The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 3 NEWS BRIEFS ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistani airstrike on alleged terror camp kills 80 Missiles fired by Pakistani heli- copters destroyed a religious school on the Afghan border yesterday that the military said was a front for an al-Qaida training camp, kill- ing 80 people and prompting strong protests against the country's pres- ident and the United States. Islamic leaders and al-Qaida- linked militants called for nation- wide demonstrations today to condemn what they claimed was an American assault on Pakistani soil. The army said those who died were militants, but furious villagers and religious leaders said the pre-dawn missile barrage killed innocent stu- dents and teachers at the school, known as a madrassa. U.S. and Pakistani military offi- cials denied American involvement and rejected claims that children and women died in the strike that flattened the building in the remote northwestern village of Chingai, two miles from the Afghan border. WASHINGTON Supreme court considers cases from state inmates The Supreme Court appeared to cast doubt yesterday on the conten- tions of three Michigan inmates who questioned the process by which they can file civil rights law- suits over conditions of their con- finement. The inmates sought the Supreme Court review after their lawsuits were dismissed because they failed to complete an administrative grievance process or did not name every prison official whom they later attempted to sue. Jean-Claude Andre, a Los Angeles attorney representing the inmates, said the federal courts had not followed the statute in dismiss- ing the inmates' claims and applied additional rules to reject their com- plaints. SAN DIEGO Civilian death investigation claims another Marine Another Marine charged with kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man has agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges, his attorney said yes- terday. I Thomas Watt, attorney for Lance Cpl. Tyler A. Jackson, declined to discuss details of the agreement but confirmed that a deal has been reached and that his client is due in court next week to plead guilty to some charges. Jackson, 23, of Tracy, Mich., is the third service member to have made a plea deal in the case, in which seven Camp Pendleton-based Marines and a Navy corpsman were charged with murdering 52-year- old Hashim Ibrahim Awad. Last week, another Marine, Pfc. John Jodka III, pleaded guilty to assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice. The first to make a deal was Petty Officer 3rd Class Melson J. Bacos, the Navy corpsman on patrol with the Marines. He pleaded guilty to kidnapping and conspiracy. ABUJA, Nigeria Pilot said to have ignored advice in fatal crash A plane crash that killed 96 people in Nigeria might have been averted if the pilot had heeded advice from air traffic controllers to wait for a lightning storm to clear before taking off, the aviation min- ister said yesterday. Citing the decision as a possible cause of the third fatal passenger jet crash in this West African nation in a year, Aviation Minister Babalola Borishade said the government was preparing guidelines to stop such "reckless abuse of crew discretion- ary power." Borishade did not directly blame pilot error for Sunday's crash, and authorities were still investigating what brought down the Boeing 737. The government ordered all of the privately owned airline's planes grounded indefinitely and suspended its flying license, Bori- shade said. - Compiled from Daily wire reports DIH B REMEDIES HERBAL REMEDIES FLIPPING OUT Hastert might be out if GOP loses House seats Hou ma WAS] Speaker expecte step asi Democr election out even a narrov The I Majorit' Ohio, is candida even th appearl faces all There amongl real an lapses.1 the way - mish - the M Earlie changin ise Republicans ago to protect former Majority R epublicans Leader Tom DeLay, (R-Texas) in iy alter line-up, case he got indicted, helped breed the unhappiness. Interviews with win or lose current and former congressional aides, GOP lobbyists and strate- gists reveal surprisingly wide- HINGTON (AP) - House spread discontent with Hastert, Dennis Hastert is suggesting a demoralizing elec- d by many Republicans to tion could cement calls within de as the GOP's leader if GOP ranks for new leadership. ats win big in next week's "He's in jeopardy whether we . He may be on his way win or lose," said GOP lobbyist if the GOP emerges with Jim Dyer, a former staff chief for w majority. the House Appropriations Com- No. 2 House Republican, mittee. "If we lose, I think the y Leader John Boehner of party will want somebody young- looking very much like a er and more articulate to carry te to fill Hastert's shoes its message as minority leader ough some Republicans and I'm guessing that'll be John to be agitating for fresh Boehner." around, win or lose. While Boehner isn't making any e's lots of grumbling overt moves on Hastert, he's clear- Republican insiders over ly positioning himself to move up d imagined leadership when and if Hastert moves on. He Not the least of those is has stepped into an election-sea- Hastert's office handled son leadership vacuum, staffing a andled, some critics say pre-election war room called the ark Foley page scandal. "Majority Project" and has raised er episodes, including his media profile. g House rules two years Hastert, meanwhile, has had to assume a lower stance this campaign season amid questions about how his office handled complaints about Ex-Rep. Foley's behavior regarding male former House pages. Foley resigned abruptly on Sept. 29 after being confronted with sexually explicit computer messages to former pages. Republicans already showed signs of restiveness earlier this year in elevating Boehner to majority leader over Whip Roy Blunt, (R-Mo.) who represented the established leadership team. "If they keep the majority by one or two seats, there's going to be some hard and fast discussions with some members about Den- ny's future," said a Republican lobbyist with close ties to House GOP leaders. "I don't think he can stand for speaker, not the way things are going." The GOP lobbyist demanded anonymity given the sensitivity of talking about the powerful Hast- ert, as did a variety of GOP insid- ers pondering the possibility of a leadership shuffle. BENJI DELL/Dail Engineering Juniors Shahid Ali and Rahul Nevatia, both RAs, play a game of non- alcoholic flip cup in Mary Markley Residence Hall yesterday. The event, titled "Sexy Halloween," included sex trivia and other informational games. British report: Global warming could devastate economy Report warns that unchecked pollution could trigger another Great Depression LONDON (AP) - Raising the stakes in the global warming dispute with the United States and China, Britain issued a sweeping report yesterday warning that the Earth faces a calamity on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression unless urgent action is taken. The British government also said Vice President Al Gore has agreed to provide advice on climate change - a clear indication of Prime Minister Tony Blair's growing dissatisfaction with U.S. environmental pol- icy. Gore has emerged as a powerful environmental spokesman since losingthe 2000 presidential election. The 700-page report argues that environmental- ism and economic growth can go hand in hand in the battle against global warming. But it also says that if no action is taken, rising sea levels, heavier floods and more intense droughts could displace 200 mil- lion people by the middle of the century. The report said unabated climate change would eventually cost the equivalent of between 5 percent and 20 percentof global gross domestic product each year. The report by Sir Nicholas Stern, a senior gov- ernment economist, represents a huge contrast to the U.S. government's wait-and-see policies. Blair called for "bold and decisive action" to cut carbon emissions and stem the worst of the tempera- ture rise. Stern said acting now to cut greenhouse gas emis- sions would cost about 1 percent of global GDP each year. "The benefits of strong, early action consider- ably outweigh the costs," he said. "We can grow and be green." 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