4 F-NATION/WORLD Israel: _...t, y .:. NEWS IN BRIEF i ' HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Execution FALLUJAH, Iraq nf A ft Local police chief murdered in streets 4 V1 1 r1 alaL not option JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel backed off yesterday from threats to kill Yasser Arafat, while the incoming Palestinian prime minister ceded control over many Cabinet appointments to Arafat's Fatah party despite Israeli demands that the veteran Palestinian leader be stripped of authority. As Israeli leaders insisted they still intend to "remove" Arafat, the U.N. Security Council considered a Palestin- ian request to intervene. The involve- ment of the United Nations underscored the extent to which vio- lence and tension have paralyzed peacemaking efforts. The Palestinian ambassador stalked out of the council chamber when the Israeli ambassador began to speak. The chief U.N. envoy to the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, told the Secu- rity Council the peace process has bro- ken down and that he fears even worse bloodshed lies ahead. He accused both Israelis and Palestinians of failing to "seriously and actively" address each other's concerns, and stressed that Arafat is the democratically elected leader who "embodies Palestinian identity and national aspirations." Facing widespread international opposition to harsh action against Arafat, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom yesterday sought to play down comments by Israeli leaders that killing Arafat is an option. "It is not the official policy of the Israeli government," Shalom told reporters. "We don't speak about any killing. We didn't speak about it before, and we don't speak about it today." A day earlier, Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said killing Arafat is a possibility, along with expelling him or further isolating him inside the West Bank compound where Arafat has remained for nearly two years, repeat- edly besieged by Israeli troops. While various countries sought to pressure Israel to soften its stance, Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Qureia asked the Fatah party to choose candidates for up to 16 of his 24 Cabinet posts - a decision that gives Arafat significant control over the composition of the new Cabinet. Three assailants in red-and-white Arab headdresses gunned down the police chief of a city west of Baghdad yesterday in an ambush that underscored the per- ils for Iraqis who join U.S.-backed security forces. The Americans hope those forces will gradually take over security from U.S. troops - part of the effort to transfer sovereignty to Iraqis. The motive for the slaying of Khaldiya's police chief, Col. Khedeir Mekhalef Ali, was not immediately clear. "The three attackers opened fire with machine guns, shot one of the tires of the chief's car and then approached the vehicle and shot him at least 25 times," said his driver, 47-year-old Rabia'a Kamash. Khaldiya and Fallujah, on the main highway to the Jordanian border, are the heart of the "Sunni Triangle," a broad swath of Iraq north and west of Baghdad where support for Saddam Hussein remains strong and guerrilla warfare against the American occupation is heaviest. Ali had taken over the Khaldiya force as U.S. troops pulled out of the town in July in conjunction with a general pullback from the region's population centers and the flanking cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. LOS ANGELES California recall delayed, appeal expected A teceral appeals court postpones the Uct. / recall election yesterday in a decision that threw an already chaotic campaign into utter turmoil. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the election cannot pro- ceed as scheduled because some votes would be cast using outmoded punch-card ballot machines. The court, the nation's largest and most liberal federal appeals court, withheld ordering the immediate implementation of its decision by a week to allow time for an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. It is the same appellate court that last sum- mer ruled reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because of the words "under God." Ted Costa, head of the Sacramento-based Peoples' Advocate, one of the groups that put the recall on the ballot, said an appeal of yesterday's ruling was certain."Give us 24 hours," he said. Yesterday's ruling was the last of about a dozen legal challenges to the attempt 4 4. to unseat Democratic Gov. Gray Davis. NORFOLK, Va. Hurricane Isabel threatens East Coast East Coast residents boarded up homes and businesses and moved boats inland yesterday, and govern- ment agencies from South Carolina to Massachusetts made preparations as powerful Hurricane Isabel headed for the coast. Isabel is the first major hurricane to threaten the region since Floyd in September 1999. Floyd came ashore near Cape Fear, N.C., and continued along the coast into New England, and was blamed for 56 deaths in the United States. The heart of Isabel is expected to move along the western edge of Chesa- peake Bay on Thursday and Friday, said Fay Crossley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "We do have time to prepare, so we're urging people to use this time to get ready," said Dawn Eischen, spokes- woman for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. CANCUN, Mexico Developing nations halt WTO talks Poor nations united and claimed a new voice in global trade talks, even as their refusal to be pressured by rich nations contributed to the collapse of a crucial World Trade Organization meeting. Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez called a halt Sunday to EMM i five days of negotiations, arguing that an agreement was impossible. "I don't think we have to beat around the bush. Cancun has failed," EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said. "This is not only a blow for the WTO, but a loss for all of us." The talks will now return to diplomats at the WTO's Geneva headquarters, likely leaving them with a massive, years-long headache.There is virtually no chance countries will meet a self-imposed dead- line of completing a binding treaty by the end of next year. WASHINGTON Feds fight obesity with local programs Years of dire warnings about obesity's dangers don't seem to be shrinking Americans' girth. Now federal health officials hope programs that target differ- ent communities' special needs - plus financial incentives like Pacificare Health Systems is about to offer - will work better. "This is the most difficult thing any- body can ever try to do, to get people to change their habits," says Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. This week, communities in both Michigan and Boston become the first of about a dozen recipients of $13.6 million in federal grants to target unhealthy habits locally. It's a program poised to become the government's centerpiece in the obesity fight. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. - I l 4 a r 60311 I Attend all required classes or make-up sessions, complete all scheduled tests, and do your homework. If your score doesn't improve on test day from your Kaplan diagnostic or a prior official test score, you can choose to repeat our program for free or get a full refund of your tuition. ** It's that simple. 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