01 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 16, 2003 NATION WORLD U.S. encourages Saddam's exile CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Libya, Mau- ritania, Egypt, Belarus, Cuba or North Korea - could one become Saddam Hussein's next home? Arab diplomats say the idea - which has not been publicly confirmed - has been presented to Saddam as a way out not only for him and his family, but also for his people, suffering for 12 years under punishing U.N. sanctions. But denials have come as quickly as new countries are raised, and many experts say they do not believe Sad- dam will leave Iraq. The United States has threatened war to topple Saddam, whom it accus- es of hiding nuclear, chemical and bio- logical weapons. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters in Washington this week that, "it would be a good idea if (Saddam) took the opportunity to leave." Arab leaders have tried before to lure Saddam into exile. In 1991, Egypt offered Saddam a haven to avert the Gulf War; he declined. Some analysts believe there's not enough pressure on the Iraqi leader to force him to consider such an option now. The Americans may have him in their gun sights, but the bombs have not started falling and there is no col- lective Arab and Western support for military action against him. Arab leaders are urging the United States to give them one more opportu- nity to resolve the crisis peacefully. "At least give us a chance," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud told NBC on Monday. "If in the final analysis we don't succeed, those who are working for war can have their war as they please, which is going to be a catastrophe for the region." Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak noted "Arab and, non-Arab efforts being made to avert the war and to reach a formula that will be accepted by all parties without the use of force." Asked about reports of "the secret dispatch of emissaries to Baghdad" with proposals to end the crisis, Mubarak said, without denying the reports: "The era of -secrets is over. Today's world is a world with no secrets and everything is known, moni- tored and followed." He spoke to Egyptian newspaper editors on a flight Tuesday from Saudi Arabia, where he had gone to consult on Iraq. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seen during a speech marking Army Day in Baghdad. NEWS IN BRIEF ;i; I S AROUND THE WORLD Teen sniper could face death penalty Citing what he called strong circumstantial evidence, a judge ruled yes- terday that 17-year-old sniper suspect John Lee Malvo can be tried as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty. Juvenile Court Judge Charles Maxfield made his decision after a hearing in which prosecutors said Malvo tried to extort $10 million from authorities during the killing spree and that fingerprints on the murder weapon and other evidence tied the teen-ager to four attacks, three of them fatal. "There is no eyewitness at any of the four crime scenes but the circum- stantial evidence is quite strong," Maxfield said. Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, 42, are accused of killing 13 people and wounding five others in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., last year. They are being tried first in Virginia in separate trials. The extortion allegation is a key element of a Virginia anti-terrorism law that allows the death penalty for killers convicted of trying to intimidate the public or coerce the government. Malvo is also charged under a statute that allows a death sentence for multiple murders. "They wanted to negotiate for money," prosecutor Robert Horan said. "They said 'If you want us to stop killing people give us the money.' If that is not intent to intimidate government, I don't know what is." UOTexas Nissing vials of plague samples found About 30 vials of the plague that were reported missing at Texas Tech University were found yesterday in a mysterious episode that triggered a terrorism-alert plan and showed how jittery Americans are over the threat of a biological attack. The FBI refused to say how or where the vials were found. However, an FBI official in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity, said authorities believe the samples of the lethal bacteria were simply destroyed and not properly accounted for, rather than stolen or misplaced. FBI agent Lupe Gonzalez said a criminal investigation was continuing. The samples, about 30 of the 180 the school was using for research on the treat- ment of plague, were reported missing to campus police Tuesday night. "We have accounted for all those missing vials and we have determined that there is no danger to public safety whatsoever," Gonzalez said. Plague - along with anthrax, smallpox and a few other deadly agents - is on a watch list distributed by the government, which wants to make sure doctors and hospitals recognize a biological attack quickly. 0 4 North Korea refuses U.S. aid offer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea rejected as "pie in the sky" U.S. offers of talks and possi- ble aid in exchange for abandoning its nuclear ambitions, accusing Washington yesterday of staging a "deceptive drama" to mislead world opinion. Keeping up a stream of anti- American invective - even as it agreed to more high-level meetings with South Korea next week - Pyongyang declared it would accept no U.S. offer of dialogue with con- ditions attached. Washington's "loudmouthed sup- ply of energy and food aid are like a pie in the sky, as they are possible only after the DPRK is totally dis- armed," a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a report by the country's foreign news out- let, KCNA. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. White House spokesman Ari Fleis- cher said yesterday the United States had not heard any official word from Pyongyang. "That's an additional unfortunate comment that North Korea has made," Fleisher said of the North's reported dismissal of a possible aid agreement. After assuring South Korean offi- cials in Seoul that Washington will stick to diplomacy to resolve the North's nuclear dispute, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly met I .i i Sall jru $2.00 Off Sauu i Any Purchase of $15 Or More Must Mention Coupon When Ordering Coupons May Not Be Combined With Any Other Offer. 