2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 11, 2005 NATION/WORLD Pro-Syria premier reappointed NEWS IN RIEF 0 BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The Lebanese prime minister, who was forced to resign by a wave of popular opposition, was returned to his post yesterday, riding a counterwave of this week's huge pro-Syrian demon- stration. Omar Karami's reappointment, which ensures Damascus's continued dominance in Lebanon's politics, is a slap to the opposition and forces it to evaluate how to recoup the momentum that had forced his Feb. 28 resignation. "Reappointing Karami to form a new government is the peak of political insolence," said Gibran Tueni, a mem- ber of the Lebanese opposition and gen- eral manager of the leading An-Nahar daily newspaper. He said such a move was to be expected from this "useless, bankrupt, laughable government that is entirely subject to Syrian tutelage." Karami rejected suggestions his reap- pointment by President Emile Lahoud was inspired by Syria, saying his supporters had the majority in parliament and with the people, a reference to the hundreds of thousands of pro-Syrian supporters who participated in a Hezbollah-organized rally Tuesday. "It was a massive demonstration that asserted our legitimacy in the Leba- nese street," Karami told a news con- ference after his reappointment was announced. Both Karami and Lahoud are staunchly pro-Syrian. In Washington, State Department Spokesman Adam Ereli said "the immediate challenge for the new gov- ernment of Lebanon, and what I think the international community will be looking for, is that it responds to the aspirations of the Lebanese people for freedom and for sovereignty, untram- meled by foreign forces." Another anti-Syrian demonstration was planned for Monday, marking one month since the Feb. 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, which the opposition has blamed on the Lebanese government and its Syrian backers. Both deny involvement. Karami's reinstatement was consid- ered an affront to many who had par- ticipated in the demonstrations that led to his resignation. "This shows how little respect they (authorities) have for the Lebanese people," said Salma Saadeh, a 23-year- old student. Syria is keen to keep its hold on Lebanese decision-making as it pulls its forces back to Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley and negotiates with the Beirut government on a com- plete troop withdrawal at a later date. Lebanese officials have said the first phase of the pullback, including of Syrian intelligence, would be com- pleted by March 23. Lebanon's defense minister said "thousands" of the 14,000 Syrian sol- diers in Lebanon will return to Syria and the others will reposition in the Bekaa Valley for an undetermined time. In the last two days, troops have left most of their positions in the northern port of Tripoli and two hilltop posi- tions above that city, filling trucks with supplies and towing weapons behind them in long convoys driving eastward. More empty trucks and buses arrived in central Lebanon yesterday, appar- ently to pick up supplies and soldiers. MOSUL, Iraq Suicide bomber at funeral kills 47 A suicide attacker set off a bomb that tore through a funeral tent jammed with Shiite mourners yesterday, splattering blood and body parts over rows of over- turned white plastic chairs. The attack, which killed 47 and wounded more than 100, came as Shiite and Kurdish politicians in Baghdad said they overcame a major stumbling block to forming a new coalition government. The explosion, in a working class neighborhood of this northern city, tore through a large funeral tent pitched next to a smaller one on a grassy patch in the courtyard of a mosque. Survivors scrambled to get the wounded to a hospital, lug- ging them to ambulances and cars in blankets or prayer rugs as a strong smell of gunpowder filled the yard. "As we were inside the mosque, we saw a ball of fire and heard a huge explo- sion," said Tahir Abdullah Sultan, 45. "After that blood and pieces of flesh were scattered around the place." At first, some mourners thought it was an air strike - but once they smelled the gunpowder, they said they knew it was a suicide bombing. Blood was spattered across the grass, car windows were shattered and survivors wailed as corpses were loaded onto the backs of pickup trucks. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan admits scientist sold arms to Iran 0 After years of denials, Pakistan admitted yesterday that its top nuclear scientist sold crucial equipment to Iran, but said it knew nothing of his activi- ties when they occurred and insisted he will not be turned over to another country for prosecution. The admission by the Pakistani information minister was the first public acknowledgment that Abdul Qadeer Khan provided Iran's secret nuclear program with centrifuges, a crucial component needed to enrich uranium and produce nuclear material for warheads. "Dr. Abdul Qadeer gave some centrifuges to Iran," the minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "He helped Iran in his personal capacity, and the Pakistan government had nothing to do with it." Ahmed initially made the admission at a seminar in Islamabad organized by a local newspaper group, in which he stuck by Pakistan's insistence that Khan