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Show DAILY HEIALD A4 Saturday, September 11,2004 FAST FACT MORMNG BRIEFING ' F f , The Pittsbury Doughboy made his first appearance in advertisements in 1965. His formal name is "Popph' SaiorflB look i WW . Fresh.. TQuBii Compiled from Daily Herald wire services The Nation The WORLD (:-.- ' ' Tl ' A 8' t , P ' J '. 3, v- - - rt. ; ii'i , : : -- A moment for 911 ' i ; ALEXANDER JAY Press KARRAssociated Terrorist group blamed for attack on embassy Hilton Head High School NJROTC cadet Tim Howard salutes the flag during the second annual September 1 1 ceremony held in front of the school on Friday morning in Hilton Head Island, S.C. During the event, the school's entire cadet corps stood at attention as patriotic music played and the flag was raised to half staff for the day in memory of the terrorist attacks Officials search tape for dues WASHINGTON a's - U.S. intel- ligence officials are studying the latest video from Osama bin Laden's top deputy to learn if the message is simply to rally faithful or if it's an indication of events to come. . The Central Intelligence Agency determined with a high degree of confidence Friday that the message was in fact No. 2, Ayman from The U.S. government has offered up to $25 million for information leading to his killing or capture. An intelligence official speaking on condition of anonymity said government experts are examining numerous aspects of the recording, including whether it may be a precursor to an attack. However, the official cautioned that such a pattern hold true only occasional- iy- - The official said the tape comes amid rising concerns about threats to the U.S. homed land and bin Laden's truce offer to Europe. In April, bin Laden gave European governments three months to leave Iraq, Afghanistan and other Muslim countries or risk a terror campaign. However, former CIA chief Vince doesn't believe the tape contains hidden messages. "It is a pretty obvious message: We are here, we are viable, we are going to continue'driving the Americans crazy," he said. tape marks the third year in a row that has released a Sept. 1 1 anniversary videotape. However, in previous years, bin Laden delivered the message. now-expire- m Can-nistra- FDA OKs test to give stimulant to healthy kids WASHINGTON - A new Food and Drug Administration ethics panel said Friday the advancement of science outweighed the risks of giving a stimulant to healthy children as young as 9. The Pediatric Ethics Subcommittee gathered for the first time to consider a proposal that would give a single 10 mg. dose of dextroamphetamine to 78 children. The study, led by Dr. Judith L Rapoport, would use MRIs to reveal brain patterns as the children complete certain tasks. At the heart of the study is a question Rapoport has pursued for 30 years: Do the brains of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder respond to stimulants in fundamentally different ways from normal children? "How do you tell the difference between a child who really has ADHD and a child who doesn't?" asked Daniel Pine, a child psychiatrist who is on the project. He said the study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, could lead to tests that would diagnose the disorder ' more pre cisery. - Half the children in the study, all agerf 9 to 18 years, already Clinton released from PoJAKARTA, Indonesia lice released a grainy photo Friday of a white delivery truck taken by a security camera just before it blew up outside the Australian Embassy and said they suspect two suicide bombers in the vehicle set off the explosion, killing seven other people. As details emerged in the attack, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said at a Jakarta news conference that Indonesian police had received a mobile phone text message 45 minutes before the bombing, warning that foreign missions in Jakarta would be attacked unless the alleged head of Jernaah Islamiyah was freed from prison. Australian officials said the threat was not passed on to Australian Federal Police until after Thursday's bombing. In Australia, Prime Minister John Howard said another attack in Jakarta was a "distinct possibility." Militants have repeatedly struck foreign targets in Indonesia, the deadliest in2002 when they bombed nightclubs on Baii, killing 202 people, including many Australians. merits from the operation and vital signs are fine. TSA to reimburse 15,000 passengers for bag claims hospital after surgery WASHINGTON The Transportation Security Administration said Friday that it wiU pay an average of $110 NEW YORK Former President Bin Clinton was reeach to 15,000 airline passenleased from the hospital and headed home on Friday, four gers who claim their possessions were lost, stolen or damdays after undergoing heart bypass surgery, a source familiar with the situation said. aged when their bags were The former president screened for bombs and underwent heart bypass surgery on weapons. The TSA began inspecting all Monday. He was headed to his home in checked bags at the end of 2002, a security measure orChappaqua, a New York suburb, said the source, who spoke to The dered by Congress after the Associated Press on condition of Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The requirement created a anonymity. Clinton went to the hospital late new chain of custody for last week after complaining of prochecked bags that goes from the airline to the TSA back to longed chest pain and shortness of breaths Doctors said Monday he'd the airline. had those symptoms several Previously, the airlines had months. They said he had blamed Bill Clinton sole responsibility for bags them on lapses in his exercise rou- - . once they were checked. tine and acid reflux. Airline passengers have since In bypass surgery, doctors remove one or more blood been caught between the TSA vessels from elsewhere in the body in Clinton's case, two and the airlines, who have arteries from his chest and a vein from his leg and attach failed to agree on who would them to arteries serving the heart, detouring around compensate them for missing or damaged items. TSA spokesman Mark Hatfield said the agency took the initiative to come up with an would have been diagnosed dren's Hospital at Montefiore agreement, but the airlines with ADHD. The study raised Medical Center in the