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Show DAILY HERALD A4 Wednesday, September 15, 2004 FAST FACT M ORMNG BRIEFING Saturn's rings are made of small chunks of ice and rock averaging 3 feet across. Voyager showed that these are actually thousands of closely spaced ringlets, Bee the grooves of a record SMMbnMhrfMMItali Compiled from Daily Herald wire services the World The Nation u P.'f J vc ' rr 1 i .... IfN, I, ,,. f I BURHAN ' A -- m ml Ij OZBIUCIAssociated Press f up a'banner in the Kurdish language that reads: "State, keep your hands off my body!" as hundreds of Turkish women march on parliament in Ankara on Tuesday to protest a proposal to outlaw adultery. A Turkish Kurdish woman holds Turkey backs off plan Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay also cited constitutional limits in rejecting the plan modeled after the US. National Guard during a meeting Monday. But they pledged to strengthen their combined efforts to fight terror. "In our countries, the armed forces are not the first front in the fight against terrorism, but yes they can play supporting roles," said Chilean Defense Minister Michelle to outlaw adultery ANKARA, STEVE Press MARCUSAssociated Betty Bishop and her husband, Jim, both 80, picket outside the Las Vegas Convention center during a campaign stop by President Bush in Las Vegas on Tuesday. About 250 picketed while Bush made a speech to National guard soldiers. tells guardsmen Saddam was a threat Bush LAS VEGAS President Bush defended the war in Iraq to a convention of National Guard officers Tuesday, acknowledging the turmoil it has brought them, their families and many of their employers. He did not acknowledge the controversy that has engulfed his own stint in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. In a half hour speech in a huge exhibition hall just off this city's glittering gambling strip, Bush made only a passing reference to his military service, drawing one of many standing -- ovations. "Nineteen individuals have served both in the Guard and as president of the United States," b he said, naming Abraham Lin-co- and Harry Truman, among others, "and I am proud to be one of them" i ne president s appearance before the National Guard Association had taken on added political dimensions even before he arrived, brought on in part by the changing role of the Guard and by the questions about his service more than 30 years ago. Flu hospitalizations on the rise CHICAGO The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed substantially over the past two decades to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found. Severe cases of the flu can result in pneumonia, dehydration or a worsening of chronic medical conditions, and can be especially for the very old or the very young. Coming just as doctors are receiving the first supplies of this year's flu vaccine, the study demonstrates that the ailment is not trivial and underscores the importance of prevention, said lead researcher William Thompson of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The annual average of 226,054 hospitalizations a year is almost double the CDCs previous estimate, partly because it includes data from more recent years when more severe virus strains prevailed, and partly because the researchers used a broader category of illnesses to reach the new estimate. Anti-Bus- h Baby dropped out of car GREEN BAY, Wis. A man being chased by sheriff 's deputies dropped his fiancee's daughter out of a moving car, sending the baby tumbling across the highway in her car seat. The girl was unhurt, but the man later was fatally injured in a crash. Dana Bettin, 23, died Sunday, three days after the highfiway chase that ended when he crashed his ancee's car into an unoccupied squad car. Deputies began chasing Bettin after he was accused of domestic violence at a local hotel. By the time officers arrived, he had already left with the girlfriend's baby in the car. During the chase, Bettin slowed to about 10 mph, opened the car door and dropped the baby out in her car seat, which slid, spun and tipped over, sheriff's Sgt. Dan said. Pamenter said the child was "crying a little bit" but calmed down when he. picked her up and put her in his car, "She didn't have a scratch on her," he said. "She wasn't even dirty. She had on these Mlepajama things: She was just as content as any baby." The Chase continued at up to 100 mph, ending when 's car crashed, rolled over and pinned him underneath He died at a hospital in Green Bay. Sgt. David Catalano said that he spoke to the baby's mother on Monday and that the girl was doing fine. Bet-tin- "What is at stake here transcends politics," Jeff Rank said at a news conference at the Capitol. "What is at stake is the Deright of all Americans mocrats, Republicans and indeto pendents, all Americans peacefully voice their dissent government." cide if the child is an appropri- ate candidate for the drug and what are the warning signs of suicide, the panel concluded. Peterson trial testimony turns to blood and tracking r WASHINGTON Antide- pressants should come with the nation's strongest warning in a black box on the label that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers, the government's scientific advisers decided Tuesday. It's a rare risk, and therefore families heed detailed information on how to balance that concern with the need to treat depression, which itself can lead to suicide, cautioned advisers to the Food and Drug Administration. So antidepressants prescribed to minors also should come with an pamphlet that explains how to de easy-to-rea- d - the tattered clothing from Lad Peterson's remains, a prosecution witness testified Tuesday at Scott Peterson's double-murder trial . Pin Kyo, a state Department of Justice criminalist, said she scanned Laci Peterson's clotlt ing for blood after her body was pulled from San Francisco Bay. Kyo previously testified that little blood was found in the Peterson home. Prosecutors have not said how they believe Peterson killed his pregnant wife, and officials say the body was too decomposed to determine a cause of death. Prosecutors are trying to prove Peterson killed his wife on or around Dec. 24, 2002, then dumped her weighted body into the bay. ey's women. Government leaders had proposed an adultery ban as part of a major overhaul of the mostly Muslim country's penal code, which comes as the 25 EU states prepare to decide by end of the year whether to begin talks on Turkey's appeal for membership. The government has been hoping to tack the adultery ban onto the draft penal code, apparently to appease Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo-gan- 's conservative and devoutly Islamic base. The bodies of Laci Peterson and her fetus washed up along the bay in April 2003 not far from the Berkeley Marina, where Scott Peterson says he launched his boat that Christmas Eve morning for a solo fishing trip. Kyo said she also tested twine-lik- e material taken from around