8 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2006 . Korea stands bymissile'tests Japanese and Australian leaders call for U.N. Security Council to take disciplinary action CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - North Korea's ambassador to Australia warned yesterday that inter- national attempts to halt his nation's missile tests could lead to war. In a letter to The Sunday Herald Sun newspaper in the southern city of Melbourne, Ambassador Chon Jae Hong defended last week's mis- sile launches as "routine military exercises" aimed at increasing the nation's "capacity for self-defense." He said North Korean's missile pro- gram and tests were key to keeping the balance of force in northeast Asia. "It is a lesson taught by history and a stark reality of international relations, proven by the Iraqi crisis, that the upsetting of the balance of force is bound to create instability and spark even a war," Chon said. 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The United States, Britain and France support it but the other twc veto-empowered members of the coun- cil, China and Russia, are opposed. Diplomatic efforts to broker a breakthrough gathered speed yester- day, when Japanese Foreign Minis- ter Taro Aso said Russia may abstair from voting on the resolution, isolat- ing China as the sole country voic- ing opposition. "China will be backed into a cor- ner," Aso said on the TV Asahi morn- ing talk show Sunday Project. "It's only common sense not to do that." Nine of 15 votes on the Security Coun- cil are needed to pass the resolution. Supporters decided at a meeting Friday afternoon not to call for a vote over the weekend after some council members asked for more 40 TOP: Guests participate in a small group discussion during the Douglas Lake Summit on Scientific Integrity hosted by the University's Biological Station in Pellston. 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Discussion group leaders addressed this philosophy of son communication as well, but concerning the film industry. An ollar. audience member asked about the accuracy of the recent Al Gore documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." Eric Sundquist, a United States Geological Survey senior research scientist, said, "There are some oversimplifications. There were no flat out falsities." The film was a "very slick PR piece for Al Gore, whether he is a candidate (for presidency) or not," Sundquist said. "It clearly was constructed to feature Al Gore as a leader in his field." Sundquist said the list of ways to protect the environment find - highlighted in the film - does not come close to what needs tobe done. Taking the "make it simple" approach, Steven Bohlen, president of Joint Oceanographic Institutions, said demand- ing more action from the public than what was in the film would be "too big a piece for people to bite off." The summit ended with a tour of the UMBS facilities. UMBS director Knute Nadelhoffer led the tour through the forest, making stops to speak with Ecologist Peter Curtis and researchers at work. Curtis explained the banker's approach he uses to create a S carbon budget. By measuring carbon production and loss in the forest, researchers can determine the effects of climate change on carbon dioxide levels. In all,the UMBS covers about 10,000 acres of land surround- ing Douglas Lake in Pellston - a small village at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula. The region has a diverse terrain, with forests of pine, northern hardwoods and conifers in addi- tion to fields and meadows, wetlands, rivers and streams. More than 100 students and 15 to 20 faculty members live in two-person cabins overlooking the lake. Over the summer, students take two five-credit courses or one course in addition to independent research. The 12 courses offered for the summer term range from "Environmental Writing and Great Lakes Literature" to "Biol- ogy of Birds" to "Limnology: Fresh Water Ecology."