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…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 20, 2000 ENGLER Continued from Page 1A Michigan, but their existence has not always been welcome. Calling Engler's education policies "very weak," Rep. Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor) expressed apprehension about putting so much faith in charter schools. "These quasi-private schools bleed money out of public schools," Grater said. Engler also announced his inten- tion to create what he called the "Golden A...…

…2A -The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 20, 2000 NATION/WORLD Progressive wins Taiwanese election Aft ACROSS THE NATiom c22 TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Chen Shui-bian, vilified by China as a radical who would thrust Taiwan toward independence and war, won Taiwan's presidential elec- tion Saturday, trouncing the candidate of the party that has ruled this island for more than half a century. Beijing deeply distrusts Chen because his Democra- tic ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 20, 2001 NATION/WORLD Tenuous Mideast truce holds despite gun battle JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian police enforced an informal truce with Israel yesterday, patrolling hot spots, and both sides agreed to renew U.S.-hosted talks on resuming security coordination. The calm was disrupted by an explosion at a Jewish settlement that injured two Israelis and a two-hour gun battle in the West Bank town o...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 20, 2001 NATION/WORLD Bush signs airport security bill WASHINGTON (AP) - The gov- ernment began taking charge of airport security yesterday at the start of the holi- day travel season. President Bush signed legislation that will have more screeners peering in passengers' bags and more sky marshals flying on planes. "Today we take permanent and aggressive steps to improve the securi- ty of our airwa...…

…2 -The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, February 20, 2001 NATION/WORLD Iraq threatens Kuwait, Saudis BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi media yesterday threatened to punish Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, saying they helped U.S. and British airstrikes against sites around Baghdad last 'week. Some 11,000 Iraqis marched yester- day in the capital, some burning American, British and Israeli flags and carrying banners declaring "aggres- sion will not scare us and sa...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 20, 2001 NATION/WORLD Debate begins on campaign finance WASHINGTON (AP) - With a blend of street theater and speechmaking, the Senate raised the curtain yesterday on freewheeling debate over leg- islation to limit the role of money in politics. "It's time to end business as usual," said Sen. John McCain as the bill's supporters prevailed in the first show of strength. "If people think money in politi...…

…0 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 20, 2002 NATION/WORLD Witness cross- examined in war crimes trial NEWS UNBRIEF Eight Palestinians die in gun battles 0 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Slobodan Milosevic cross-examined the first witness in his war crimes trial yesterday, seeking to discredit a Koso- vo Albanian politician who accused the Yugoslav government of imposing a system of apartheid in Kosovo. At times sarcastic and p...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 20, 2002 NATION/WORLD Arafat, Sharon focus on cease-fire UPPER MANeGASt Philippines Muslim rebels attack Filipino troops JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday that Yasser Arafat will be free to travel to an Arab summit next week if the Palestinian leader agrees to a cease-fire, but hinted Arafat may not be allowed back if the violence persists while he is gone. In another inc...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 20, 2004 Nation/World 0 Iraq violence grows, claims 300 _ives NEWS IN BRIEF Ira volecegrosais 30 ive NWSI RIM-EF"MM BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi prime minister insisted yesterday that the raging insurgency - which has claimed 300 lives in the last week alone and resulted in a wave of kidnappings - will not delay January elections, promising the vote will strike a "major blow" against the viol...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 19, 2004 NATION/WORLD 4 tes to reCeve SCarce flu shots NEWS IN BRIEF HEADINE FMAUDHW The Associated Press Norman Cooper has been unable to find a flu shot for his wife who takes daily oxygen treatments for asthma, emphysema and bronchitis. So he was incensed to learn that some inmates in the state prison 30 miles down the road were getting flu shots. "This deal with the prisons has got me so up...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 20, 2002 NATION/WORLD Police arrest Pakistani terro KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Pak- istani police, working with FBI inves- tigators, arrested five men and accused them of links to an al-Qaida- backed group that has targeted for- eigners, churches and American fast food chains, a senior police official said yesterday. Among those arrested was the owner of a soft drinks and ice cream shop in Karach...…

…4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 20, 2002 NATION WORLD U.N. inspectors tell Baghdad to NEWS IN BRIEF release u weapons inventory Party says theater rescue was botched w BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The chief U.N. weapons inspectors, wrapping up a critical two-day visit, urged Iraqi officials yesterday to look again in their nuclear, chemical and biological "stocks and stores" to ensure they have no weapons-making to report. Iraq's ...…

