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Show Monday. August 27. WOT DAILY HERALD AS $100 bill Greece "Counterfeiting is becoming efficient, Continued front A1 Felix said. He i some clandestine printing Printing, confirmed details '! plants in Latin America and about the security thread in Eastern Europe have been an AP Interview. caught counterfeiting net orb The redesign of the $100 the U.S. currency but other is about onethird at tbe way countries notes. complete. The biS is expected , The government says $118.1 to go into circulation ltrte next million in counterfeit US. currency was detected in 2006, year. an increase of 3.8 percent Starting in 2003, splashes from 2005. of color have spruced up the While that is a fraction $20 bill and other currencies. of the currency in circulaThose changes followed the addition of a first round of ; tion, the Secret Service is concerned with the threat, security features in the mid- " 1990s., , . especially the challenge posed by new digital technology. Bepiamin Franklin's latest makeover was delayed while Digital copies account for the government searched for about half of all counterfeit , a hightech security device , notes passed in the US., comthat would provide extra pro- pared with less than 1 percent of all counterfeit bills detected tection on the bil ' The $100 bill represents ' ; inl99& "The quality of the countermore than 70 percent of the $776 billion in currency in cir- feit currency has gone down, but the use by which people culation. twothirds of which can make this currency and is held overseas. the accesa to the computer ... Holograms, used extensively on credit cards, were equipment has had an impact considered for the $100. They , on the rising numbers," Se-- ' were rejected because they ; cret Service spokesman Eric did not offer the strong vi? ; Zahrensaid. sual signal the government ; To stay ahead of the the Bureau of Enwanted..,' v "We were looking for feagraving and Printing plans to tures that had very distinctive redesign US. currency every seven years to 10 years. That types of actions so that we could tell the American public, is alar cry from the practice for most of the 20th century you will know that it is aufrom 192$ to the 1990s thentic if you do this and the when the currency stayed note does that," Felix said. the same wtthout any major The new security thread is used on the Swedish 1,000 changes. "We had three generations : kroner note and has been of engravers who spent their selected by the government ' entire careers at the bureau of Mexico for some higher. denomination notes. and never saw their designs hit the streets," Felix said. . Felix said many other do- vices expected to be included , "Now since 1996, we have all of these changes." jntheSlOOredesjgnwiDbe AH the new security devices similar to features added over the past four years to the $20, have added to the complexity of making money. The gov$50 and $10 bills. That means subtle pastel color on the curernment chums out 38 million notes each business day with rency and patches of are difficult to a face value of $750 million at one kt Washduplicate, along with a touchup two facilities on Ben Franklins portrait. ington, D.C., and the newest,, one in Fort Worth, Texas. V Originally there were no By order of Congress, the $1 plans toredesign the $5 bilL bill, which accounts for 45 perThat decision was reversed cent of the notes printed each once counterfeiters started bleaching $5 bills and printyear, win not be redesigned. Lawmakers were concerned ing fake $100 bills over the about the cost to business if bleached paper, certain secuvending machinesthat rity features were in the same, low-enlocation on both bills. only take coins and $1 bills had ' to be upgraded. The new $5 design will be In addition to redesigning made public on Sept. 2Q and will go intocircutoion early .. the money, the bureau is putnext year. . ting in new printing presses The bleached bids represent with more capabilities to han-d- le the increasingly sophistithe latest skirmish in a battle cated security features. with counterfeiters. ' . . . . coun-terfeiter- a, : . . , . . micro-printin&lb- Continued from A 1 straight days obliterated vast swathes of the country and the death toQ rose by lion Sunday to 60. New Fires broke out faster than others could be brought under control Desperate residents appealed through television stations for help, from a firefighting service already stretched to the limit and many blamed authorities for leaving them defenseless. "Fires are burning in more than half the country," said fire departmentspokesman Nikos Diamandis. "This is definitely an unprecedented disaster for Greece." .' Early Monday morning, the fire department said 42 major fires were still Mazing out of control. . . Government and firefighting officials have suggested arson caused many of the Mazes, and several people had been arrested. The government of- -. fered a reward of up to $1.38 .. million for anyone providing information that would lead to the arrest of on arsonist. . ' Forest fires are common ... during Greeces hot, dry sum- men but nothing has ap-proached the scale of the Last three days. Arson is often suspected, mostly to dear land for development. No construction' is allowed in Greece in areas designated as. forest land, and fires are sometimes set to dr- - r cumventtheiaw.; The front of one fire Sunday.! readied Andent Olympia to southern Greece, burning trees and shrubs just a few yards from