2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 6, 2005 NATION/WORLD U.S. tightens re-entry rules WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans will need passports to re-enter the United States from Canada, Mexico, Panama and Bermuda by 2008, a measure that is part of a tightening of U.S. border controls in an era of terrorist threat, three administration offi- cials said yesterday. Similarly, Canadians will also have to present a passport to enter the United States, the officials said. Asked about the changes in an Associated Press interview, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States had to take every precaution to screen out "people who want to come in to hurt us." Rice also said the changes were made after consul- tation with Mexico, Canada and others in the West- ern Hemisphere. The announcement, expected later yesterday at the State Department, will specify that a passport or another valid travel document will have to be shown by U.S. citizens, the officials said. These include a document called Sentri that is used for Mexico travel or a Nexus for Canada travel. Until now, Americans returning home from Can- ada have needed only to show a driver's license or other government-issued photo identification card. Americans returning from Mexico, Panama or Bermuda currently need only a government-issued photo identification card plus proof of U.S. citizen- ship like an original birth or naturalization certifi- cate, according to the State Department's website. The new rules, to be phased in by Jan. 1, 2008, were called for in intelligence legislation approved last year by Congress. Safeguarding U.S. borders is a top concern of U.S. intelligence and security officials. The concern increased after the Sept. 11, 2001, ter- ror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and on the Pentagon. The travel industry has raised concerns that the changes might hamper tourism, one official said. The announcement follows a three-way summit AP PHO A motorist displays an American flag while waiting in a traffic backup to cross the border into the United States near Blaine, Wash. Tourism officials in Washington state said they are concerned that rules requir- ing Americans to have passports to re-enter the United States from Canada will be bad for business. last month that President Bush held with Prime Min- ister Paul Martin of Canada and President Vicente Fox of Mexico. Speaking at Baylor University at Waco, Texas, Bush said border controls with Mexico had to be tightened to make sure that terrorists, drug run- ners, gun runners and smugglers do not enter the United States. Besides a passport, re-entering Americans could use another approved travel document like frequent travel cards, which are issued to some people who travel often between the United States and Mexico. These cards typically are used to avoid long border- crossing lines. In most cases, only passports will do, another U.S. official said. NEWS IN BRIEF JE RUSA LEM, Settlers prepare to move from Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and settler leaders worked yesterday to hammer out a compromise that would move thousands of Gaza settlers en masse to an area on Israel's Mediterranean coast, even before the country's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in the summer. The tense and deeply emotional meeting was the first concrete sign that many settlers were willing to cooperate with the pullout and abandon threats of violent resistance. "We understand that there is no choice. We are one people, we want to remain one people, so that's why we met with the prime minister," said Eliezer Yaakov, a representative of the Gan Or settlement at the two-hour meeting. The settlers have vigorously opposed Sharon's "disengagement" plan, holding- huge rallies, plastering the country with protest slogans, pushing for a national referendum to delay the pullout, and encouraging their allies in parliament to try to bring down the government. VATICAN CITY Cardinals prepare to select the new pope The College of Cardinals met yesterday for a second day to prepare for the elec- tion of Pope John Paul II's successor, which will be announced by a ringing of bells in addition to the centuries-old practice of sending up puffs of white smoke. Tens of thousands of mourners continued to stream past the pontiff's crimson- robed body in St. Peter's Basilica, where it has lain in state since Monday, and an estimated 2 million Poles were expected to travel to Rome for Friday's funeral. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the cardinals had not yet decided on a date for the conclave, which according to church law must occur between 15 and 20 days after the death of a pope. The cardinals have not yet read John Paul's spiritual testament, he said. They spent yesterday continuing to work out details of the funeral, in which John Paul will be laid to rest with regal pageantry near the tomb that is traditionally believed to be that of the first pope, St. Peter. LONDON British PM Blair calls national elections Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday called national elections on May 5, triggering an eight-week campaign that will test a volatile electorate's judgment of the Iraq war. Despite lingering anger over the U.S.