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Monday, December 10, 2007 - 3A
NEWS BRIEFS
BAGHDAD
Iraqi defense
minister promises
focus on Baghdad
Iraq's defense minister promised
yesterday to wage anew crackdown
in a volatile province northeast of
Baghdad where militants are try-
ing to regroup after being routed
from their urban stronghold there
last summer.
Suicide attacks have killed more
than20 people in the last three days
in Diyala province, a tribal patch-
work of Sunni Arabs, Shiites and
Kurds that stretches from Baghdad
to the border with Iran.
Defense Minister Abdul-Qader
al-Obeiditold The Associated Press
that preparations had begun for a
fresh military operation in the pro-
vincial capital, Baqouba, about 35
miles from Baghdad.
LISBON, Portugal
EU, Africa summit
ends without any
progress
The first summit between
Europe and Africa in peven years
came to an acrimonious end yester-
day with leaders squabbling over
human rights and no progress on a
looming trade pact deadline.
old divisions surfaced atthetwo-
day summit as leaders swapped
accusations over the crises in Zim-
babwe and Darfur, and postcolo-
nial tensions deepened over free
trade deals.
The World Trade Organization
has ruled that the EU's 30-year-old
preferential trade agreement with
Africa was unfair to other trading
nations and violated international
rules. New deals are meant to be
finalized by Dec. 31.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Former Pakistan
PM's party to
join elections
The party of former Prime Min-
ister Nawaz Sharif announced yes-
terday that it would participate in
Pakistan's parliamentary elections
next month after failing to con-
vince rival Benazir Bhutto to join a
boycott.
Greater participation will make
the balloting look more open, bol-
stering President Pervez Mush-
arraf's democratic credentials,
which took a hit over his Nov. 3
declaration of a state of emergency
and his dismissal of independent-
minded judges.
But having by the opposition
in the field also will siphon votes
and seats from Musharraf's party,
weakening the U.S.-backed leader.
ARVADA, Colo.
Gunman kills two
at mission center,
four at megachurch
A gunman killed two staff mem-
bers at a missionary training center
early yesterday after being told he
couldn't spend the night, and about
12 hours laterfour people were shot
at a busy megachurch in Colorado
Springs.
Colorado Springs police Lt.
Fletcher Howard said a suspect had
been detained in the shootings at
the New Life Church, but a source
who was locked down at the church
yesterday afternoon said a security
guard had shot and killed the gun-
man. Authorities in Arvada, a Den-
ver suburb about 65 miles north,
said no one had been captured in
the shootings there.
It was not immediately known
whether the shootings were relat-
ed, but Arvada authorities said they
were sharing information with Col-
orado Springs investigators.
New Life was founded by the
Rev. Ted Haggard, who was fired
last year after a former male pros-
titute alleged he had a three-year
cash-for-sex relationship with him.
Haggard, then the president of the
National Association of Evangeli-
cals, admitted committing undis-
closed "sexual immorality."
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
39886
Number of American service mem-
bers who have died in the war in
Iraq, according to The Associ-
ated Press. There were no new U.S.
deaths reported yesterday.
Daily chooses
new editors
Editors promise
more robust
online presence
By JACOB SMILOVITZ
Daily StaffReporter
The Michigan Daily has select-
ed a new slate of top editors.
The new class officially takes
over Feb. 1, but it assumes many
day-to-day duties on Wednesday.
The entire staffvotes on the edi-
tor in chief and editorial page edi-
tor, while the photo, news, sports
and arts staffs elect their respec-
tive managing editors. Other
positions - including the paper's
managing editor - are appointed
by the paper's senior editors.
LSA junior Andrew Grossman,
currently the Daily's managing
news editor, was elected editor in
chief. In addition to improving the
quality of writing and reporting in
the paper, he said he would focus
on the Daily's web presence.
"I think there's going to be alot
of different ways of telling stories
online," he said.
Grossman, who was a city beat
and government beat reporter
during his freshman and sopho-
more years, said he plans on
making the website a constantly
updated source of information for
students.
"We're going to start updating
stories throughout the day, not
just once every 24 hours at three
in the morning," he said.
The incoming managing editor,
LSA junior Gabe Nelson, said he
also wants to improve the paper's
web presence.
"We need to improve the blogs
so that they tell people what's
going to be in the paper and sup-
plement what's already in the
paper," he said.
LSA junior Chris Herring, an
associate news editor, will be the
next managing news editor. He
said he wants to cover a broader
spectrum of campus life.
"I really want to improve our
coverage as it relates to minorities
on campus," he said. "We don't
ignore them right now, but at the
same time we don't cover them as
well as they should be covered."
Herring said he would add a
business beat to the news section
to cover stories like students and
faculty starting new businesses
and how loan companies attract
students.
The next managing sports edi-
tor, Nate Sandals, a junior in the
Gerald R. Ford School of Public
Policy, has been a senior sports
editor and an associate online
editor.
"I hope that we can continue to
have depth.in our coverage and to
also expand our online coverage,"
he said.
Sandals said he hopes to accom-
plish this with more live blogging
and game updates for both big and
small sports.
Public Policy sophomore Gary
Graca will be editorial page edi-
tor. He has been an associate edi-
torial page editor and the summer
editorial page editor.
Graca also plans to include a
wider range of opinions and con-
cerns from campus on the page.
"The issues really get me excit-
ed for some of the things that I
can help to change on campus for
the better," he said.
LSA senior Chris Gaerig, the
incoming managing arts edi-
tor, said he wants to improve the
section's multimedia work. Gaerig
has been a summer associate arts
editor, an associate Statement edi-
tor and a music editor.
LSA junior Rodrigo Gaya, the
incoming managing photo editor,
is an associate photo editor and
the sports liaison for the photo
section. He said his focus will be
on photographer development.
LSA sophomore JessicaVosger-
chian will be magazine editor.
After spending a semester as an
associate design editor, LSA soph-
omore Allison Ghaman will take
over as managing design editor.
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