2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - -NATION/WORLD Sper faces federal charges NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - The left a note demanding $I0 million at pTant is " just a charging document that father," Wyde said. "He was an Amneri- UNITEDNAIN government filed its first charges against sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad yesterday, accusing him of a deadly extortion plot in a complaint that could carry a death sentence. The 20-count complaint charges Muhammad, 41, with discharging a firearm as part of an extortion scheme in the deaths of seven people in Mary- land and the wounding of three others, in Maryland and Virginia. U.S. Attorney Paul McNulty of Vir- ginia said if a firearm is used to carry out violence in an extortion scheme, the crime is punishable by the federal death penalty. Police believe the sniper the scene of a Virginia shooting. The complaint did not name the other suspect, 17-year-old John Lee Malvo, because he is not an adult. A juvenile can be charged with a federal capital offense but cannot be executed. Malvo and Muhammad already face murder charges in Virginia and Maryland in the attacks that killed 10 people and wounded three. Alabama has charged them in a killing outside a liquor store last month in Mont- gomery. The question of whether there will be federal indictments remains unde- cided, McNulty said. He said a com- has the effect of further holding the defendants." "But that charging document today would lay out some of the grounds for a federal case," McNulty said. It is also unknown whether a federal prosecution would begin before or after state prosecutions. During a brief hearing, Muhammad said he understood the charges against him and another court appearance was scheduled for Nov. 5. Outside court, James Wyde, the chief federal public defender in Mary- land, urged the public to withhold judgment until evidence is heard. "Mr. Muhammad is a 41-year-old can who served in the Persian Gulf. He was honorably discharged. He has never been convicted of another crime at any time, anywhere." He said Muhammad is accused "of an incomprehensible crime, one that had a profound impact on our commu- nity and has destroyed the lives of the victims and their families." "What I'm asking you to do at this point is to wait for the process to work," Wyde said. The affidavit details evidence found in the 1990 Chevrolet Caprice in which Muhammad and Malvo were sleeping when they were arrested at a Maryland rest stop last week. Parliament app roves Arafat Cabinet Weapons inspectors support warning Giving some needed support to the United States, top weapons inspectors backed the delivery of a tough U.N. warning to Saddam Hussein, but insisted it was up to the Security Council to decide on war or peace in Iraq. At a Security Council meeting on Monday, the inspectors also made clear they'd like some changes in the new inspection regime envisioned by the United States. But the key issue remains the dispute in the council over whether a new U.S. draft resolution gives a green light for the use of force against Iraq. Diplomats said talks were continuing yesterday - especially between Paris and Washington. The Security Council also scheduled discussions on the U.S. draft resolution late yesterday. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a staunch opponent of a war against Iraq, discussed anti- war efforts yesterday with Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri, a source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Iraqi Mission would not confirm the meeting. In Washington, the Bush administration signaled its willingness to com- promise to meet the needs of other countries, particularly France - although a senior U.S. official made clear the United States will not back down on core issues. Russian hostages of 58-hour standoff buried Weeping relatives bent over the uniformed body of Col. Konstantin Litvinov and threw handfuls of dirt onto his coffin yesterday as Russians began to bury the hostages killed during a 58-hour standoff with Chechen rebels. A senior Russian official, meanwhile, issued the Kremlin's strongest defense yet of the decision to fill the Moscow theater with a secret gas before special forces raided it early Saturday, rescuing hundreds and killing 50 of their captors. The incapacitating gas was intended to prevent the hostage-takers from trigger- ing explosives strapped to their waists and rigged around the theater. It worked but it also knocked out most of the hostages, killing 116. Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov told the ITAR-Tass news agency that several dozen people had been detained in Moscow on suspicion of helping organize the takeover. They included a group of Chechens picked up in a minibus that allegedly had traces of TNT, the Interfax news agency reported. As of Tuesday, 245 rescued hostages remained hospitalized, 16 listed in serious condition, Interfax reported. A total of 418 patients have been released. Among the dead were nine foreigners, including one American. RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) --- The Palestinian parliament approved Yasser Arafat's new Cabinet yesterday, effectively ending a challenge to the Pales- tinian leader that began last month with demands he share power. The 56-18 vote came as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced the most serious political crisis of his 20 months in power, with the moderate Labor party poised 4o quit his coalition. A senior legislator allied with Sharon said yesterday he believed snap elections were inevitable. Naming a new Cabinet was a key reform measure expected of the Palestinians in a new U.S.