2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 NATION WORLD Bombings in Uzbekistan kill 19 NEWS IN BRIEF i i 1 11 LL 1"L11"LV 11%L LVL !11%\l l./1r Ll 111D VV V1\LLl 31 . °' TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - A series of bombings and attacks linked to Islamic militants, including the first known suicide missions in Uzbekistan, killed 19 people and injured 26, the country's prosecutor- general said yesterday. "A preliminary investigation shows all the events are interconnected and aimed at destabilization of the coun- try," Prosecutor-General Rashid Kady- rov said after the attacks in the Central Asian country Sunday and yesterday. Female suicide bombers carried out the blasts at the Chorsu market, the biggest bazaar in Tashkent, near the "Children's World" store, and at a nearby bus stop, Kadyrov said. Police and intelligence agents closed off the market in the capital's Old City. A witness who did not give her name said she felt the ground shake when one of the explosions went off. She said she saw a woman crying over the motionless body of a child. President Islam Karimov said the attacks had been planned at least six months in advance and had been origi- nally set to take place before the March 21 Central Asian new year holiday of Navruz. The operation's planning and financing indicated it had outside sup- port, he said. "As the president, I promise all meas- ures will be taken to stop such terrorist acts," Karimov said on state television in a Russian translation of remarks in Uzbek. Kadyrov said the events began Sun- day night with a blast that killed 10 peo- ple at a house being used by an extremist in the central province of Bukhara. There were also two attacks on police Sunday night and early yesterday, killing three policemen. The two suicide bomb- ings near the Chorsu bazaar killed three policemen and a young child, he said. NEW YORK .T Three courts hear federal abortion ban cases The federal ban on a type of late abortion was challenged in three courtrooms across the nation yesterday as abortion-rights activists argued that the law is so broad it infringes on women's basic right to choose. The Bush administration argued in defense of the law that fetuses feel pain dur- ing such "inhumane" procedures. The law, signed in November by President Bush, has not been enforced because judges in New York, Lincoln, Neb., and San Francisco agreed to hear evi- dence in three separate trials before deciding whether it violates the Constitution. The law is the first substantial limitation on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The current cases also appear likely to reach the high court. Attorney A. Stephen Hut Jr., speaking for the plaintiffs, argued that the law "in its stunning breadth would ... remove the range of abortion alternatives available to women in the second trimester." He cautioned that the evidence will include "very raw stuff" and that descriptions of surgery were "not for the faint of heart." BOSTON Lawmakers move toward gay marriage ban The Massachusetts Legislature gave final approval - for this year - to a con- stitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage but legalize civil unions, tak- ing the first decisive step toward stripping same-sex couples of court-mandated marriage rights. Within moments of yesterday's 105 to 92 vote, Gov. Mitt Romney said he would ask the state's highest court to delay implementation of its November ruling that ordered same-sex marriages to begin taking place as of May 17. He said he will seek a formal stay until the constitutional amendment process is complete. The vote, which must be affirmed again during the next two-year session and by voters in the fall of 2006, completes the Legislature's action on gay marriage for the year. Without action from the court, yesterday's decision will not affect the May 17 deadline. If the amendment is approved by voters, Massachusetts would join Vermont in offering same-sex couples the chance to join in civil unions. The amendment's approval brought a roar from activists on both sides of the debate, who packed the Statehouse to watch the proceedings. 6 Uzbek President Islam Kadmov speaks to the nation on television about a series of explosions that ripped through the Uzbek capital of Tashkent yesterday. BEETLE Continued from Page 1 "We've been very diligent in caring to not have an undiversified tree population. Because our forest is very diversified, we won't be as impacted as much as surrounding community. ... Five percent of campus trees have been affected," he said. The beetle, about half the size of a penny, is most destructive in September when it is growing out of its larva stage. Feeding on sapwood beneath the tree's bark, the larva starves the tree of its nutrients and eventually kills branches and entire trees. Because leaf dropping is a natural process that also occurs in the fall, the large dead branches of an ash tree will not be apparent until the follow- ing spring, Pettway said. By cutting down trees, the campus may face a heat problem as paved surfaces absorb the sun, Immonen said. "Urban heat island is where there is a lot of pavement and you get a lot of heat absorption from the sun," she said. "Tree cover kind of blocks the sun and you don't get as much heating. It will take a few years for the nursing industry to keep up with bringing in more trees. The nursing industry is 25 percent ash trees." The city of Ann Arbor has defined measures that will be taken to eradicate the pest. The steps include encouraging the community to gain information about the borer, monitoring and marking infested trees, removing dying trees infested with the pest, improving capabilities for wood disposal and replacing dead trees in a time- ly manner. In the past two years, the University has taken differgnt approaches to eliminate the pest, includ- ing the injection of insecticide treatments into the soil surrounding a tree and underneath its bark. "We were still saving when I was hearing other communities were removing dead trees. We were postponing the death of the trees longer than other communities were," University Facilities and Operations spokeswoman Diane Brown said. Pettway said the $40,000 that has been provid- ed by University Maintenance for tree removal is insufficient to remedy the pest epidemic while sustaining standard tree maintenance. "Something has got to give. (The pest) is not really