2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 30, 2002 NATION/WORLD U.N. pressures inspection of Iraq NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD d UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. tions. Instead, it wants a tough new poses. The lists must disclose the loca- ical weapons capable of being launched weapons inspectors, who today will lay down demands to Iraq about get- ting back into the country, may not get the unfettered access demanded by the United States unless the Security Council alters a deal made in 1998. The inspectors are dusting off old equipment, ordering helicopters and testing new technology as the United States negotiates a new proposal for their return. The Bush administration dismissed Iraq's offer earlier this month to accept the inspectors' unconditional return under previous U.N. resolu- FJD FOR TH UGH'T WERE BLACKS OVER REPRESENTED? In Vietnam, the Depart- ment of Defense database shows 7,262 of the 58,152 deaths, or 12.49% were Blacks. The 1970 Census abstract shows that 12% of the overall US population, but 15% of the draft-age population, was Black. resolution completely redesigning the inspections regime and the powers inspectors would have to enter Sad- dam Hussein's palaces, block his movements and break in on closed facilities during their hunt for weapons. "This resolution that we're working on has to give the inspectors all the access they need and there cannot be any conditions on presidential sites or sensitive sites, that just can't happen," one U.S. official said. . Hans Blix, the chief U.N. weapons inspector, and Jacques Baute, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear team, today begin two days of talks with Iraqi experts in Vienna, Austria, to arrange for the inspectors' return. The Iraqis are supposed to bring a backlog of reports listing items they possess which could have military pur- tions and current uses for those items. * "We're certainly aware of what happened last time," said Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the Vienna-based IAEA. "But we uncovered Iraq's secret nuclear pro- gram and we dismantled it. If we get unfettered access, we will be suc- cessful again." Although they have not been inside Iraq since December 1998, internation- al inspectors are certain Iraq has a bio- logical weapons program. Some experts also believe that, despite 12 years of sanctions in place since Iraq invaded Kuwait and lobbed Scud missiles at Israel and Saudi Arabia, Saddam is ready to build a nuclear bomb if he gets enough weapons-grade uranium or plutonium. Britain said last week that Iraq has a growing arsenal of chemical and biolog-- within 45 minutes. Washington also has claimed Iraq has ties to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network. But unless they are on the ground, inspectors say there is no way to know just how quickly Iraq is resuscitating its programs. When U.N. inspectors first arrived in Baghdad in the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, they were a powerful, almost untouchable force. Operating like commandos outfitted with a fleet of helicopters and all-ter- rain vehicles, they launched surprise inspections across the Iraqi desert, uncovering ballistic missiles and VX nerve gas. While over 120 people worked in the field, hundreds of experts and ana- lysts in New York and Vienna pored over their findings and swapped intelli- gence with select governments - chiefly the United States. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia Kostunica tops Serbian election runoff Vojislav Kostunica won the first round in Serbia's presidential race yesterday, pulling away from a pro-Western candidate in the first election since the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic, exit polls showed. The unofficial results released by the Center for Free Elections and Democracy, an independent watchdog group, gave Kostunica the win with 31 percent with 100 percent of the vote counted. Finishing in second with 28 percent was Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus, giving him a spot in a runoff vote. Ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj, who was backed by Milosevic, finished in third with 22 percent, which was much higher than expected. Official results are not expected before today but exit polls from the CeSID have proven reliable in the past. "Seselj's showing was the biggest surprise," said Kostunica's top political adviser, Slobodan Samardzic. Seselj assumed the role of the spoiler early in the race - relishing his role as the candidate who unashamedly embraced the nationalistic views that led Yugoslavia into the Balkan wars. Seselj's showing is seen as an indication that Serbia has not yet moved fully moved beyond the extreme nationalism that marked Slobodan Milosevic's tenure. KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait U.S. Forces in Kuwait prepare for war in Iraq U.S. Marines rode massive green hovercraft last week onto the Kuwaiti shore. But instead of assaulting hostile Iraqi troops, they joined Kuwaiti allies for a three-week exercise in the desert. Fighter jets from the USS Abraham Lincoln flew overhead, not part of the exer- cise, but on their way to enforce a "no-fly" zone in southern Iraq. Engineers in Qatar, meanwhile, are finishing a new forward command post for the U.S. Central Command - the men and women who would lead a war in Iraq. They're expected to arrive in November to direct another exercise from the low- profile buildings camouflaged as sand dunes. Special operations forces have put up tents at a new base in Djibouti, across the Red Sea from Yemen. In Kuwait, part of an armored infantry brigade from Fort Benning, Ga., sits within 28 miles of the Iraqi border - a 10-hour drive to Bagh- dad. U.S. military spokesmen insist the exercises and deployments are routine, or part of the war against terrorism. But there is little doubt these forces could be used in an invasion of Iraq to remove President Saddam Hussein. w.Fm1Hmc LT USTOMWPRINTE Israel acquiesces to withdraw its troops GARY LIWLE & ASSOC., REALTORS WWW.GARYLILUE.COM RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israel bowed to U.N. demands and U.S. pressure yesterday, pulling troops and tanks out through the barbed wire that encircles Yasser Arafat's headquarters. The Palestinian leader said the move was only "cosmetic." As troops removed sandbags, gener- ators and debris from around the Ramallah compound to end the 10-day standoff, Israel said it still planned to arrest alleged terrorists it says are FIJI RETURNS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BEAFOUNDING FATHER. LEAVEYOUR LEGACY. BECOMEA WOLVERINE FIJI. 