The Battalion
Tuesday • June 17, 1997^
Canadian province demands
tobacco firm compensation
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) —
Following the lead of U.S. state governments,
British Columbia on Monday became the
first Canadian province to demand that to
bacco companies pay for health costs associ
ated with smoking.
Premier Glen Clark said his government
plans to enact legislation allowing class-action
lawsuits against the tobacco industry. He called
on Canadian tobacco companies to admit
their products are toxic and addictive.
Clark said the tobacco industry would be
given a chance to cover smoking-related health
costs voluntarily before any steps were taken
to force it to do so.
Eric LeGresley, legal counsel for the Non-
Smokers Rights Association, described the
British Columbia proposal as ground breaking
in Canada.
“For the first time, this is recovering the cost
of smoking-related health costs directly from
the tobacco industry, not via the tax system,”
LeGresley said.
An industry spokesman said the gov
ernment initiative is just a disguised bid to
raise money.
“It appears that they’ve imported a U.S.
idea that isn’t working very well there and is
likely to be inapplicable here,” said Rob Park
er, president of the Canadian Tobacco Man
ufacturers Council.
He said Canadian provincial governments
already get higher tax revenues from cigarettes
than U.S. states.
The British Columbia government makes
$370 million a year in tobacco tax revenue, he
said, while spending only $1.1 million on anti
tobacco programs.
“Those kind of figures lead me to say this
(proposed legislation) is a thinly disguised tax
grab,” Parker said.
Canada’s federal government had expressed
general interest in seeking compensation from
tobacco companies, but has yet to take any
concrete action. Last month, premiers of the
four Atlantic provinces pledged to look into su
ing tobacco manufacturers for health-related
costs of smoking.
Supermodel back on job,
denies overdose reports
PARIS (AP) — Supermodel Naomi
Campbell returned to work Monday
and was feeling “very well” after an
adverse reaction to antibiotics, her
agency said, denying reports she over
dosed on pills.
Paparazzi surrounded the Hotel
Bristol, where Campbell usually stays
while in Paris, but an Elite agency
spokeswoman said the 27-year-old
model was staying with friends.
“She feels very well. She’s very fit,”
spokeswoman Miranda Denoff said in
a telephone interview from London.
“She’s undertaking a prior commit
ment — a photo shoot until the 19th.”
After Paris, Campbell was expect
ed to return to New York, where she
lives, Denoff said.
Campbell was hospitalized Sundayin
the Canary Islands. Spanish media said
she had overdosed on barbiturates after
a heated argument with her boyfriend,
flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes.
A spokeswoman at Our Lady of the
Pines Hospital in Gran Canaria, whoj
spoke on condition of anonymity, said
Sunday that Campbell was undergo-j
ing treatment for a drug overdose. I
Elite released a statement Monday!
saying that “contrary to press reports,” f
Campbell was admitted to thehospi-l
tal “suffering from an allergic reaction I
to antibiotics.”
“Ms. Campbell is now perfectly!
well and fully recovered and left the
hospital late last night for Paris,” the*
statement said.
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EU summit clears deal on euro
Leaders will now focus on expansion into Eastern Europe
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Defusing a cri
sis that threatened the launch of Europe’s single cur
rency, EU leaders reached a compromise deal Monday
that satisfies German concerns for a stable “euro” and
French demands for job creation.
With that agreement out of the way, EU leaders can
spend the rest of their mid-year summit focusing on fu
ture expansion into Eastern Europe.
Monday’s accord aims to keep the euro as strong as the
deutschemark after its 1999 launch while agreeing to do
more to reduce the ranks of Europe’s 18 million unemployed.
“We avoided a huge conflict that could have threat
ened monetary union,” Italian Prime Minister Romano
Prodi said on the first day of the two-day summit.
“That’s creating a stronger Europe.”
The 15 EU leaders unveiled the design of eight euro
coins. The designs of seven euro notes were released at
an EU summit in December.
The summit agreed to free up hundreds of millions
of dollars in grants and loans for job-creating schemes,
giving priority to small and mid-sized companies.
Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm, addressing
German concerns, stressed that any loans “will have to
be paid back. There is no suggestion lots of subsidies
will be handed out.”
The deal balanced conflicting German and French
views. Germany insisted on tight finances while
France’s new Socialist government — facing record 12.8
percent unemployment — sought a commitment to (
spur growth and employment.
The German-inspired “stability pact” ratified Mon-1
day underpins the euro by fining nations that run up i
big budget deficits. “It is imperative to give a newim-1
pulse for keeping employment firmly at the top of the l
political agenda,” the leaders said in a resolution.
^ ^ We avoided a huge conflict
that could have threatened
monetary union.”
Romano Prodi
Italian Prime Minister
Despite Monday’s deal, the plan for a single curren
cy in 1999 is still not certain. France and Germany both
are struggling to meet the strict financial requirements
for joining the euro.
Supporters insist the euro will bring long-term
growth and jobs by easing trade among member coun
tries and by giving Europe the economic strength to
compete with the United States and Japan.