would never be handed over to a third country for prosecution. The scientist is considered a hero by his countrymen for nearly single-handedly producing atomic bombs for Pakistan to counter rival India's nuclear arsenal. MADRID, Spain Annan: World treaty needed to define terror U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called yesterday for a world treaty on ter- rorism that would outlaw attacks targeting civilians and establish a framework for a collective response to the global threat. Although the United Nations and its agencies already have 12 treaties covering 0 terrorism, a universal definition has been elusive. World leaders and officials have had deep disagreements over whether resisters to alleged oppression - for example, Palestinian suicide bombers attacking Israeli targets - are terrorists or freedom fighters; and whether states that use what they think is legitimate force might be branded terrorists. "The right to resist occupation ... cannot include the right to deliberately kill or maim civilians," Annan told the conference on democracy, terrorism and security. MOSCOW Islamic fundamentalist to lead Chechen rebels An Islamic fundamentalist judge emerged yesterday as the likely succes- sor to Chechen rebel commander Aslan Maskhadov, raising the prospect of the separatist conflict turning decisively into a religious war more than a decade after it first erupted. Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev was backed both by supporters of Maskhadoy - who was killed in a Russian raid Tuesday - and by Chechnya's most feared warlord, Shamil Basayev. Yesterday, Basayev urged his people to rally behind Sadulayev in a mes- sage on a separatist Web site. AP PHOTO Lebanese opposition demonstrators wave Lebanese flags during a rally after the government's resignation in Beirut, Lebanon on March 1. Rice vows cooperation with Mexico Secretary of state deems cooperation on border to be best policy MEXICO CITY (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yester- day that al-Qaida and other terrorist groups are doing everything they can to get into the United States through Mexico and Canada. Rice, on her first trip to Mexico since taking over at the State Department, in late January, echoed concerns raised by government officials in congressional testimony last month about the motives of the terrorist network blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks. "Indeed we have from time to time had reports about al-Qaida trying to use our southern border but also trying to use our northern border," Rice told reporters. "There is no secret that al- Qaida will try to get into this country and into other countries by any means they possibly can. "That's how they managed to do it before and they will do everything that they can to cross the borders," she said. Recent intelligence from current investigations, detentions and other sources suggests that al-Qaida has considered using the Southwest bor- der to infiltrate the United States, according to testimony from a top Homeland Security Department offi- cial last month before the Senate Intelligence Committee. "Several al-Qaida leaders believe oper- atives can pay their way into the country through Mexico, and also believe illegal entry is more advantageous than legal entry for operational security reasons," James Loy, deputy secretary at the time, said in his testimony. Rice made the one-day trip to Mex- ico t6'meet with President Vicente Fox and Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez. Emerging from her meeting with Derbez, Rice announced that the two countries had settled a decades-old, cross-water debt. Mexico will transfer enough water to the United States to cover a debt that Texas has claimed that Mexico has owed under a 1944 treaty. That water-sharing pact requires Mexico to send the United States an average of 350,000 acre-feet of water annually from six Rio Grande tributaries. The United States in return must send Mexico 1.5 million acre feet from the Colorado River. "I'm delighted that we have been able to reach this understanding," Rice said. Rice also was announcing a $10 mil- lion grant to support the expansion of a Mexican program that provides citi- zens with banking services and small business loans. Rice said progress has been made in securing the border since Sept. 11, 2001. But she also said'theUnited States is obligated to alert its citizens of concerns. "We and the Mexicans have a robust dialogue about border security, and I believe we're going to continue to have that," she said. "This is not a matter of pointing fingers. This is a matter of real- ly trying to get the best possible coor- dination and work that we can so that there's safety for citizens in both coun- tries, on both sides of the border." She said Washington does not sup- port vigilante groups that are recruit- ing volunteers to patrol the border for undocumented Mexican crossers. President Bush's former national security adviser faced a diplomatic test in her first visit to Mexico. She discussed with Derbez immigration, border issues, free trade and econom- ic growth. Recently, Mexican politicians have accused the Bush administration of interfering with Mexico's internal affairs. They have denounced U.S. offi- cials' comments about human rights abuses, drug trafficking and possible election related instability. Fi - Compiled from Daily wire reports +a I U What Do These Leaders Have in Common? If you thought pharmacy was only filling prescriptions, think again. The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy has been 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 $110. Winter term (January through April) is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. 