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Monday, September 22, 2008 - 3A
NEWS BRIEFS
WASHINGTON
Paulson resists help
for bailout bill
Treasury Secretary Henry Paul-
sonisresistingaDemocratic pushto
add additional help for households
to the $700 billion bailout bill.
Paulson said Sundaythat because
financial markets remain under
severe stress there is an urgent need
for Congress to act quickly without
adding other measures that could
slow down passage.
"We need this to be clean and to
be quick," Paulson said in an inter-
view on ABC's "This Week."
Paulson resisted suggestions
being made by Democrats that the
program be changed to include
further relief for homeowners fac-
ing mortgage foreclosures and to
include an additional $50 billion
stimulus effort. Some Democrats
have also suggested capping com-
pensation of executives at firms
who get the bailout help.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Bombing maybe
connected to
Al-Qaida
Taliban militants based near the
Afghan border and their al-Qaida
allies are the most likely suspects
behind a massive truck bombing at
Islamabad's Marriott Hotel,officials
and experts said Sunday. At least 53
died in the explosion, including two
U.S. Defense Department employ-
ees and the Czech ambassador.
The truck sat burning and dis-
abled at the hotel gate for at least
3a/2 minutes as nervous guards
tried to douse the flames before
they, the truck and much of the ho-
tel forecourt vanished in a fearsome
fireball on Saturday night, accord-
ing to dramatic surveillance footage
released Sunday.
The attack on the American ho-
tel chain during Ramadan, among
the deadliest terrorist strikes in
Pakistan, will test the resolve of its
pro-Western civilian rulers to crack
down on growing violent extrem-
ism which many here blame on the
country's role in the U.S.-led war on
terror.
CHAtLOTTE
Obama heads south
for debates
Democratic presidential nominee
Barack Obama planned to head to
Florida this week for three days of
preparation for the first debate of the
generalelection,amatchup that could
reshape a tight White House race.
Aides say the debate, scheduled
for Friday at the University of Mis-
sissippi and focused on foreign poli-
cy, will give Sen. Obama a chance to
demonstrate proficiency in an area
where polls have shown voters give
the edge'to Sen. John McCain, the
Republican challenger and a26-year
Washington veteran who touts his
ties to leaders around the world.
If Obama can hold his own on for-
eign policy, it could ease those wor-
ries, aides said Sunday as they tried
to lower expectations for the first-
term Illinois senator, a powerful
speaker but an uneven performer in
multiple debates during the Demo-
cratic primaries.
JERUSALEM
0 Israeli Prime
Minister resigns
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert has formallyresigned.
He handed a letter of resignation
to President Shimon Peres. Earlier,
he told his Cabinet that he was step-
pingdown.
Channel 10 TV broadcast a gov-
ernment picture of Olmert reading
his letter of resignation to Peres
Sunday evening.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is
already meeting with party lead-
ers to set up a new coalition gov-
ernment. Peres is meeting with
party leaders to decide on Olmert's
successor, but Livni is the obvi-
ous choice. She supports Olmert's
efforts toward a peace accord with
the Palestinians. She won a party
primaryelection last week.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
U.S, DEATHS
4 168
Number of American service
members who have died in the
war in Iraq, according to The
Associated Press. No new deaths
were identified yesterday.
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rm-shattered Texas coast "I know it's hard. Looking
ted each other yesterday around, it's tough," the Rev. Eddie
eshift church services that Shauberger told the congregants.
ed more than a respite from "But there is a God, and he has a
ane Ike cleanup. plan for our lives."
ut 50 people came together Similar services were being
asketball court outside the held on Galveston Island and
land Baptist Church, just throughout the Houston area,
of Interstate 10 about a where power had been restored
om the tip of Trinity Bay. to enough residents that schools
at on folding chairs or sim- planned to hold classes Monday
od, forced outdoors by the for the first time since the storm.
layer of mud left inside the In Galveston, Bobby and Pame-
story red brick building by la Quiroga sought succor at a Mass
aters that tossed pews like setup in thehistoric Hotel Galvez.
ticks. They went to their Roman Catho-
molished mobile home was lic church a week ago, the day after
storm arrived, but it was closed.
"It's just good to be around
people," Bobby Quiroga said. He
added, letting his voice trail off,
"When you feel a wave shake your
house ...."
Thenewlymarried42-year-olds
were still trying to gather their
senses eight days after watching
their homes and businesses flood-
ed by Ike's 12-foot surge.
"Fourteen steps, and we
watched the water come up all the
way up - even to the floor. Surre-
al," Quiroga said, his wife leaning
on his shoulder.
She dabbed her swollen eyes
with a hand towel and vowed
never to live on the island again.
"When I fall asleep," she said, "I
see the water rising."
Observances in the hardest-hit
spots weren't overflowing with
residents. Most of Galveston won't
reopen until Wednesday, and it
could be weeks or more before
basic services are restored in all
areas.
