2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 14, 2005 NATION/WORLD Violence threatens aid workers NEWS IN BRIEF Military escorts ordered for workers in Aceh province as tsunami death toll rises BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia ordered foreign aid workers in the tsunami-devastated Aceh prov- ince to have military escorts in areas facing violence by insurgents, even as the vice president welcomed a cease- fire offer by the rebels yesterday. The total death toll from the disaster rose to more than 157,000. Relief groups have not reported any security problems in Aceh, where reb- els have fought a low-level separatist war against government troops for three decades, and some worried that the new restrictions could harm their reputation for independence. "We discourage such actions because it blurs the distinction between humani- tarian and military efforts here," said Eileen Burke of Save the Children. Indonesian military spokesman Col. Ahmad Yani Basuki said in a telephone interview that the army considers only the areas around the provincial capital Banda Aceh and the stricken coastal town of Meulaboh safe for foreigners. "Other areas aside from that are potential trouble spots," he said. Anyone going to the troubled zones must take military escorts. But Basuki warned: "We don't have enough personnel to secure everyone.", Health officials planned a massive spraying campaign starting today in Indonesia's disaster zone to head off the threat of malaria, which one expert said could kill up to 100,000 people in the coming months if authorities don't act quickly to kill mosquitoes. Indonesia's Social Affairs Ministry raised the country's official death toll from the Dec. 26 disaster to 110,229, an increase of nearly 4,000. Sumatra island's Aceh province was worst hit, with the number of people missing there at more than 12,000, with 703,518 homeless survivors. Death tolls also went up in India - by 345, to 10,672 - and in Sri Lanka - by six, to 30,899. The overall toll across 11 nations stands at 157,642. Indonesia's restrictions highlight its sensitivity over foreign involvement in the humanitarian effort, especially that of troops from the United States, Aus- tralia, Singapore and Japan. The security measures represent an effort to regain control of Aceh and the west coast of Sumatra island. Before the disaster, the military con- trolled Aceh with a tight grip, and for- eign journalists and aid workers were barred. Widespread rights abuses were reported. Rebel leaders reaffirmed their com- mitment to a cease-fire they declared hours after the Dec. 26 earthquake that sent killer waves fanning out across the Indian Ocean. Indonesia's vice president wel- comed the cease-fire offer. "Indone- sia will also make efforts toward it," Jusuf Kalla said at the vice presiden- tial palace. The U.S. ambassador to Indonesia urged Jakarta and rebels to negotiate peace. "Both sides should get together quickly, negotiate a settlement and get on with rebuilding Aceh," ambassador B. Lynn Pascoe said yesterday. Kalla said Tuesday that Indone- sia wants the foreign troops to leave the country by late March. Survivors among the tens of thousands living in refugee camps welcomed the for- eign troops, which have been flying helicopter aid missions to otherwise inaccessible areas and running field hospitals. "If they leave, we will starve," said Syarwan, 27, a tailor who sur- vived the tsunami and is crowded with some 45 relatives under a tarp at a survivor camp in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. Richard Allan, director of the Men- tor Initiative, an aid group leading the malaria campaign in Indonesia, said the tsunami had produced conditions ripe for huge swarms of mosquitoes in areas where survivors were extra vul- nerable to malaria. "They are stressed. They've got multiple infections already and their immune systems are weakened," Allan said. "Any immunity they had is gone.". GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Suicide bomb kills three Israelis Two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up at a vital Gaza-Israel cross- ing point, killing themselves and three Israelis, Israel Radio and a militant group said. Fifteen Israelis were injured, Israel TV said. The attack took place at 11 p.m. at the Karni crossing, where all the farm pro- duce and other goods enter and leave the Gaza Strip. A statement to The Associated Press from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, affili- ated with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, said the fighters were killed "in a martyrdom operation" near the Karni crossing in southern Gaza. Such language usually indicates a suicide attack against an Israeli target. A spokes- man for another group, the Popular Resistance Committees, said militants filmed the attack. The Palestinians set off an explosive device weighing more than 220 pounds, Israel Radio reported. Israeli rescue services said ambulances were having difficulty entering the area because of an exchange of gunfire between militants and Israeli forces. FORT HOOD, Texas Graner's defense ends with no testimony The defense for Spc. Charles Graner Jr. rested its case yesterday without the accused ringleader of abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison taking the stand. The jury of four Army officers and six senior enlisted men was expected to begin deliberating after closing arguments today. Graner's lawyers had indicated earlier that Graner would probably be the final wit- ness and that he would offer his version of what occurred in a scandal that stirred outrage against the United States around the world. Defense lawyer Guy Womack said the other witnesses provided all of the evidence necessary to make the case that military and civilian intelligence agents controlled I 0 Inmate rescue workers walk past a mound of debris in La Conchita, Calif., following a memorial service for the victims of a massive mudslide, after the announcement that the rescue phase of the relief operation was ending yesterday. Death toll stands at 10 as search for survivors ends oBAbu Ghraib and ordere Sd BAGHDAD, Iraq Insurgents o in u ro Gunmen killed ar b l most senior Shiite M t t guards in the town o e co tycleric's"office said y Insurgents tryingt a message to al-Sista WASHINGTON (AP) - It will take President Bush less geted electoral work than a minute to take the oath of office next Thursday, but Gunmen opened fi before the inaugural events are over some $40 million may the Bakhan Hotel inc be spent on parades, parties and pyrotechnics. ping the Turk, who r And that doesn't include the costs of the most intense U.S.