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State University THURSDAY April 4, 2002 RUSTED ROOT: MOSTLY CLOUDY The band gets set to HIGH: 40 I IJOW:22 release its new album on www.bgnews.com April 9; PAGE 9 independent student press VOLUME 93 ISSUE 46 First Afghan army graduates By Paul Haven that Karzai says will bring an end Afghanistan, nearly half of which promised us money, they should this army is to defend its coun- ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER to the"warlordism" that has kept will go for security. Britain, know we're after them." he said. try its people, and its religion. KABUL, Afghanistan — The the country mired in decades of Russia, Pakistan. India, China The new troops, dressed in Karzai said as the troops stood at first 600 troops in the new civil war and destruction. and Iran also pledged support. green camouflage uniforms and attention on a dusty field in Afghan army completed six But making that army a reality Afghanistan is also waiting for green berets and armed with Kabul. "I assure the people of weeks of basic training yester- is many months and many hun- most of the $4.5 billion pledged machine guns, demonstrated Afghanistan that this national day, eagerly performing their dreds of millions of dollars away. by international donors in their response to a mock attack army will work In defense of skills before Prime Minister Yesterday in Geneva, Afghan lanuary, none of which is ear- with a long burst of machine- thdl rights and their security." Hamid Karzai and other digni- Foreign Minister Abdullah asked marked for the army. gun fire and smoke grenades, The men. many veterans of taries. donor countries for $422 million At yesterday's military cere- finally apprehending the bad the war against Soviet occupa- The men — drawn from every to rebuild the anny and police. mony, Karzai said his interim guys hiding in a ditch. tion in the 1980s. were chosen by Ben SwangM BG Ne*s province and ethnic group in President Bush has asked administration was staying on "Today, after many long years, local governments and WAITING: Students stand in Afghanistan — are to be the van- Congress to approve a $278 mil- top of the donors. we have our own national army line at the newly-opened guard of a 68,000-strong army lion package of extra aid for "The countries that have in Afghanistan, The task before ARM*. PAGE 2 Wendy's. Students City could mixed be first to about grant gays Food benefits THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND HEIGHTS. — This Cleveland suburb Court could become the first city in Ohio to extend health, By Kara Hull IHE BG NEWS dental and sick leave bene- fits to same-sex couples. The completion of the ftxxl Cleveland Heights esti- court in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union received mixed mates the extension of ben- reviews from students. efits would cost about "It's not as great as they $5,000 a couple. Three to made it seem.'' said freshman five employees are expected Andrea Vasilevski. "It's very to sign up immediately, busy, and more seating is need - Mayor Ed Kelley said. ed." An ordinance to extend Others were willing to sacri- benefits to same-sex part- fice the wait for convenience ners was introduced to "1 love it because we can bur- council Monday. Benefits sar everything," said junior would not extend to unmar- Nicole ftutter. "The food at the Associated Press Photo ried heterosexual couples Union is so much better, I prac- FUNERAL Relatives of Palestinian gunman Mahmoud Saleh, whose body is draped in the flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation who live together. tically live here." ot Palestine, carry his body inside his house during his funeral in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, yesterday. "People who live together Tuesday's opening of of the opposite sex have the Wendy's has brought more stu- option to get married," dents to the Union, even councilwoman Bonnie though many were frustrated dpi.in said. widi the long wait for die open- In recent years, city and ing of the burger chain. state governments and MORE FIGHTING companies have expanded employee health care cover- FOOD COURT, PAGE 2 age to include same-sex partners. Those companies include TRW Inc., Key Corp. and University Hospitals in the Cleveland area, said Tim 1 dead, 4 IN WEST BANK Downing, a partner at Ulmer and Berne law firm who specializes in employ- ISRAELI TANKS ENTER WEST BANK'S LARGEST CITY ment law. injured in If Cleveland Heights By Ibrahim Hazboun said Arafat "won't communicate (with the ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER outside world) until... we see he is no longer approves its ordinance, it Palestinians sought BETHIEIIEM. West Bank — Israeli tanks a threat and not instigating terrorism." would clash with legislation Galloway refuge inside the rolled into the West Bank's largest city, Arafat, who is accompanied by about 300 pending in the General Christian holy site Nablus, yesterday and elsewhere laid siege to people, including aides, security guards and Assembly, Downing said. a refugee camp, balding Palestinians who several dozen foreign volunteers, still has use The Ohio House in house fire Manger barricaded entrances and fought back with of a mobile phone. Israel insists it is trying to November approved a bill to IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Square -, Church bombs and guns. Troops also encircled keep him relatively comfortable. bar recognition of same-sex GALLOWAY — A house fire of the Palesrinian gunmen holed up in the church Yesterday, the Israeli military released a marriages and extension of that a fire captain says may Nativity marking lesus' birthplace. detailed list of supplies shipped to Arafat and benefits to (hose in the rela- have been caused by a faulty V Twelve Palestinians and an Israeli soldier his entourage that day, including 66 pack- tionships. The bill is pend- baseboard heater killed a 14- Municipal building TTBk *** Grotto St were killed on the sixth day of Israel's offen- ages of yellow cheese, 55 cans of sardines, 34 ing in the Senate. year-old and injured four oth- sive aimed at crushing Palestinian militias cases of mineral water, 145 pounds of coffee According to the Human ers early yesterday. 0 150^arcls Milk Grotto" and slopping terror attacks on Israeli civil- and pain killers. Rights Campaign, a Prairie Township Fire Capt. 0 150 meters Church ians In lordan, Arafat's neurologist said his Washington-based organi- Terry Sanders said the body Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon con- medical checkup is four months overdue, zation that tracks gay politi- was found in a front bedroom vened Cabinet ministers to approve the next but that the 72-year-old leader seemed in cal issues, 128 local govern- of the 60-year-old home. He did stage of the open-ended "Operation good spirits when the two spoke by phone ments have extended health Protective Wall." Only two major West Bank over the weekend. not release the name or gender Aratat care, benefits to same-sex towns — Hebron and Jericho — were under President Bush repeated his support for couples. of the child. compound He said the child's mother, Palestinian control late yesterday. the Israeli assault. "He understands and Linda Malicki said she is Michelle Belvins, 32, was IndietownofRamallah, Palestinian leader respects Israel's right to defend herself," hopeful the Cleveland burned after she tried go back Yasser Arafat remained a prisoner of Israel, White I louse spokesman Ari Fleischer said. Heights council will into the home to rescue the 14- confined to a few rooms in his former head- approve the ordinance year-old. Belvins was in serious quarters. Raanan Gissin, a Sharon adviser, FIGHTING. PAGE 2 when it votes in two weeks. condition yesterday afternoon Malicki, who runs the at Ohio State University Lesbian/Gay Community Medical Center in nearby Service Center, said the Columbus. main issue isn't gay rights. Three other children were Conflict influences oil prices "Ordinances like these are taken for treatment at about health care," she said. Children's Hospital in By Bruce Stanley ally, would almost surely fail. ASSOCIATED PRESS (WRITER "It's about health care first. Columbus and were released. ISRAEL Crude futures prices dipped after spik- LONDON — U.S. erode prices have ing to six-month highs on Tuesday, when Gay rights second." Belvins' boyfriend, Richard Support for the ordinance Faulkny, the father of the three jumped by 36 percent since the begin- Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri declared K^y. Jerusalem ning of February, and motorists are likely in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that Arab isn't unanimous. injured children, escaped "What about adults caring unharmed. to see higher prices at the pump as the countries have the right to coordinate peak summer driving season approach- their policies to put pressure on Israel and for their parents or another The house was engulfed in family members' kids," flames by the time firefighters es, energy analysts said Wednesday.