nated ultra-nationalist Cabinet Minis- ter Rehavam Zeevi, 75, at a Jerusalem hotel on Oct. 17, 2001. CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuelans march in support of Chavez Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans marched through Cara- cas yesterday to pledge their loyalty to President Hugo Chavez and protest a 53-day-old strike intended to unseat him. An explosion near a subway station a block from the march killed one person and injured 14, Fire Chief Rodolfo Briceno said. The cause of the blast wasn't immediately known. Buses from across the country, swathed with red banners and red, yellow and blue Venezuelan flags, poured into the capital for the show of support for Chavez. Briceno esti- mated the number of demonstrators at more than 300,000. "Ooh! Ah! Chavez isn't leaving!" demonstrators chanted as they snaked onto a highway, headed for a downtown rally. LONDON Researchers study single-parent families Children growing updu ,si aglea parent families are twice as likely as their counterparts to develop serious psychiatric illnesses and addictions later in life, according to an impor- tant new study. Researchers have for years debat- ed whether children from broken homes bounce back or whether they are more likely than kids whose par- ents stay together to develop serious emotional problems. Experts say the .latest study, pub- lished this week in The Lancet medical journal, is important mainly because of its unprecedented scale and follow-up - it tracked about 1 million children for a decade, into their mid-20s. The question of why and how those children end up with such problems remains unanswered. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 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