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Show DAILY Saturday, March 11, 2006 HERALD Ports Continued from Al they did last summer in threatening to stop a China-owned oil company from acquiring UnocalCorp. “A year from now we'reall going to be embarrassed by this,” said William Reinsch, a high-ranking Commerce Departmentofficialin the Clinton administration who is now presidentof the Washington- based National Foreign Trade Council, which was founded by American companiesin 1914 to promotefree trade aroundthe world. On the other hand,critics who say Congress overreacted “might havea different appreciation of the ports dealif the various emirs:of the United Arab Emirates were to be swept away by somesort of. Islamic revolution,” said John Pike,director of GlobalSecurity.org. Outsidé experts said they fear that as a protectionist bandwagon gains momentum Jubilation: James Graf, project managerof N. SA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project, reacts after the spacecrajt successfullyentered Marsorbit, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on Orbiter Continuedfrom Al probes But the Reconnaissance Or- welcome news for NASA. which has a mixed record of putting Beale into orbit Inthe a “15 years, NASA. lost two orbiters back-to-back biter performed the move without problem. As it nearedthe planet. it firedits main propulsion en- —the Mars Observerin 1993 itself down so that the planet's gravitycould pull it.into orbit At one point du ‘ing the burn, the spacecraft disappearedbe- is the fourth eve onthe Mar- tian sky. joining NASA's Mars. Global Surveyor and Mars Cd- planned — and was temporarily Agency's Mars Express, which have been mapping theplanet the past few years. Onthe sur- gines for 27 minutes toslow hind Mars — asengineers had and the Mars Climate Orbiterin 1999 — during the orbit inser- tion phase. The Reconnaissance Orbiter ysseyand the European Space back imagesor data until November. Like previous space probes beforeit, it will seek for evidence of ancient water and tion of robotic rovers anddetermine whether humanoutposts can survive onthe dusty planet. Present-day Marsis dry and cold with large capsof frozen water atits poles, but scientists believe the planet once was warmer and wetter eons ago — conditions that might have trollers, Missioncontrol wasvisibly tenseas it awaited word from. face, the NASArovers Spirit beensuitableforlife. During the mission's second and Opportunity, continue their robotic. geology missions. The newest orbiter is loaded data between Earth and Mars. It is expected to serve as a and signaledthatit had entered intoanelliptical orbit. around Mars that will swing it as close as 250 miles above the surface. Thespacecraft will spend seven monthsdippinginto the upper atmosphereto shrink the orbit with the most advanced scientific instruments ever sent to out of radio contact with con- the orbiter, which reappeared The successful mission was another planetincluding a telescopic camerato photograph the surface in unprecedented detail and radar to probe un- dergroundfor ice and possible evidenceof liquid water. The spacecraft won't beam communicationrelay for the Phoenix Mars Scout, which will explore the icy north pole in 2008 and the MarsScience of CFIUS fromthe Treasury political environmentto gain advantagesagainstinterna- tional rivals when investment federal Committee on For- Department to the Homeland Security Department and an- otherbill that would broaden the definition of“critical infrastructure” — has already soured some defense-sector deals, according to Brett Lambert, managing partner of the Densmore Group,a defense , industry consultant. A $30 million offer by a BritStates, or CFIUS. ish companyspecializing in A casein point: fierce opposition in Congress to CNOOC informationtechnology, and a $100 million offer by anIsraeli Ltd.’s $18.5 billion bid for companyspecializing in comUnocal — muchofit stirred up by lobbyists working for Chev- munications hardware were ron Corp. — paved the way recently pulled off the table for Chevron to acquire Unocal because “it wasn't worth the Dena Potter HE ASSOCIATED FRESS Laboratory, an advanced rover RICHMOND,Va, — When Tom Foxdidn't appearthis weekon a video of Christian activists taken hostagein Iraq, people beingkilled overin Iraq every day, and notjust foreign- s, lot of Iraqis are being aid Anne Bacon,clerk of the Quaker meeting. “This tragedythat we arefeeling is a part of a muchlargertragedy.” membersof his Quaker congregation prepared themselves Fox, 54, was the only Ameri- can in a groupoffour Christian forthe worstwhile praying for Peacemaker Teams members =a od pt seeeeeeee gress that would shift control eign Investmentin the United scheduled to launchin 2009. The Reconnaissance Orbiter's 2010. to pay. the best. taken hostage last year by a Word spread through the Hopewell Centre’Quaker meet- ing in Clear Brook onFriday night that Fox's body had been found earlier in the day. But memberssaid they would not let their sadness overshadow the importance of what Fox wastrying to accomplish. “Wewere very cognizantof thefactthat there area lot of previously unknowngroup, the Swords of Righteousness Brigade. A video showingthe other. three hostages — James Loney. 41, of Toronto; Harmeet Singh Sooden,32, a Canadianelectri- tions betweentheU.S. and the ‘United Arab Emirates, a major purchaserof U.S.aircraft and military equipment. The Bush administration announced a postponementoffree trade talksset for next week with the UAE,of which Dubaiis a part Across the Persian Gulf region, investors angered by what appears to them to be an anti-Arab backlashin the U.S. may seek out more European orAsian partnersin the future, and theyalready are reviewing their portfolios for U.S. holdingsthat could spark a similar uproar in Congress, according to Eddie O'Sullivan, Dubai-basededitorial director of the Middle East Economic Digest Those whoknewhim say Fox had prepared himself for the possibility he wouldnotreturn from Iraq. He even wrote aboutit on his Web log when hefirst arrived in Baghdad in October2004. “lam to standfirm against the kidnapper as | am to stand firm against thesoldier,” he wrote. “Does that mean I walk into a raging battle to confront the soldiers? Does that mean I walk thestreets of Baghdad withasign saying, “American for the Taking’? No to both counts. Butif Jesus and Gandhi ber, a 74-year-old retired British areright, then I am asked to risk mylife andif loseit to be as forgiving ‘as they were day on Al-Jazeeratelevision. of Satan.” cal engineer; and Norman Kem- professor was shown Tues- It’s-Almost-Sprin Home when murdered bythe forces ci Tuition Sale & Va Continued from Al sophomoreswill pay an addi- up to 50% off Sheets and SheetSets Choose fromassorted sheets and sheet sets from Lauren, Veratex and others Orig. $50-$200, now 29.99-119.99. Croscill Bed & Bath cae “Chambord” collection ofqueen or king comforter sets, sheetset: windowtreatments bath towels, accessorie: and showercurtains. Orig. $7-$350, now 3.49-174.99, political trouble,” Lambert said. 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