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CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Bumper cars Jacket jacked Public meeting Sexual health

gone wrong
WHERE: 1600 Medical
Center Drive
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 8:30 a.m
WHAT: A vehicle struck a
parked vehicle in a Univer-
sity parking lot and cracked
the bumper, University '
Police reported. The acci-
dent occured sometime
between 11 p.m. Tuesday
and 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Hulk smash
WHERE: Oxford Housing
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 7 p.m.
WHAT: A hole punched in
the wall was discovered by
staff members, University
police reported. A possible
suspect has been identified.

WHERE: G.G. Brown
Labratory Building
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 10:30 a.m
WHAT: A staff member
reported that his jacket was
taken from his office some-
time between 7 p.m. Jan. 23
and 11 a.m. Jan. 24, Univer-
sity Police reported. There
are no suspects.
There ain't an
app for that
WHERE: School of Den-
tistry
WHEN: Wednesday at
about 1:50 p.m
WHAT: A man's iPhone
was stolen from his jacket
pocket in the locker room,
University Police reported.
The jacket had been left
unattended.

on crime
WHAT: DPS officials will
hold their second public
crime meeting, where
they'll present crime statis-
tics, major incidents, and
crime prevention strategies
to the public.
WHO: Department of Pub-
lic Safety
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: The Michigan
Union Anderson Room
Relaxation
seminar
WHAT: Students will learn
relaxation techniques such
as deep muscle relaxation,
deep breathing and self
encouragement to relieve
stress.
WHO: Counseling and Psy-
chological Services
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: Michigan Union,
room 3100

workshop
WHAT: Local sex experts
will be coming in to talk
about being sexually active
and promoting safe sexual
activity. Students will be
free to ask questions.
WHO: University Health
Services
WHEN: Today at 2 p.m.
WHERE: The Michigan
League
Conflict help
WHAT: A workshop will be
held to aid college students
in managing conflicts.
WHO: Center for Campus
Involvement
WHEN: Today at noon
WHERE: The Michigan
Ution
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Arlington National Cem-
etery, a military ceme-
tery in Virginia, is trying
to account for 12 million dol-
lars in federal funds that the.
cemetary's management has
no record of, The Washing-
ton Post reported. An investi-
gation is ongoing.
Guilting yourself into
greener behaviors
won't work, says Kris-
ten Kiluk. Taking a cue from
former Gov. Schwarzenegger,
enviornmentalists should
promote a less pushy agenda.
as FOR MORE, SEE OPINION, PAGE 4
A Colorado ballot pro-
posal that will likely be
voted on in November
seeks to legalize marijuana
in small amounts, The Den-
ver Post reported. The ballot
hopes the measure will add
tax revenue from the regu-
lated sale of marijuana.

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Inmate abuse leads international
aid group to leave Libyan prisons

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Cases of torture embarrassment to the governing
National Transitional Council,
threaten to which is struggling to establish
its authority inthe divided nation.
undermine new Doctors Without Borders said
that since August, its medical
Libyan government teams have treated 115 people in
Misrata who bore torture-relat-
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - ed wounds, including cigarette
Doctors Without Borders has sus- burns, heavy bruising, bone frac-
pended its work in prisons in the tures, tissue burns from electric
Libyan city of Misrata because it shocks and kidney failure from
said torture was so rampant that beatings. Two detainees died
some detainees were brought for after being interrogated, the
care onlyto make them fit for fur- group's general director said.
ther interrogation, the group said "Patients were brought to us
yesterday. in the middle of interrogation for
The announcement was com- medical care, in order to make
pounded by a statement from them fit for further interrogation.
Amnesty International saying it This is unacceptable," MSF gen-
has recorded widespread pris- eral director Christopher Stokes
oner abuse in other cities as well, said in a statement. "Our role is to
leading to the death of several provide medical care to war casu-
inmates. alties and sick detainees, not to
The allegations, which come repeatedlytreatthe same patients
more than three months after between torture sessions."
former leader Moammar Gadhafi Libya's Western-backed lead-
was captured and killed, were an ership, which has sought to

assure the world of its commit-
ment to democracy and human
rights, has acknowledged that
some prisoners held by revolu-
tionary forces have been abused.
It insisted the mistreatment was
not systematic and pledged to
tackle the problem. -
But the transitional govern-
ment has been unable to rein in
the dozens of militias that arose
during the war and have been
reluctant to disband or submit to
central authority.
Amnesty International said
in a statement issued yesterday
that it has met with a number
of detainees in Tripoli, Misrata,
and Gharyan who showed visible
marks indicating torture, includ-
ing open wounda on the head,
limbs, back and other parts of
the body. A number of detainees
spoke to Amnesty about beatings
with electric cables and metal
chains, and they reported being
suspended in contorted positions
and given electric shocks.