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Nevertheless, both sides offered con- ciliatory gestures. Briefly emerging from his building - one of the last still standing in the Palestinian government complex - Arafat flashed a V-for-victory sign to a crowd of several hundred supporters* He renewed his promise to order a cease-fire if Israel were to take troops and soldiers out of all Palestinian terri- tory. Israel demanded a Palestinian crack- down on terror but eased restrictions on Palestinian trying to enter Israel from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Jobs in Israel are crucial to many Palestinian families. Under the new rules, 25,000 Pales- tinian workers will be allowed to enter Israel daily instead of the current 15,000. The quota of Palestinian busi- nessmen was raised to 8,000 from 5,000. Nevertheless, Arafat accused Israel of continuing to violate Tuesday's U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to the siege as well as to Israel's months-long occupation of Palestinian cities and to terrorism and other vio- lence from both sides. "They are trying to deceive the Security Council," a stern and seem- ingly weary Arafat told reporters in his Storm hits lam- aIV5 WASHINGTON Thousands march on Cheney's residence Thousands of people opposing a war with Iraq marched to the residence of Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday, culminating three days of smaller-than- expected demonstrations. Protesters, some holding signs that said "No Blood for Oil," blamed Cheney for pushing the nation toward war. Police estimated about 2,500 peo- ple turned out for the peaceful event. Demonstrator threats to shut down the nation's capital and disrupt meetings of world financial leaders during the week- end fell flat and all protesters had evapo- rated from city streets by dusk yesterday. However, protest organizers insisted their goals were met: drawing attention to those seeking more money for global AIDS research and calling for changes in world economic policies. "It's been a highly successful couple of days," said David Levy, who was the only protest organizer to show up for a morning news conference yesterday to evaluate the demonstrations. its sister lending organization, the World Bank. "This is a kind of breakthrough.... There is a recognition that there is a gap in the international financial architec- ture," Koehler told a concluding news conference. Delegates approved a recommenda- tion that the IMF staff develop for con- sideration by April a fully developed approach for allowing countries with unsustainable debt burdens to essentially declare bankruptcy and force creditors to negotiate more lenient repayment terms. DAKAR, Senegal Nearly 1,000 believed dead in ferry disaster In long, solemn lines, thousands of people pored over photos yesterday of the bloated bodies from one of Africa's deadliest ferry accidents, as the govern- ment said that nearly 1,000 people are now believed dead. Only 64 people are known to have survived when the MS Joola capsized off Africa's West Coast in heavy winds late Thursday. Yesterday, the govern- ment said that 1,034 people were on board the ship, sharply up from the 797 it had first announced. By midday yesterday; Gambian and Senegalese sailors, dive teams and other searchers had collected 352 bodies from the ferry, the water and from along the coast, where some were washing up, said Aminata Dibba, permanent secretary for Gam- bia's presidency. Six refrigerated ship containers with bodies inside were lined up in the capi- tal's port, while hundreds more disinte- grating bodies were offshore waiting to be brought in. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. """""" aziiN h ud WASHINGTON thousands IMF meeting revises bankruptcy policies School of International & Public Affairs Columbia University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Tufts University evacuate KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Trop- ical Storm Lili set off severe flooding and mudslides in Jamaica yesterday while grazing southeastern Cuba, forc- ing thousands to evacuate their homes in low-lying areas. Lili was strengthening and could become a hurricane before hitting western Cuba tomorrow, said Martin Nelson, lead forecaster at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. The Cuban government braced for a strengthened storm, issuing a hurricane watch for Havana and the western provinces of Matanzas, Pinar del Rio and the Isle of Youth. The storm also was expected to hit the U.S. mainland as early as Friday, with rains predicted to fall on the Florida Keys on today and tomorrow. At 5 p.m. EDT yesterday, Lili's winds had grown to 60 mph, and its center churned about 15 miles east- northeast of the northwestern Jamaican resort town of Montego Bay. A.tropical storm becomes a hurricane when its winds reach 74 mph. As the storm brushed southeastern Cuba, people in parts of eastern Las Tunas and Camaguey provinces left their homes seeking higher ground, Cuban media reported. In northern and eastern Jamaica, meanwhile, heavy rains from Lili unleashed flash floods and mudslides that took out power lines and washed away rural roads. Several homes in eastern Bull Bay were washed away, and police said one taxi driver was reportedly carried away in his vehicle by raging ,flood waters. He was feared dead. A military heli- copter swooped in to rescue several people stranded on the rooftops of their flooded homes in Bull Bay. 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