ever going to be under control. We're han- dling it but at the risk of campus trees in terms of cultural practices - fertilizing, cabling, water- ing, bracing. We have to look at cost management in regards to percent of total resources to be man- aged. Primary means is saying we have to remove these trees," Pettway said. Dead trees are being ground and used as mulch around campus. In the process, the wood is dried out and the insect dies. GRADUATES! Wake up. Get coffee. Change the world. - Spend 10 months (Sept-June) in full-time community service in the metro Detroit area - Receive a $4,725 scholarship, weekly stipend & health benefits - Tutor and mentor children - Lead after school programs and community service projects - Engage & inspire community leaders - Promote civic engagement A For an application or more information, call City Year Detroit at 313-874-6148 or visit our website at nom,,. www.cityyear.org. Space Comcost. is limited - apply today! 1083 City Year Detroit: ®** Putting idealism to work! AFRICA Continued from Page 1. people. Ayittey's main solution to these problems was to return Africa to its cit- izens, but he also offered a few specific suggestions to improve the condition of the continent. He called for an implementation of an independent central bank, judiciary and electoral commission, with a neu- tral and professional security force. He also talked about the need for inde- COOKER SPECIALIZING IN FILLE.T MIGNONS, HAWAIIAN CHICKEN, AND PRIME RIBS HAPPY HOUR: M-F (4-7) GREAT DRINK SPECIALS! Plymouth Rd. across from the watertower (2000 Commonwealth Blvd.) (734) 761-5858 pendent media, which he said only exists in eight African countries. While Ayittey was able to present an African viewpoint to these problems, other panelists who were not native Africans presented research or work they had done in the continent. Political science Prof. Jennifer Wid- ner focused her talk on the constitu- tions of African countries and presented patterns and correlations that had been found in studying constitu- tional writing processes. She also spoke on how the findings from these studies could be implemented in Iraq. "People are more likely to lay down arms if they feel they are being repre- sented," Widner said, citing representa- tion as a key provision in a successful constitution. Changing quickly from a political look at Africa to a health-relat- ed one, Afroamerican and African Studies and anthropology Prof. Elisha Renne talked briefly about the World Health Organization's efforts to stop the spread of polio in Nigeria. Renne took a similar approach to Ayittey by saying that WHO could have been more effective in achieving its goal - to eradicate polio by 2000 - if they had educated the African people on the polio immunization before implement- ing programs to battle the disease. Visiting Afroamerican and African Studies and public health Prof. Howard Stein contributed to the event with an economic viewpoint. Stein talked about the "stabilization, liberalization and pri- vatization" of the African economy and summarized some of its weaknesses. Even a slow change to the African economy would be beneficial due to its current rut, he said. Afroamerican and African Studies Prof. and women's studies lecturer Nesha Hanif spoke about her work with the Pedagogy of Action Program in South Africa. Through the program, she instructed both literate and illiterate South African citizens on how to teach others about health issues, focusing on AIDS pre- vention and dealing with the stigma of contracting the disease. WASHINGTON NATO inaugurates seven new members President Bush welcomed seven for- mer Soviet-bloc nations into NATO yesterday, saying the 55-year old West- ern alliance would be strengthened because "tyranny for them is still a fresh memory." The expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to 26 members was celebrated as NATO signaled a willingness to play a military role in Iraq if authorized by a new U.N. Securi- ty Council resolution. Standing with prime ministers in a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Bush said the new members "earned their freedom through courage and perseverance, and today they stand with us as full and equal partners in this great alliance." Joining Bush were the leaders of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. MADRID, Spain Two more charged for Spain bombings A Spanish judge charged two more suspects in the Madrid bombings early yesterday as the incoming Socialist gov- ernment, facing international pressure over plans to withdraw troops from Iraq, doubled its deployment to Afghanistan. Judge Juan del Olmo charged Basel Ghayoun, a Syrian, with mass killings in the March 11 bombings that left at least 190 people dead. The judge also charged Morrocan Hamed Ahmidam with col- laborating with a terrorist organization. At the same time, the judge released three suspects after questioning. Of the 21 people arrested, 14 have been charged, six have been released and one has not been publicly identified or appeared in court. NEW YORK ,Jury dispute almost causes Tyco mistrial An uproar over an apparently pro- defense holdout on the jury brought the grand-larceny case against two former Tyco executives dangerously close to a mistrial yesterday before the judge sent the jurors back into deliberations. "It seems to me that it would be inap- propriate to declare a mistrial when all 12 jurors, who have devoted six months of their lives to this trial, are prepared to continue," Judge Michael Obus said in denying a defense request for a mistrial. Obus said he had spoken with the juror, a 79-year-old woman, and she assured him that "nothing that has hap- pened will, from her point of view, pre- vent her from deliberating in good conscience with the other jurors." - Compiled from Daily wire reports I Don't Miss This Great Opportunity To Learn About Outstanding Careers In Pharmacy What: Pharmacists from diverse practices discuss the many interesting, high-paying career options open to pharmacy school graduates Current students discuss their choice of pharmacy and their owfn experiences in one of the top-ranked pharmacy schools in the U.S. *"WMICHIGANDAILY.COM The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday throughFriday during the fall and winter terms by students 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. 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