Internet activists protest against the international copyright agreement ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement'
in front of the European Parliament office in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 24.
Poland signs copyright treaty,
Internet users continue protest

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racy blocked international standards on pro-
tecting the rights of those who
o adhere to produce music, movies, phartna-
ceuticals, fashion, and a range of
iternational other products that often fall vic-
titu to intellectual property theft.
standards "Ao th
stan ards ACTA also takes aim at the
online piracy of movies and
SAW, Poland (AP) - music; those opposed to it fear
yesterday signed an inter- that it will also lead authorities to
1 copyright agreement, block content on the Internet.
g more demonstrations by A prominent Polish rock start,
t users who have protest- Zbigniew Holdys, has come out
ays over fear it will lead to in support of ACTA, accusing the
ensorship. Internet activists - mostly young
the signing, protest- people - of profiting from pirated
ed in the Polish cities of material online and tryingto hold
and Lublin to express onto that practice.
ger over the treaty. Law- ACTA shares some similari-
for the left-wing Palikot's ties with the hotly debated Stop
ent wore masks in parlia- Online Piracy Act in the U.S.,
show their dissatisfac- which was shelved by lawmak-
ile the largest opposition ers last week after Wikipedia and,
the right-wing Law and Google blacked out or partially
party - called for a refer- obscured their websites for a day
on the matter. in protest.
-oversy in Poland has Poland's ambassador to Japan,
epening over the Anti- Jadwiga Rodowicz-Czechowska,
feiting Trade Agree- signed it in Tokyo. Speaking on
r ACTA. Though many Polish television, she said that
ndustrialized countries Poland was one of several Euro-
gned it, popular outrage pean Union countries to sign
to be greater in Poland ACTA Thursday, including Fin-
ywhere else. land, France, Ireland, Italy, Por-
is a far-reaching agree- tugal, Romania and Greece.
hat aims to harmonize Several other industrialized

countries, including the United
States, Canada and South Korea,
signed the agreement last year.
Poland's support for ACTA has
sparked attacks on Polish govern-
inent websites by a group calling
itself "Anonymous" that left them
several of them unreachable off
and on for days. Street protests
of hundreds, and in some cases
thousands of people, have bro-
ken out across Poland for the past
three days.
In reaction to the widespread
opposition, Polish leaders have
been strugglingto allay fears over
it.
Poland's Foreign Minister
Radek Sikorski defended his
government's position in a TV
interview Wednesday, evening,
arguing that ACTA is not as
threatening as young people fear.
But he said the Internet should
not be allowed to become a space
of "legal anarchy."
"We believe thattheftonamas-
sive scale of intellectual property
is not a good thing," Sikorski said.
In the Czech Republic, a local
group aligning itself with Anony-
mous attacked the website of a
group that supports ACTA. The
group collects money for music
production and distributes it to
artists.

New Mexico debate over restrictions
on immigrant driver's licenses persists

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Officials say
current policy a
threat to safety
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -
Republican Gov. Susana Mar-
tinez suffered a temporary
political setback yesterday in
a bid to stop New Mexico from
granting driver's licenses to ille-
gal immigrants.
A legislative commit-
tee shelved her proposal and
approved a Democrat-backed
alternative that continues to
allow licenses for illegal immi-
grants but with new restric-
tions.
The politically-charged fight
is far from over, however. The
legislation heads to another
panel for consideration and
Martinez stands a strong chance

of success if the issue reaches
the full 70-member House for
a vote. A measure to overturn
New Mexico's license policy for
immigrants passed the House
last year with the support of
eight Democrats and one inde-
pendent.
"I've got all the votes I need
in the House," said Rep. Andy
Nunez, a Hatch independent
sponsoring the governor's pro-
posal.
Nunez conceded it's very
uncertain whether the mea-
sure can clear the Democrat-
controlled Senate, which solidly
rejected it last year.
The House Labor and Human
Resources Committee voted 5-4
on a party-line split for what
Democrats described as a com-
promise proposal. Republicans
opposed it.
The measure allows illegal

immigrants to continue getting
licenses but for only two years
before needing renewal. Cur-
rently, licenses can last four
or eight years. The measure
increases penalties for license
fraud and will cancel licenses
previously issued to foreign
nationals if they renew them
within two years - allowing
the state to determine whether
people remain New Mexico resi-
dents.
House Majority Leader Ken
Martinez, a Grants Democrat,
said the state's license policy
allows illegal immigrants to
"come up from the shadows"
so they can drive to work and
take their children to school
and other places without fear of
arrest for not having a license.
The committee-approved
restrictions will "really hit the
bad guys hard," he said.

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