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Wednesday, June 4, 2003 NEW! THE BATTALIOS Full Moan by R.DeLuna Peace UELL , That'S IT You 6uyS. T'/M "DoaJE Packi/oc? - To^orroio X HEAD OFF To COLLEGE Ld'TH THE Ho MAaJS Bor AioT Before 0ajE LAST AJIGHT As LoERE- COOcF , oje Goiajg X© A /MoajSTer TRoc»c SHoU> Continued from page 1 ‘SEE R9A *1 At the same time, Mubarak added: “Israel must fulfill its own responsibilities to rebuild trust and restore normal Palestinian life, and carry out other obligations under the road map.” The Arab leaders’ statement, however, con tained few specifics in terms of what Arab leaders were willing to do to advance the peace plan. Mubarak did not expressly voice strong support for Abbas as the Palestinian leader and he did not say other Arab nations were willing to follow his nation’s lead in recognizing Israel’s right to exist — a key step of the peace plan. “If all sides fulfill their obligations, we can make steady progress on the road towards Palestinian statehood, a secure Israel and a just and comprehensive peace,” Bush said. “We seek true peace, not just a pause between more wars and intefadehs, but a permanent reconciliation among the peoples of the Middle East.” Mubarak said they would help the Palestinian Authority fight terrorists “to allow it to consoli date its authority in democratic and accountable institutions” and would make sure that all aid to Palestinians goes to solely to their official leader ship. Bush, who initiated the summit here, was in the driver’s seat. He took the wheel of a large golf cart to ferry the leaders to their joint appearance> podiums set up with the sea as their Mubarak, his eyes hidden by sunglasses, co-pilot. “Achieving these goals will require corns and moral vision from every side from eveii leader,” Bush said. “America is committed and! am committed in helping all the parties to the hard and heroic decisions that will k peace. Also attending were Saudi Crown Abdullah, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Khalifa and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. Jordan have peace treaties with Israel. Eschewing a formal session on the White House press secretary Ari Fleischer Bush and the five Arab leaders gathered fc minutes in a “spontaneous” meeting wit staff. Still, they went through the motions o( marching into a meeting room, briefly tooktfc seats around a large octagonal table in front of: stand of participating nations, then broke fo lunch. Sitting at the table. Bush said: “We must allow a few people, a few killers, a few terrorist! to destroy the dreams and hopes of the many." Pointing directly at Abbas, Bush said, “You. sir, have got a responsibility, and you've assumed it. I want to work with you andsodc the other leaders here.” Israel releases prisoners before summit Dean Continued from page 1 By Ravi Nessman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AL KHADER, West Bank — Israel freed about 100 Palestinian prisoners Tuesday in a goodwill gesture ahead of a Mideast peace summit with President Bush. The oldest, convicted of killing 13 Israelis, was greeted upon his release with clasped hands by Yasser Arafat. Ahmad Jubarah, 68, was wel comed by Arafat in a televised meeting clearly meant to send a message that the Palestinian leader — despite being banished from the summit — was still in charge. The summit Wednesday in the Jordanian resort of Aqaba marks the official launch of the “road map,” a three-year plan that aims to end 32 months of violence and lead to the creation of a Palestinian state by 2005. At the meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will issue a statement accepting the principle of a Palestinian state, an Israeli official said. His Palestinian coun- terpart, Mahmoud Abbas, will recog nize Israel’s right to exist side by side with a Palestinian state, Palestinian offi cials said. In the run-up to the meeting, Israel eased some travel restrictions on Palestinians, expanded fishing rights in the Gaza Strip and agreed a This is merely public relations for Israel to show that they are implementing the agreement with the Palestinians. released prisoners, some of whom had been jailed for weeks and others for months or years, jumped off a bus, kneeled on the ground and prayed. Excited relatives ran past unguarded concrete barriers to greet the prisoners, all but one of whom had been held without charges or trial at the Ketziot, Ofer and Megiddo military pris ons, according to the army. The exception was Jubarah, who was released from the Ashkelon prison in southern Israel, where he had been held for nearly three decades for his role in a 1975 Jerusalem bomb attack that killed 13 people. Many Israelis, including some Cabinet ministers, objected to Jubarah’s release, saying it violat ed Israel’s principle of not freeing prisoners directly involved in ter ror attacks. A crowd of cheering Palestinians hoisted Jubarah on their shoulders, and he was driv en to a hotel to relax before meet ing with Arafat. He clasped hands with the Palestinian leader as photographers took their picture. Arafat has not been invited to the Jordan sum mit, part of U.S. and Israeli efforts to isolate the Palestinian leader, who Israel blames for militant attacks. Abbas said Tuesday that he complained to U.S. officials about their boy- Where peace plan disagreements lie When President Bush formally presents the “road map” peace plan to Israeli and Palestinian leaders at Wednesday's summit in Aqaba, Jordan, long-standing issues of contention will once again be the focus of negotiations. Settlements Militants Refugees Progress Israel Does not want to dismantle all of the roughly 100 outposts Must be disarmed and demands arrests Wants Palestinians to renounce claims of a “right of return" for refugees, and recognize Israel's right to exist as a “Jewish state” Says other measures must come after a crackdown on militants Palestinians Road map All must go j All must go Trying to persuade groups to stop terror attacks Calls for "sustained, targeted and effective operations against all those engaged in terror and dismantlement of terrorist capabilities and infrastructure" Refuse Calls only for a statement on “Israel's right to exist in peace and security” the College of Geosciences, we feel as though we have just the best faculty going,” she said. “To be able to acknowledge them with an endowed chair is a real honor.” A new professorship will also be announced within the next month, Richardson said. “We’re hiring the best, and we want to keep the best because we want to be the best,” she said. “But