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PERMIAS or INDONESIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF EUGENE
PRESENTS A CULTURAL EVENT ^UNIVERSITY OF OREGON A ONCE A YEAR EVENT *^HELD
IN EMU BALLROOM this JANUARY TWENTY SECOND OF TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE
at SEVEN O’CLOCK presenting LIVE MUSIC LIVE GAMELAN and also ENJOY OUR
FREE EXOTIC INDONESIAN FOOD
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UO MLK Jr. Celebration:
1/18 - Unity Celebration and Candlelight Vigil
sponsored by the Black Student Union
Gerlinger Lounge, 6 pm
1/19 - Faculty and Staff of Color Coalition’s Workshop
“The State of Campus Diversity”
Ben Linder, 4-5pm
1/20 - Multiracial/Mixed Heritage Panel
with Naomi Zack, Fiona Ngo, Erin O'Brian,
Tomas Hulick Baiza, and students
EMU Women’s Center 5 pm
1/26 - “Community Conversations”
hosted by the Office of Institutional
Equity and Diversity
EMU Walnut Room, 5-6:30pm
1/27 - The MLK Jr. Award Recognition
(planned by Human Resources)
Gerlinger Lounge, 11:30am
All MLK Events Hosted by:
The UO MLK Planning Committee-Diversity Education and Support Office of Student Life, School of Journalism,
ASUO Multicultural Center, Support Fund, Erb Memorial Union. Lundquist College of Business.
Undergraduate Studies, Office of Multicultural Academic Support, Department of English,
Department of Psychology, The Honors College. ASUO Women’s Center, American English Institute.
Contact kmojica@uoregon.edu or 346-3216 for more information or disability related needs.
Abbas presents
'persuasion' as key
to halting violence
BY LARA SUKHTIAN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RAM ALLAH, West Bank — Pales
tinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, under
growing pressure to rein in militants,
ordered his security forces Monday to
prevent attacks on Israel and investi
gate a deadly shooting of Israelicivil
ians last week.
But Palestinian security officials
were short on details about possible
actions against armed groups, and a
spokesman for Hamas said his extrem
ist group would continue attacks.
The order by Abbas, approved by
his Cabinet, was the Palestinian lead
ership’s first step against militants
since six Israelis were slain Thursday
at the Kami crossing between Israel
and the Gaza Strip.
“A decision was taken that we will
handle our obligation to stop violence
against Israelis anywhere,” Cabinet
minister Saeb Erekat said.
While Israel’s government cautious
ly welcomed the announcement, it re
mained unclear how far Abbas was
willing to go. He has insisted he will
use persuasion, not force, to get mili
tants to halt violence.
Palestinian ministers said Abbas
planned to travel to Gaza on Tuesday, a
day earlier than initially planned, for
talks with two militant groups, Hamas
and Islamic Jihad.
Abbas’ victory in the Jan. 9 election
for president of the Palestinian Author
ity raised hopes for a breakthrough in
Mideast peacemaking because he has
been an outspoken critic of violence
and is eager to resume negotiations
with Israel.
But the Kami attack two days before
Abbas was sworn in swept away Is
raeli goodwill, and Israeli Prime Minis
ter Ariel Sharon suspended contacts
with Abbas.
Secretary of State Colin Powell
urged Abbas in a phone call Sunday to
rein in the armed groups, Palestinian
and U.S. officials said. Powell “empha
sized the critical need to take action to
stop Palestinian attacks on Israeli tar
gets,” U.S. Consulate spokesman
Chuck Hunter said.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan
expressed regret Monday at the sus
pension of contacts.
“We were all hopeful that there was
a new opening, a new opportunity that
should be exploited to re-energize the
process,” he said. “And we are all go
ing to do whatever we can with both
sides to get the process back on track
and to give the new Palestinian Au
thority as much help as we can with its
own reform process, and particularly
the restructuring of the security
forces.”
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