2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 1, 2005 NATION/WORLD i Secunty NEWS IN BRIEF hHEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WO F 0 I a warns Syria UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A united Security Council warned a defi- ant Syria yesterday of possible "further action" if it doesn't cooperate with a U.N. investigation that has implicated top Syrian officials in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister. But the United States, France and Britain had to drop the explicit threat of sanctions to win unanimous support for the resolution at a rare meeting of the foreign ministers from most of the council's 15 members. The three nations stressed they will press for tough U.N. measures if Syria does not comply fully with the probe into the killing of Rafik Hariri and 20 others. Their original resolution threatening sanctions had to be watered down to get all the council members on board. Russia, China, Brazil and others, par- ticularly Algeria, the only Arab nation on the council, strongly opposed putting sanctions on Syria. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the resolution still left Syria in a corner. "With our decision today, we show that Syria has isolated itself from the inter- national community - through its false statements, its support for terrorism, its interference in the affairs of its neighbors and its destabilizing behavior in the Mid- dle East," she said. "Now, the Syrian gov- ernment must make a strategic decision to fundamentally change its behavior." The resolution requires Syria to detain anyone considered a suspect by U.N. investigators and let them determine the location and conditions under which the individual is questioned. It also would freeze assets and impose a travel ban on anyone identified as a suspect. Those provisions could pose a prob- lem for Syrian President Bashar Assad as well as his brother, Maher Assad, and his brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, the chief of military intelligence. The Syr- ian leader refused a request from chief investigator Detlev Mehlis to be inter- viewed, and investigators also want to question his brother and brother-in-law. DeLay s case parallels anoth er AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The same judge, the same prosecutor, the same defense attorney, the same Republican complaints of political payback and the same courtroom strategy. The case against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is playing out like a rerun of a Lone Star court drama that unfolded in 1993-94. Back then, it was Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison fighting for her political life against Democratic Dis- trict Attorney Ronnie Earle. Ultimately, she was acquitted of misconduct charges with the help of defense attorney Dick DeGuerin. DeLay, another Texas Republican, has hired DeGuerin to defend him as well, andmDeGuerin is employing some of the same legal and media tactics that worked last time - accusing the district attorney of misconduct, branding the case a political vendetta and demanding the removal of a Democratic judge for alleged bias. The parallels between the cases are striking. "It's like 'Twilight Zone.' You're see- ing the same pattern," said Brian Berry, a GOP consultant who was Hutchison's campaign manager when she first ran for Senate. DeLay is under indictment on con- spiracy and money-laundering charges for allegedly funneling illegal corporate contributions to GOP candidates for the state Legislature. Texas law generally forbids the use of corporate money for campaigning. Hutchison was charged with using state dollars, employees and comput- ers for personal and campaign purposes when she was Texas treasurer in 1991 to 1993. She was also accused of tamper- ing with state computer records to cover WASHINGTON White House vows to remain silent The White House yesterday rebuffed calls for a staff shakeup, the firing of Karl Rove and an apology by President Bush for the role of senior administration offi- cials in the unmasking of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Three days after the indictment and resignation of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, the administration said it would have to remain silent as long as there was an investigation of the leak and legal proceeding under way. Bush ignored reporters' questions during an Oval Office meeting with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi. "We don't want to do anything from here that could prejudice the opportunity for there to be a fair and impartial trial," presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said. Friday's indictment of I. Lewis Libby and the continuing investigation of Rove were a blow to Bush's already troubled presidency. The president's approval rating has tumbled to the lowest point since he took office and Americans are unhappy about high energy prices, the costly war in Iraq and economic uncertainties. Republicans and Democrats alike have urged Bush to begin remaking his presi- dency by bringing in fresh advisers with new energy to replace members of a team worn down by years of campaigning and governing. But administration officials said that was not in the works. CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait Pretrial investigation opened in fragging case A pretrial investigation opened yesterday for a U.S. Army sergeant charged with killing two superior officers in Iraq, with a witness testifying that the defendant told him he wanted to kill one of the victims. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez, of Troy, N.Y., faces murder charges in the June 7 killing of Capt. Philip Esposito and Lt. Louis Allen in an explosion at Forward Operating Base Danger, near the central Iraqi city of Tikrit, the hometown of the deposed Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, some 80 miles north of Baghdad. It is believed to be the first case of an American soldier in Iraq accused of "frag- ging" his superiors. Fragging is a Vietnam War-era term used to refer to soldiers killing their superiors. MANAGUA, Nicaragua Beta's wrath leaves thousands in shelters Thousands of people remained in shelters in Nicaragua and Honduras yesterday after Hurricane Beta swept across the Central American nations, flooding rivers, downing trees and destroying houses, churches, medical cen- ters and schools. The remnants of Beta drifted over the eastern Pacific yesterday. Forecast- ers said there was a slight chance the storm could reform over the ocean. Packing winds up to 105 mph, Beta dumped as much as 15 inches of rain in Nicaragua and neighboring Honduras, where its outer bands of rain caused four rivers to overflow, isolated communities and damaged crops. WASHINGTON Report: Flaws in Wal-Mart settlement There were serious breakdowns in a government settlement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over child labor law violations - including allowing attorneys for the world's largest retailer to write key parts of the deal, according to a Labor Department inspector general report yes- terday. The inspector general attributed the problems to inadequate management contrls and guidelines. As a result, Wal-Mart received "significant concessions" in the $135,540 settlement made public in February, the report said. 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