0 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 21, 2011- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, November 21, 2011 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS DETROIT Mayor Bing to cut 1,000 jobs amid budget crisis Detroit plans to cut 1,000 jobs by early next year to help deal with the city's budget crisis and avoid the possibility of a state- appointed emergency finan- cial manager, Mayor Dave Bing announced Friday. The mayor's office said that departments will identify their number of layoffs starting the week of Dec. 5 and layoff notices will be issued starting the week of Jan. 21. The administration said the cuts, which represent 9 percent of the city's workforce of about 11,000 employees, will save about $14 million this fiscal year. "Solving our cash crisis requires a combination of conces- sions and tough cuts," Bing said. "Layoffs will be strategic. We will limit the impact on residents, pro- tecting core services like police and fire protection as much as we can." LANSING, Mich. Michigan projects receive more than * $193K in grants Grants totaling more than $193,000 have been awarded to 14 separate humanities projects across Michigan. The Michigan Humanities Council says in a release that nine projects received $15,000 each. The grants are funded through the council's "Michigan People, Michigan Places; Our Stories, Our Lives" grant program, which emphasizes collaboration among cultural, educational and commu- nity-based organizations to pro- vide public humanities projects. Projects include "Native Americans in the Civil War" by the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University; an interactive, traveling African- Mexican exhibit by the Dr. Mar- tin Luther King Jr. Task Force; and the "Preservation of Scot- tish American Cultural History in Storytelling and Dance" by the Saint Andrews Society of Detroit. NEW YORK Suspect arrested * in plot to bomb Manhattan targets Mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday an "al-Qaida sym- pathizer" who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S. troops returninghome has been arrested on numerous terrorism-related charges. Bloomberg announced at a news conference the Saturday arrest of 27-year-old Jose Pimen- tel of Manhattan, a U.S. citizen originally from the Dominican Republic. The mayor said Pimentel was "plotting to bomb police patrol cars and also postal facilities as well as targeted members of our armed services returning from abroad." TEHRAN, Iran " Iran temporarily bans pro-reform newspaper Iran's official news agency say that authorities have banned the pro-reform Etemaad daily for two months on the charges of insulting officials and "spread- ing lies." Yesterday's report by IRNA did not give any further details about the reasons for the ban. The paper had run an inter- view with the press adviser to President Mahmoud Ahma- dinejad, Ali Akbar Javanfekr, on Saturday. Javanfekr criticized " conservative opponents of Ahma- dinejad for the arrest of dozens of the president's allies over the past months. Ahmadinejad and his oppo- nents are at odds ahead of March parliamentary elections. -Compiled from Daily wire reports Libyan officials: Gadhafi's son to be tried at home Egyptian riot police clash with protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday. Police beat protesters and dismantled a small tent city set up to commemorate revolutionary martyrs. Police target protesters in Cairo's Tabrir Square New leaders yet to establish a formal court system ZINTAN, Libya (AP) - Libya's new leaders said yesterday they will try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home and not hand him over to the International Criminal Court where he's charged with crimes against humanity. The government also announced the capture of the toppled regime's intelligence minister, who is also wanted by the court. In one of several emerging complications, however, the for- mer rebel faction that captured Seif al-Islam Gadhafi a day ear- lier is refusing to deliver him to national authorities in Tripoli, raising concern over whether he will get a proper trial and dem- onstrating the interim leaders' weak hold over their fractured nation. In the capital, Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam said ex-Intelligence Minister Abdullah al-Senoussi was cap- tured alive yesterday by revolu- tionary fighters from a southern region called Fazan, not far from where Gadhafi's son was seized on Saturday while trying to flee to neighboring Niger. Fighters tracking al-Senoussi for two days caught up with him at his sister's house in Deerat al- Shati, about 40 miles (70 kilo- meters) south of the desert city of Sebha, said fighter Abdullah al-Sughayer. There were few other immediate details on his capture, and it was not clear whether his captors would also resist turning him over to Trip- oli. Though they are wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Nether- lands, Libya will likely seek to try both men at home. Speaking earlier in the day, before al-Senoussi's capture, the information minister said Seif al- Islam, the ousted Libyan leader's one-time heir apparent, must be tried in Libya even though the country's new leaders have yet to establish a court system. "It is only fair for the Libyan people that he is tried here.... Seif al-Islam committed crimes against the Libyan people," Shammam told The Associated Press. "The ICC is just a secondary court, and the people of Libya will not allow Seif al-Islam to be tried outside," Shammam said. The ICC indicted the two men along with Gadhafi in June for unleashing a campaign of mur- der and torture to suppress the uprising against the Gadhafi regime that broke out in mid- February. Al-Senoussi, Gadhafi's broth- er-in-law, was also one of six Libyans convicted in absentia and sentenced to life