2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 14, 2003 NATION/ WORLD RESOLUTION Continued from Page 1 Trouble loomed at every diplo- matic turn. Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, visiting Bush at the White House, said, "If there is not a reso- lution, Ireland cannot engage in support of military action, because we work under the U.N. resolution." Bush sent a letter to incoming Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vice President Dick Cheney called the leader in hopes of securing permission to invade Iraq through Turkey. Hours later, Navy ships armed with Tomahawk mis- siles were told to move out of the Mediterranean into the Red Sea, a move that indicates weakening U.S. confi- dence that Turkey will grant overflight rights for U.S. planes and missiles. The chief U.N. nuclear inspector urged the Security Council to compro- mise on proposed disarmament condi- tions for Iraq, with staggered deadlines and no ultimatum for war. Smart's ab duction details still vague SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - For three months after Elizabeth Smart vanished from her bedroom in the middle of the night, she was camped in a canyon behind her home, achingly close to her anguished family, and at one point even heard her uncle calling out her name. Yesterday, family and friends of the 15-year-old girl focused not on what could have been, but on the astounding event many of them are calling a miracle: Elizabeth, taken from her bed at knifepoint as she slept nine months ago, was home again, playing the harp and watch- ing her favorite movie, "The Trou- ble with Angels," with her family. "Elizabeth is happy, she is well, and we are so happy to have her back in our arms," said her beaming father, Ed Smart. Amid the joyful reunion was a growing list of questions: What about the shaggy-haired drifter accused of kidnapping the girl? Why didn't police find him sooner? Above all, what happened to Eliza- beth during the long span since she vanished last June? Ed Smart said he had not pressed his daughter for details of her captivity. "What is going to come out is going to come out,' he said. "I don't have it in me to try and make this harder for her than it is." Asked how she had changed, he said she had returned home "really a young woman." Elizabeth was found Wednesday in suburban Sandy when two cou- ples called police after spotting the drifter walking down the street. Brian David Mitchell, also known as Emmanuel, and his wife, Wanda Barzee, were jailed on suspicion of aggravated kidnapping. For much of the time she was gone, it now appears Elizabeth was hiding in plain sight, sometimes swathed in robes and veils. The daughter of a faithful and affluent Mormon family apparently camped behind her home in Dry Creek Canyon, a popular hiking area searched many times last summer. Ban on partial birth abortion a roved. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to ban a procedure that critics call partial birth abortion, and conservatives confidently predicted the bill would soon be signed into law after an eight-year struggle. "This is a heinous act. It is immoral. It is wrong and it is simply something a civilized society should not tolerate," Sen. Michael DeWine (R-Ohio) said after the bipartisan 64-33 vote to limit the range of procedures available to women under the 1973 landmark Supreme Court abortion rights ruling. The Senate's action cleared the way for expected House passage this spring. President Bush has said he will sign the measure, a revised version of bills that former President Clinton twice vetoed as unconstitutional. "Partial birth abortion is an abhor- rent procedure that offends human dig- nity, and I commend the Senate for passing legislation to ban it," the presi- dent said in a written statement. "Today's action is an important step toward building a culture of life in America. DEBATE Continued from Page 1 Weisskopf said. One aspect of the conflict that was critically debated, especially during the question and answer session, involved the importance of oil in international relations. "Of course oil is important, but is it the only issue? I say no. If we really just wanted cheap oil, we could just lift the sanction s" Schubow said. Weisskopf was generally in agree- ment with Schubow that oil was not the main concern in considering a war, but also argued that launching an invasion in Iraq would likely hurt the world economy as Saddam could burn his own oil fields in response to U.S. action. Students and other audience mem mhrc r rrtaA o trr t nul'c to the NEWS IN BRIEF .i, uuu wu wa wu u !u wu - M wai U Uipwz) wmmuu vKua &?? BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro d ' Police detain suspeCts in Serb asssination Police hunting for the assassins of Serbia's prime minister rounded up more than 70 suspected mob figures yesterday and detained two of Slobodan Milose- vic's former senior security chiefs. The arrests came a day after Zoran Djindjic, 50, was gunned down in Belgrade. The prime