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On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a nember of The Associated Press and The A Syrian police officer stands next to the VIP visi- tors' entrance of the U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria yesterday. Militants storm U.S.embassy No Americans hurt in raid involving explosives, rifles; al- Qaida-linked group suspected DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Islamic militants tried to storm the U.S. Embassy yesterday using automatic rifles, hand grenades and a van rigged with explosives, the Syrian government said. Four people were killed in the brazen attack, including three of the assailants, but no Americans were hurt. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. An al-Qaida offshoot group called Jund al-Sham was suspected, said Syria's ambassador to the U.S., Imad Moustapha, in comments to CNN. The radical fundamentalist group has been blamed for several attacks in Syria in recent years, he said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Syrian security agents for repelling the attack, but added it was too early to know who may have been behind it. The attackers apparently did not breach the high walls surrounding the embassy's white compound in the city's diplomatic neighborhood. One of Syria's anti-terrorism forces was killed and 11 other people were wounded, the official news agen- cy reported. The wounded including a police officer, two Iraqis and seven people employed at nearby tech- nical workshop. A Chinese diplomat also was hit in the face by shrapnel and slightly injured while standing on top of a garage at the Chinese Embassy, China's Foreign Ministry said. The diplomat, political counselor Li Hongyu, was in stable condition at a hospital, the ministry said. A witness said a Syrian guard outside the U.S. Embassy also was killed, but the government did not immediately confirm that. As at most American embassies worldwide, a local guard force patrols out- side the compound's walls while U.S. Marines are mostly responsible for guarding classified documents and fighting off attackers inside the compound. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Spacewalking astronauts lose bolt, spring Spacewalking astronauts lose bolt and spring, worry about potential for damage Spacewalking astronauts worried they have may have gummed up a successful job connecting an addition to the international space station yesterday when a bolt, spring and washer floated free. Astronaut Joe Tanner was working with the bolt when it sprang loose, floated over the head of Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and skittered across the 17 1/2-ton box-like truss that they were hooking up. While the washer went out into space safely, Tanner worried the bolt and spring could get into the truss's wiring and tubing and causing problems. "Not a good thing," Tanner said. "Let's hope it doesn't end up somewhere in the mechanism. "I don't see it anywhere." NASA managers were examining whether the lost bolt would be a problem. Space debris can be dangerous if it punctures space station walls or spacesuits and can jam crucial mechanisms. SAN JOSE, Calif. HP chairwoman to step down inJanuary Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn will step down in January and be succeeded by CEO Mark Hurd amid a widening scandal involving the computer and printer company's possibly illegal probe into media leaks. Director George Keyworth 11, who acknowledged sharing company informa- tion with reporters, resigned from HP's board later yesterday morning. The board had asked Keyworth to resign in May, but he refused. Hurd will retain his existing positions as chief executive and president and Dunn will remain as a director after she relinquishes the chair on Jan. 18. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Hamas gives Abbas go-ahead for talks Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the greenlight yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation. An Israeli military court, meanwhile, ordered the release of 19 Hamas offi- cials - including Cabinet ministers and lawmakers - from an Israeli prison. The men, arrested by Israel after the June 25 capture of Israeli Cpl. Gilad Sha- lit by Hamas-linked militants, will remain behind bars for several more days pending an appeal by prosecutors. TEHRAN, Iran Iran vows to help establish security in Iraq Iraq's prime minister made his first official visit to Iran yesterday, asking Tehran to prevent al-Qaida militants from slipping across the border to carry out attacks, an Iraqi official said. Iran's president promised to help Iraq establish security. 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