in prison in France for the 1989 bomb- ing of a French passenger over Niger that killed all 170 people on board. ICC spokesman Fadi El Abdal- lah said yesterday that Libya would have to convincingly lay out its arguments in what is called a "challenge of admissi- bility" if it wanted to try the two men at home instead of sending them to The Hague court. "The issue is that there is already a case before the (ICC) court," he said. "Now Libya has a legal obligation under interna- tional law to present a challenge to say: 'We have this suspect and he will be dealt with under our national laws."' Civilian protesters call for a reformed government CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in Cairo's Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault yesterday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rul- ers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. At least 11 protesters were killed and hun- dreds were injured. It was the second day of clash- es marking a sharp escalation of tensions on Egypt's streets a week before the first elec- tions since the ouster of long- time authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak in February. The mili- tary took over the country, prom- isinga swift transitionto civilian rule. Butthe pro-democracypro- testers who led the uprising have grown increasingly angry with the ruling generals, and suspect they are trying to cling to power even after an elected parliament is seated and a new president is voted in. Street battles continued throughout the day and long into the night, spreading to side streets and sending a wave of injuries to makeshift clinics on the streets. The military-backed Cabinet said in a statement that elections set to begin on Nov. 28 would take place on time and thanked the police for their "restraint," language that is likely to enrage the protesters even more. "We're not going anywhere," protester Mohammed Rad- wan said after security forces tried unsuccessfully to push the crowds out of Tahrir, the epicenter of the uprising. "The mood is good now and people are chanting again," he added after many of the demonstra- tors returned. The two days of clashes were some of the worst since the uprising ended on Feb. 11. They were also one of only a few violent confrontations to involve the police since theupris- ing. The black-clad police were a hated symbol of Mubarak's regime and after the uprising, they have largely stayed in the background while the military took charge of security. Muslims demand more respect from New York Police Muslims gather to protest discrimination NEW YORK (AP) - Hun- dreds of Muslims prayed in a lower Manhattan park and marched to New York Police headquarters Friday to protest a decade of police infiltrating mosques and spying on Muslim neighborhoods. Bundled in winter clothes, men and women knelt as the call to prayer echoed off the cold stone of government build- ings. "Being Muslim does not negate our nationality," Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid told the crowd of about 500 gathered in Foley Square, not far from City Hall and local courthous- es. "We are unapologetically Muslim and uncompromisingly American." The demonstration was smaller and more subdued than the Occupy Wall Street protests that led to clashes with police and made headlines worldwide. Police wore windbreakers, not riot gear, and protesters called for improved relations with police. "We want for you to respect us," Abdur-Rashid said, "and we will respect you." It was the first organized opposition to the NYPD's intelligence tactics since an Associated Press investiga- tion revealed widespread spy- ing programs that documented every aspect of Muslim life in New York. Police infiltrated mosques and student groups. Plainclothes officers catalogued Middle Eastern restaurants and their clientele. Analysts built databases on Arab cab drivers and monitored Muslims who changed their names. "Had this been happening to any other religious group, all of America would be outraged," said Daoud Ibraheem, 73, a retired graphic artist from Brooklyn. Following the prayer ser- vice, the Muslims - joined by about 50 Occupy Wall Street demonstrators - crowded the sidewalk for the short walk to the large police headquarters building known as One Police Plaza. They stayed only brief- ly, chanting for Police Com- missioner Ray Kelly's ouster, before returning to Foley Square. Protesters carried signs that said "NYPD Watches Us. Who Watches NYPD?" A dozen or so uniformed police officers monitored the demonstration and followed the march, but there were no clashes between protesters and police At an unrelated news con- ference Friday, Kelly told reporters that he "categori- cally" denied the idea that the NYPD was spying. Kelly and his intelligence chief, David Cohen, have transformed the NYPD into one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intel- ligence agencies. It operates far outside the city borders and its manpower and budget give it capabilities that even the federal government does not have. NYPD analysts were among the first to study the thorny question of how people are radicalized. Kelly said his officers only follow leads and do not simply trawl neighborhoods. "We do what we believe necessary to protect this city, pursuant to the law," Kelly said. "We have a battery of very experienced, well- trained lawyers that advise us on all of our tactics and opera- tions." Outside the department, however, there is little over- sight of the Intelligence Divi- sion and it's roughly $60 million budget. Now Leasing9 Full Scale Gym, Yoga Studio, Sauna & Steam Rooms, Theater, Game Room 2 Hot Tubs, BBQ Grills, Study Lounges, Group Meeting Spaces and morel Fully Furnished Luxury Apartments With in-unit Washer & Dryers Located 3 Minutes from the Diag @ S. University & S. Forest