Bronx for thwarted the effort. ethical concerns because half a checkup. They were separat"We still believe there's a the participants would be ed there Aug. 4, but were later way to divide this responsibility moved to Brythedale Children's with the airlines, but until that healthy childrea Hospital in Valhalla for physiagreement is met passengers cal therapy and other care dedeserve satisfaction on their Lawyer wants Janklow claims so we will move unilaterheld liable for damages signed to catch them up to normal development. ally to settle their claims," HatMINNEAPOLIS The famiMarion said the boys have field said. "It's time to get shown no neurological impair- - : through the backlog." ly of a man killed when Bill Janklow sped through a stop sign and hit his motorcycle wants the former South Dakota congressman to pay civil damages not the federal government. Ronald Meshbesher, attorney for the family of Randy Scott, asked U.S. District Judge Ann A Montgomery at an appeals . hearing Friday to return the family's wrongful death lawsuit to state court in Minnesota. Scott's family wants the case returned to Minnesota, where Scott lived and where the lawsuit was filed, so they can seek money from Janklow through punitive damages, which are not allowed in federal court. Janklow, 64, resigned from Congress in January after being convicted in South Dakota of second-degre- e manslaughter and other charges stemming from Scott's death. He has ap-pealed his criminal conviction to that state's Supreme Court, which has not yet ruled. Doctor Twins should be NEW YORK Carl and Clarence Aguirre, the twins who were joined at the head until five weeks ago, should be walking by Christmas, their pediatrician says."' That's the promise I made to their mother, and it's looking good," Dr. Robert Marion said Thursday. "It could be Halloween, the way things are going." Marion visited with the boys as they returned to the Chil Proposals on Russia's security echo U.S. BRUCE BEDFORDAssocHated Mud slinging Press j Quarterback Justin Brustin, of Conway, heaves a pass for the Ml .Washington Valley Hogs in their first round 14--0 victory over the Carrabasset Valley Rats from Carrabasset, Maine, on Friday as the Championships of Mud FootbaB got under way at Hog Coliseum in North Conway, NM. Eight teams from across New England are vying for the mud title which culminates Sunday. J -P- resident Pullout still on JERUSALEM o' . MOSCOW Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to a parliamentary investigation of the bloody school hostage siege in southern Russia, less than a week after he had reportedly dismissed the idea of such an inquiry by saying it might turn into "a political show." The move by Putin seeks to deflect criticism after he had earlier ruled out a public probe of the standoff in Beslan, which the government has blamed on Chechen warlord Sharon: SAMARRA, if Russian commission to investigate school crisis com-missi- Samarra may prove key no-gcities Iraq For two months, this historic city of commerce and culture was a "ixgo" zone for American troops, firmly in the grip of religious extremists, some linked to During that time, residents say they en-dured a reign of terror, where gunmen snatched men from their homes and killed at least. 10 of them as American spies. , Finally, city officials cut a deal with the Americans this week to reooen the citv in re turn for an end to attacks. U.S. troops entered Samarra on Thursday for the first time since May 30. fThe past two months have' been very critical," said merchant Rasheed Mahmoud. There was almost no law. Kidnappings were wide-spread. God willing, things wfll be better now." ' It's too early to teU whether . In a meeting shown promitelevision, nently on state-ru-n the lawmaker who heads the upper house of parliament, Sergei Mironov, told Putin the Federation Council would aim to form an investigative d to handling the deal wiU hold. But if it does, it could serve as a model for easing tensions elsewhere in Iraq where insurgents hold sway. Under the agreement with the Americans, U.S. troops will come freely into the city to oversee work on reconstruction and development projects and the city fathers win do what they can to guarantee nobody attacks them. A major condition laid down by the Americans was an end to attacks against them and their Iraqi allies. In return, the Americans promised to stop discriminate raids of private homes, a practice that is bitterly resented across Iraq. ; v Shamil Basayev. MOSCOW A color-codealert system, tighter controls on foreigners and restoring the death penalty are among the proposals to strengthen Russian security after a series of terror attacks, culminating in a deadly siege of a school, dubbed "Russia's Sept. 11." Several of the measures particularly the color-code- d alert system echo those' adopted by the United States after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. When Russia's lower house, of parliament, the State Duma, returns to session Sept. 22, it will consider a package of measures that includes tighter rules for registering foreigners' addresses and their transit in and out of the country, as wett as closer controls on car registrations, the Gazeta newspaper reported Friday. j walking by Christmas Press ZEMUANICHENKOAssociated Ossetian school children light candles in memory of the victims of the Beslan school siege in Vladikavkaz, Russia, on Friday. About 100 people attended the quiet gathering in the city, the capital of North Ossetia, where Beslan is located . Set- tler leaders turned up the rhetoric Friday against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, calling his plan to withdraw from the , Gaza Strip and a smafl part of the West Bank a "Nazi act" and warning it could lead to civil war. Sharon remained undeterred, saying he would push ahead with the plan despite the vociferous and potentially violent opposition. Settler leaders charged Friday that Sharon does not have a mandate to carry out the withdrawal and said one consequence would be widespread refusal by soldiers to carry out orders for the mass eviction of settlers. Under Sharon's plan, about 8,500 settlers would be removed from their homes. ? "The other (likely outcome) is definitely a type of civil war," Eliezer Hasdai, head of a regional settlement council, told ' Israel Radio. i ; |