minister had made enemies for his pro-Western stance and for declaring war on the organized crime that flourished both under and after former Serb leader Milosevic, now in the Netherlands on trial for Balkan war crimes. In their first statement since the assassination, police said the arrested suspects had links to an underworld group targeted by Djindjic's anti-corruption campaign. The government has accused Zemun Clan - a shadowy crime group including former paramilitaries loyal to Milosevic - of masterminding the attack on Djindjic and several other unsolved murders. "I assure you we will arrest all responsible and liquidate anyone who resists arrest," said Dusan Mihajlovic, Serbia's interior minister. Acting Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic said more than 70 people were detained, among them former state security chief Jovica Stanisic and his deputy, Franko Simatovic, who was led from his Belgrade home by three hooded policemen with machine guns. JERUSALEM Israeli troops raid West Bank village, 6 killed Two Israelis were killed in hail of Israeli army fire in the West Bank yesterday - a case of mistaken identity that raised new questions about what human rights groups say is the quick draw by soldiers in Palestinian areas. Several hours later, Israeli troops raiding a West Bank village killed four Palestin- ian fugitives in a gunbattle, an Israeli general said. The two men killed by friendly fire, ages 22 and 23, were private guards protecting a mobile phone antenna on a hill near the Palestinian city of Hebron. Their white station wagon, which had red stickers in Hebrew with the words "security" on the sides and hood, was riddled with dozens of bullets. The shooting began at about 1 p.m., some time after Israeli forces in the Hebron area had received warnings that Palestinian gunmen were trying to attack the nearby Jewish settlement of Pnei Hever, the army said. Elite troops lying in wait for armed Palestinians were told by a lookout post that a gunman had been spotted running toward a white car parked on a deserted hillside, Israeli military reporters said. « . WASHINGTON Govt. approves new AIDS-fighting/drug The government yesterday approved the first in a new class of AIDS-fighting drugs, a dramatically different treatment that provides an important option for many patients and opens new avenues for researchers. Fuzeon works for people who have become resistant to other HIV treat- ments, and as many as 100,000 patients in the United States could benefit. Manufacturers said the drug - expected to cost about $20,000 per year - should be available by month's end, though only to a limited number of peo- ple at first. Fuzeon, a fusion inhibitor, fights AIDS in a completely new way. It works by preventing the AIDS virus from invading the white blood cells that are the primary targets of HIV By con- trast, today's AIDS drugs all work after the virus already has invaded those cells, by blocking either of two substances that HIV uses to reproduce and spread. WASHINGTON FDA proposes bar code labels for drugs 'Every medication given in the hospital soon will carry a label with a supermarket-style bar code that can be matched to patients and help ensure they get the right dose of the right drug at the right time. Yesterday's proposal by the Food and Drug Administration is part of a series of government steps to help prevent deadly medical mistakes that claim tens of thou- sands of lives each year. An estimated 7,000 hospitalized patients die annually because of drug errors, where a wrong drug or a wrong dose is dispensed. The bar code system will allow nurses and others to check electronically that the drug is the proper one. "I am so excited about the possibili- ty we now have to reduce patient deaths and improve patient safety and the quali- ty of health care in America," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said. WASHINGTON Colon cancer ma be found using blood test Researchers have found a biological marker that may lead to a simple blood test to screen for colon cancer, possibly replacing some invasive techniques now used to check for the killer disease. A subtle molecular change that switches on a usually inactive gene has been linked by researchers at Johns Hop- kins University to an increased risk of developing colon cancer. The molecular change can be detected in a blood test and could one day be used routinely to predict a patient's chances of developing colon cancer, said Andrew Feinberg, senior author of the study appearing Today in the journal Science. "Up to now, there have been no tests for common cancer risks," said Fein- berg. "There are for other diseases, but not for cancer. Ultimately, that's what we hope this test will do." - Compiled from Daily wire reports. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $105. Winter term (January through April) is $110, yearlong (September through April) is $190. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. 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