-led invasion, Blair's governing Labour Party is widely expected to win a third term in office, bolstered by a strong economy. "We are proud of what we have achieved in the last eight years," Blair said after asking Queen Elizabeth I's permission to dissolve Parliament. "It's a big choice and there's a lot at stake," he added, standing on the steps of his Downing Street office. "The British people are the boss, and they are the ones who will make it." Several opinion polls published yesterday showed Labour giving ground slightly to the main opposition Conservative Party, although still holding a lead of between 2 and 5 percentage points. Given the margin of error, the parties were virtually neck and neck. Analysts say, however, that the Conservatives would need a lead of several points to win the election due to an uneven spread of constituencies across Britain's electoral map. WASHINGTON FBI asks Congress to strengthen PATRIOT Act The Bush administration's two top law enforcement officials yesterday urged Congress to renew every provision of the anti-terror USA PATRIOT Act. FBI Director Robert Mueller also asked lawmakers to expand the bureau's ability to obtain records without first asking a judge. "Now is not the time for us to be engaging in unilateral disarmament" on the legal weapons now available for fighting terrorism, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said. He said that some of the most controversial provisions of the PATRIOT Act have proven invaluable in fighting terrorism and aiding other investigations. "It's important that these authorities remain available," Gonzales told the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee. - Compiled from Daily wire reports 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. 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And I hope it goes without saying that a journalist who doesn't value - deeply - the audi- ence's loyalty should be in another line of work." A former smoker who quit 20 years ago, Jennings resumed smoking brief- ly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The 66-year-old anchor was too ill to work Saturday during the network's special report on Pope John Paul II's death. He has not been feel- ing well the past few months, and did not travel under doctor's orders after December's tsunami because of what was described then as an upper respi- ratory infection. He did go to Iraq in January for the elections. Jennings said he was surprised at how fast the news traveled and at the kindness he had received from so many people. "Finally," he said, "I wonder if other men and women ask their doc- tors right away: OK, doc, when does the hair go? Lung cancer is the leading cancer David Johnson, chief of oncology and hematology at the Vanderbilt Univer- sity School of Medicine. "I think it sets the right example," Johnson said. "I think it says you shouldn't stop your life if you have cancer. It may take your life, but you shouldn't let it control your life." There are effective ways to treat lung cancer, but its mortality rate is so high because so many patients aren't diagnosed until thei disease is in an advanced stage, Connery said. Charles Gibson, Vargas and others will substitute for Jennings from time to time, said A BC News President David Westin. Gibson is in Rome for cover- age of the pope's funeral, an assign- ment that Jennings, a former Rome and London correspondent for ABC News, normally would have taken. "He's already bringing to this new challenge the courage and strength we've seen so often in his reporting from the field and in anchoring ABC News," Westin told ABC staffers. "I know that all of us will give him every bit of support that he needs and asks for." Jennings is the last of the anchor troika that dominated broadcast net- work news divisions over the last two decades. NBC's Tom Brokaw stepped down last year and CBS' Dan Rather left last month. "Peter is an old friend," Brokaw said Tuesday. "I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very dif- ficult passage." While still in his 20s, Jennings anchored ABC's evening news for two years in the 1960s. He returned to the desk in 1978 when third-place ABC tried a multi-anchor format, which was abandoned in 1983 when Frank Reynolds died from cancer. Jennings has been ABC's sole evening anchor ever since. A Canadian who proudly became a U.S. citizen in 2003, the urbane Jen- nings dominated the ratings from the late 1980s to the mid-'90s, when Bro- kaw surpassed him. 0 AP fHOO ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, who revealed he has lung cancer, plans to continue on "World News Tonight" for as long as he can after beginning chemotherapy next week. killer in the United States, and roughly four out of five people diagnosed with the disease die within five years, said Dr. Cliff Connery, chief of thoracic _____-~ Z More... SD UQUESN E UNIVERSITY ~I2 I GRADUATING SENIORS MEDICAL SCHOOL CAN STILL BE WITHIN REACH! 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