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Page 2 November 10,2(l()4 NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS Meredith students speak out about information provided pre-election ALLIE HORTON Staff Writer , “I’m humbled by the tru^ and the confidence of my fellow citizens,” re-elected President Bush said to his supporters after his victory was determined Wednes day. “With that trust comes a duty to serve all Ameri cans. And I will do my best to fulfill that duty ev ery day as your president.” Bush’s remarks followed opponent John Kerry’s con cession speech in which the senator told democrats, “We cannot win this election.” 0nefocusofthc2004clection was raising the youth vote. MTV’s effort, the Choose or Lose Campaign, set a goal of 20 million young voters be- World News in Brief The Israeli Knesset has giv en initial approval to a bill to compensate settlers leaving Gaza under Sharon’s witk- drawat plan. Il also predicts that settlers who refuse to leave will be punished. The bill was approved 64-44. Sources continue to be con flicted over the condition of Yassir Arafat. Sources in the defense department say that on Tuesday Arafat will be disconnected from life support. The former Pales tinian Prime Minister, the current Palestinian Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister were supposed to leave Sunday to go to Paris. It is expected that they will announce the death of Ara fat. However, Arafat’s wife claims that he is doing well and he is going home. She lashed out at Arafat’s top lieutenants Monday for at tempting to bury him alive. She claims that the Palestin ian officials going to Paris are trying to usurp Arafat’s position. An aide to Mr. Arafat said that he was not in a coma but he remained in intensive care. There is increased tension and un certainty over who will suc ceed Arafat if he dies. SARAH WAINWRIGHT Contributing Writer Afghanistan: The three hos tages that were taken from Kabul, Afghanistan are still being held by Jaish-al Mus- limeen (the Army of Mus lims). The Army of Muslims is behcved to be an offshoot of the Taliban and they have issued a list of demands. President Karzai made his first speech since the elec tion. He has promised to combat private militias, nar cotic production and pov erty. In his second term he hopes to unify his people and include his political rivals in his govenunent. China: An ethnic conflict be tween Hui Muslims and Han Chinese erupted in the cen tral province of Henan. The state-controlled New China News Agency reports seven dead and 42 injured. How ever, they are well known for understating the severity of such incidents. It is pos sible that as many as 30-100 people died in the clash that was sparked by a traffic ac cident. Two Chinese officials in Hong Kong have been sent to jail after they were convicted of spying for Great Britain. Wei Pinguan was an official in the Chinese embassy in Hong Kong and he was sen tenced to life in prison. Cai Xiaohong was secretary- general of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong and he was sentenced to 15 years. Another official is waiting to be sentenced. Great Britain had no comment. European Union: Dutch po lice are investigating links between the death of film maker Theo van Gogh and the bombing of the Eind hoven on November 8. The Eindhoven is an Islamic school. It is suspected that Theo van Gogh was killed by an Islamic radical and so it is possible that the bomb ing was a revenge tactic. No one was hurt although sev eral mosques have been the targets of vandalism and ar son. Three teenage Sikh boys have been suspended for wearing under-turbans at Elysee Lou ise Muchel in Bobiny. They are the first Sikh’s to be pun ished for violating France’s new laws baiming conspicu ous religious head cover ings. Several Muslim girls have already been expelled for wearing headscarves. The boys say that although they have fallen behind in their schoolwork they want to remain in the public school system. Iran: If Iran does not change its nuclear plans it faces possible UN sanctions. Af ter a weekend meeting in Paris, officials are optimis tic and speaking hopefully about Iran’s cooperation. If an agreement is reached be fore the next International Atomic Enei^ Agency on November 25th, Iran will probably not be reported to the UN Security Council. Iraq: Hungary has an nounced that it plans to re move its troops from Iraq in March of 2005. Foiu" other nations also have plans to leave the country in 2005. So far eight nations have al ready pulled their troops out of Iraq since March of2004, but America and Great Brit ain plan to stay in the coun try for now. Four people were kid napped in western Baghdad last week. The kidnappers were armed with AK-47’s and rockct-propelled gre nades. An Iraqi guard and an attacker died during the incident. The hostages, two Arabs, a Nepali, and an American, work for the Saudi Arabian Trading and Contracting Company. US led forces have invaded the city of Falluja, in central Ira q, which has served as a stronghold for insur gents. Falluja is a predomi nately Sunni Muslim city and has been a hotbed for resistance since the occupa tion began. American and Iraqi soldiers have seized control of two hospitals, two bridges, and one railway sta tion. Israel/ Palestine: The senior Israeli army commander in Gaza has resigned his post. Brig Gen Shmuel Zakai is said to have told reporters that Prime Minister Sha ron ordered an operation in Gaza that the army thought was unnecessary. Another reports said that he failed a polygraph test during an investigation to find where press leaks were coming from. plwto courtesy of crin.com President Bush addresses the public in a speech this week. tween the ages of 18 and 30. It’s an age group in which the voter turnout has been declining in the past decade. The youth vote total came in at over 21 million, ac cording to CBS News analysis, and voter turnout was up to 52 percent in the 2004 election from 42 per cent in the election is 2000. Mereditii students had strong opinions about the way the college handled the election. Senior Kristin Smith said, “I do feel that the Meredith Votes program that Dr. Frazier led was impera tive, and that the faculty did encourage us all to vote.” When asked whether she feels Meredith provides ad equate information regard ing the election. Smith said, “I don't think that they were. Very few ofmy professors did a decent job of even keeping their own preferences hid den. I feel that if the college is going to emphasize the importance of voting and try to be informative, it should do so in an unbiased way.” Senior Tiffany Barnes agrees, “There could [have been] a little more infor mation” about the elec tion available to students. Smith, emphasizing the im portance of the individual being heard, said, “Voting isn’t politics. It’s a personal preference as to who you want to lead you and your country for the next 4 yeare.” President Bush is already making plans for his second term. “Americans are ex pecting bipartisan effort and results,” President Bush said in his weekly radio address Saturday. “My administra tion will work with both par ties in Congress to achicvc those results and to meet the responsibility we share.”
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