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Show 2 25, 2002 MONDAY, MARCH THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 4 V' Lai Li J i L;ui 'J - Li i 1 7 H i KJ uW .J U The security chief of Khost province, Sur Gul, escaped injury in the attack, the latest in a series of violent incidents in the area involving rival Afghan groups, according to Hazratuddin, intelligence chief of Khost. Hazratuddin said the assailants opened fire on Gul because the security chief had tried to disarm them a day earlier in the Khost public market. "We will talk again tomorrow (Monday) with the Americans and I am sure they will hand them ON WHAT over," Khost Gov. Mohammed Ibrahim said by telephone. "I was busy today with the funeral, but I don't think they will refuse." Khost, located in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, is a volatile city bristling with men with guns and carved into areas controlled by INSTITUTED THE CHAPTER S U.S.-backe- patronage from the Americans. Hazratudd in said the gunmen who fired at Gul were loyal to the nephew of Zardran, whose men arc among those being trained by the U.S. Special Forces. Gul also works with the U.S. Special Forces. Although use of warlords has increased tensions among Afghan groups, U.S. officials believe it has been instrumental in delivering repeated blows to al Qacda during the military conflict. Zardran, for example, led troops in the recently concluded Operation Anaconda, which targeted al Qaeda and Taliban holdouts in Paktia province which borders Khost. Nevertheless, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said there were still pockets of al Qaeda scattered around Afghanistan. th UTAI L. 5 25 c CITY-- An SALT LAKE Olympic is in supplier donating $45,000 string instruments from Olympic ceremonies to Utah school children. The Olympic instruments were provided by Southwest Strings of Tucson, Ariz., to the Utah Symphony, whose members wanted to protect their own instruments from the freezing temperatures of February's Opening and Closing ceremonies. Southwest Strings is donating 42 Klaus Mueller violins and violas, nine Hans Kroger cellos and eight Hans Kroger bass outfits. Each instrument carries a sticker reading, "Made for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games." CITY-D- ue to a higher taxes. Granite School District, Utah's largest, is looking at cuts in 47 areas and plans to bring class sizes to about 28 students per teacher. Lawmakers made $256 million in emergency cuts to public schools for the fiscal year that ends June 30 to help close a shortfall in state revenue. Then they cut into next year's budget. Utah already spends less per student than any other state and has the nation's highest student-to-teacher ratio. UNIVERSITY 4730 MONDAY: 3 PARTLY CLOUDY rutJBAT: PARTLY CLOUDY WEDNESDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY IHL'ISDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY FIIDAT: MOSTLY CLOUDY Did You Know... 533) 5535 5636 5738 can listen to Hinckley Institute of Politics programs and lectures via radio. KUER-F-M 90.1. Independent Student Volec Since 1890" News Editor Sports Feature RED Opinion Magazine Photo Production Manager DAVE HOWELL dhowell9chronicle.utah.edu MARK OGDEN mogden9chronicle utah edu Online Editor Business Manager ADAM WARD award9chronicle utah edu Accountant KAY ANDERSEN kay9chromcle utah edu Advertising Manager JASON COOMBS jcoombs9chronicle utah edu - MARCH 26 - JERUSALEM Israeli commandos tracked and killed four militants who slipped across the border from Jordan, and six other people were killed in Mideast violence as U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni planned a new round of truce talks Sunday night Palestinian militants fatally shot an Israeli woman riding a bus in the West Bank on Sunday morning, and Israeli troops pursuing the attackers killed a Palestinian policeman nearby. The violence came as Zinni made his latest attempt to arrange a cease-fir- e in advance of an important Arab summit that starts Wednesday. He faces pressure to reach a deal before the summit in Beirut, Lebanon, which will focus on the conflict. Yasser Arafat would be one of the central figures at the summit, but Israel has not given him permission to go and Prime Minster Ariel Sharon suggested that Israel would keep the Palestinian leader grounded if violence persists. Israeli-Palestini- an I i i I As part of its "Women's Week" celebration, the U wiii , host a panel discussion ;:; titled, "(Seif-- ) UftfttMU ; . ' Csbs: Tht 0crd;r Cretp of Western Feminism" in the. Union Panorama East Room at noon. At Least 30 Homes Bum in Wildfire . j ; The Muslim Students Asso- elation presents a lecture Strong winds on Sunday spread grass and timber fire that had already burned through at least 30 homes in southern New Mexico, and a second fire spreading from an Indian reservation forced the evacuation of 200 people. Wind gusts of 50 mph carried the fire that burned through homes in the Kokopelli subdivision, in a heavily forested mountain resort where homes are worth up to $1 million. Gov. Gary Johnson said it appeared to be accidental, caused by "ashes out of fireplace that got dumped in the back yard." The governor also said up to 1,300 o people were evacuated in the area. Local fire officials said some 150 homes had been evacuated. About 20 miles northeast at the town of Hondo, 200 people were told to evacuate as a fire that started on the Mescalero Apache Reservation grew to 16,000 acres overnight and threatened homes, state police Hassan Kakar In OSH Room 255 at 2 p.m. Refreshmentswill be served. . a Rui-dos- said. Is hosting an open-hou- free-tra- free-tra- tries. Critics say the tariffs raised questions about Bush's commitment to free trade in the Americas. J ; - prospective members in Union Room 324 at 1 p.m. Susan Gladden from University Osteowill give a Schsd pathic presentation h SKaqgs Biol- ogy Building Room 304 at noon. teld-wsstc- MARCH! rn Z7iZ The University Bookstore feature Grtsf ftir 2002 . win refreshments. Students may order caps and gowns, announcements, class