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Subscriptionsmustbe prepaid.The Michigan Dalyis amemberof aThe lsciated Pressand Tle AssociatedCollegiatePress. 4 4 4 ES Wallet stolen at Suitcase of Medical Library books stolen Armenian a a s w vim. a v s a.sw~ WHERE: Taubman Medical Library WHEN: Wednesday at about 5:30 p.m. WHAT: A staff member's wal- let was stolen after it was left unattended for several hours, University Police reported. The wallet contained $40 in cash and several debit and credit cards. WHERE: Haven Hall WHEN: Wednesday at about 4:20 p.m. WHAT: A student reported a black wheeled suitcase of Uni- versity library books missing from a Haven Hall office, Uni- versity Police reported. There were no signs of forced entry. Police have no suspects. charity dance and full buffet WHAT: An Armenian dance featuring live band and a full dinner buffet. WHO: Armenian Students Cultural Association WHEN: Tonight at 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Polo Fields Coun- try Club, 5200 Polo Fields Drive Marijuana, Wallets stolen, MCaiTuhaaf paraphernalia Ca ec pro found in Weill eized talks about how seizedla Hall galaxies form Lunch on life post-graduation WHAT: A luncheon discuss- ing strategies for transition to life after college. WHO: Office of Multi-Eth- nic Student Affairs (MESA) WHEN: Today at 11:30 p.m. WHERE: MSA Chambers, 3rd Floor of Michigan Union CORRECTIONS * An article in yesterday's edition of the Daily (Magee's journey comesfull circle) mis- identified where Ken Magee worked in Colombia. He worked in the city of Batgota and its surrounding jungles. . An article in Wednesday's edition of the Daily (Obama sworn in as 44th president0 misidentified Andrea James, president of the University's chapter of the NAACP. * Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily.com. Homeless people in Atlan- ta attend the Church of the Common Ground to receive pedicures, not bless- ings, The Associated Press reported. Rev. Bob Book and his wife, Holly, have trans- formed their church into a spa for the homeless. Geothermal heating is 25 to 75 percent more effi- cient than traditional heating and cooling systems. >>FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4 3Former First Daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush wrote a letter offering advice for Sasha and Malta Obama, printed in the Wall Street Journal. "He is our father, not the sketch in the paper or part of a skit on TV,". they wrote of former President George W. Bush. "So here is our most important piece of advice: remember who your dad really is." 0 I WHERE: Weill Hall WHEN: Wednesday around 11:00 a.m. WHAT: Two students reported their wallets stolen from a study lab, University Police reported. They were later found in a hall- way mailbox by maintenance staff. WHERE: Alice Lloyd Hall WHEN: Wednesday at about 8:30 p.m. WHAT: The smell of mari- juana was reported to Hous- ing Security. University Police investigated and found a small bag of marijuana and two pieces of paraphernalia. The items were seized. WHAT: Charles C. Steidel of California Institute of Tech- nology will talk on the forma- tions of galaxies. WHO: Universe Theme Semester WHEN: Tonight at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Room 1800, Chemistry Building UN vows to raise funds for emergency repairs in Gaza Strip ReconstructionAn 4 WANT TO WRITE FOR DAILY NEWS? E-MAIL JACOB_SMILOVITZ@MICHIGANDAILY.COM efforts could cost up to $2 billion GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The United Nations will quickly raise money for emergeincy repairs in the Gaza Strip, the world body's humanitarian chief promised Thursday after witnessing what he called shocking destruction from the three-week war between Israel and Hamas. But U.N. aid chief John Holmes and another senior U.N. official acknowledged they have no fallback plan if reconstruction is snagged by the power struggle between Gaza's militant Hamas rulers and their moderate Palestinian rivals in the West Bank. Hamas, which seized power in Gaza by force in June 2007, insist- ed Thursday that it will not share control over reconstruction proj- ects that initial estimates have said could cost up to $2 billion. The international community, however, is reluctant to funnel huge sums to Hamas, calling for the group for the group to form a joint government with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Pros- pects for such a deal remain slim. Israel has said one of the key objectives of its offensive