2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 14, 2004 NATION/W ORLD U.S. helicopter brought down in Iraq NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLINESrFcrM AROUND THE WORLD BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)-Hostile fire brought down The AH-64 helicopter gunship from the 3rd Following the demonstration in Fallujah, gunmen W SIGO;..4 0 a U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter yesterday, the third aircraft lost this month west of Baghdad. Coali- tion troops killed three Iraqis in restive cities outside the capital, relatives and police said. And in Fallujah, also west of Baghdad, hundreds of Iraqis protested, shouting "Bush, you coward!" after American troops detained a woman while searching for a Saddam Hussein loyalist. The 17-year-old newlywed was freed after several hours of questioning. Armored Cavalry Regiment crashed near the town of Habbaniyah, but the two crew members escaped injury, military spokesman Col. William Darley said. "It was apparently downed by enemy fire," he said. The helicopter was covering a ground convoy moving in the area, the U.S. Central Command said. In the same area, a medevac helicopter was downed Jan. 6, killing nine U.S. soldiers. A Kiowa Warrior heli- copter was shot down in the area Jan. 2, killing the pilot. fired rocket-propelled grenades at U.S. forces guard- ing city hall. The soldiers returned fire, killing two people and wounding four, witnesses, police and hos- pital staff said. The dead included a 33-year-old woman shot in the home of her sister and Ahmed Naji, 37, whose car crashed in a hail of gunfire. Naji's brother and father were seriously wounded, police Capt. Taha al- Falahi said. O'Neill denies using secret documents WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill yes- terday denied that classified docu- ments were used in a controversial new book in which he paints an unflattering portrait of President Bush. He softened some of his criticism in the face of a strong counterattack by the administration. The Inspector General's Office at Treasury confirmed that it had begun an investigation into whether any laws or regulations had been violated when Treasury employees turned over 19,000 documents to O'Neill after he was fired by Bush in Decem- ber 2002. Meanwhile, the administration intensified its criticism of O'Neill's assertions in the book, "The Price of Loyalty," including his charge that Bush had begun planning to over- throw Saddam Hussein in the first days of his presidency. Defense Secretary Donald Rums- feld, echoing comments Bush made in Mexico, said that the administration was simply following the policies of "regime change" of the Clinton administration and Bush did not com- mit to a war with Iraq until shortly before the invasion began last March. Rumsfeld also told reporters at the Pentagon that his experiences in the administration were "night and day" different from the detached president described by O'Neill. The Treasury secretary said Bush so seldom asked questions during Cabinet meetings that it reminded him of a "blind man in a room full of deaf people." In contrast, Rumsfeld said of Bush, "I have just enormous respect for his brain, his engagement, his interest, his probing questions, his constructive and positive approach to issues." Supreme Court OKs use of police roadblocks The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that police may set up roadblocks to collect tips about crimes, rejecting concerns that authorities might use the checkpoints to fish for unrelated suspicious activity. The 6 to 3 decision allows officers to block traffic and ask motorists for help in solving crimes. Critics have complained that authorities might misuse the power, disguising dragnets as "informational checkpoints." Roadblocks are used for a variety of investigations. For example, in 2002 police used them to try to produce leads in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping in Utah and the sniper shootings in the Washington area. But the Supreme Court has limited their use. Although the justices have allowed random sobriety checkpoints to detect drunken drivers and border roadblocks to intercept illegal immigrants, they ruled in 2000 that roadblocks intended for drug searches are an unreasonable invasion of privacy under the Constitution. In yesterday's decision, Justice Stephen Breyer said that short stops, "a very few minutes at most," are not too intrusive on motorists, considering the value in crime solving. Police may hand out fliers or ask drivers to vol- unteer information, he said. WASHINGTON Pakistan suspected of aiding 'Axis of Evil' The Bush administration's success in persuading Libya to reveal its weapons of mass destruction programs has created a new and potentially embarrassing problem. Pakistan - a vital U.S. ally in the war on terror - appears to have been a main sup- plier of nuclear know-how to Libya, and possibly to North Korea and Iran. Libya pledged to name its suppliers when it announced last month it was giving up its nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programs. Officials say many of the names probably will be Pakistani. They say evidence points to Pakistani nuclear experts as the source of at least some technology Libya used in its nuclear weapons program. Similar reports have arisen about probable Pakistani assistance to Iran and North Korea, countries President Bush said com- prised an "axis of evil" with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. "This ought to get front-and-center attention," said Henry Sokolski, a Pentagon arms control official in the first Bush administration. The United States has given Pakistan evidence that its scientists were involved in the spread of nuclear weapons technology, Secretary of State Colin Powell said last week. Powell said he didn't have enough information to say whether Pakistan was a source for Libya's program. Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill gestures while discussing the economy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington yesterday. ENVIRONMENT Continued from Page 1. publishes an annual scorecard evaluating how well members of Congress have addressed conservation issues. The LCV has not endorsed a particular presidential candidate. COOL CITIES Continued from Page 1. Career Center, listed New York City, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco as places where outgoing seniors would like to live and work. But Parsons said middling size, as well as history and local pride, all make Ann Arbor, Madison and Lans- ing appealing places to live in. Mayor John Hieftje, who spoke briefly before Callahan, also referred to the eas- ing of federal environmental regulations. "These are dark days, if you look at what is coming out of Washington,"he said. But Hieftje said that there are some environmental victories that have occurred at a more local level. He mentioned the Greenbelt initiative Mid-sized cities are not as over- whelming as big urban centers, Stephan said. Campbell said she hopes to find out what makes these locales appealing to skilled young men and women by going straight to the source. "The worst thing you can do is have centrally-mandated cool," she said. "Bureaucrats cannot dictate what's cool." Campbell said the use of e-mail and the Internet represents an inten- passed last November, which works to preserve parks and other green spaces in the Ann Arbor area. LSA sophomore Deepti Reddy said she thinks people should realize the importance of environmental investment. "The end product does not just better the lives of animals but also the lives of people," she said. "Environmentalists tional attempt to communicate with students in a medium they are com- fortable with. Even if Campbell and her col- leagues are successful in making over Michigan's cities, they still will have to contend with the state's disappoint- ing job growth. Despite this fact, Lamarco said, "A good number of our students stay in Michigan. Students are concerned about the job market across the coun- care about water and air but everyone should care too because we all drink water and we all breathe air." Reddy, who considers herself an envi- ronmentalist, said the speech embodied accurately the views of the movement. "If you give people information about environmental issues, we feel that they will make the right decision," she said. try, not just here." But, Stephan said, "Michigan needs to improve the job market for college graduates with entry-level jobs and room for advancement." The deciding factor in where he lives after graduation is where he can get a job, he said. Both Stephan and Parsons expressed confidence in the automo- tive industry, which faced intense competition from foreign firms in 2003, as a reliable local employer. Results for the survey will not be tabulated until February, Campbell said. She said she hopes the answers will help make Michigan a more enticing location for its "brightest and best." MiIARIN LUI.THER K NG, JR. DAY LECTLUE "FIFTY YEARS SiNff BROWN V BOA RD OF EDUCATION" Chstopher Edley,. Jr. Founding Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project At Harvard RAMALLAH, West Bank Palestinians borrow money to pay salaries Hit by waning support from fatigued donor nations, the Palestinian Authority has been forced to borrow from banks to pay salaries to its 125,000 employees and may be unable to meet its February pay- roll, the economy minister said yesterday. Meanwhile, an Israeli settler was shot dead in a West Bank ambush, and a Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip. With unemployment rampant outside the public payroll, Palestinians could be facing unprecedented economic collapse after three years of conflict with Israel. "We took loans from the bank for the past couple of months to pay salaries," Palestinian Economy Minister Maher Masri said. "If this situation continues ... we will not be able to provide salaries next month." NEW YORK Wal-Mart audit finds many labor violations An internal audit of about 25,000 workers at Wal-Mart Stores found thou- sands of labor violations, including minors working during school hours and workers not taking breaks or lunch- es, the New York Times reported. The audit found 1,371 violations of child-labor laws, including minors working too late, too many hours in a day or during school hours. On more than 60,000 occasions, workers missed breaks and on 16,000 they skipped meal times, in violation of most state labor regulations.The audit, conducted in July 2000, polled employee records at 128 stores across the country. NEW YORK. Franken signs deal to host show on radio They haven't got a name or a launch date yet, but the entrepreneurs who dream of launching a liberal radio net- work have just landed themselves a lead man: comedian and best-selling author Al Franken. Progress Media planned to announce yesterday that it has reached an agree- ment with Franken to host a live, three- hour daily broadcast that would form the anchor of the programming sched- ule, according to people familiar with the matter. Franken said the format of the show was still evolving, but he said he was certain that it wouldn't be akin to that used by his rival Rush Limbaugh. - Compiled from Daily wire reports a I WWW.MICHIGANDAILY.COM The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday 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. Winter term (January through April) is $110, yearlong (September through April) is $190. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscrip- tions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327. 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