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Show DAILY ad Sunday, March 5, 2006 HERALD MORNING BRIEFING FAST FACT Eugenics is the study of methodsto improve inherited human characteristics.It is directed chiefly at discouraging reproduction amongthose considered unfit, an inherent Nazi doctrine. Source: Micropedia of orldFacts Compiled from Daily Herald wireservices Nazareth residents protest church attack NAZARETH. | thro protection for atroubled fam- ackers inside-a shrine. | reaction to the ne Basilica of the An- reflected the fragile aLus wel’s Arab minority ch has long claimedit sufscrimination at the hands sh majority srotesters accused ment of failing to r the attack.-andrejected the official claim that Friday's atack as drivenby personal s. and notpolitically mo\n Israeli couple accompanied by their daughterinter- ent praver service by irecrackers in the oneof Christianity’s reveredsites. The attack light damage. but riot that injured two {azen people. including 13 po- lice officers Al-Qaida deputy cri izes for insulting prophet CAIRO. Egypt — Al-Qaida’s 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahrt ized the West forits insult to Islam's prophet, complaining na Video broadcast Sunday on Al-Jazeera that the Prophet Me nmedand Jesus “are not sacred-anvmore.” Referring to the cartoonsof MUHAMMEDMUHEISEN/AssociatedPress the Prophet Muhamimad that have been printed in a number Israeli Arabs, one holding a Palestinianflag, participate ina protest in front of the Basilica of the Annunciationin the northernIsrael town of Nazareth on Saturday. Zawahri said: apparently wasdrivenby personal distress and not extremism.police said. of European newspapers.al- “Theydid it on purpose and they continue to Hundreds marchedonSaturday to prote theattack Friday onthe Basilica, one of Christianity’s holiest sites, by anIsraeli couple andtheir daughter. The attack do it without apologizing. even thoughno one dares to harm Jews or to challenge Jewish claims about the Holocaust nor even to insult homosexuals.” \|-Zawahri, wearing a black turban andseatedinfrontof a curtaimed window. spoke insistent and wavedhis right hand 10 emphasize his words. The insults against Prophet Muhammadarenot the result ot freedom of opinion but because what is sacred has changedinthis culture.” he said. “The Prophet Mohammed. prayers be uponhim.and Je- sus Christ. peace be upon him. are not sacred anymore. while Semites andthe Holocaust and homosexuality have become sacred U.S. general praises reaction of Iraqi troops . BAGHDAD. Iraq — Iraq's president said Saturday that he had been assured that Amerian Lroops will stayin his countrv as long as needed. while tt least 14 people were killed n explosions and gunfire naue de as vehicle restrictions vere lifted in Baghdad \ top U.S. general. mean- while, said he was“very, very pleased” withthe responseof , disputing critics who said too little was done to quell attacks thatkilled more than 500 people the past week Gen. John Abizaid. chief of US. Central Command. spent twodays in Baghdad meeting withtop Iraqi leaders after the Feb. 22 bombing of a golden- domedShiite shrine in Samarra triggeredreprisal attacks against Sunnis that pushed the country to the brink ofcivil war. Iraqi security forces blunted Angerhas beenstirring amongthe tribesmen since a military strike on a suspected a lot longer than his work day, in the nearbyvillage of Saidgi. Maj. Gen. ShaukatSultan, the thetoll could be higher. Three tion workerleaves his house in Gaza at 10 p.m., overnights at the border waiting to be let into Israel, hurries back homein the afternoon because Gaza Palestinians haveto be outofIsrael andabout 10 were wounded, he said. process over again. tants werekilled in Miran Shah and 21 in MirAli. but he added governmenttroopsalso died region suggested 80 or more fighters had died, security and intelligence officials said on condition of anonymity because wounding 25. Pakistanis clash with pro-Taliban tribesmen MIRAN SHAH. Pakistan they weren't authorized to commentto media. U.N. food agency to run outof food needed to feed 3.5 million Kenyans EL WAK, Kenya — The U.N food agencywill soon run out of food needed to feed some with helicopter gunships and 3.5 million Kenyans facing tribesmenclashedwith security forces Saturdaynearthe Af- ghan border. At least 49 people werekilled in the fighting, a spokesmansaid authorities are thinking of closing the border permanently in responsetothe election victory of Hamas, an orga- towns of Miran Shah and Mir Ali in North Waziristantribal — Pakistan's army retaliated artillery after pro-Taliban Nowhis $30-a-day job may be in jeopardy becauseIsraeli Intercepts of radio com- weekend, followed bya driving ban in Baghdad on Friday. Saturday. violence resumed. with a bomb explodingat a bus terminal in southeastern Baghdad, killing seven people and by nightfall, and, after a couple of hours’sleep, starts the whole munications betweenmilitants involved inthe fighting in the But with the banlifted on The 48-year-old construc- army spokesman, said 25 mili- thesectariankilling with an extraordinary daytime curfew in fourflashpoint provinceslast and things may soon get much worse. al-Qaida campearlier this week prolonged drought because it KARIM KADIM /Associated Press Relatives carry an injured person to a hospital, in Baghdad,Iraq, Saturdayfollowing an explosion. A bomb exploded'at a minibus terminalin a southeastern Baghdad suburb,killing at least sevenpeopleandshattering the relative calm brought to the bloodied capital bya one-daydriving ban. April but will run out of other staples by month's end, program spokesmanPeter Smerdonsaid. The programneeds $2 5 mil- lion to buy more than33,000 has receiveda fraction of the tons of