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More Dems back Scho
children's health goal of t
to mak
insurance plan who the
Supporters of a bill to expand
a children's health insurance pro- RALLY
gram will have at least eight more From p
votes, all from Democrats, when
they try today to override President
Bush's veto of the measure. was the
But that's still not enough to of the e
prevail. No Republicans have got invt
announced their intentions to after ta
change their votes. the loca
An Associated Press survey and Ju
showed five House Democrats who co-spo
opposed the bill when it was passed campaig
last month by the House have now students
decided to support the measure. Univers
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), said "it lo
she voted against the bill the first hundred
time because she didn't believe it the kind
contained enough money. Treumu
"I registered my protest then, One o
but when it comes down to tomor- was to p
row, it's whose side are we going to Nations.
be on?" Castor said. "I'm going to "We
be on the side of America's families tion of t
and America's children." pointing
Niki Tsongas will be sworn in accompl
just before the vote. The Massa- Everts,
chusetts Democrat indicated that and Ju
her first vote in the House will be to responsi
override the veto. She won a special these go
election in Massachusetts on Tues- Durin
day night. read eac
ISTANBUL, Turkey
Turkey may send
troops into Iraq
Parliament authorized the gov- S
ernment yesterday to send troops
into northern Iraq to root out
Kurdish rebels who've been con-
ducting raids into Turkey. The vote
removed the last legal obstacle to
an offensive, but there was no sign
of imminent action as the United
States urged restraint.
Turkish leader, under pres-
sure from Washington and Bagh- Sa
dad, have signaled they would S$
not immediately give the order to
send in 60,000 soldiers, armor and
attack helicopters into a region that
has largely escaped the chaos of the
Iraq war.
The crisis along the border,
where the Turkish troops have
massed since summer, has driven
up oil prices along with tensions
between Turkey and its longtime
NATO ally, the United States.
WASHINGTON
SBlackwater likely to
be phased out of Iraq
A State Department review of
private security guards for diplo-
mats in Iraq is unlikely to recom-
*mend firing Blackwater USA over
the deaths of 7 Iraqis last month,
but the company probably is on the
way out of that job, U.S. officials
said yesterday.
Blackwater's work escorting U.S.
diplomats outside the protected
Green Zone in Baghdad expires in
May, one official said, and other
officials told The Associated Press
they expect the North Carolina
company will not continue to work
for the embassy after that.
It is likely that Blackwater does
not compete to keep the job, one
official said. Blackwater probably
will not be fired outright or even
"eased out," the official added, but
there is a mutual feeling that the
Sept. 16 shooting deaths mean the
company cannot continue in its
current role.
TUSLA, Okla.
President of Oral
e Roberts under fire
Oral Roberts University Presi-
dent Richard Roberts asked for and TO pi
was granted a leave of absence yes-
terday amid accusations of lavish
spending at donors' expense and
illegal involvement in a political
campaign. j
The 58-year-old son of the evan-
gelist who founded the school
said he would continue in his role
as chairman and chief executive
of Oral Roberts Ministries, and
decried what he said were untrue
allegations.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
3,830
Number of American service mem-
. bers who have died in the War in
Iraq, according to The Associated
Press. The following service mem-
ber was identified by the Depart-
ment of Defense yesterday:
Army Spc. Micheal D. Brown,
20, of Williamsburg, Kan.
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ol of Information spokes-
ank DeSanto said the main
he program is to find a way
e sure people online are
y claim to be.
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main student organizer
vent. Treumuth said she
olved with the campaign
king with members from
al Interfaith Global Peace
stice Commission, which
sored the rally. The ONE
n on campus as well as
s from Eastern Michigan
ity helped with the rally.
oked like we got over a
I people here, and that's
d of exposure we wanted,"
th said.
f the objectives of the rally
ut pressure on the United
wanted to get the atten-
:he U.N., but once you start
fingers, it gets tricky to
ish anything," said Aria
co-chair of MSA's Peace
stice Commission. "The
ibility for accomplishing
als falls on everyone."
ig the rally, organizers
h of the developmentgoals
The program is also develop-
ing ways to make financial rating
systems more secure so sellers on
sites like eBay and Amazon can't
artificially improve their history.
Those sites ask buyers to rate sell-
ers after each transaction. The
sites then post those ratings as a
guide for future customers.
then read statistics demonstrat-
ing that little progress toward the
goals have been made.
The eight developmentgoals are
to "eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger; achieve universal primary
education; promote gender equal-
ity and empower women; reduce
child mortality; improve mater-
nal health; combat HIV/AIDS,
malaria and other diseases; ensure
environmental sustainability and
develop a global partnership for
development."
One of the professors who lec-
tured before the rally was Ivette
Perfecto from the School of Natural
Resources and Environment. In an
interview, Perfecto said the dem-
onstration's aim was for students to
bring awareness to their peers, as
well as to put pressure on the Unit-
ed Nations and developed countries
to take a more active role in achiev-
ing the Development Goals.
"We want to let the U.N. know
that things haven't changed, that
we still have a long way to go," she
said. "I agreed to speak because
I am a concerned citizen, and I
think there's a lack of understand-
ing about the causes of poverty."
PROTESTING GENOCIDE
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LSA sophomore Jessica Feldman lies on the Diag yesterday to draw attention tothe genocide in Darfur as part alan eveniorga-
nized by A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition. Each student represented those who have died or have suffered in refugee camps.
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