- backed peace plan. During a debate before the vote yesterday, Arafat critics provoked Arafat's anger by say- ing that there are not enough new faces in the 19-mem- ber Cabinet, and that some of those suspected of cor- ruption remain in their posts. "I don't think this Cabinet can lead the Palestini- ans out of the crisis," said legislator Ziad Abu Amr. Arafat tried to silence him, shouting: "You are not allowed to talk about the members of the executive committee, you are not allowed." However, after a solid majority of legislators voted in support of the Cabinet, Arafat said he was proud of what he called a display of Palestinian democracy. Palestinian state TV. which had broadcast part of the proceedings live, did not show the heated debate before the vote. 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He chopped the air with his hands, as Wellstone often did, and exhorted the crowd to keep Well- stone's dream alive. "A week from today, Paul Well- stone's name will not be on the ballot," Kahn said. "But there will be a choice just the same ... either keep his legacy alive, or bring it forever to an end!" As the crowd erupted in a loud "No!" Kahn continued: "If Paul Wellstone's legacy in the Senate comes to an end just days after this unspeakable tragedy, our spirits will be crushed, and we will drown in a river of tears. We are begging you, do not let this happen." David Wellstone, the senator's old- est son, talked of next week's elec- tion and "looking forward to digging in" in his father's name. But most of his remarks were devoted to happy memories of his father, mother and sister, learning values rooted in social justice. An overflow crowd of thousands gathered nearby to watch on giant video screens, and multitudes more watched and listened on statewide TV and radio to the ceremony for Well- stone; his wife Sheila, 58; his daugh- ter Marcia Wellstone Markuson, 33; and campaign staffers Mary McEvoy, 49, Tom Lapic, 49, and Will McLaughlin, 23. All six were killed in a plane crash Friday in northern Minnesota. The plane's two pilots, Richard Conry, 55, and Michael Guess, 30, also died. The service was packed with nation- al political figures. Former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clin- ton's arrival drew a huge cheer from the crowd. They were followed by for- mer Vice President Al Gore, Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and many others. The crowd watched a photo and video collage of Wellstone and the other victims, set to Bob Dylan's "For- ever Young." David McLau ghlin, brother of Will McLaughlin, recalled several of his brother's adventures as Wellstone's per- sonal assistant and driver. "Will and Paul really did work well together," McLaughlin said. "I really do believe that's why they became such good friends. Both wanted to do things their way and they wouldn't do what people told them." Jordanian officials detained dozens of Muslim militants for ques- tioning yesterday but dismissed claims by a little - known group that it was responsible for the killing of American diplomat Laurence Foley. The group, calling itself Shurafaa' al-Urdun, or the Honorables of Jor- dan, sent a statement to the London- based Arabic daily Al-Quds Ai-Arabi Monday saying Foley was killed to protest U.S. support for Israel and the "bloodshed in Iraq and Afghanistan." Foley, a 60-year-old administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development, was walking to his car Monday when a gunman opened fire, police said. The gunman escaped. Jordanian authorities stepped up security in the capital in the wake of the assassination, the first killing of an American diplomat in decades. KABUL, Afghanistan Released Afghans speak on detainment Three Afghans released after months of captivity at a U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba said yesterday they were chained up and denied con- tact with their families but were not otherwise mistreated by their American captors. One freed detainee said they were kept in cages "like animals." The men - two of whom appeared to be in their late 70s - are the first for- mer detainees to speak about their arrest and detainment. They spoke to The Associated Press at a military hospital in Kabul where they are convalescing, still under the watch of Afghan security guards. The men arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday, and yesterday were handed to Interior Ministry officials. A fourth man, identified as 60-year- old Pakistani Mohammed Saghir, was returned to Pakistan, where he was being questioned by authorities in Islamabad. WASHINGT N Bush signs legislation to fix voting errors One week before Election Day, Presi- dent Bush signed legislation yesterday revamping the nation's voting system and guarding against the kinds of errors that threw his own election into dispute two years ago. "When problems arise in the administration of elections, we have a responsibility to fix them," Bush said as he gathered several Democratic and Republican lawmakers behind him at a signing desk. "Every registered voter deserves to have confidence that the system is fair and elections are honest, that every vote is recorded and that the rules are consis- tently applied. The legislation that I sign today will add to the nation's confi- dence," Bush said. 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