Student may face dual penalties
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By Jake Bleed
Senior staff writer
A 19-year-old University of
Nebraska-Lincoln student arrested
Nov. 19 for sexual assault faces punish
ment from both the un the
Lancaster County Com
Fred M. Sacco I aha
native, was charged Nov. 13 witn two
counts of first-degree sexual assault on
■ Washington
Workers to protest against
World Trade Organization
SEATTLE (AP) - International
labor leaders began their protest cam
paign Sunday against the World Trade
Organization in hopes of forcing del
egates to address workers’ rights dur
ing this week’s trade talks.
The International Confederation
of Free Trade
conferenc.
demonstrate
ing from protecting
to ending farm subsidies - began to
gather in Seattle.
The labor activists are among as
many as 50,000 demonstrators
expected before the start of the four
day trade negotiations Tuesday.
Trade ministers from 135 nations
will be greeted by banners, marches
and street theater against what
activists say is WTO’s sweeping pow
ers to enforce international trade
agreements. '
■ Cuba
Cuba says Coast Guard knew
boat might be having trouble
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba said
Sunday it had warned the U.S. Coast
Guard that a boat carrying 13 people
was heading for the United States
coast - three days before survivors of
the doomed voyage, were found. »
The Coast Guard began searching
for survivors from the small power
boat on Thursday after fishermen two
miles off Fort Lauderdale, Fla., found
5-year-old Elian Gonzalez and two
adults clinging to an innertube.
Coast Guard officials said the
boat capsized Tuesday.
Three survivors and seven bodies
had been found by the time the search
was called off on Saturday.
The. Coast Guard on Sunday con
firmed it received the Cuban message
on Nov. 22 and searched for two days
without success.
“We did act on that,” said Coast
Guard Lt. Ron LeBrec. “We used sev
eral'aircraft and boats to patrol their
possible track lines.”
■ Northern Ireland
British official expects IRA
disarmament after changes
BELFAST, Northern Ireland
(AP) - On the eve of forming a long
elusive new government for
Northern Ireland, Britain’s senior
official in the province said Sunday
that he trusted Sinn Fein leaders to
deliver speedy Irish Republican
Army disarmament as part of the
deal.
Four parties, including the IRA
linked Sinn Fein, are expected to
nominate candidates today for a 12
member Protestant-CatholicCabinet,_
the key objective outlined more than
1 Vi years ago in the Good Friday
peace accord.
The breakthrough was made pos
sible by the Ulster Unionists, the
province’s major British Protestant
party, deciding Saturday to drop their
University police arrested Sacco
for having sex twice in his Cather
Residence Hall room with a 14-year
old Lincoln girl he met on the Internet,
University Police Sgt. Mylo Bushing
said.
Section 4.11 of the UNL student
code of conduct states that sexual
assault “or any other uninvited behavior
of a sexually explicit nature” is punish
able by a variety of sanctions, including
expulsion.
Griesen said the punishment Sacco
faces depends on how the student dealt
with the crime, if there were major dis
agreements about the facts of t^e case
and if the student admitted to violating
the code of conduct. The case may not
even go before UNLs Judicial Board,
Griesen said.
Punishment could vary between
“everything from a warning to expul
sion,” Griesen said.
If the university decides to punish
Sacco, the proceedings will take place
independent of any decisions reached
in Lancaster County Court, Griesen
said.
“If someone violates our code of
conduct, we take appropriate action,”
Griesen said.
If convicted in county court, Sacco
faces up to 50 years in prison on both
counts.
demand for IRA disarmament before
forming the new administration.
■ Washington, D.C.
National Zoo’s panda
Hsing-Hsing put to sleep
WASHINGTON (AP) - The giant
panda Hsing-Hsing, the endearing
symbol of the opening of U.S.-China
ties and the enduring favorite of mil
lions of visitors to Washington’s
National Zoo, was put to sleep early
Sunday after a losing battle with time
and illness.
Hsing-Hsing, who was suffering
from non-reversible kidney disease
and other ailments of old age, was 28,
well beyond a panda’s normal life
expectancy.
Hsing:Hsing, a male, and Ling
Ling, a female, arrived at die zoo in
April 1972, a gift from China follow
ing President Nixon’s historic visit to
Beijing in February that year. Ling
Ling died of a heart attack in 1992
after giving birth to five babies in
four pregnancies. None survived
more than four days.
With Hsing-Hsing’s death there
are only five giant pandas in
American zoos.
■ Philippines
Southeast Asian leaders
plan economic recovery
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -
Eager to put their financial crisis
behind them-and concerned about
fast-chan&ing, security issues,
Southeast Asian leaders ^outlined
plans Sunday to strengthen the eco
nomic recovery into the next century,
bolster their political clout and nip
conflicts in the bud.
After two straight summits in
which the focus was on immediate
problems, leaders of the 10-member
Association of Southeast Asian
Nations looked to the future.
They were heartened by what
they saw, even though difficult
impediments remain, including the
need to continue painful economic
reforms.
There were even dreams of a time
when a united East Asian trade bloc
could rival the United States and the
European Union.
Such talk would have drawn
incredulous looks just a year ago.
But all ASEAN members are
reporting economic growth this year,
the worst of the crisis that began in
1997 appears over, and China, Japan
and South Korea are eager to cooper
ate.
ASEAN leaders issued a joint
statement at the end of their summit,
in which they pledged to speed up
trade liberalization, backed
Indonesia’s efforts to end a separatist
movement in its troubled Aceh
province and heard Japan’s plans for
another $500 million worth of grant
aid to the region.
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