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…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 20, 2004 NATION WORLD City sues Cali. over law on gay mnarriages SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After sanctioning more than 2,800 gay mar- riages in the past week, the city said yesterday it is suing the state of Cali- fornia, challenging its ban on same-sex marriages on constitutional grounds. City Attorney Dennis Herrera said he planned to file the suit by late after- noon."The city and county of San Francis...…

…*I 2A - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 20, 2004 NEWS Bush appoints U.N. diplomat as Iraq ambassador Negroponte to become main lason to Baghdad once US. hands overpower to interim Iraqi government WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush named John Negroponte, the United States's top diplomat at the Unit- ed Nations, as the U.S. ambassador to Iraq yesterday and asserted that Iraq "will be free and democratic and peaceful ." Bush announced the ...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 20, 2006 ~1e 31daipu ~udg 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI48104-1327 www.michigandaily.corn DONN M. FRESARD ALEXIS FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com NATION/WORLD CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom: 763-2459 Office hours: Sun.-Thurs. I1 a.m. - 2. News Tips news@michigandaily.com Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Letters to the Editor tot...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 20, 2006 je £Iidiigau &d1y 413 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI48104-1327 www.michigandaily.com DoNN M. FIEsARD ALExIs FLOYD Editor in Chief Business Manager fresard@michigandaily.com business@michigandaily.com CONTACT INFORMATION News Tips Corrections Letters to the Editor Photography Department Arts Section Editorial Page Sports Section Display Sales Classified Sales Online Sales Finance Newsroom: 763-...…

…2A - Monday, November 20, 2006 THE WORLD'S TOP TEN FAVORITE SONGS 1. A Nation Once Again, Wolfe Tones (Ireland) 2. Vande Mataram, various artists (India) 3. Dil Dil Pakistan, Vital Signs (Pakistan) 4. Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu, llayaraaja (India) 5. Poovum Nadakkuthu Pinchum Nadakkuthu, Thirumalai Chandran (Sri Lanka) 6. Ana wa Laila, Kazem Al Saher (Iraq) 7. Reetu haruma timi hariyali basant hau nadihruma timi pabitra ganga hau, Arun Thapa (Nepa...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 20, 2003 NATION WORLD 302 Iranians die in plane crash NEWS IN BRIEF . HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD i .: f f . . . . 'r'i 2 91 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian military plane carrying 302 members of the elite Revolu- tionary Guards crashed in the mountains of southeastern Iran yesterday, killing all on board in the country's worst plane crash ever, state-run media reported. The plane was en...…

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…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 20, 2005 NATION/WORLD Leaders attempt to curb growing violence in Israel GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders met yesterday to discuss ways to stop mili- tants from firing rockets and mortars in Gaza, heading off the possibility of a large-scale Israeli invasion to curb the surging violence. The decision came as the top Pales- tinian security chief ordered a deploy- ment o...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 20, 2005 NATION/WORLD Silence recalls Okla bombing OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - With 168 moments of silence and the mes- sage that goodness can overcome evil, victims of the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history were remembered yesterday at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Some 1,600 people inside the First United Methodist Church fell silent for 168 seconds at 9:02 a.m,, the moment the Alfre...…

… 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 20, 2003 Officia l suggest 44mobilizing Iraq's._ iS r ,1___1 _ Z1la S NATION/WORLD als dana BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Deadly ambush teams struck U.S. Army tar- gets from west to north in the arc of resistance around Baghdad, and the interim Iraqi leader called yesterday for an immediate mobilization of the old Iraqi army to help the harried Americans. The United States would "speed the process of reliev...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 20, 2003 NATION/WORLD U.S. unleashes Despite renewed air offensive, explosion from car bomb kills child BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded outside the home of a tribal leader in a city west of the capi- tal yesterday, killing one child in yet another attack aimed at a U.S. ally. The explosion in Ramadi targeted the house of Sheik Amer Ali Suleiman, according to his cousin, Yasser Ali. Sule...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 NATION/WORLD New Orleans reopening suspended NEWS IN BRIEF NEHEADRLNENSFRPM-AROUND THE WO' NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Under Rita's projected path and, depending pressure from President Bush and other on its strength and how much rain falls, KEY WEST top federal officials, the mayor sus- N everything could change. Residents pended the reopening of large portions moving into the area may have to c ...…

