2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 1, 2004 NATION/WORLD Election compromise bid ails NEWS IN BRIEF Ukrainian lawmakers canrl 191 decision to overturn results of controversial elec KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's shivering but determined political opposition dug in its heels in Kiev's frigid central square yesterday, reject- ing an offer of the prime minister's job tion from the declared presidential elec- drawing from talks aimed at reaching a com- promise. The election dispute sparked a struggle at Ukraine's par- liament, with throngs of opposition sup- porters trying to storm inside after lawmak- ers tentatively approved a reso- lution that would winner of disputed tion and with- "If this elec brings a sp in the cou ... I'm read, drop my b along with - Viktor Ukrainian Pr election brings a split in the country ... I'm ready to drop my bid along with him," Yanukovych said. Yushchenko ignored the proposal. He also rebuffed the offer of the prime minister's post under a Yanukovych presidency, saying it fell far short of a solution tion to Ukraine's crisis. "The election was )it rigged," he said. "People are asking ntry whether this coun- try has a political y to elite capable of id upholding a fair vote." him." Yushchenko has led the opposi- tion for years and Yanukovych was long seen as ime Minister its candidate in RMALLAH, est Bank End to anti-Israel broadcasts proposed The interim Palestinian leader has ordered government-controlled media to halt broadcasts of material that could incite hatred against Israel, Palestinian officials said yesterday. The directive by Mahmoud Abbas meets a key demand by Israel, which has long accused the Palestinian media of fomenting hatred, and adds to the tentative signs of goodwill that have emerged since the death of Yasser Arafat on Nov. 11. Radwan Abu Ayyash, head of Palestinian radio and television, said that at the request of Abbas, widely known as Abu Mazen, he has instructed all departments to make sure they don't broadcast inflammatory material. "Abu Mazen asked us to be sure that the material we broadcast does not contain any material that could be considered incitement," he said. Israel has long complained of incitement in the Palestinian media, citing fiery anti-Israel broadcasts by Muslim preachers and programs praising the killing of Jews. It blamed Arafat for the objectionable content. A senior Israeli official cautiously welcomed the reported gesture but said the government was waiting to see changes in the Palestinian media. GENEVA U.S. treatment of terror suspects criticized The International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday it has given theO Bush administration a confidential report critical of U.S. treatment of terror sus- pects detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But the Red Cross, which is the only independent monitor allowed to visit the facility, refused to confirm or deny a New York Times account that the ICRC report described the psychological and physical coercion used at Guantanamo as "tanta- mount to torture." A prominent New York attorney working closely with Defense Department law- yers who have seen the report, however, confirmed the characterization and said it raised new concerns about doctors violating medical ethics in pointing out prison- ers' weaknesses to interrogators. "The military lawyers by and large don't agree with the conclusion that it's tantamount to torture," said Scott Horton, chairman of the international law committee of the New York City Bar Association. But, Horton told The Associated Press in a telephone interview, the military lawyers "think it's correct for the ICRC to be aggressive. T E HRAN, Iran Iran claims it still has right to enrich uranium Iran claimed victory in its nuclear dispute yesterday, saying it has isolated the United States while preserving its right to enrich uranium. Iran said it has not abandoned its right to enrich uranium, in spite of U.S. pres- sure, noting the agreement it struck this week with the U.N. nuclear agency will OTO only suspend processing for several months. Speaking to reporters, Iran's top nuclear official, Hasan Rowhani, hailed the resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday autho- rizing IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei to monitor Iran's commitment to freeze uranium enrichment activities. Such enrichment can produce either low-grade fuel for nuclear reactors or the r% raw material for atomic weapons. cancel Saturday's nonbinding decision to declare the election results invalid. Protesters - some crawling on each other's shoulders - got as far as the lobby before police pushed them back. The government, which is sup- ported by powerful neighbor Russia, pushed ahead with offers that sought to placate or isolate Ukraine's popular opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, who favors closer ties with the West. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, whose victory in the Nov. 21 presi- dential runoff has been challenged as fraudulent, suggested he could agree to outgoing President Leonid Kuchma's proposal for a new election - but that both he and Yushchenko should bow out if one is held. "If this the election in a country where millions are yearning for change after Kuchma's 10-year rule. By contrast, Kuchma anointed Yanukovych as his favored successor just last spring, hoping his prominence and publicity as prime minister would attract votes. Yesterday, Yanukovych pleaded for an end to round-the-clock-pro- tests, which he said would ruin the economy, but the opposition prom- ised to tighten its blockade of official buildings. The political crisis has led to fears that Ukraine, which has the fast- est growing economy in Europe but where millions live in poverty, could plunge into economic turmoil. Many Ukrainians have waited in long lines to exchange the national currency, hryvna, for U.S. dollars. Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, left, and the current head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Jan Kubis meet in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 26. T-TArlkdo% A n.r L n %e% n l A 190% A n Arlh AVVE "U1604 7 mN/''1 A-% Id / %oogo % r I iC4U Ul. IIU~IItI4IIU bUU IL' I CbMgll5OTTAWA HP l id h w i Bush seeks to mend strained ties with Canada vv~run i n (ir)- nmeianu Security Secretary Tom Ridge, whose name became synonymous with color- coded terror alerts and tutorials about how to prepare for possible attack, resigned yesterday. Ridge submitted his resignation in writing to President Bush yesterday morning but indicated he will continue to serve until Feb. 1. "I will always be grate- ful for his call to service," Ridge said. Ridge said for the future he intends to "raise some family and personal matters to a higher priority," including attending his son's rugby games. In an e-mail circulated to Home- land Security officials, Ridge praised the department as "an extraordinary organization that each day contrib- utes to keeping America safe and Tree. ne aiso saa ne was privi- leged to work with the department's 180,000 employees "who go to work every day dedicated to making our country better and more secure." Among those mentioned as possible candidates for Ridge's replacement are Bernard Kerik, interim minister of the interior for Iraq and former New York City police commissioner, former Fed- eral Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh and Environmen- tal Protection Agency Administrator Mike Leavitt and White House home- land security adviser Fran Townsend. Others are also believed to be inter- ested in the job, including Asa Hutchin- son, undersecretary for border and transportation security in the Homeland Security Department. Ridge is one of six Bush cabinet members who have announced their resignations since the president won re-election. Six other Bush cabinet figures are leaving, including Attorney General John Ashcroft, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, Education Secretary Rod Paige, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, Secretary of State Colin, Powell and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham. Bush has chosen national secu- rity adviser Condoleezza Rice for the State Department, White House coun- sel Alberto Gonzales for the Justice Department and Carlos Gutierrez for Commerce. In October 2001, Ridge became the nation's first White House homeland security adviser, leading a massive under- taking to rethink all aspects of security within the U.S. borders in the wake of the terror attacks of September 2001. Congress subsequently passed leg- islation establishing the Homeland Security Department, merging 180,000 employees from 22 government agen- cies. Ridge became the department's first secretary in January 2003. President Bush tried yesterday to repair U.S.-Canada relations strained by years of bickering over trade and Iraq, although he stood by policies that have irritated Canadi- ans. He did promise Prime Minister Paul Martin to work toward easing a U.S. ban on Canadian beef. Even as thousands of Canadian protesters thronged the streets to protest his visit, Bush brushed aside suggestions that his decisions had damaged U.S.-Canada ties. Asked about polls that show Canadian opposition to his policies runs high, Bush pointed to his own re-election this month as the survey that mattered. "We just had a poll in our country when people decided that the foreign policy of the Bush administration ought to stay in place for four more years," Bush said. - Compiled from Daily wire reports MARKET UPDATE TUE. CLOSE CHANGE ----- --- - --- - ---- 4 e% A 4% 43 r% #% 1 DOW JONES 1,428.02 - 47.88 NASDAQ 2,096.81 - 10.06 S&P 500 1,173.82 -4.75 Record 74-game run in jeopardy' blown i -I& Itr 1 . . . , cl;bt :WA& c - lo ,;or J 061 NEW YORK - "Jeopardy" whiz Ken Jennings finally met his match after a 74-game run who made brainiacs cool, beaten by a woman whose own 8-year- old daughter asked for his autograph when they first met. As someone who always has prepared his own tax returns, Jennings was tripped up in Final Jeopardy by this answer: Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year. The correct reply: "What is H&R Block?" But Jennings guessed Federal Express, ending his remarkable run as the biggest winner in TV game show his- tory with a haul of $2,520,700. Having an accountant-friend who's nearly impossible to reach at tax time paid off big-time for his conqueror, Cali- fornia real estate agent Nancy Zerg, who ousted the baby-faced killer competitor in the episode airing yesterday. During his streak that began June 2, Jennings usually had opponents so thoroughly beaten that the Final Jeop- ardy question was meaningless to the outcome. But Zerg was within striking range at that point, with $10,000 to Jen- nings' $14,400. The champion had to think; out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Zerg had quickly written her reply. "I was pretty sure before the music ended that was the ballgame," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. Her correct reply gave Zerg $14,001 to Jennings' $8,799. Even before that, she had needed an unusual display of Jennings fallibility to stay in the game. He twice answered wrong on Daily Double questions, which give contestants a chance to make big wagers and increase their leads. Maybe that's why he paused, ever so slightly, when asked in the AP inter- view yesterday whether he had lost or been beaten. He then graciously gave Zerg credit. "I would have dwelt on it if I missed something that I knew or didn't phrase it in the form of a question," said Jennings, a computer software engineer from Salt Lake City. "It was a big relief to me that I lost to someone who played a better game than me." Zerg, a former actress who lives in Ventura, Calif., told the AP that she psyched herself up before the game by repeating to herself: "Someone's got to beat him sometime, it might as well be me." 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. 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