that means that we are subject, just like the other colleges are, to being rated. And that has been happen ing over the past couple of years because our faculty salaries are not always at the level of our peer institutions.” Richardson said that the loss of faculty to chaired positions; top institutions is to be expect ed, but the University d want to lose people due to los salaries. Richardson said two no degree programs, environment studies and environmental get sciences, became available it undergraduates in the fall c 2002 and looks forward to the: success. “We are strongly committee to the education of our i grads and education ofourgrai students,” she said. Richardson has worked! A&M since 1985 asaprofessoi of oceanography, geology ani geophysics. She received het doctorate in oceanography froit the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Oceanographic Institution. Qatar Continued from page 1 Say all steps should be concurrent Says “parties are expected to perform their obligations in parallel, unless otherwise indicated" 50 students a year for the first five years and 100 students per yen thereafter. Prior said. The campus will have a research center for the use of n*f resources and a research center for sustainable development. SOURCE: Associated Press — Ala Iwewi released Israeli prisoner to release a few of the estimated 7,000 Palestinians in Israeli cus tody. The Israelis did not give exact numbers. As the two sides prepared for the summit, violence peristed. Israeli troops killed a Palestinian policeman in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, Palestinian doctors said. The army said sol diers fired at armed Palestinians in a prohibited zone. In the village of A1 Khader near Bethlehem, about a dozen cott of Arafat. “Arafat should not be isolated, he should not be treated in this way, Yasser Arafat remains a symbol for the Palestinian peo ple,” he told ABC’s Peter Jennings in an interview in Sharm el-Sheik after the summit there. Earlier Abbas said he would not visit the United States until Arafat is granted freedom of movement. Israel has held him under virtual house arrest in his Ramallah headquarters for more than a year. Among the other prisoners released Tuesday was Amjad Azzeh, 24, who said Israeli sol diers arrested him six months ago, accusing him of being an agent of Fatah, whose anned wing has carried out numerous terror attacks. Tears welled in his eyes when a childhood friend enveloped him in an energetic embrace for nearly a minute. Ayman Azzeh said seeing his brother made him optimistic the coming summit could achieve real results. “It gives us hope that some thing good will happen this time,” he said. Other prisoners were less san guine. “I was going to be released anyway next week,” Ala Iwewi said as he greeted his family in Hebron. “This is merely public relations for Israel to show that they are implementing the agree ment with the Palestinians.” Tayseer Khaled, a hard-line PLO official arrested in February, was freed late Monday. Khaled and Jubarah were mentioned in an Israeli government statement listing goodwill gestures, follow ing a meeting Thursday between Sharon and Abbas. Sharon has told his Cabinet he would likely make a declaration at the summit committing Israel to dismantling settlement out posts set up in violation of Israeli law. Stopping all settlement con struction is a key element of the peace plan. Abbas is supposed to reiter ate that the Palestinian Authority opposes all acts of violence and will work to stop the “military intefadah,” a refer ence to attacks that have killed more than 750 Israelis in the lat est round of violence. Abbas has been working to secure a cease-fire with militant groups. Israeli officials have said they would probably accept a cease-fire for now, as long as the groups are disarmed soon after and their leaders arrested. “Sustainable development is one of the main areas of researf here on campus. They would have a parallel program in Qatari would be similar to the sustainable coastal margins program we’re running here on campus,” said Dr. Mahlon Kennicutt,profe sor of oceanography and team leader of the Sustainable Coastal Margins Program. The Qatar Foundation has also proposed a third research that would focus on cultural studies that is currently under discus sion, Prior said. Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa AlTham has been cultivating relations with the United States since beconw head of the state of Qatar in 1995. In 2002, the United States began transferring military from Saudi Arabia to Qatar. Qatar served as a critical command cen ter for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Hamad began his plans for “Education City,” a goal for several universities to be established in Qatar, after becoming theEmirof Qatar. Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Commonwealth University’s Design School are already established in Qatar. Chilifest Immunization Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 MADD hopes to receive additional funds to present the program in the seven counties the Brazos Valley chapter serv ices. Gilmore said Chilifest has donated more than a half a million dollars to local chari ties in the last four years, and remains dedicated to helping the Brazos Valley community. not have the required vaccina tions, there is a grace periodof one semester but foreign students must immediately. For more information these diseases and their vaccina tions, go to http://shs.tamu.edi or contact Student 1 Services at 979-845-1549. NEWS IN BRIEF Toronto SARS cases rise TORONTO (AP) - Increasing SARS cases in Canada's largest city is worry ing the World Health Organization, which discussed the possibility of re imposing a travel advisory on Toronto, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Health officials have reported 62 probable cases of severe acute respira tory syndrome in a new cluster of cases that became known after the initial outbreak in March and April was believed under control. The biggest outbreak of SARS outside of Asia has killed 32 people in the Toronto area, including a 60-year-old man who died May 20 and had his case reported Monday. "We've been concerned by the increasing number of cases in Toronto," said Maria Cheng, a spokes woman for the WHO communicable diseases division. She said the Toronto situation was discussed at a meeting Tuesday to review travel advisories that have been issued. No change was made because the new SARS cluster in the city appeared limited to hospitals. 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