2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 7, 2005 NATION/WORLD Death toll continues to rise NEWS IN BRIEF 1,, ;4 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - World leaders wrapped up a one-day summit on Asia's earthquake and tsunamis, hoping to find the best way to help vic- tims - and to prevent such a catastro- phe from happening again. Indonesia reported almost 20,000 new deaths this morning, pushing the overall toll to almost 160,000. Even as more deaths from the ini- tial effects of the natural disaster were announced, health officials warned that secondary deaths from hunger or dis- ease would push the toll higher without a steady supply of aid to the region. Donors concluded an emergency sum- mit yesterday as relief workers scram- bled to move aid to areas of Sumatra, the Indonesian island hit hardest by the earthquake and giant waves that crashed ashore Dec. 26. Volunteers hurled sacks of rice and instant noodles into trucks as U.S. helicopters loaded with other sup- plies buzzed overhead en route to iso- lated communities. A new potential danger emerged, this time to the American and Australian military teams assisting the tsunami survivors. A radical Islamic group once headed by an al-Qaida-linked terror chief set up a relief camp in Sumatra. The militants, known for attacking Christians on Indonesia's far-flung islands, insisted they would not interfere with foreign troops - so long as they kept to humanitarian operations. Indonesia on Friday said its death toll from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the tsunamis it spawned was 113,306, up from its previous estimate of 94,200. More than 10,000 are still missing in the Aceh province of Sumatra island, the Ministry of Social Affairs said. The announcement raised the overall death toll in 11 countries to 159,445. In the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, world leaders discussed how to trans- form one of the largest aid packages ever assembled - nearly $4 billion in pledges - into food for the hungry and shelter for the homeless. U.N. Secre- tary-General Kofi Annan urged nations to come forward immediately with the billions they've promised and to break with past practices of promising much and delivering little. "The disaster was so brutal, so quick, and so far-reaching, that we are still struggling to comprehend it," Annan said. "We will never know the exact magnitude of how many men, women GRANITEVILLE, South Carolina Train accident spreads deadly gas A freight train carrying chlorine gas struck a parked train early yes- terday, killing eight people and injuring at least 200 others, nearly all of them sickened by a toxic cloud that persisted over this small textile town at nightfall. Authorities ordered all 5,400 people within a mile of the crash to evacu- ate in the afternoon because chlorine was continuing to leak, and the gas was settling near the ground as temperatures dropped. They were unsure when the gas leak might be sealed. State Sen. Tommy Moore said yesterday night that officials at Avondale Mill, the textile plant where the crash happened, told him eight people were found dead following the accident, including five inside the mill. Eight people were in critical condition yesterday night after the 2:30 a.m. wreck of Norfolk Southern trains, in which 16 cars derailed. BAGHDAD, Iraq Bomb kills seven soldiers, two Marines A roadside bomb killed seven U.S. soldiers in northwest Baghdad and two Marines were killed in western Iraq yesterday, the deadliest day for American forces since a suicide attack on a U.S. base last month. The bombing came as Iraq extended a state of emergency by 30 days to battle mili- tants whose attacks have surged ahead of this month's elections. The prime minister warned the number of assaults would only rise as voting day draws closer. Just three weeks before the Jan. 30 elections, the commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq acknowledged that security is poor in four of 18 Iraqi provinces. But Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz told a briefing in the capital that delaying the vote would only increase the danger. "I can't guarantee that every person in Iraq that wants to vote, goes to a polling booth and can do that safely," Metz said. "We're going to do everything possible to create that condition for them, but we are fighting an enemy who cares less who he kills, when he kills and how he kills. A delay in the elections just gives the thugs and terrorists more time to continue their intimidation, their cruelty, their brutal murders of innocent people." HOUSTON Conviction in baby deaths overturned Andrea Yates's murder conviction for drowning her children in the bathtub was overturned by an appeals court yesterday because a psychiatrist for the prosecution gave erroneous testimony that suggested the Texas mother got the idea from an episode of "Law & Order." As a result, Yates may have a retrial. Yates, 40, is more than two years into a life sentence after a trial that stirred national debate over mothers who kill and the legal definition of insanity. The appeals court ruling turned on the testimony of Dr. Park Dietz, a forensic psychiatrist who consulted for "Law & Order" and helped prosecutors land a con- viction in 2002. Dietz testified at the trial that shortly before Yates' crime occurred, "Law & Order" ran an episode about a woman who drowned her children and was NABLUS, West Bank Abbas softens campaign rhetoric on Sharon Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas yesterday described Israeli leader Ariel Sharon as a partner for peace talks and said he hopes negotiations will resume soon after weekend elections. Campaigning in the West Bank's largest city, Abbas reached out to Israel after a series of hard-line speeches and appearances with Palestinian gunmen in recent days. Israeli officials welcomed the conciliatory statements. Also yesterday, Israel's army chief announced that he'll expel officers and sol- diers who refuse to participate in a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. The warning came after 34 reserve officers signed a letter 1r img soldiers not to participate in