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Show suet werent : FEBRUARY20, 2006 | www.heraldextra.com Daily Herald km UTAH VALLEY EDITION 50 CENTS YOUR TOWN * YOUR NEIGHBORS * YOUR NEWSPAPER - Congress remainsa room full of smoke Faye Fiore andNick Timiraos Russiato host crucial talks with lran Meeting gives hopeof avoiding confrontation over nuclear program Steve Gutterman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — The spotli ‘ht on Tehran’s nuclear program 's today to Moscow, whereIranian officials are to hold talks on a proposal to movetheir uranium enrichment to Russia in a bid to ease fears the Islamic republic will develop atomic weapens. Iran said Sundayit will consider Moscow's proposal if certain provisions are met, giving new hope for what is seen as an eleventh-hour chance to avert confrontation aheadofa crucial meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, which could start a process léading to sanctions. “At the moment there’s only one diplomatic doorleft open, andit’s open a crack,” said Rose Gottemoeller,director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. “So 1 think this set of talks on Mondayis very importantfor the future of the diplomatic approach.” ForRussia, the talks are an opportunity to stave off the threat of action against a country in which it has strong interests andto win prestige by helping find a solution to a conflict in whichit was long seen as part of the problem. But the price would be highfor Iran, atleast in terms ofpride: Giving up enrichmentefforts at home, even temporarily, goes against its leaders’ adamant insistenceontheir right to conduct the process as part of what they insist is a See IRAN, A2 LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON — When Rep. Charlie Norwood was diagnosed with a chronic lung disease a few years back, he followed the A DAY AT THE OLYMPICS ordersof his wife, Gloria, and gave up red meat, chewing tobacco andhis favorite cigars. But that didn’t save the Georgia Republican — recently recovered from a lung transplant and hooked up to an oxygen tank — from landing in a shroud of cigarette‘smokerecently as he parked his scooter chair in the Speaker’s Lobbyoutside the House floor. Norwood doesn’t smoke anymorebut several of his congressional colleagues do, defiantly and unapologetically, making the U.S. Congress oneofthe few and possibly the most famous indoor workplaces in the country whereit’s still legal to light up. The District of Columbia City Council passed a law that will makeindoor worksites, bars and restaurants smoke-free by next January. The notable exception is Congress, where tobacco leaves dot the frescoes and knee-high ashtraysstand sentry outside the House chamber. - Andit's not likely to change any time soon, given that newly elected House MajorityLeader * John Boehner, R-Ohio,is a chain smoker who takes morning exercise walks, then drags on his obscure brand of choice — Barclay. Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas, See CONGRESS, A2 Bird flu the latest JULIE JACOBSON /Associated Press rik Cole (26), of the United States, gets tripped up in front of Sweden’s Ronnie Sundin during an ice hockey matchat the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics in Torino,Italy, on Sunday. The U.S.lost 2-1 to Sweden, the second-straight loss in two days,raising questions if they will makeitinto the quarterfinals.Atleft, Olympic volunteer Dario Balbo fightsa losing battle with the snow as he awaits the final run in the two-man bobsled competition in CesanaPariol, Italy. Germany, Canada and Switzer- Andrew Bridges THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS ST. LOUIS — Humans risk being overrun by diseases from the animal world, according to researchers who have documented 38 illnesses that have made that jumpoverthe past 25 years. That’s not good newsfor the spread ofbird flu, which experts fear could mutate andbe transmitted easily among people. : Thereare1,407 407 pathogens land took the top spots. The U.S.finished seventh and 14th DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press 58 percent come from animals. Scientists consider 177 of the pathogens|tobeee “ or -“re-emerging.” Most will never cause pandemics. Experts fear bird flu could prove an exception. Recent advances in the worldwide march Youre nevertoo old — even Robin Hindery THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS NEW YORK — Some 36-yearolds hit the golf course to unwind; Soee WEATHER Dé 8 OPINIONS urease COMIcs MOVIES SPORTS AS. 61 % 85 ct ‘ Sun with flurries HIGH 32 “ VOLUME 83 ISSUE 204 cunroms or LOWNS. -QBITUARIES Osama vows neverto be for gymnastics, dodgeball See BIRD FLU, A2 INSIDE in the bobsled. For more Olympic coverage, See Sports Less than a year ago, Lin, a New York City boutique owner who had es eee could master a forward r _ captured alive “IL used to go to the gymbut it turned into a chore,” said Daniel Lewis, a 26-year-old New York University law student who attended a recent gymnastics Class with Lin at the Chelsea Piers recreation complex on Manhattan's Hudson River shore.“With ics, you're getting great éxercise and also SS Whether reviving a childhood Steven R. Hurst THE ASSOCIATED PRESS real skills.” 25,000-square-foot passion or following the leads of their own children, more adults are st ae mats, and ice rink: ack perticeaton se erally dominatedbyie a ructors S 's hail the As said. Partici almost meditative effects, regulars’ sharply defined ‘oe See EXERCISE, A2 helps a student during an adult remitciate at New York City's Chelsea Piers. bese a membership of over 500 adults, the 25,000uare-foo t facility boasts whatis advertised as the lngest kik gymnastic program in the U.S. ob nan CAIRO,Egypt — Osamabin Ladenpromised neverto be captured alive and declared the U.S. had resorted to the same “repressive” tactics used by Saddam Hussein, according to an audiotape purportedly by the al-Qaida leader that was posted Monday ona militant Website. The tape appeared to be a com-ete version of one that was first | roadcast Jan, 19 on Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arabsatellite channel, in | which bin Laden offered the United States a long-term truce but also See BIN LADEN, A2 |