the fetus' neck. Show- ing a picture of the twine to jurors, prosecutor Dave Harris asked her about what appeared to be a small loop tied off with a knot. "The way it's tied is very loosely," Kyo said. Defense lawyers have claimed Laci was abducted, and that the child was born alive and then murdered. They have hinted that they believe the twine was intentionally tied around its neck. Bachelet. A rift surfaced Tuesday over how harshly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program, with the Europeans ignoring American suggestions and circulating their own recommendations to other delegates at a key meeting of the UN. atomic agency. Diplomats at a board of governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency had suggested earlier that the United States and the European Union were making progress in drafting common language for a resolution that would set a deadline for Iran to meet demands designed to dispel fears it was trying to make nuclear arms. But the latest draft, obtained by The Associated Press and being circulated informally Tuesday for reaction from other delegations, was nearly exactly the one that France, Britain and Germany came up with Friday a text that US. officials had said would be unaccept able. The American suggestions also were made available to the AP. They demand Iran grant agency inspectors "complete, immediate and unrestricted access;" provide "full information" about past illegal nuclear activities; suspend "immediately and fully" uranium enrichment and related activities; and meet all agency demands to "resolve all outstanding issues" nurturing suspicions of a possible weapons program. VIENNA, Austria . with Sept 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta A HAMBURG, Germany new witness in the retrial of the only Sept. 11 suspect ever convicted says he saw the defendant with the Hamburg-base- d suicide pilots four months before the 2001 attacks, a judge said Tuesday. The witness, a restaurant owner, told investigators he saw defendant Mounir el with hijackers Mohamed Atta, Marwan and Ziad Jarrah at his establishment on May 1, 2001, according to Presiding Judge Trial of Air Force linguist delayed The esFAIRFIELD, Calif. pionage trial of an Air Force linguist at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has ' been delayed until at least Thursday. The trial for Senior Airman Ahmad I. Al Halabi was to begin Tuesday at Travis Air Force Base. Defense attorneys contend the government can't prove he spied for anyone. They have sought a dismissal of charges in what has become a problem-fraugcase for military prosecutors. While acknowledging investigators have made mistakes in their probe, Air Force CoL Barbara Brand, the military judge presiding over the case, in June denied a motion to dismiss the case. Al Halabi, 26, a supply clerk, n naturalized and Arabic speaker who translated documents and conversations for some of the more than 600 suspected terrorists and members imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, faces 16 charges, including attempted espionage. He is expected to plead not guilty to those charges, according to his civilian attorney, Donald Rehkopf Jr. If convicted of the most serious charge, Al Halabi faces the possibility of life in prison without parole. Schudt. The statement contradicts el Ernst-Rain- , U.S., Europe disagree over Iran nuclear plan Witness saw suspect er Motassadeq's contention that he last saw Atta the presumed lead hijacker in May 2000, and could help prosecutors as they try to prove the defendant knew of the plan to attack the United States. The witness, identified by the court only as Luetz, is scheduled to testify Oct. 26. ht REDWOOD CITY, Calif. No blood was found on any of Antidepressants get stronger suicide warning label Turkey-Turk- government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians and a march on .. parliament Tuesday by hundreds of outraged Turkish Chechen charged with terrorism, murder in Beslan school siege Syrian-America- MOSCOW Russian prosecutors charged a Chechen man with terrorism and mur-der in the deadly hostage-tak- ing at a school in southern Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday. The man, identified as Nur-pasKulayev, was charged with nine counts, including kidnapping and banditry, General Prosecutor Vladimir Ustinov was quoted as telling Interfax. The three-da- y siege in Beslan in Russia's North Osse- tia region ended in chaos that left 330 people dead, including 171 children, Ustinov said. Kulayev was detained by authorities and he was later shown on Russian state television looking frightened as he was manhandled by masked law enforcement officers. He said on television that he and other hostage takers were told the goal of the raid was "to unleash a war on the whole of the Caucasus," but he swore to God that he didnt shoot women and childrea wearers sue officials A CHARLESTON, W. Va. couple arrested for wearing h to a Jury 4 presidential appearance filed a anti-Bus- home." A soldier's welcome Their lawsuit was filed in federal court by American Civil Liberties Union attorneys. Heather Bickel welcomes her boyfriend, Marine Copt Travis Wells, home with a kiss after he and five other pilots returned to MCAS Cherry Point, N.C., on Tuesday. The six pilots had been deployed with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan for the past seven months. Nations dismiss U.S. plan in combatting 11 I . f- ft YROtt HOUANOAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia The avian influenza virus that swept across East Asia early this year has in at least four countries in the region despite opti- mism among health and agriculture officials that the disease had been eradicated through the mass slaughter of chickens. Since July, govern- - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Recalling the excesses of past military regimes, defense ministers from seven South American nations dismissed a U.S. backed plan for a greater role by the region's armed v forces in combatting terror-is- ' J . The heads of the armed forces in Argentina, Brazil, .' ment officials have reported new cases among birds in Thai- land, Vietnam and China. A fresh outbreak has also been confirmed in Malaysia, which had previously escaped the epidemic this year but is' now the ninth Asian country to be afflicted by the H5N1 strain, which is highly lethal to poultry. "We think the H5N1 virus is entrenched in the rural environment in great swaths of Southeast Asia," said Peter ; Cordingly, a World , Health Organization spokesman in Manila. ; : r 'terrorism I) reappears in Asia hi irt federal lawsuit on Tuesday alleging their First Amendment rights were violated. Nicole and Jeff Rank were removed from the event at the West Virginia Capitol in handcuffs after revealing with President Bush's name crossed out on the front. Nicole Rank's shirt had the words "Love America, Hate Bush" on the back and Jeff Rank's said "Regime change starts at Bird " |