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Show December 30, 2000, THE DAILY HERALD, (wwwMarkTheHerald.com). Provo. Utah Saturday. A .... - Pais.- - AO '""O r . K4 I .. Sr - v-- - i- , 1 t f i jS - 'J 'L ROBIN NOWACKIThe art critic Brian Sewell called the dome "vain, Associated Press Writer vapid, fatuous, inane and, worst of all, patronizing." LONDON Futuristic,' Respondents to an online the flashy and high-tecvoted it the most Millennium Dome by the survey feature of the Thames drew millions of depressing year. tourists as the centerpiece Even the House of Comof Britain's year 2000 celemons culture committee brations as well as plensaid the dome's blend of ty of derision. theme exhibits, interactive The Millennium Dome technology and live shows closes Dec. 31 unloved, failed to "provide the 'wow' mourned by few. Then the factor was originally that builders and auctioneers sought." move in to gut the high-tecdrawing 6 miltent on the Prime Meridian lionThough visitors this year, more in Greenwich. than any other It's an inauspicious end tourist attraction in to the millennium attracthe dome has strugBritain, tion that opened last New to stay afloat until its gled Year's Eve with a glittering scheduled year-en- d closing party attended by Queen date. Elizabeth II and Prime It has received a series of Minister Tony Blair, who cash injections from the hailed the structure as a government totaling $265 "triumph of confidence over million but had taken in cynicism, boldness over just under $237 million in blandness." admissions and sponsorship Within weeks of its openby the end of November, ing, the dome, with its according to government exhibits mixing education figures. and entertainment, was By May, dome CEO Jenmocked and reviled and nie Page and Bob Ayling, decried in the press as a the chairman of its managenational embarrassment. ment company, were out. And the attacks have not let The original visitor tarup. get of 12 milliorwas This week in London's hlgtif a report. released last month by the Evening Standard newspa h, h ticket-sellin- g unre-alisticall- yi " Wi' d - i Automatic Sparkling Cider National Audit Office concluded, saying that the dome's management, the New Migovernment-rullennium Experience Co., overestimated sponsorship revenue and undersold the Martinelli,25.4oz. n (C Vim attraction. That estimate should have been put at 3.5 million to million, said dome CEO s Gerbeau, a former Disneyland Paris executive who was brought in to replace Page. "A figure like that would have made this place a stunning success," he said. Defenders blame political disunity for deflating the dome. The previous 7 Hoagie Rolls Pierre-Yve- .0 $1119 J.. save50 ea. i Conservative government dreamed up the Millennium Dome, and Blair championed the project after taking office in 1997 despite reservations by some members of his government. The two political parties are now arguing about which is to blame. "The dome has been a political football and being a political thing has not helped it at all," said Gerbeau. "Every time we were in trouble we have had the Conservatives saying it should be shut down when would cost more to shut it than keep it open." Cooked Shrimp 61-7- ct, tail on 0 fl? yiJTh SAVE Tide Detement ih FOR 19 at tr s'5yE$Z50j Number of wars increases By PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON George W. Bush and his team of Cold War warriors face a world of increasing with conflict, military experts counting 68 countries suffering civil unrest, drug wars and other skirmishes. The number is up from 65 last year and nearly twice the average at the sunset of superpower rivalry in the late 1980s. Of the 193 countries it examined, the National Defense Council Foundation found more than a third were in conflict. The think tank, which has retired military officers among its analysts, concluded the most dangerous strife is in Afghanistan. "We're more in danger citizens traveling now abroad and trade routes are more in jeopardy than ever before," retired Army Maj. F. Andy Messing Jr., executive director of the Alexandria, foundation, said in an interview. "There are all these little wars going on and a lot of them are starting to ... restrict marketplaces, resource bases and impact ... our ability to navigate the Va.-bas- globe safely." The report said the year's "stupidest conflict" is in Cameroon, where the government created and armed paramilitary groups to help stamp out widespread crime. "The militias and paramilitaries have created far more chaos and death than crime ever would have," the report said. The foundation, which describes itself as think tank, is aligned who with conservatives advocate military spending reforms. Like Bush, it advocates limited U.S. intervention abroad. Retired Joint Chiefs chair- a"right-of-cente- r" v The weekly advertised prices of Macey's k Albertscns are automatically matched on our shelves Unloved dome to come down per, sm ' i:.'::..ivlAJLU.- -t Associated Press Curtain call: A father and son watch one of the last live shows performed on :he center stage of the Millennium Dome. The dome wilt close Dec. 31. By JILL LAWLESS j T1 HiJYCfc W,4':l ea. Limit4 Turkey Breast Smoked, white countries added to list 15 By The Associated Press Countries added to the National Defense Council Foundation's list of world conflicts this year that were not on last year's list: Albania: Arrest of President Berisha leads to violent civil unrest; and human drug, weapons trafficking. Bolivia: Narcotics production and trafficking; violent civil unrest. Cameroon: Government-sponsored mass and incursions killings into Nigeria, and government suppression of protests. Cote d'lvoire: Overthrow of Gen. Guei leads to violent civil unrest and mass killings; religious related and anti-foreign- er violence. J Ib,; SAVE forces and Sierra Leone lb. Nv-- :. Kazakstan: Invasion "J I I ' civilian killings; militant attacks; and J , - ' rebels." of disputed border region by Uzbekistan leads to T',i 7up Products 2 liters drug-relate- d violence. Kyrgyz Sis Republic: Unrest surrounding President Akayev's terrorism Laos: Fighting between Hmong rebels and government troops Liberia: Civil war and raids by government and opposition forces. Libya: Rioting and violence targeting foreigners; drug trafficking and related violence Solomon Islands: Coup followed by multiinsurrecple ethnic-basetions. Spain: Basque separatists renew attacks. Tanzania: Violent civil unrest surrounding elections; violence against refugees. cross-bord- SAVE t i. ' . 8(1 t il 4 Carrots er 51b Bag SAVE 'I50 Limit 2 d d El Salvador: violence; kidnapping and extortion. Fiji: Multiple coups, ethnic and militia vioDrug-relate- lence. Guinea: Cross-bo- r man Gen. Colin Powell as secretary of state, former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney as vice president and repeat Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will face new dangers, said Messing. "Unless they reconfigure the Department of Defense, they're going to have a lot of superfluous or unnecessary spending. They're going to have to look at what the actual threat is," Messing said. The report is being sent to Bush, incoming members of Congress and defense officials. The foundation's - analysis der raids by Liberian rebel and government A .'. lists countries where turmoil has disrupt ed economies, politics or . security. Its count of 68 conflicts contrasts with the 31 counted by the Central Intelligence Agency this year. But Mark CIA spokesman Mansfield said the CIA list, t which is classified, includes only conflicts with "high levels of organized violence between states or between contending groups within a state or with high levels of political or societal tension likely to erupt into violence." Fifteen countries were added to the list this year, and 12 were removed. J , Melt Away PT3 Pa'201b Prices Affective Dec 29 - Jaa 2, 2001 MOitrF t'M.. ' 070 E 800 No. i d |