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The University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Friday, November 20,1998
Democrats accuse Starr of misconduct
Impeachment proceedings begin
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr opened the third presidential impeachment inquiry in the nation's history yesterday by charging before a divided House Judiciary Committee that President Clinton misused his authority and power to impede civil and criminal cases against him.
Facing his harshest critics for the first time and amid Democratic assaults on his report to Congress, Starr said he stood behind every word.
Democrats immediately made their case before a national television audience that the president had not been treated fairly. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., called Starr a federally paid sex police man spending millions of dollars to trap an unfaithful spouse.
Starr: Faced criticism from House Democrats.
Starr was the
Starr was the lead off witness for the historic event, with nine television networks carrying the hearings live
from the same room where the last impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon convened.
"The hearing today is not a trial. It is not White House vs. Starr, nor is it Republican vs. Democrat." Chairman Henry Hyde said, urging his colleagues to determine whether the nation should allow a president, who prosecutors have concluded lied under oath, to remain in office.
"This is a grave disservice at a grave constitutional moment," Rep William Delahunt, D-Mass., said.
The hearings opened with rancor as Republicans thwarted a Democratic request to give the president's lawyer more time to cross-examine Starr.
Seeking to end the threat to Clinton's presidency and prevent a permanent blot on his legacy, the White House sent Clinton's private lawyer, David Kendall, to interrogate Starr, Kendall, who has accused Starr of misconduct as a prosecutor, sat with a squadron of White House lawyers, taking notes and waiting for his chance to ask questions at the end of the day.
Clinton was far from the scene in Japan, where he began a five-day Asian trip.
Russians to launch first space station component
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — A year late, Russian space officials prepared yesterday for the launch of the first component of the international space station, the U.S.-led successor to Russia's muchmaligned Mir.
The 24-ton Zarya (Sunrise) control and cargo module is scheduled to lift off 9:40 a.m.
Moscow time from the Balkonur rocket base in Kazakstan today.
The international space station, involving 16 nations, will consist of more than 100 components and is to be completed by 2004.
The United States and Russia are playing the biggest roles, but Russian participation has been hampered by the country's financial problems. The launch of the Zarya module has been delayed for one year, mainly because of
the cash-strapped Russian space agency's failure to complete part of the station.
Zarya, to be launched atop a Russian booster rocket, is designed to serve as a space tugboat in the early stages of the project, providing propulsion, power and communications.
"After years of discussing, planning and replanning, we are about to launch hardware." Gretchen McClain, deputy associate administrator for the new station, said.
The space station will not be inhabitable until early 2000,following the launch of a Russian crew module,which is set to blast off next July or August.
Russia repeatedly has failed to meet deadlines for constructing the crew module, putting the project behind schedule. Having lost hope of getting promised government funds, the Russian space agency has sold its
early research time on the station to NASA for $60 million to complete the segment.
Agency Chief Yuri Koptev said that taking part in the new station was the only hope for the beleaguered Russian space industry, whose funding had disintegrated since the Soviet collapse. The project would allow Russia to keep up to 80,000 jobs during the next 15 years.
The international space station is expected to cost at least $40 billion, with the United States planning to pay $24 billion. It will serve as an orbital home for visiting astronauts and cosmonauts for up to 20 years.
Cabinet of Israel votes to continue peace agreement
Zarya is to fly alone for two weeks before a rendezvous with the American space shuttle Endeavour, which is to be launched Dec. 3 carrying the Unity connecting module. The shuttle crew will attach the two modules together in three space walks.
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israel's Cabinet removed the final obstacle to a West Bank troop withdrawal today by narrowly giving the goahead to the first stage of the new Middle East peace agreement.
Israel's 17-member Cabinet is divided deeply about the accord, under which Israel is to give control of 13 percent of the West Bank by the end of January in exchange for a Palestinian crackdown on Islamic militants.
Netanyahu and six of his ministers voted in favor today, while five voted against and three abstained. Two Cabinet members were abroad.
It was the first time in nearly two years that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line government has handed territory to Palestinian control. Approval came after a series of delays and disputes with the Palestinians that put the withdrawal five days behind the original schedule. It was expected to be completed by today.
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the two sides had been cooperating closely, after the initial acrimony.
"we hope the relationship can now improve," he said.
While the Cabinet debated, Israeli officers showed redevelopment maps to their Palestinian counterparts. Together, the group toured the areas of the northern West Bank from which Israel will withdraw.
In the first stage of the pullback, 2 percent of the West Bank, or 44 square miles, will be transferred from sole Israeli control to joint Palestinian jurisdiction. In addition, 7.1 percent of the land, 160 square miles, will be moved from joint jurisdiction to sole Palestinian control.
In Qabatiyeh, a town of 17,000, many residents appeared indifferent to the prospect of coming under full Palestinian rule. No Palestinian flags or posters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat decorated the streets, as was customary in previous handovers.
"The Palestinian Authority does commit certain violations, but it's still better than the occupying power (Israel)," said Ibrahim Zidan, a 36-year-old farmer, sitting in an outdoor coffee shop.
Fayez Arafat, commander of Palestinian forces in the West Bank, said his officers would take control of Qabatiyeh and the villages of Tubas, Tamoun and Al-Fara during the next three days.
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