II
Jewish settler opens fire on Palestinians
Violence result of land battles, stalled peace talks
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DEIR EL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP)
—A Jewish settler screaming in bro
ken Arabic fired dozens of shots at
Palestinians in a land dispute Mon
day and tried to run them down
with his tractor. A deaf Palestinian
was wounded by the gunfire.
Israeli troops arrived midway
through the half-hour shooting and
did nothing to stop the settler.
Palestinians who tried to tear down
a fence surrounding the settlement
ducked behind trees.
In a second clash in the West
Bank town of Hebron, Palestinians
threw stones and firebombs at Is
raeli troops who responded with
rubber bullets. Nineteen people
were hurt, including Heidi Levine, a
photographer on assignment for
The Associated Press.
The escalating violence comes
during a deadlock in the Israeli-
Palestinian peace talks following
the failure of the latest mediation
attempt, this time by Egypt. The
battle for land is at the heart of the
Israel-Palestinian conflict.
“The peace process is hitting an
impasse because of Israel’s provoca
tive policies and its refusal to imple
ment agreements,” Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat said Monday.
Palestinians were also angered
by a non-binding resolution ap
proved by the U.S. Congress last
week recognizing Jerusalem as Is
rael’s capital, despite Palestinian
claims to the eastern sector of the
city as a future capital.
Dozens of Palestinians, led by the
senior PLO official in Jerusalem and
the chief Muslim cleric, protested the
resolution Monday at a rally outside
the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem.
“This is a blatant declaration of
war against us,” said the cleric, Ikre-
ma Sarbi. In a letter to U.S. diplo
mats, the protesters warned that
American interests in the Middle
East would be hurt because Wash
ington is increasingly losing credi
bility among Arabs.
The Gaza clash began when 30
Palestinians tried to tear down a
fence near the Gush Katif settle
ment, arguing it was part of an ille
gal land grab. Israeli officials said
the fence stood on land that was al
ways part of the settlement.
After the protesters arrived, a
bearded settler riding on a tractor
shouted “Get out of here!” and be
gan firing his pistol. He also tried to
run down Palestinian cameramen
and photographers.
Movie premiere postponed because of killing
TOKYO (AP) —The Japanese premiere of the popu
lar U.S. horror movie Scream has been delayed because
of the recent slaying and beheading of an 11-year-old
boy in the city of Kobe.
Scream, which depicts a series of killings of high
school students in California, was to have opened at 50
theaters across Japan on Saturday. The Japanese dis
tributor, Asmik Corp., delayed the opening, saying it
was worried about the film’s effect even though its plot
bore no resemblance to the Kobe killing.
The boy’s head was found near a junior high school
in Kobe on May 27. A note stuck in the boy’s mouth
called the police “fools” and the killer boasted of enjoy
ing nothing more than seeing people die.
Japanese have been fearful that the murderer is a ser
ial killer. A girl died in March after being bludgeoned in
the Kobe neighborhood where the head was found. On
the same day, another girl was stabbed in the chest and
almost bled to death.
More than 100 detectives have been investigating
the case, but police have few leads. Another 500 police
are patrolling the area daily. No suspect has been ar
rested in any of the crimes.
Scream, a scary spoof of horror movie cliches,
has earned more than $100 million in box-office
profits since its U.S. release in December.
Zimbabwe backs down
on plan to defy ivory ban
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe
threatened to defy the world ban on ivory
trading Monday, but Western anger quickly
persuaded the government to tone down its
stance during an international meeting on
wildlife conservation.
Environment and Tourism Minister
Chen Chimutengwende said Zimbabwe
would not resume ivory trading until the
U.N. Convention on Trade in Endangered
Species deems its trade controls effective
against poaching.
“We will want the panel of experts to
come again and see if our controls are now
good. If they are satisfied, trading will re
sume,” Chimutengwende told reporters.
Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana have
lobbied intensely during the convention, in
its second, for permission to sell more than
150 tons of combined ivory stockpiles. Ivory
trading has been banned since 1990.
Police arrest 26 people
after Indonesian riots
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)
—Police arrested 26 people in
connection with rioting in
East Java in which mobs
burned a church, a Buddhist
temple, a cinema, shops and
government cars.
The riots broke out Satur
day during a government-or
ganized rally to celebrate a
cleanliness award for the town
of Bangkalan on the East Java
island of Madura.
Newspapers said the vio
lence was touched offby rumors
the rally was actually being held
to celebrate the landslide victo
ry of the ruling Golkar Party in
last month’s elections.
An East Java police
spokesman, Lt. Col. Sofwat
Hadi, said a police officer suf
fered knife wounds during the
rioting in Bangkalan, 400
miles east of Jakarta, and 26
people were arrested.
Dozens of houses were set |
on fire during riots Sunday in
two villages m Pasuman, anoth
er region in East Java, the Suara
Pembaruan newspaper report-1
ed Monday. It said at least five
fishermen were wounded dur
ing those riots, which broke out