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Today JV<» M W High: 46 Low: 36 Precip: 0% Saturday High: 45 Low: 33 Precip: 80% Sunday High: 43 Low: 37 Precip: 30% IN BRIEF Putin opposes presidential runoff in turbulent Ukraine KIEV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin injected himself directly into the election crisis in the former Soviet republic Thursday, strongly attacking the opposition’s central demand for a new presiden tial runoff. Putin made his comments while meeting with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma at an airport outside Moscow, as tens of thousands of op position supporters waving Ukrain ian flags and wearing orange arm bands, sweaters and scarves rallied for the 11th straight day in Kiev’s In dependence Square. Palestinians denounce jailed leader's ambitions RAMALLAH, West Bank — A day after jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti shocked his compatriots by announcing he’ll run for presi dent, many Palestinians denounced him Thursday for endangering unity and a smooth transition of power in the post-Yasser Arafat era. Barghouti’s last-minute decision to enter the Jan. 9 election roiled what was shaping up to be a rather staid campaign to replace Arafat and creat ed a strong challenge to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Analysts say a Barghouti victory could bode ill for peace prospects with Israel. — The Associated Press $399 with Boots & Bindings All Packages include Free Mounting & Free Hot Wax 13th & Lawrence • Eugene • 683-1300 — poppiV— _y4n&4ol?& ^ "The Land East" Traditional Greek & Indian Food Lunch Monday through Saturday Dinner 7 Nights a Week 992 Willamette Eugene, Or 97401 343-9661 U.S. senator calls for U.N. chief officer to resign Sen. Norm Coleman criticizes Kofi Annan and the food-for-oil program; President Bush refuses to comment BY EDITH M. LEDERER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — Three years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is the target of escalating attacks in the United States, and a U.S. senator has called for his resignation over a deep ening corruption scandal in the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq. Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany and dozens of other coun tries have rallied to support the be leaguered U.N. chief — but not the United States. President Bush twice on Thurs day refused to say whether Annan should resign and didn’t use the op portunities to back him. Instead, Bush demanded “a full and fair and open accounting” of the oil-for-food program, saying this was essential for U.S. taxpayers to continue sup porting the United Nations and “for the integrity of the organization.” The demand for Annan to step down came from Sen. Norm Cole man, a Minnesota Republican who is leading one of five U.S. congressional investigations into the oil-for-food program. The program began in 1996 to help Iraqis cope with U.N. sanctions imposed after Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Two weeks ago, Coleman’s Per manent Subcommittee on Investiga tions said it had uncovered evidence that Saddam’s government raised more than $21.3 billion in illegal rev enue by subverting U.N. sanctions and the oil-for-food program. Cole man wrote in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal that Annan should re sign because “the most extensive fraud in the history of the U.N. oc curred on his watch.” While several U.S. newspapers and columnists also have called for Annan to be replaced, there is no such clamor in other U.N. member states, and at U.N. headquarters the secretary-general has been receiving letters and phone calls of support. In Europe and elsewhere, critics and commentators have accused the U.S. media and some American politicians of exaggerating the oil-for food scandal, pointing to the United States’ permanent membership on the Security Council, which author ized the program, and the sanctions committee that monitored it. Annan’s mandate ends in De cember 2006. By then, he will have served 10 years at the helm of the United Nations, and it will be Asia’s turn to choose a new secretary-general. The United Nations rejected Coleman’s call for Annan’s resigna tion, saying no country has asked him to step down, and more than 3,000 U.N. staff members have signed a letter of support. Three cans for food for Lane County = - extra 5% off for your day's purchases - free entry in our big holiday prize drawing Collecting Nov. 29- Dec. 11! you'll love our holiday specials! 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