…2A -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, October 20, 2005 NATION/WORLD first annual ft1 " Rice: Troops mlin raq may stay . Secretary of State says U.S. presence could remain another decade WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declined yester- day to rule out American forces still being needed in Iraq a decade from now. Sena- tors warned that the Bush administration must play it straight with the public or risk losing public sup...…

…2 - Tuesday, February 20, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2 - Tuesday, February 20, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom BURGERS AND BEARSI How to win friends and influence people I was running late to give a Pow- erPoint presentation in one of my classes recently. I scampered into the classroom, where I was sup- posed to present, and plugged my computer into the projector. I had already half-started my presentation. I f...…

…2 - Tuesday, March 20, 2007 MONDAY: The Extremist THURSDAY: ere Campus Characters Crime pays FRIDAY: Explained CASTLES OUT OF CANS I was in a store browsing through the magazine racks last week. I had to find a copy of The Economist and get some economic data from a large table in the back for my Economics 402 class. When I came upon the magazine I found that it cost $6. I also found- that the information I needed was on one page but far ...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 20, 2006 NATION/WORLD Google rebuffs White House request for list of search entries Bush administration sees online database of information as vital to uphold online child protection laws SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand for a peek at what millions of people have been look- ing up on the Internet's leading search engine - a request that underscores the...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 20, 2006 NATION/WORLD Filipino 1 Only two dozen people out of 1,800 missing rescued from debris from landslide GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) -Standing in a light drizzle, the handful of mourners didn't know any of the 30 people laid side by side in a mass grave yesterday as work- ers began burying the few victims recovered since a mudslide wiped out this farming village. Anyone who could have identi...…

…2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 20, 2006 NATION/WORLD Afghan man prosecuted for converting 0 Man could be sentenced to death for changing from Islam to Christianity KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan man is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death on a charge of converting from Islam to Christianity, a crime under this country's Islamic laws, a judge said yesterday. The trial is believed to be the first o...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 6, 2002 ADMISSIONS Continued from Page 1. University community may feel one way about an issue, it is the voice of the state of Michigan that ultimately determines the regents' position. "The idea of the elected board is that the regents represent the state of Michigan and it is the people of the state of Michigan that are the owners of the University," Deitch said. "Our job is to act in the public interes...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 20, 2005 ERO UMMEGoogle may build in A2 STAR FSME 4 Corporation is looking for a suitable location for its new technologv center By Muhammad Saleem Khan Daily Staff Reporter Search engine giant Google is considering Ann Arbor as a possible place to build a new 200,000 square foot technology center. While Steve Langdon, spokesman for Google, would not confirm the rumors, local realtors have said that a re...…

…Monday, July 20, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com U' construction forecast Regents approve renovations for Couzens, UMHS By STEPHANIE STEINBERG DailyNewsEditor At the University Board of Regents monthly meeting on Thursday, the regents reviewed and approved five construction projects involving a University res- idence hall, hospital, museum and science building. The projects total $60.66 million in renovations. APPROVAL OF SCHEMAT...…

…2A - Thursday, November 20, 2008 Painting campus, one dorm at a time University alum John Copley is one of those people you probably haven't seen before, but would know if someone described him. If you've lived in a campus dorm, chances are you've seen Copley's work at some point. Copley, an Ann Arbor native who graduated from the Univer- sity School of Art and Design in 1969, has painted several large murals that now hang in several Univers...…

… 2A - Thursday, September 20, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Explained SERVING UP A CURE A star-crossed venture The story of why the University dollars to finance the project. built a telescope in the middle of The project stalled during World South Africa begins with a love tri- War I because the glass needed to angle. make the lens was manufactured in Both ...…

… 2 - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 42e Maynard St. Ann Arbsr, Ml 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com KARILSTAMPFL DAVID GOH Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-558 stampfl@michigandailyecom goh@michigandailyecom at was barely halftime, and it was miserable on all actounts. The Buck- eyes were storming the stadium, dashing our hopes of a sunny New Year's in Pasadena. we hadn't even won the Blo...…

…2A - Friday, November 20, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Off the Beaten Path WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY:FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Before You Were Here Photos of th Week 2tie i$hdpn Oi 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARY GRACA DAN NEWMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 graca@michigandaily.com tmdbusiness@gmaiLcom CONTACT INFORMATION Newsroom o...…

…2A - Tuesday, January 20, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers C apsCaat Explained, Captain o the party bus THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Before You Were Here Photos of the Week It wouldn'tbe a normal night fur Benny Thomas Blevins, the BTB party bus driver, if intoxi- rated students, weren't falling off of the bus steps ur usingsthe luggage carrier pole as a strip- per pole. Blevins, known as Benny by m...…