rings snd other graduation materials from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. prl.r.:jyc!:ctlcn vot- ing tegins online. Prf::"Y drctScn votlrvj de de t for se 'MARCIf SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador-Presi- dent Bush promised Sunday to for push policies for economically strapped Latin America and said the United States "is wide open" to buy foreign goods. Winding up a journey to Mexico, Peru and El Salvador, Bush also pledged to promote immigration policies that link workers from the region with American jobs. Bush said it was in the best interests of the United States to have peace Latin America, a region known for war and Uifc. Bush's pitch came just he after days slapped new tariffs on steel and softwood lumber imported to the United States. Those retaliations came in part because the administration concluded foreign governments were unfairly subsidizing those indus- j titled "Afchanlsten b the Shadow" with guest speaker ALTO, N.M. Bush Encourages Mideast Peace Talks Free Trade Zone THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE is an independent student newspaper published daily Monday through Friday during Fall and Spring semesters (excluding test weeks and holidays) and weekly during Summer Term. Chronicle editors and stafl are University of Utah students and are solely responsible for the newspaper's content Funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated student fee administered by the Publications Council. Subscriptions must be prepaid. Forward all subscription correspondence, including change ol address, to the Business Manager. 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Violence Threatens DBiUtah CHRONICLE in 1 ASUU www.met.utah.eduiimsteeriams Editor preparation for upcoming elections, ASUU win host "Mmt tht Ctndldatt s,n n Saint Instithe Latter-da- y tute lounge at 11:45 a.m. Light refreshments will be S 1 Courtesy Todd Folsy, llnlvrrjlty j The Hinckley Institute of Politics presents "Western Shcshon Land is Not for S&k," an address by Carrie Dann In OSH Room 255 at noon. r You Tune in to j begins today. abandoned by al Qaeda during Operation Anaconda. d, WEATHER ,. At Bagram air base outside Kabul, U.S. officials said Afghan allies were still recovering weapons BERKELEY, Calif. In a move that could affect high school seniors nationwide, the head of the College Board is proposing major changes to the SAT I test. Possible revisions include adding a writing test, dropping or reducing the analogy questions and toughening up the math section, which does not require students to have taken advanced courses such as Algebra II. College Board trustees this week authorized College Board President Gaston Caperton and his staff to explore the changes with College Board membership, which includes schools, colleges and universities. Recommended changes would go back to trustees for a vote in June and would go into effect no earlier than 2006. Critics have attacked the SAT as culturally or gender-biasemainly because white males tend to do better than most other groups. Test supporters contend the problem lies in an unfair public education system, not in the test. $41 million dollar splice in the state's public education budget, class sizes will increase, teachers will be cut and some school districts may levy Summer class rt;itrst!i.l by scheduled appointment In can." Olympic Supplier Budget Cuts Force College Board to Makes Donation Educators to Skimp Change SAT Test SALT LAKE - DEMISE "There are, I'm sure, going to be efforts by them to try to organize themselves enough so that they can launch an attack at least on our forces in Afghanistan," Cheney said on CNN "We see intelligence to that effect" An indication the terrorist threat still exists was underscored Friday, when the State Department ordered families and nonessential diplomatic workers at the U.S. Embassy and consulates in Pakistan to leave the country. In Tampa, Florida, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, Navy Cmdr. Frank Merriman, said al Qaeda has suffered a series of defeats but is far from having been wiped out. Pockets of al Qaeda and Taliban fighters are believed to be hiding in Afghanistan and Pakistan, waiting for the right moment to strike. "Central Command would never say al Qaeda and the Taliban have lost their effectiveness," Merriman said. "They are a worldwide organization," Merriman said. "There very well may be other terrorist acts in the planning process, and our goal is to try to disturb and eliminate as many of those as we warlords. Most of the city is under the control of d warlord Bacha Khan Zardran, but within Zardran's group there are rival factions. Many Afghans in Khost blame the rising tension here on the United States for having recruited warlords as allies in the fight against the Taliban and al Qacda. The warlords are paid for their servicessomething that has triggered clashes among Afghan groups eager to win support and five-mon- 1 1 ( s REED SUTTON, KAPPA SIGMA PRESlDlNT MA RCH forces. I i?x kaf'pa Sigma International pulled our charter V fi it mainly to political pressure from the U. CHCfCNiCLE KtftS tDiTCS JAfifD WHITUY J'HlTLtY?CNRONiCLE. UTAH.EDU CHRONICLE WIRE EDITOR MiKEX OAJKOWSKJ MCAJKCW5K.ifCHR0NiClE.UTAH.EDU KABUL, Afghanistan The gQvcrnor of an eastern Afghan province demanded U.S. Special Forces hand over several rival Afghan allies who allegedly opened fire Sunday on the region's security chief, killing a bodyguard and wounding two others before reportedly fleeing into an American compound. Afghan authorities said the assailants were believed to have been allies of the United States and took refuge in the Americans' fortified airport compound. There was no confirmation from U.S. t r r 4' & , I r ff 't if m : 0 Ths University' Bookstore Is hosting a blood drlvs from noon to 4 p.m. All doners will receive coupons for reduced insignia apparel. ASUU will host an efectfen debate with the two final parties in the Latter-da- y Saint Institute lounge at noon. Lunch will be served. 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