the pllont Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean yesterday stand by to load jugs of purified water onto awaiting SH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The water jugs will be flown by Navy helicopters to regions isolated by the tsunami in Sumatra, Indonesia. and children perished on 26 Decem- ber." Today, Annan traveled to Indone- sia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province to witness the devastation firsthand and the U.N. relief effort that is chan- neling relief. He was scheduled to take a helicopter ride over the devastated west coast of Sumatra island and then drive through the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. Australia leads the world with a total aid pledge of $810 million, followed by Germany, Japan and the United States. Secretary of State Colin Powell said America would take a wait-and-see atti- tude before pledging more cash. "These are not insignificant numbers," Powell told reporters. Japan hinted it might offer more help for those hit in the disaster that ravaged 11 countries -including Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. Foreign Minister lives. Nobutaka Machimura said the $500 "We now estimate that as many as million Japan already pledged "was on 150,000 people are at extreme risk if a the small side." major disease outbreak in the affected The World Health Organization said areas occurs," said WHO Director-Gen- that if basic needs - particularly access eral Dr. Lee Jong-wook. to safe drinking water - were not For the moment, though, the threat restored by week's end, infectious dis- of an outbreak of waterborne disease eases could kill tens of thousands. is being held in check by medical aid U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland flooding into the region, U.N. officials said hundreds of thousands of survivors said. While there are cases of diarrhea, who fled the coast in Sumatra could be respiratory and skin diseases and men- living in around 200 makeshift camps tal trauma, there have been no major in the forests and the hills. Until they outbreaks of disease in Sumatra's dev- are interviewed about missing friends astated Aceh region, the U.N. health and relatives, he said, the true death toll agency said. would not be known. But officials are concerned that unless "I think we have to be aware that this aid is sustained, the system could very, very many of the victims have collapse. Getting water purification tab- been swept away and many, many will lets to survivors and building rudimen- not reappear," Egeland said. tary toilets remain the focus of efforts to Epidemics could claim many more fend off disease. Ukraine C;Suprneme C our t throws out YanukovChs appeal _r-. 17 Comiled from Daily wire reports MARKET UPDAEA THURS. CLOSE CHANGE Dow Jors 10,622.88 +2S.05 NASDAQ 2090.00 - 1.24 Ukrainian Supreme Court Judge Andrey Gnatenko listens to Central Elections Committee representatives in Kiev yesterday. KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's Supreme Court on yesterday rejected losing presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych's appeal of last month's repeat election, bringing the former Soviet republic a step closer to resolving its political crisis. Yanukovych has not exhausted all of his options, however. His campaign has said that his main appeal would be filed with the court only after the Cen- tral Election Commission announces the final results of the Dec. 26 vote. Pre- liminary results of the balloting showed opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko winning by a decisive margin. The threejudge panel unanimously threw out what Yanukovych's team had called an "intermediate" appeal, which alleged mass fraud and had asked the court to invalidate voting in all of Ukraine's 225 electoral districts. The panel said the appeal had no basis. The appeal was a bid to overturn the commission's unanimous refusal last week to consider a similar com- plaint. That complaint had focused on claims that at least 4.8 million people were deprived of their right to vote by election reforms introduced after the first runoff. Yanukovych complained about the alleged appearance of orange items in polling places, and problems with some voter lists. Yanukovych has said openly he had little hope of success, but he vowed to press on with his fight against the latest results. His next appeal will aim to prove that massive fraud made it impossible to determine the winner of the vote. International observers said they saw no evidence in the latest election of the mass vote-rigging that marred the ear- lier balloting. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians flooded the streets of the capital to pro- test what they called their stolen votes in November. The mass protests became known as the Orange Revolution and culminated in the Supreme Court agree- ing with Yushchenko's legal challenges, stripping Yanukovych of his victory and ordering the Dec. 26 revote. Many observers say it is doubtful that Yanukovych's appeals will achieve the same success as he has been unable to summon the kind of popular support that Yushchenko used to press his demands.. The Supreme Court also repeatedly has rejected these smaller claims launched by his campaign. Yushchenko's supporters have sug- gested that Yanukovych's refusal to concede is merely an attempt to drag out the fight and delay Yushchenko's inauguration, which they had hoped to hold next week. "Yanukovych's team has decided to drown the results of the election in claims, but is doing that without talent ... and only seizing time from judges and members of the election commis- sion," said Svitlana Kustova, who repre- sented Yushchenko in the proceedings. Zoya Sharikova, press secretary of the Central Election Commission, said it was ready to announce results, but was being bombarded daily by new appeals from Yanukovych's campaign. The commission planned to meet this weekend despite the Orthodox Christ- mas holidays. S&P 500 1187.89 -4.15 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. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 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