…2 - Friday, February 20, 2009 2 - ridy, ebrury 0, 009The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 4 MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Campus Characters WEDNESDAY: Explained T'HUR! Before You' LEFT Offi cers rinse ott the tuird tlour ot the Van Duren House in aursley MORE ONLN Hall at around 1 am. on Saturday morning. (CHRIS DZOMBAK/Daily)MO E NL E TOP Yuan Chen, a sophomore chemical engineering student, performsoat Fer more photos of the we...…

…0 2 - Friday, March 20, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom _.,_ LEFT A video camera focuses on Michigan Vision Party presidential candidate Abhishek Mahanti during the Michigan Student Assembly debate on Monday. (CHRIS DZOMBAK/Daily) MIDDLE DeShawn Sims is interviewed at the NCAA selection cere- mony held at Crisler Arena on Sunday. Michigae mas selected as a No. S0 seed. (WILL MOELLER/Daily) RIGHT Students eojoy beer pong with g...…

…News 2A - Monday, April 20, 2009 TUESDAY: Campus Character WEDNESDAY: Explained THURSDAY Before You Were Harvard will have most sports teams in nation FRIDAY: Here Photos of the Week SUNNY SIDE UP The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com GARYGRACA ELAINABUGLI Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-647-3336 734-764-0558 graca@michigandaily.com bugli@michigandaily.com The Massac...…

… 2A - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 The Michigan Daily michigandailycom FRIDAY: Before You Were Here 'U' researchers trump Dr. Evil The University of Michigan is known for milestones. The Peace Corps started at the University when President John F. Kennedy stood on the steps of the Michigan Union to announce his plan for the program. Michigan Stadium is known across t...…

… 2A - Thursday, March 20, 2008 In the lap of luxury In you haven't heard, con- troversy has been whirling for years around the renovations to Michigan Stadium, in large part because of the University's plans to install 85 luxury boxes along the stadium's sidelines. The boxes, which will cost as much as $85,000 for a season, will be completed by the 2010 season. But what will the people lucky enough to have these pre- mium seats get for their...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 20, 2000-- 3 .. . . Nader to make campaign stop on campus Texas student charged with harassment A Texas A&M student was arrested last week and charged with sending harassing e-mails. Junior James Fen- ner Montier confessed to sending obscene messages to a Maryland woman via a Website that honored her murdered 14 year-old daughter, uni- versity Police Director Bob Wiatt said. The daught...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 20, 2000 - 3 CR IME 'Man seen hitting others with cane while fighting Four men were seen fighting out- side the School of Social Work Mon- day afternoon, Department of Public -Safety reports state. One man was seen knocking over two others with a cane. Officers made contact with the men and a report on the incident was later filed. Burned popcorn sets off fire alarm A fire alarm in the Law Qu...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Miwhigan Daily -- Monday, November 20, 2000 - 3A 'CAMPUS Lounge dedicated to former 'U' activist Regents approve sale of historic home in Dexter The University Board of Regents approved listing Gordon Hall, a his- toric home in Dexter, for sale at their meeting on Thursday. The hall, built in the 1840s, was a gift to the University from Katherine Dexter McCormick, granddaughter of former Regent Judge Samuel Dexter, 4and...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 20, 2000 - 3A ?tESEARCH U astronomers find 3 massive black holes *A team of astronomers announced at the American Astronomical Society Meeting this week that they have discov- ered three supermassive black holes. The black holes, located in galaxies NGC 4473 and NGC 4697 in the con- stellation Virgo and NGC 821 in the bonstellation Aries, increases the total iumber of supermassive black ho...…

… LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 20, 2000-3A CAMPUS Comparative veterinary prof. dies of cancer Clarence Chrisp, professor of com- 0parative veterinary pathology, passed away in February after suffering from pancreatic cancer for seven months. Chrisp began teaching at the Uni- versity of Michigan Medical School in 1967 and continued for two years, before moving to California to contin- be his studies in veterinary pathology. i...…

… LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 20, 2001- 3A RESEARCH Influx of e-mail creates a problem for my.umich.edu Raindrops keep fallin' Copay increases lower availability of medicine, care Recent rises in drug costs and spending have caused insurance com- panies to raising their copay, leading the government to figure out new ways to'provide prescription drug care to Medicare participants, according to researchers at the U...…