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Page! December },2()§4 WORLD NEWS AMANDA HUERTA ELIZABETH LOFTIS Contributing Writers Afghanistan: Peter Jouvenal, A British hotelier and cameraman is being accused by Afghan officials of being part of the kidnapping of the three UN workers. He said that he had carried a note containing a ransom offer of $1.2 million from a Kosovo business man to the Army of Muslims group, but beUeves that no ransom was paid. Jouvenal continues to proclaim that he has had no part in the kidnapping and professes innocence. He has helped negotiate ransoms in past kidnappings and this was the first time that Afghan of ficials have given him any problems. The three UN election workers were released by the Army of Muslims group last week after a month in cap tivity. They are now leaving Afghanistan. Representa tives of the militant group claim that the workers were released in exchange for a release of Taliban members held by the government; however, government of ficials claim that no such agreement was made. Two U.S. soldiers were killed by an improvised ex plosive device in central Af ghanistan when their vehicle was blown up as it crossed a dry river bed. One other soldier was wounded and has been evacuated to a medical facility. Pakistan: The 22 November edition of Newsweek has been banned in Pakistan. It contains an article about the Dutch film maker, Theo Van Gogh, 47, who was murdered on No vember 2nd. His controver sial film critical of Islamic culture was intended to il lustrate domestic violence in MusUm societies. One of the more controversial as pects of the film was featured World news briefs in the magazine-- images of Koranic verses inscribed on semi-naked women. Magis trate Tariq Mahmood Pirzada said the article, Clash of Ci vilisations, “contained some objectionable remarks which are tantamount to desecra tion of the Koran. In an attempt to get more support from tribesmen in the North-West Frontier province, government offi cials have given anmesty to five key tribesmen after they pledged not to support al- Qaeda. Additionally, tribal check points will be removed from the border areas of the region. Hundreds of al-Qa- eda militants are reportedly hiding in the North-West region which includes the North and South Waziristan and borders Afghanistan. Israel: On Sunday, PLO chief Mah- moud Abbas told the Arab League, during a visit to Egypt, that the Palestinians will not accept an interim settlement with Israel. He also said the establishment of a Palestinian state in 2005, as called for in the Mideast Quartet’s road map to peace, was possible. The militant al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades - the armed wing of the Fatah movement - has announced that it will back his candi dacy for the January poll. Mr Abbas is a moderate and there have been questions as to whether he might be op posed by Fatah’s militants but they seem to have been persuaded by jailed Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouti. Barghouti announced on Fri day he would not run in the Palestinian presidential elec tion, and urged supporters to back Mr Abbas. The Palestinian Author ity has said it is disband ing a small security unit in Gaza accused of human rights abuses. A senior offi cial said the 70 members of the Department of Protec tion and Security, known as the “Death Squad", would be re-assigned to other units, The unit was formed more than a year ago in response to attacks by opposition fac* tions against the Palestinian Authority. Riots erupted in the Sha ron prison on Sunday when prisoner Amana Muna, who murdered 16-year old Israeli youth Ophir Rahum in Janu ary 2001, refused to stand for an inspection. The secu rity detainees poured boiling oil and chemical products on the facility’s guards. Zimbabwe: The government has tight ened its reporting laws this month by creating the “Ac cess to Information and Pro tection of Privacy Act.” This law makes it illegal for any foreign journalist to be based in Zimbabwe and punishes any journalist who reports without the approval of a govemment appointed com mission. Many current jour nalists feel this is President Mugabe’s attempt to take Zimbabwe off of news head lines and out of the world’s view. Sudan: Restrictions on humanitarian aid were issued last week in Sudan’s region of northern Darfur when fighting esca lated between the Janjaweed and rebel forces. Because of the fighting, aid work ers had to be airlifted from the region by the United Nations, resulting in over 300,000 internally displaced people without any aid. The govemor of North Darfur has claimed the region is in a state of emergency and encouraged all foreign aid groups to resume their work. Many aid groups are hesitant to return, especially the UN World Food Bank Program, which is stating that it will not resume operations. Iran: The IAEA has cleared twen ty centrifuges, and passed a resolution welcoming the suspension of uranium en- riclmient, but in the resolu tion, there was no mention of reproductions if Iran resumes enrichment production. The US however has stated that it will continue to monitor the nuclear production in Iran and if enrichment resumes it will considering reporting Iran to the UN. It has been reported that IAEA officials will not remain to keep guard over the centrifuges, but rather cameras will monitor all uranium production. Iraq: Despite current battle con ditions, the govemment still intends to hold elections on January 30, 2005. A spokes man for interim Iraqi Prime Minister lyad Allawi said: “The govemment is deter mined to hold elections at the scheduled date and is work ing with the various political forces to that purpose.” The temporary constitution calls for the elections to take place at the end of January, pend ing candidates file during the end of November and the beginning of December. The electoral commission has set December 10th as the candidate filing dead line. The election will have representatives from multi ple parties due to the heavily split country. The process is definitely one to follow. European Union: On Monday afternoon, No vember 29th, the body of a 40-year-old man was found in Glen Eagles Gardens in Belfast. The police are con ducting an investigation, but so far there are no leads. The father of Emily Webster is suing^ First Great West ern for not putting seatbelts in high-speed trains. The Devon girl was killed in the Berkshire rail crash and the father says a seatbelt would have saved her life. First Great Western is still con sidering the seatbelt issue Editor in Chief. Krista Kearney heraid@meredith.edu Managing Editor. Christy Kimball News Editor. Jennifer Port Features Editor. Jane Langford Sports Editor. Maria Santore Copy Editor. Paula Stewart Layout Editor. Amber Littesy Staff Photographer Wendy Gem Business Manager Stephanie Harrington Advertising Manager. Shruti Shah Faculty Adviser. Dr. Rebecca Duncan Staff Writers. Nina Borum Ashley Crawford Piper Petrocelli Tiffany Stokes Jackie Bullock Allie Horton Lucinda Ward Jaye Mize The Meredith Herald is published by the College throughout the Academic Year. The paper is ftmded by the College and through Independent Advertising. The opinions expressed in the editorial columns do not necessarily reflect those of the college administration, faculty, or student body. Published by Hinton Press
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