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. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109- 1327. E-mail letters to the editor to tothedaily@michigandaily.com. Gwendolyn Chivers, Chief Gayle Crick, Senior Marketing Pharmacist, University of Michigan Advisor, Health Service Eli Lilly & Co. Cynthia Kirman, Manager, National Managed Pharmacy Program, General Motors Corp. developing leaders for positions in business, biotechnology, health care, the pharmaceutical industry, education, engineering, law, and other careers for 128 years. It's one reason our College is consistently ranked among the world's best. You owe it to yourself to find out about the outstanding, high-paying career opportunities available to U-M College of Pharmacy graduates. To learn more about ST-.M Pharmcv ydeoree OPINION Suhael Momin, Sam Sing 763-0379, opinion@mIchigandaIly.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Matt Rose, Christopher Zbrozek STAFF: Emily Beam, Katherine Cantor, Whitney Dibo, Daniel Faichney, Jesse Forester, Mara Gay, Jared Goldberg, Theresa Kennelly, Andy Kula, Rajiv Prabhakar, Saamir Rahman, David Russell, Dan Skowronski, Brian Slade CARTOONISTS: Sam Butler, Colin Daly, Alexander Honkala COLUMNISTS: Daniel Adams, Jasmine Clar, Jeff Cravens, Joel Hoard, Sowmya Krishnamurthy, Elliott Mallen, Zac Peskowitz, Jordan Schrader, Dan Shuster SPORTS Ian Herbert, Mana 764-8585, sports@mIchigandaly.com SENIOR EDITORS: Eric Ambinder, Josh Holman, Megan Kolodgy, Sharad Mattu, Stephanie Wright NIGHT EDITORS: James V Dowd, Jack Herman, Katie Niemeyer, Jake Rosenwasser, Matt Singer, Matt Venegoni STAFF: Scott Bell, H. Jose Bosch, Daniel Bremmer, Daniel Bromwich, Chris Burke, Gabe Edelson, Gennaro Filice, Seth Gordon. Tyler Hagle, Bob Hunt, Jamie Josephson, Max Kardon, Dan Ketchel, Dan Levy, Sara Livingston, Ellen McGarrity, Chastity Rolling, Brian Schick, Pete Sneider, Ryan Sosin, Anne Uible, Ben Voss, Kevin Wright ger, Editors NEWS Farayha Arrine, Managing Editor 763-2459, newsomichigandally.com EDITORS: Melissa Benton, Donn M. Fresard, Michael Kan, Jameel Naqvl STAFF: Omayah Atassi, Liz Belts, Adrian Chen, Amber Colvin, Jon Cohen, Jeremy Davidson, Adhiraj Dutt, Victoria Edwards, Chloe Foster, Laura Frank, Magaly Grimaldo, Julia Heming, Tina Hildreth, Jacqueline Howard, Alexa Jenner, Anne Joling, Carmen Johnson, Genevieve Lampinen, Andrew Kaplan, Emily Kraack, Rachel Kruer, Tomislav Ladika, Kingson Man, Kelly McDermott, Carissa Miller, Justin Miller, Naila Moreira, Mark Osmond, Kristin Ostby, Koustubh Patwardhan, Leslie Rott, Ekjyot Saini, Talia Selitsky, Sarah Sprague, Karl Stampfl, Abby Stassen, Phil Svabik, Karen Tee, Kim Tomlin, Laura Van Hyfte el aging Editor ARTS Adam Rottenberg, Managing Editor 763-0379, artspago@michigandaly.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Alexandra M. Jones, Melissa Runstrom WEEKEND MAGAZINE EDITORS: Ashley Dinges, Doug Wernert SUB-EDITORS: Victoria Edwards, Marshall W. Lee, Punit Mattoo, Evan McGarvey, Bernie Nguyen STAFF: Amanda Andrade, Rachel Berry, Lindsey Bieber, Jeffrey Bloomer, Zach Borden, Lloyd Cargo, Cyril Cordor, Ian Dickinson, Will Dunlap, Andrew M. Gaerig, Chris Gaerig, Leah Hangarter, Brandon Harig, Lynn Hasselbarth, Joel Hoard, Kevin Hollifield, Andrew Horowitz, Megan Jacobs, Aaron Kaczander, Matt Kivel, Garrick Kobylarz, Emily Liu, Jacob Nathan, Jared Newman, Sarah Peterson, Jason Roberts, Niamh Slevin PHOTO Ryan Weiner, Managing Editor 764-2459, phototmichigandally.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Forest Casey, Jason Cooper ASSISTANT EDITORS: Trevor Campbell, All Olsen, Daid Tuman STAFF: TEnyTOing AmyTDrmm, Alexander Dziadosz, Cristina Fotieo, Joel Friedman, Glenn Getty, Tommaso Gomez, Ashley Harper, Mike Hulsebus, Jeff Lehnert, Shubra Ohri, Eugene Robertson, Peter Schottenfels, Julia Tapper GRAPHIC DESIGN STAFF: Patricia Chang, Matthew Daniels,Ashley Dinges, Megan Greydanus, Ashleigh Henton, Lindsey Ungar Peter Labadie, President, Albert Leung, President, Williams-Labadie, LLC, a Phyto-Technologies, Inc. subsidiary of Leo Burnett Communications Robert Lipper, vice President, Biopharmaceutics R&D, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Pharmaceutical Research Institute ONLINE 763.2459,.onIIn@mIchigandaly.com EDITOR: Angela Cesere STAFF: Jessica Cox, Bethany Dwykstra, Ken Srdjak, Chelsea Trull Eston Bond, Managing Editor DISPLAY SALES Christi 764-0554, display@michigandally.com ASSOCIATE SALES MANAGER: Courtney Dwyer SPECIAL SECTIONS MANAGER: Lindsay Pudavick STAFF: Kat Abke, Robert Chin, Esther Cho, Emily Cipriano, Michael Cooper, David Dai, Daniel DiCamillo, Courtney Dwyer, Shannon Fink, Alexis Floyd, Ina Geci. Adam Gross, Mark Hynes, Betsy Kuller, Nicole Kulwicki, Katie Merten, Donny Perach, James Richardson, Jessica Sachs, Natalie Stolarski, An Tran, Michael Voice ne Hua, Manager __ __ _. __ . w w wv - .+ rti s 1 sY Y tt" i>w T__ " 1 ._ .