4 2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 5, 2002 NATION/WORLD Summit interrupted by protests NEWS IN BRIEF KABUL, Afghanistan Karzai unveils new Afghan currency 4 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Unfurling banners and shouting "Shame on Bush," dozens of activists at the World Summit heckled Secretary of State Colin Powell yester- day as he defended America's record on the environment and helping the developing world. Thirteen activists were dragged from the room. Boos from the rear of the summit's main hall repeatedly interrupted Powell's five-minute speech to an audience of 1,500 government leaders and delegates. "The American soul has always harbored a deep desire to help people build better lives for themselves and their children," Powell said. "We have always understood that our own well- being depends on the well-being of our fellow inhabitants of this planet Earth." The United States joined 190 other nations on the summit's last day yesterday in adopting an action plan aimed at improving the lives of the poor and reversing the destruction of the planet. But Washington was widely accused in 10 days of tough negotiations of shirking past commitments and trying to avoid new ones. Government officials and activists have strongly criticized the United States for reject- ing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which seeks to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. Many countries view the accord as crucial for revers- ing global warming, which has been blamed for cataclysmic storms, floods and droughts. President Bush has said the United States is taking other actions to fight climate change, but the international agreement's strictures are inappropriate and too costly for the U.S. economy. President Hamid Karzai announced the issuing of a new currency yesterday, designed to end the confusion from several forms of money now in circulation and provide a symbol of Afghan renewal and unity. On the same day, Afghanistan handed over 55 longtime Pakistani prisoners who had fought on the side of the ousted Taliban regime to their government, say- ing they no longer posed a danger here. Rumors of the new currency had abounded in recent days, causing extreme volatility at the money changers' stands around the country. Karzai's announce- ment seemed aimed at averting panic among the public that their existing curren- cy would become worthless. In a nationally broadcast address, he assured Afghans that they would not lose money during the introduction of the new bills. AP PHOTO "In order to get rid of inflation, our economists and commercial consultants decided to remove three zeros from the old afghanis," he said. "Do not worry. No matter how much you have, you can freely exchange all your old afghanis at the nearest bank in all parts of Afghanistan," he promised. "If banks are crowded or not available, you can change your money with money a changers." :4 U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell pauses to allow protesters to quiet down during his remarks. Two Palestinians exiled to Gaz GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel expelled two Palestinians from the West Bank, driving them blindfolded into the Gaza Strip and leaving them at a deserted fig orchard yesterday - the first time Israel has forced relatives of militants to leave their home areas. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned the court-sanctioned expulsions as a "crime against humanity that violates all human and international laws." U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan echoed Arafat's assessment. 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The results suggest that the benefits of exercise are within reach of virtually every American woman and don't require equipment, organized sports or painful exertion. "No pain, no gain is an outdated notion," said JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and the lead author of the study, which appears in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. "Exercise doesn't need to be strenuous or uncomfortable - moder- ate exercise will provide the lion's share of the health benefit." Gerald Fletcher of the American Heart Association said the findings are important because in effect they lower the bar on a major public health hurdle - the effort to reverse the epidemic of inactivity inthe United States. "Everybody needs to do something," said Fletcher, director of preventive cardiology at the Mayo Clinic branch in Jacksonville, Fla. "But a lot of peo- ple don't want to because they believe they have to exercise hard, have to mess up their hair. But they can do moderate exercise, and enjoy it to some degree, and still get benefit." The study doesn't discount the pos- sibility that women who engage in very high levels of exercise - training for marathons or triathlons, for example- don't see even bigger gains in cardio- vascular health. "That is highly plausible," Manson said. She said the study, despite its size, had too few endurance athletes to address the question. What it does suggest, however, is that there's a threshold of benefit that is fairly easy to reach. The biggest health gain, Manson said, comes when a per- son moves from a sedentary lifestyle to one that includes moderate, regular exercise. The research is part of the federal government's massive Women's Health Initiative, which is studying numerous health questions important to women after menopause. Earlier this summer, the initiative announced that women randomly assigned to take pills containing estro- gen and progesterone had higher rates of cancer and heart disease than women assigned to take placebo pills-a finding expected to have pro- found effects on the popularity of hor- mone replacement therapy. The exercise part of the study was Spurely observational; it did not involve assigning women to do one thing or another. The participants, between ages 50 and 79 when the study began in the mid-1990s, filled out detailed ques- tionnaires about their activity. JAKARTA, Indonesia Politician wrongly used funds for campaign The speaker of parliament was convicted yesterday and sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $4.5 million intended for the poor and using the money in a political campaign. Akbar Tandjung's conviction marked one of the few times that an official has been found guilty of such a crime in Indonesia, which is widely viewed as one of the most corrupt countries. Tandjung, who serves as leader of the former ruling Golkar Party, denied steal- ing any funds and said he would appeal. He remains free and continues to hold his leadership positions. "If someone is convicted that doesn't mean that his political career is gone," he said. "I never committed a crime." Critics complained that the three-year prison term was too light. Prosecutors had asked for the minimum sentence of four years provided by law. He could have faced 20 years in prison. But the five-judge panel choose instead to impose an even lower sentence, cit- ing mitigating circumstances, including the return of the money this year by a co- LAMAT FALLS, Ore. Man charged with rape, murder of nun An itinerant laborer accused of rap- ing two nuns and then strangling one of them with her rosary beads was ordered held without bail yesterday on 14 charges, including aggravated murder. Maximiliano Esparza sat with an interpreter in the courtroom during the hearing. His court-appointed lawyer, Duane McCabe, did not enter a plea. Esparza also is charged with rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and assault.' The 32-year-old man allegedly arrived in Klamath Falls last week by train. Late Saturday, he left the town's only strip club and attacked two nuns as they walked along a canal bike path, authorities said. Both were wearing their blue habits when they were attacked. Sister Helen Lynn Chaska, 53, died. The second nun was treated at a hospital and released. Both are members of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Bellevue, Wash., an orthodox Catholic order. WASHINGTON Justice Dept. request not linked to fiing Steven Hatfill's firing from Louisiana State University came after the Justice Department ordered the school not to use him on projects funded by grants from the agency, which has called Hatfill a "person of interest" in the anthrax attacks. Hatfill's supervisor, Steven Guil- lot, received an e-mail Aug. 1 direct- ing him to "immediately cease and desist" from using Hatfill on the projects, LSU spokesman Gene Sands said yesterday. The next day, Hatfill was placed on administrative leave as director of LSU's National Center for Bio- medical.Research and Training. The center receives much of its money from the Justice Department. LSU contends the decision to put Hat- fill on administrative leave and later, fire him, was not connected to the e-mail. Americans value home ownership Americans believe owning a home is the best investment they can make, although blacks and Hispanics still face obstacles to homeownership, says a sur- vey by mortgage giant Fannie Mae. With interest rates at record low levels and a volatile stock market, 70 percent of those responding said they consider buy- ing a home to be a safe and smart invest- ment. Only 38 percent said an IRA or 401(k) retirement plan was a "safe investment with a lot of potential." Fannie Mae's latest annual housing survey, released yesterday, showed a hefty 78 percent of respondents saying that now is a good or very good time to buy a home. Despite the recent recession, many Americans have seen their net worth increase because of a rise in their home's value. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 4 4 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. 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