Still, the island is far from
deserted - at least 15,000 people
ignored mandatory evacuation
orders before and after the storm,
and many of them were still there
Sunday. Some businesses were
beginning to reopen, cell service
was improving and electricity was
coming back on.
Island leaders emphasized that
Galveston remained dangerous.
Fuel and other essentials remained
scarce. Police will indefinitely
enforce a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew
once the island reopens, and par-
ents were warned their children
could be exposed to infections
from storm debris and other haz-
ards.
Planes continued spraying the
island to control mosquitoes. Offi-
cials urged those returning to
wear masks to protect from mold
and to properly dispose of spoiled
food to stave off vermin.
Teams ofcadaver dogs were still
working their way through rubble
and debris on Bolivar Peninsula,
which suffered even heavier dam-
agethanGalveston. Evacuees from
the peninsula will board dump
trucks and other heavy vehicles
this week to examine their homes,
since the main road is impassible
in many spots.
Authorities had - blamed the
storm for 26 deaths in Texas and 61
total in the U.S., including a utility
contractor from Florida who was
electrocuted Friday while trying
to restore power in Louisville, Ky.
Power had been restored to
most of the customers in Texas
whose electricity was cut by
Ike, though the state said about
875,000 remained in the dark
Sunday.
Whether the power was coming
,hrough the wall or from a genera-
tor, people throughout the region
watched the Houston Texans try
to win one for the wretched back
home.
Palin makes first solo
campaign stop in Florida
President of South
Africa formally resigns
VP candidate draws
tens of thousands to
speech yesterday
THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) -
Sarah Palin played it safe yesterday
on her first trip as John McCain's
running mate to the battleground
state of Florida.
She went to perhaps the easi-
est place in Florida to get a large
Republican turnout, stuck mostly
to the themes she's hit since the
Republican convention and took
no questions from reporters or the
crowd.
But she was welcomed like a star,
with tens of thousands cramming
into a plaza and nearby streets in
this enormous retirement com-
munity about an hour north of
Orlando. Some waited more than
five hours in 92-degree heat to see
her speak for 23 minutes.
Palin arrived in Florida on Fri-
day and had no public events Sat-
urday, though she told the crowd
her daughters Piper and Willow
got to go to Disney World.
After some jokes about the dif-
ference between golfing in Florida
and Alaska, her remarks hit most
of the same points she's made
since McCain chose her as the first
woman to run as a Republican vice
presidential nominee. She did,
however, update the stump speech
to reflectlast week's turmoil in the
financial markets.
"We need serious reform on
Wall Street. We need better regu-
lation. It's like Senator McCain
said justyesterday-we don'tneed
a dozen federal agencies doing the
job badly, we need the best agen-
cies doing the job right," she said.
She said McCain had warned
about the problems affect-
ing financial institutions, and
attacked Democrat Barack Obama
on the issue.
"This week when the economic
crisis threatened the livelihood
of millions of Americans, John
McCain took a clear stand and he
offered his ownrecovery plan. Our
opponent refused to even take a
stand on the position," Palin said.
The Obama campaign criticized
McCain's response to last week's
events on Wall Street.
"McCain's first response to this
crisis was to say that 'the fun-
damentals of our economy are
strong,' then he admitted it was
a crisis, and then he proposed a
'commission,' which is just Wash-
ington-speak for 'I'll get back to
you later,"' said Obama campaign
spokesman Mark Bubriski.
The visit drew a few contrasts
between Palin and Obama run-
ning mate Joe Biden.
The largest was the crowd.
Some people had to wait in line
about 90 minutes just to park their
cars. Biden's largest crowd dur-
ing a visit earlier this month was
about 2,000.
But Biden made four stops in
his two days, and ventured into
Republican strongholds like Fort
Myers and Sarasota. He took
questions from the audience at
each stop and did interviews with
local media.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
(AP) - South African President
Thabo Mbeki says he has formally
resigned, effective as soon as a new
president is chosen. Mbeki spoke
in a nationally televised address
yesterday. A day earlier, his African
National Congress had called on
him to. resign. He is leaving before
his second and last constitutionally
allowed term expires next year.
Mbeki lost the final battle Satur-
day in a long power struggle with
African National Congress presi-
dent Jacob Zuma.
Last week, a judge threw out
corruption charges against Zuma
and implied that Mbeki's govern-
ment put pressure on the National
Prosecuting Authority to bring the
charges for political motives.
Parliament will convene in the
coming days to select an interim'
president before elections, which
are scheduled for next year. Baleka
Mbete, the speaker of the National
Assembly and chairwoman of the
ANC, is expected to take over.
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build entrepreneurial skills. The Zell Lurie Institute at the Ross
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The University of Michigan College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts presents a public
lecture and reception
Early Earth,
Gondwana
and Recent
Climate Change
Eric J. Essene Collegiate
Professor of Geological Sciences
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Rackham Amphitheater
4:10pm
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