The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, September 23, 2013 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS ANN ARBOR, Mich. Ann Arbor city council considers divestment The Ann Arbor City Council is considering a proposal to sell off fossil fuel-linked investments in its $429 million municipal pen- sion plan. The University of Michigan campus community already aims to make a 90 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions in the city of 115,000 by 2050. The city's Energy Commission is urging the council to pass a resolution directing the pension board to sell holdings in the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel companies. The Ann Arbor News says pension fund chief Nancy Walker warns the move could hurt the city financially. The proposal has failed before but now in on the City Council's Oct. 21 agenda. DETROIT Campaign provides two-million meals to Michigan kids Organizers say the annual Hunger Free Summer campaign provided more than 2 million meals to hungry children in southeastern Michigan. The effort was coordinated by Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan and the Charter One Foundation. They say the 2013 Hunger Free Summer campaign raised more money and distributed more meals than the previous cam- paigns. According to officials with the campaign, nearly 320,000 chil- dren in southeastern Michigan rely on free or reduced-fee meals during the school year. When the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs are unavail- able, those kids and their families risk missing meals. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Computer glitch causes delay of cargo launch to ISS A brand new commercial cargo ship making its orbital debut experienced navigation system trouble Sunday, and its arrival at the International Space Station was delayed at least two days. The rendezvous was aborted less than six hours before the scheduled arrival of Orbital Sci- ences Corp's Cygnus capsule, packed with 1,300 pounds of food and clothes for the space station crew. The Virginia-based company said it already has developed a software repair. The new soft- ware will be tested on the ground before it is transmitted to the Cygnus and tested again. If all goes well, the capsule will make another docking attempt Tues- day morning. CAGLIARI, Sardinia * Pope discusses financial crisis Pope Francis denounced what he called big business's idolatry of money as he traveled Sunday to one of Italy's poorest regions to offer hope to the unemployed and entrepreneurs struggling to hang on. "Where there is no work, there is no dignity," he said. Francis left aside his prepared remarks and spoke off the cuff to thousands of people in Sardinia's capital, telling them he knew well what it was like to suffer from financial crisis. He recalled that his Italian parents, who immi- grated to Argentina before he was born, spoke about it often at home. "My young father went to Argentina full of illusions of mak- ing it in America," a somber Fran- cis told the crowd at the start of a daylongvisit to the island. "And he suffered the terrible crisis of the 1930s. They lost everything. There was no work." -Compiled from Daily wire reports Engineering career fair returns on Monday Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall. Kenyan authorities said Islamic extremist attackers remain inside the upscale Kenyan shopping mall, holding an unknown number of hostages, after killing and injuring scores of people in the attack. Kenyan government takes back mall in 'major' military assault Attacks with links to al-Qaida kills 68, injures 175 RIO NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Helicopters circling overhead, Kenya's military launched a major operation Sunday at an upscale Nairobi mall and said it had rescued "most" of the hos- tages being held captive by al- Qaida-linked militants during a two-day standoff that killed at least 68 people and injured 175. The military assault began shortly before sundown, with one helicopter skimming very close tothe roof of the shopping complex as a loud explosion rang out, far larger than any previous grenade blast or gun- fire volley. Kenyan police said on Twit- ter that security forces had launched a "MAJOR" assault to end the bloody siege. "This will end tonight. Our forces will prevail. Kenyans are standing firm against aggres- sion, and we will win," Kenya's National Disaster Operation Centre said on Twitter. The Kenya Defense Forces later said it had rescued "most" hostages and had taken control of most of the mall, though it did not provide details. Many of the rescued hos- tages - mostly adults - were suffering from dehydration, Col. Cyrus Oguna, a military spokes- man, told The Associated Press. He refused to say how many hostages were rescued or how many were still being held. He said some of the attackers had "most probably" been killed in the operation. The assault came about 30 hours after 10 to 15 al-Shabab extremists stormed the mall Sat- urday from two sides, throwing grenades and firing on civilians. Loud exchanges of gunfire rang out from inside the four- story mall throughout Sunday. Kenyantroopswereseencarrying in at least two rocket-propelled grenades. Al-Shabab militants reacted angrily to the helicop- ters on Twitter and warned that the Kenyan military action was endangering hostages. Kenyan authorities said they would do their utmost to save hostages' lives, but no officials could say precisely how many people were being held captive. Kenya's Red Cross said ina state- ment, citing police, that 49 peo- ple had been reported missing. Officials did not make an explicit link but that number could give an indication of the number of people held captive. Kenya's Red Cross said the death toll rose to 68 after nine bodies were recovered Sun- day. More than 175 people were injured, including many chil- dren, Kenyan officials said. Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack that specifically targeted non-Mus- lims, saying it was in retribution for Kenyan forces' 2011 push into neighboring Somalia. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned what he called "an enormous offense against everybody's sense of right and wrong," and called the attackers "ruthless and completely reck- less terrorists." Kerry, who was in New York, for meetings at the United Nations, spoke Sunday with Somalia's foreign minister and U.N. ambassador. State Department spokes- woman Marie Harf said U.S. law enforcement, military and civil- ian personnel in Nairobi were providing advice and assistance to the Kenyan authorities. She said five Americans were among the scores of people injured in the attack, but the U.S. had no reports of any American deaths. Earlier in the day, al-Shabab said on its new Twitter feed - after its previous one was shut down Saturday - that Kenyan officials were asking the hos- tage-takers to negotiate and offering incentives. "We'll not negotiate with the Kenyan govt as long as its forces are invading our country, so reap the bitter fruits of your harvest," al-Shabab said in a tweet. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who lost a nephew and the nephew's fiancee in the attack, reiterated his govern- ment's determination to contin- ue fighting al-Shabab. "We went as a nation into Somalia to help stabilize the country and most importantly to fight terror that had been unleashed on Kenya and the world," said Kenyatta. "We shall not relent on the war on terror." Although this violent attack had succeeded, the Kenyan lead- er said, the country's security forces had "neutralized" many others. FormerKenyanPrimeMinister Raila Odinga told reporters that "quite a number" of people were being held hostage in two areas of the sprawling complex, which includes stores for such retail giants as Nike, Adidas and Bose. Many hostages were believed to be in agrocery and general depart- mentstore called Nakumatt. Kenyan security officials soughtto reassure the families of hostages but implied that some of those being held could be killed. "The priority is to save as many lives as possible," said Inte- rior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Lenku, adding that more than 1,000 people escaped the attack inside the mall on Saturday. 1,500 students, 300 companies to take over North Campus By PAULA FRIEDRICH Daily StaffReporter After months of fielding more than 100 e-mails per day, the four directors of the Society of Women Engineers and Tau Beta Pi Career Fair are stepping back to let recruiters and students connect. The annual SWE/TBP career fair runs Monday through Tues- day. The event typically attracts about 1,500 students and 300 companies each year, but direc- tors said even more were look- ing for space. "We basically take over every single building on North Campus," said Engineering senior Emily Carroll, a mem- ber of the University's chap- ter of the Society of Women Engineers and one of the fair's directors. That makes the SWE/TBP fair the second-largest student- run career fair in the country for 2013, right behind Purdue's Industrial Roundtable Career Fair, which is also held for engi- neers and attracted roughly 300 companies last year. It's also one of the biggest fairs on campus - the Career Center's biggest fair is the Fall Expo, which brings in about 140 companies. "When you think about the size of the events they're doing and being able to do all the logistics that are involved while you are also a full-time student is pretty amazing," said Sally Schuenemann, the Career Cen- ter's career events manager. ; Schuenemann said loca- tions often have to be reserved almost two years in advance of an event, making logistics the most challenging partof putting together a career fair. Engineering senior Natalie Eyke, one of the fair's directors and a member of the Tau Beta Pi, the University's engineering honors society, said there are a lot of things to stay on top of, from making sure the caterer is University-approved to orga- nizing times for recruiters to unload their gear. But she said an adviser from the Engineering Career Center helps the student organizers jump that hurdle. "They are aware of resources that we aren't necessarily aware of," said Eyke. Eyke said the fact that the directors are students gives them a beneficial perspective that the University officials might not have. "We're more in touch with other students," she said. "We notonly know what we wanthbut we can reach out to our friends and say 'What are you looking for?' more easilythan maybethe University could." That perspective resulted in spreading out similar com- panies across the space, so students aren't professing their desire to work for one company only to do the same within earshot of the another recruiter. That student perspective also plays heavily in the prepara- tion for the University's other student-run fair, MPowered's Startup Career Fair. MPow- ered is a student-run group that encourages student entrepre- neurship. "We spend a lot of time with our team thinking 'How can we make this a really great experi- ence for the students?' " said Engineering junior Natasja Nielsen, a co-director of MPow- ered's start-up fair. Engineering senior Michael Boyd, one of the SWE/TBP career fair's directors, said a strong reputation both within and outside the University makes it possible for students to run a career fair. Builders, soldiers hustle to reconnect Colorado towns impacted by flood Suicide bombers kill 78 people in attack on church in Pakistan Pair of bombers linked with Pakistani Taliban PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up amid hun- dreds of worshippers at a his- toric church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 78 people in the deadliest-ever attack against the country's Christian minority. A wing of the Pakistani Tali- ban claimed responsibility for the bombing, raising new ques- tions about the government's push to strike a peace deal with the militants to end a decade- 'long