U.S. plans to hold Mideast peace talks
WASHINGTON - President Clinton intervened directly in the bloody crisis in the Middle East yesterday, inviting Israeli and Arab leaders to a White House meeting this week aimed at defusing the tensions that have led to the region's worst outbreak of street fighting in years.
Students hope for peaceful settlement
While Israelis and Palestinians clashed violently on holy ground in the Middle East, Jewish and Arab American students clashed emotionally on campus.
While both groups expressed opposing views on roots of the recent outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, they come together on their hopes for the future in the region.
Filipinos celebrate heritage month
World-renowned author N.V.M. Gonzalez said he didn't know if what he had to say Friday night would sit well with the audience - "Because I am standing up."
About 100 people converged in West Quad's Wedge Room to kick off Filipino American Heritage Month - five weeks designed to expose students to Filipino culture through a series of Thursday evening workshops.
Rare rhino fossils stolen from museum
Two rhinoceros fossils, estimated to be worth between $10,000 and $20,000, were found stolen from the Ruthven Museums Building on Sept. 21. The Department of Public Safety is currently investigating the crime.
Athletes exercise their political muscle
Whether it was for the food, fun or camaraderie on a cold Sunday evening, more than 100 student-athletes gathered on the football practice fields yesterday at a picnic designed to register them to vote.
'U' waits for final word on 'very big' gift
A $7.5-million gift to the University is in the works, according to several top University officials.
Preston Robert Tisch - an LSA alum and current co-chair and chief executive officer for Loews Corporation - may soon finalize the donation, an announcement that was made this month to the University Board of Regents.
Afghan militia declares Islamic rule
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The Taliban militia, now the uncontested masters of Afghanistan's capital, chased the soldiers of ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani north of Kabul on Friday and began putting in effect its version of strict Islamic rule.
MTV Choose or Lose bus rolls into campus
A mobile symbol of the Gen X crowd in the '96 election cruised into Ann Arbor on Friday.
While the MTV Choose or Lose bus sat in the rain outside the Michigan Union, hordes of MTV and campaign volunteers stormed the MUG in a whirlwind attempt to register, inform and survey student voters.
Senate candidates go face-to-face in first forum
The state's U.S. Senate contenders are scheduled to square off today for the second time. Incumbent Carl Levin and Republican challenger Ronna Romney will meet today at the Economic Club of Detroit.
Grad art facility to open after dedication
In an effort to instill increased value in the graduate program of the School of Art and Design, a renovated facility for graduate student use opens today.
The Warren M. Robbins Center for Graduate Studies, named after a 1949 University alum, was dedicated in a ceremony Friday. The converted space in the Art and Architecture Building on North Campus now facilitates activities for Art and Design graduate students.
M-Spirit aims to pump up students for athletic events
Michigan Stadium may be full, but to some, it sounds empty.
"At Tennessee football games it looks like a deer hunters' convention," said Ann Arbor resident Randy Wright. "Alabama is all crimson and gray - they just love their schools."
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Israel bans Arab travel in West Bank
BET EL, West Bank - Israel staged a growing show of force yesterday in the West Bank, deploying tanks and troops and imposing a strict ban on Arab travel between cities and towns that substantially shut down Palestinian civil life.
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