food each month until required funding, officials said Saturday. February2007 but hasreceived only$28 million,he said. has enoughcereal to last until food aid it will be a catastro- Burlington,Vt., first ture, actress and screenplay as producer, star and writer of the gross-out romantic comedy The World Food Program “If we don't get any more phe,” Smerdonsaid. “We are alreadyon the edge because food is running out and we are supposed tobe feeding people unti] Februarynext year.” Desperate Gazans think things will get worse EREZ CROSSING,Gaza Strip — Hassan Dada’s commuteis nization thatrejects Israel's rightto exist. Thousands of workerslike Dadaare caughtin the three- wayvise of a corrupt outgoing Fatah government, the Hamas militants who wereelected to clean things up,and Israeli military authorities who say thatif Hamasis whatthe Palestinians want, a borderclosure is what they should get. If Hamassticksto its nonrecognition ofIsraelafterit takes office in the coming weeks, “wewill haveto close the gates and no onecan pass,” said Sh- lomoDror, anIsraeli military spokesman onPalestinian affairs. The NATION to elect mayor using instant runoff BURLINGTON,Vt. — Runoff elections are typically cumbersomeprocesses, taking weeks and sometimes months to determine a winner. Burlingtonis goingtodoitall instantly. In aninnovation known as instant runoff voting, the results of Tuesday's five-candidate election for mayor and whatever runoffs are needed to settle it will all be known soon afterpolls close. Forthefirst time in a mayor- al election in the United States, voters will marktheir ballots for their favorite candidate, along with their second,third, fourth andfifth choices. If noneofthe five gets 50 percent of the vote on the first round, the candidate with the lowestvote total would be eliminated, Thenthe second choice of the voters who made that candidatetheirinitial pick would be counted, and so on. McCarthy's ‘Dirty Love’ earns worst-picture LOS ANGELES — Tom RIC VASQUEZ AssociatedPress Festive spirit Thespirt of Carnavalcanbe founddurirfy the BorderFest 2006 Grand Parade onSaturday in the Texas bordercityof Hildago. Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Paris Hilton won worst-of prizes Saturdayat the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof mocking the worstof 2005. But they were upstaged by Jenny McCarthy, who received three Razzies for worstpic- Dirty Love.” Cruise had been nominated for worst actor for “Warof the Worlds,”though he lost to Rob Schneider for “Deuce Bigalow: EuropeanGigolo.” But Cruise did win in a new category for mosttiresometabloid target, for the public spectacle ofhis romance with Katie Holmes. “As guarded, not necessar- ily secretive, but as private abouthis personal life as he used to be, for him to suddenly propose in front of reporters on the Eiffel Tower and jump up and downlike the monkey in ‘Curious George’ on Oprah Winfrey's couch,there truly is some problemthere,” said Razzies founder John Wilson. UNCgraduate charged with attempted murder CHAPELHILL,N.C. — A re- cent University of North Caro- lina graduate was charged with nine counts of attempted murder Saturday, a day after authorities say he drove through a popular campus gathering spot in an attempt to avenge Muslim deaths. Derek Poarch, chiefof the university police department, confirmed Saturday that Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, a 22-year-old Iran native,told investigators he wanted to “avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world.” Poarch would not provide any other details on the motive. Taheri-azaralsois charged withnine countsofassault. Noonewasseriously hurt in theincident just before noon Friday at ThePit, a sunken, brick-paved area surrounded by twolibraries,a dining hall andthestudentunion near the center of campus. A witnesssaid he entered the crowded areaslowly, then sped through. Five students anda visiting scholar weretreated at and released from hospitals, the university said in a statement. Three other people declined treatment,policesaid. a investigate death of ex-football player Patrick Tillman WASHINGTON — The Armysaid Saturdayit will launcha criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman,the former professional football player who was shot to death byfellow soldiers in Afghanistan in what previous Armyreviewshad concluded was an accidental shooting. Col. Joseph Curtin, an Army spokesman,said the Defense Departmentoffice of inspector general had reviewed the matter at the Army’s request and concluded that a criminal probe was warranted. Membersofthe Tillman fam- ily werenotified on Friday, Curtin said. In the past, Tillman’sfather,Patrick Tillman, and other family members have criticized the Army andits investigations. “Weare obligated to answer the family’s questions, as we are withall grieving families,” Curtin said. Curtin said the scope of the new investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Commandhadnot yet been deter- ‘ minedin detail. Underfire, DeLay faces arare primary challenge WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom DeLayhas rarely faced a serious challengein the 22 years he has held office, dispatching opponents with seeminglylittle effort. This year, after being forced Out of his job as House majority + leader amid corruption and campaign scandals, fi R-Texas, has waged an aggresOpponents in Tuesday's primary peasates would face ormer ic Nick Lampson in Noein Twoof DeLay’s Republican Opponents, Mike Fjetland and Pat Baig, are considered long shots. So DeLay has aimed most ofhis political vitriol at attorney Tom Campbell, who was general counselfor the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration under President George - H.W.Bush. |