insurgency that has killed thousands of people. The Jundullah arm of the Taliban said they would contin- ue to target non-Muslims until the United States stopped drone attacks in Pakistan's remote trib- al region. The latest drone strike came Sunday, when missiles hit a pair of compounds in the North Waziristan tribal area, killingsix suspected militants. The attack on the All Saints Church, which wounded 141 people, occurred as worshippers were leaving after services to get a free meal of rice offered on the front lawn, said a top govern- ment administrator, Sahibzada Anees. "There were blasts and there was hell for all of us," said Nazir John, who was at the church in the city's Kohati Gate district along with at least 400 other worshippers. "When I got my senses back, I found nothing but smoke, dust, blood and screaming people. I saw severed body parts and blood all around." Survivors wailed and hugged one another in the wake of the blasts. The white walls of the church, which first opened in the late 1800s, were pockmarked with holes caused by ball bear- ings contained in the bombs to cause maximum damage. Blood stained the floor and the walls. Plates filled with rice were scat- tered across the ground. The attack was carried out by two suicide bombers who deto- nated their explosives almost simultaneously, said police offi- cer Shafqat Malik. The 78 dead included 34 women and seven children, said Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. Another 37 chil- dren were among the 141 wound- ed, he said. The number of casualties from the blasts was so high that the hospital ran short of caskets for the dead and beds for the wounded, said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, a former information minister of surrounding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province who was on the scene. "This is the deadliest attack against Christians in our coun- try," said Irfan Jamil, the bish- op of the eastern city of Lahore. Pope Francis led several thousand people in a prayer for the victims while on a visit to Sardinia. Those who carried out the attack, he said, "took the wrong choice, one of hatred and war." One of the wounded, John Tariq, who lost his father in the attack, demanded of those behind the bombing: "What have we done wrong to these people? Why are we being killed?" Ahmad Marwat, who iden- tified himself as the spokes- man for the Jundullah wing of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack. "All non-Muslims in Paki- stan are our target, and they will remain our target as long as America fails to stop drone strikes in our country," Marwat told The Associated Press by telephone from an undisclosed location. Natural disaster damages over 2,000 square miles LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - State highway crews and National Guard troops worked furiously Sunday to repair highways to Colorado moun- tain towns cut off by unprec- edented flooding. Other teams were assessing how much damage needed to be repaired on Colorado's east- ern plains before trucks begin hauling in the fall harvest. "They're reallyhumming,"said Jerre Stead, the corporate execu- tive chosen by Gov. John Hick- enlooper to oversee the state's recovery from the catastrophic floods, which killed seven and wreaked havoc across 17 counties and 2,000 square miles. Stead and Don Hunt, execu- tive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, said they were optimistic they can meet a Dec. 1 target to com- plete temporary fixes to at least some roads, if more bad weath- er doesn't interfere. Quick repairs are critical because winter weather will make highway work more dif- ficult and force the closure of the high-elevation Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Moun- tain National Park, one of only two routes still open into Estes Park, a small town at the park's east entrance. Also looming are the harvests from Colorado's $8.5 billion-a- year agriculture industry, which relies on trucks to get cattle and crops to markets. Officials said it's too early to know how much time and money it will take to make per- manent repairs, but they say it will cost more than $100 million. Some 200 miles of state highways and 50 bridges were destroyed. On Sunday, Stead and Hunt drove up flood-battered U.S. 36 northwest of Denver until they reached a point where floodwa- ters had obliterated the roadway. Then they got out and hiked. Holding his hands about shoulder-width apart, Stead said, "You're on paths this nar- row where the roads used to be." Residents who chose not to evacuate aboard National Guard helicopters gave them a lift at one point, Hunt said. Those isolated residents can drive along unscathed sections of highway but cart reach either Estes Park on the north or Lyons on the south. Hunt said residents of Pine- wood Springs had built make- shift trails along highway washouts and planned to escort some children along those paths to waiting vehicles on Monday. He didn't know how many children were makingthe trek or how far they would have to walk. Stead said the devastation was worse than he expected, but Hunt was more optimistic. "It's maybe not as bad as I thought," he said. "The damage is severe, but it's highly concen- trated" in a few areas, mostly where roads share a narrow canyon with a river. Hunt said the biggest diffi- culties will be getting construc- tion materials into damaged areas and protecting workers and travelers from falling rocks loosened by days of heavy rain. Colorado will award sev- eral contracts for emergency repairs to construction compa- nies on Monday. State employ- ees and National Guard soldiers are already on the job and mak- ing quick progress, Stead said. The federal government will reimburse the state up to $100 million for road repairs, CDOT spokeswoman Amy Ford said, but Colorado officials are push- ing to raise that to $500 million, which she said was the cap for mid-Atlantic states rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.