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The Reverend GOMES Chinese officials in Beijing to seek their help. Before meetings with the Chinese diplomats yesterday, Kelly said he was "reassured" by progress in coordinating an effort to pressure North Korea to dismantle its nucleazr weapons program. As North Korea's only remaining major ally, China is in a strong posi- tion to influence its communist neigh- bor. China traditionally supports a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. HOOKS Continued from Page 1A militarism and racism. This separat- ed him from popular opinion at that time, she said. "We want to remember him as a~ man who was not afraid to take a stand," hooks said. Hooks compared this with her recent experience of being booed off the stage at a commencement in Texas for speaking out against mili- tary action in Iraq. She said King was prophetic in saying militarism should be brought to an end. "Every act of violence brings us closer to death," she said. Hooks added the principle of non-violence should be at the center of all Ameri- cans' lives, especially in a post- Sept. 11 atmosphere that has made many aware of the mystery and ran- domness of death. "We are living with the reality of sudden unexpected death more than ever before in our nation's history," she said. o-oks sai dpart of ahiteving peace and nonviolence is concen- trating on the present. She quoted King, saying, "We must learn how to live in the now." But at the same time, she comment- ed on the consequences of a lifestyle which ignores future effects on the environment and the global community. "We will slaughter the world in the interest of keeping these extreme lifestyles of wealth going," hooks said. In addition to emphasizing the importance of nonviolence, hooks spoke out against patriarchy, racism and sexist oppression. She criticized the media for spreading this culture of violence, citing examples from Harry Potter to the movie "Mon- ster's Ball." She said society's acceptance of violence has led to a sense of dis- connect that prevents others from identifying with people of differing races, genders, classes and religions. "Our souls are longing for con- nection," she said. She urged the audience to turn away from a culture of violence to one of communion. After the lecture, hooks held a book signing. Copies of her recent book "Rock My Soul: Black Folk and Self-Esteem" were also on sale. Hooks is the author of more than 20 books on issues of race, gender and social oppression. Born in Kentucky with the name Gloria Watkins, hooks changed her name to honor her grandmother and to create a separate voice. She has served as a professor in the English departments at Yale University, Oberlin College and as a Distinguished Professor of English at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. LSA sophomore Abby Clark said she had always wanted to read hooks' writing prior to hearing her speak. "I just knew that she's a feminist thinker and intellectual who's really respected so I was really excited to come here," she said. :8r:?E rEt WE WANT YOUTO WASHINGTON Supreme Court rules in favor of Disney Mickey Mouse andThe Walt Disney Co. scored a big victory yesterday as the Supreme Court upheld longer copy- right protections for cartoon characters, songs, books and other creations worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Companies like Disney breathed a col- lective sigh of relief with the 7-2 court. ruling giving Congress permission to repeatedly extend copyright protection. The decision was a blow to Internet publishers and others who wanted to make old books available online and use the likenesses of Mickey Mouse and other old creations without paying royal- ties. Hundreds of thousands of books, movies and songs were close to being released into the public domain when Congress extended the copyright by 20 years in 1998.Justices said-the copyright extension, named for the late Rep. Sonny Bono (R-Calif.), was neither unconstitu- tional overreaching by Congress, nor a violation of free-speech rights. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.a Hard drives reveal personal infornation So, you think you cleaned all your personal files from that old computer you got rid of? Two MIT graduate stu- dents suggest you think again. Over two years, Simson Garfinkel and Abhi Shelat bought 158 used hard drives at secondhand computer stores and on eBay. Of the 129 drives that functioned, 69 still had recoverable files on them and 49 contained "significant personal information"- medical correspon- dence, love letters, pornography and 5,000 credit card numbers. One even had a year's worth of transactions with account numbers from a cash machine in Illinois. About 150,000 hard drives were "retired" last year, according to the research firm Gartner Dataquest. Many end up in the trash, but nany also find their way back onto the market. BOSTON New study points to surgeon negligence Surgical teams accidentally leave clamps, sponges and other Ito66fside about 1,500 patients nationwide each year, according to the biggest study of the problem yet: The mistakes largely result not from surgeon fatigue, but from the stress aris- ing from emergencies or complications discovered on the operating table, the researchers reported. It also happens more often to fat patients, simply because there is more room inside them to lose equipment, according to the study. Both the researchers and several other experts agreed that the number of such mistakes is small compared with the roughly 28 million operations a year in the United States. "But no one in any role would say it's acceptable," said Don- ald Berwick, president'of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 0 Plummer Professor of Christian Morals & Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Harvard University The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by stu- dents 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. Subscriptions must be pre- paid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 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