the museum atlne site. Firefighters said the flames, .. fanned by high winds and swirling air, leaped hundreds imi&m Treatment by allergy for : v children and adults With asthma and allergies to: PLANT POLLENS FOOPS ; assisted by water-- : . . . -- . of feet in the sir st times. The nearby grounds of the International Olympic Acad-- : emy were completely burned, as was the grove where the heart of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modem Olympic Games, is buried. Although the pristine forest around Andent Olympia was burned, none of the ruins were!, damaged. Ruined temples of Zeus, king of the ancient Greek gods, and Ms wife Hera stand on what was a lush riverside site a flat stretch of bnd surrounded near the by pinedad hills stadium that hosted the ancient . . . . . Olympic games for more than years after they started .. in 776 B-- The site strewn with fallen columns includes the re-mains of gymnasium, a wrestling hall, hostels, bathhouses, priests' The 5th century B.G limestone temple of Zeus is one of the , largest in mainland Greece. Helicopters and aircraft covered the ruins with water, and foam. The flames readied the edge of the ancient sta- - .. dium, searing the grass and incinerating the trees on the hill above. Volunteers grabbed buckets of water and joined firefighters. 1,000 . . "We dont know exactly how much damage there is in the Olympia area, but the important thing is that the museum is as it was and the archaeological site will not have any problem, Culture Minister George Voulgarakis told The Associated fresS at the site. .. Firefighters remained in thtf area after dark to ensure the fire did not Its hell everywhere," said Costas Ladas, a resident of Kotyri near Ancient Olympia, who said the fire covered more than a mile in three minutes. "Ive never seen anything like it." ; . Continued from Al ' . They should come to their said at a senses," news conference. .. denounced recent US. military actions in the Baghdad Shiite neighborhoods of Shula and Sadr City that sc- cording to the Iraqis resulted . in civiltot deaths. Concerning American raids on Shula and Sadr City, there were Mg mistakes committed in these operations, The terrorist himself should be targeted not Ms family," alMaliki said "We will not allow the detain- ingof innocent people. Two nights ago the U$! ! . . . - . - to convince the main Sunni The US. said eight "terrorists 'Ly Gr'" ' on ... f' I Save $.50 committee to hash out and it was far from certain that those. steps would soon be imple- mented. Iraq's oil law, forex- ample, has been in the hands of a constitutional committee for. . months and has not emerged in parliament for a vote. .. During Ms press conference, . $.25 p foot" Crt vmir l Svetradilkmitcurbin ! per foot j oa color Mimpod ind textured UiiiiMlaMHifWht aiWcotoh INSECT VENOM molds, .... - . V ; this Shiite prime minister said bloc to join a new alliance of were killed, but some Iraqis reported civilians were among Shiites and Kurds to break the a negative report by Petraeus would not cause him to change the dead and injured. political impasse, .. This months decision by US. forces airo are routinely course, alt hough he said he raiding Shiite miKtiameh in .. the Sunniss Iraqi Accordance expected that the US. general Sadr Qty, often calling in heli-- Front to bolt the gov- - would "be supportive of the launched eminent government and will disap-copter fire. Mb verbal counteroffensive. into a political crisis, point the polit icians who are ' about two weeks before the on it to be negative. During the meeting, at- American commander in Iraq, tended by Oocker, the leade Nevertheless, atMrfki apGen. David Petraeus, and US. endorsed holding provincial peared stung by the recent . series of critical statements Ambassador Ryan Qrocker are elections, releasing prison-- , ; about his government, includdue in Washington to report to er held without charge and ing one from President Bush, Congress on progress in Iraq .changing the. law preventing since the introduction of 30,000 many former members of Sad- - who said he was frustrated more American troops.:dam Husseins Baalh Party .that alMaliki had failed to' The presence of those re--: .V from holding government jobs make progress on political id elected office- - -- v.-. inforcements has done little benchmarks. Oocker has said had been White House spokeswoman the lack to bring about political recon-- 1 ciliation among Iraq's Sunnis, : Emily Lawrimore hailed the highly disappointing." Shiites and Kurds the key to j sgreementas an "important Senate MjnorityLder Mitch McConnell, s Kentucky lasting stability. ;aymbQPritbeeommitmertto Iraq PETS : rtbvnrefiehi "is still : , ; at Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, . -- . PlM KTSOS SUMUMOUMSAMOCtlttCl Hie bums next to andent stones os firemen walks In southwestern Greece on Sunday. A massive : some progress made. . , "Its a democratically elected government, and I dont think we can dictate to them, McCo-nnell said. Nonetheless, McCo-- ! nndl said, senators from both parties agree the Shiite prime minister has been "a huge dis-appointment.: I V C '. 225-CUR- B! AH physicians are boar certified in allergy and asthma as well as pediatrics or Internal medicine. I ' -- I 11 11 .iswtivMI www.atabcuiblngon rwbdw. nwTTnw PRCM0G3U83Er A J; v.. . A day without a Nissan, is like a day without Sunshine! Nissan i 4 X A A ; Sine Family Homes .;:;::tMfa$504JOtAOQOj - . 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