-led occupationa security operation in inaugural history. The amount spent on this year's festivities will rival the WASHINGTON $40 million raised to celebrate Bush's first inauguration in u 2001, and will exceed the $33 million spent by President Pundit und Clinton in 1993 when Democrats returned to the White Leaders of a Senate House for the first time in 12 years. records of recent years While the partying is being paid for privately, there have retary of a federal ban4 been some mutterings about the scale of the celebrations at The request came af a time of war and natural disaster. nent black media comr Money for the celebratory activities is being raised law that had been stron by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, which as of Separately, a Demo the end of last week had received $18 million, much in called Thursday forhis six-figure donations from wealthy supporters and cor- ing to disclose that the porate sponsors. policies. Among the dozens of $250,000 donors are Home Depot, Bank of America Corp., Bristol-Myers Squibb and Ford Motor Co. Kevin Sheridan, a spokesman for the commit- tee, said the fund-raisers were confident they would reach their goals. Sales of inaugural memorabilia, another source of revenue, have been even better than in 2001, he said. The big donors are rewarded with a variety of inaugural DOW JO packages, including meetings with political VIPs, tickets toNASD the swearing-in ceremony and parade and hard-to-get entryA into the official inaugural balls and dinners. S& P 5C The events begin Tuesday with a salute to the troops and a youth concert. On Wednesday there will be a celebra- tion on the Ellipse, including a fireworks show, and three candlelight dinners. On Thursday afternoon, after Bush takes the oath of office at the Capitol, some 11,000 people will take part in a parade from the Capitol down Pennsylvania Avenue, to the White House. That night there will be nine official balls. 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Sowmya Krishnamurthy, D.C. Lee, Ellic :d Graner to soften up detainees for questioning. appose elections, kill Sistani aid representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's duslim cleric, along with the aide's son and four body- of Salman Pak, south of Baghdad, an official in the esterday. to derail Iraq's Jan. 30 elections appeared to be sending ani, who strongly supports the vote. Insurgents have tar- ers and candidates. re on a minibus picking up a Turkish businessman from central Baghdad yesterday, killing six Iraqis and kidnap- eportedly ran a construction company that worked with authorities. er investigation for 'propaganda' committee have asked the Education Department to turn over ' public relations contracts, while reminding the education sec- on "propaganda." fter revelations that the Bush administration had paid a promi- imentator, Armstrong Williams, to promote the new education ngly supported by President Bush. cratic member of the Federal Communications Commission s agency to investigate whether Williams broke the law by fail- Bush administration paid him $240,000 to plug its education - Compiled from Daily wire reports IARKET UPDATE THURS. CLOSE CHANGE N S 10,505.83 -111.95 Q 2,070.56 -21.97 0 1,177.45 -10.25 LA CONCHITA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities ended the search yesterday for victims of the deadly mudslide and warned residents not to return to the town because of the danger of another collapse. The death toll stood at 10 in the beach communi- ty devastated by Monday's torrent of dirt and trees, and everyone on the list of missing people had been located. Thirteen homes were destroyed and 18 oth- ers were damaged. "The La Conchita community is a geologically hazardous area," Sheriff Bob Brooks said. "It has been historically, it is today and it will remain so. We do not recommend that people return to this area or the people who stay here remain here." The entire town of about 260 people was evacu- ated Monday. Brooks conceded that officials do not have the authority to prevent people from going back if their homes have been determined to be sound. Authori- ties planned to meet with residents today to discuss a specific plan for their return. Brooks said the remaining pile of mud and debris might never be moved, even though some homes remained buried. Geologists warned that moving the mound could bring more mudslides, because it is acting as a support for the rest of the rain-satu- rated hillside. "You could lose the rest of the community," Brooks said. Authorities estimated that 400,000 tons of mud fell on the community and an additional 1.3 million tons remained on the unstable hillside. It was the second time the cliffs behind La Con- chita had smashed into the community. In March 1995, nine homes were destroyed when some 600,000 tons of earth fell onto the town after a powerful storm. The search for more possible victims was ended after radar found no pockets in the muck where people might have taken shelter. "The last person brought out alive was 56 hours ago," Ventura County Fire Chief Bob Roper said. "We are now moving this operation from a rescue operation to a. re-establishment of the community." Gov. 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