against Hamas was to halt weapons smug- gling. Hamas has fired thousands of rockets at southern Israel over the past eight years, and Israel says most of the weapons and explosives came in through smugglers' tun- nels from Egypt. Any cease-fire deal will be dura- ble only if the basic demands of both sides are met. Israel insists on anti-smuggling guarantees, while Hamas wants open Gaza borders to ensure delivery of vital supplies. President Barack Obama addressed both stands Thursday, saying his administration support- ed implementation of a "credible" system for stopping smuggling and calling for Gaza's borders to be opened for aid shipments, with "appropriate monitoring." He said Hamas must stop attacking Israel. Hamas criticized Obama's comments, saying his approach will bring the U.S. failure in the region. "Obama is still on the same path 4 4 Palestinians search through the rubble of their home east of Jebalya refugee camp in northern Gaza yesterday. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes, on the first day of a five-day trip to the region, called the steep Palestinian casualty toll "extremely shocking" and suggested the United Nations might ask Israel to compensate it for wartime damage to UN compounds in Gaza. as previous leaders and also will make the same mistakes as Bush that ignited the region instead of bringing stability," Osama Ham- dan, the Hamas spokesman in Beirut, Lebanon, told Al-Jazeera television. Holmes and Robert Serry, the U.N. envoy for the Middle East peace process, toured some of Gaza's most damaged areas Thursday, including a small indus- trial zone in the Jebaliya refugee camp. "What I saw was actually more shocking than I expected, both in its extent and its nature," Holmes said, speaking at a U.N. compound that was damaged on the second day of Israel's offensive when an airstrike hit an adjacent guest house of the Palestinian govern- ment. The strike damaged the roof of Holmes' local office and four U.N. jeeps. Holmes said he was asked by the U.N. secretary-general, who visited Gaza this week, to assess Gaza's initial needs, including emergency repairs of the water, sewage and electricity systems. The U.N. would start raising funds in about 10 days, he said, but added that reconstruction will be possible only if the Palestinians form a unity government. Asked what would happen if a unity deal is not reached, Holmes said: "I cannot answer that ques- tion in a sensible way." In the West Bank, Abbas' prime minister, Salam Fayyad, said repre- sentatives of donor countries would meet in Egypt in mid-February to discuss Gaza reconstruction and he urged Hamas to consider a joint government. "The world would like to help us, but everyone says that we should have a national unity government," Fayyad said. Hamas officials in Gaza were cool to the idea of reconciliation talks with Abbas' Fatah movement. And while eight Syria-based rad- ical Palestinian factions, including Hamas, called for talks, they also said they would insist on "conti- nuity of resistance" to Israel. That condition appeared to preclude any agreement with Abbas, who seeks a peace deal with the Jewish state. Hamas has gone out of its way to demonstrate control in Gaza since a tentative truce took hold Monday after Israel's three-week offensive. Hamas put on victory rallies with demolished buildings as back- drops, and its ministers of health, construction and education held news conferences to present plans for emergency relief. StartingSunday, the Hamasgov- ernment will distribute $52 million to the needy, spokesman Taher Nunu said, adding that the money was coming from the movement's supporters. Despite a border blockade enforced by Israel and Egypt since Hamas seized power, the group has brought cash and weapons, along with commercial goods, through smuggling tunnels under the Gaza- Egypt border. Israel dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on the tunnels during the fighting, saying it destroyed 60 per- cent to 70 percent of them. Smugglers said Thursday only about a tenth of the tunnels were intact. Yet they were back at work, starting repairs and lugging sacks of goods like potato chips, clothes and cigarettes. One tunnel collapsed Thursday, badly injuring a Palestinian, Egyp- tian security officials said. Israeli media, meanwhile, said some Cabinet ministers were indi- cating a new willingness to hand over dangerous Palestinian prison- ers in exchange for the return of an Israeli soldier captured in 2006, Sgt. Gilad Schalit.