Show A8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday November 3 2003 World Q Monkeys terrorize Indian workers rans eader warns NI-A- Dllllll - In AP) a capital ci I y lii'K lows mam the nIivi'In iiihI elephants plod along 'in ilk Inis lanes it's no surprise hi find government buildings overrun with mon-ke- zealous inspectors TEHRAN Iran ( AP) — Iran's supreme leader said Sunday that "excessive demands" from abroad could prompt Tehran to retreat from a recent commitment to give inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog more access to its atomic facilities The warning by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei comes as the ' International Atomic Energy Agency evaluates a dossier on Iran's nuclear program that -Tehran supplied to meet an Oct 31 deadline to prove it is not developing atomic weapons — as US officials believe Iran agreed last month to' allow Unfettered inspections oif its nuclear facilities and to stop enriching uranium — a process that creates fuel for nuclear plants hut also can he used to build weapons ‘if parties to the talks with us or centers of global power come up with excessive demands and we feel that our interests and values are harmed- we won’t hesitate to end this trend (of cooperation)” Khamenei said in a television speech on state-ru- n v s But i lie ollleial’) who work there ire led up The ‘ye been bitten! robbed and otherwise tormenied b monkeys that ransack Hies bring down power tines screech at visitors1 apd hang oil office windows The Supreme Court has that New stepped in Telhi should he a monkey-fre- e it city afterciliens fied a demanding protection Irom the ahimals : Easier said than done A past initiative ’to 'scare offthe army iif Rhesus macaques with idtrahigh frequency loudspeakers didn't work A plan ' to deport ‘them to distant regii ms has stalled because local governments refused to ' have them There's an ape patrol iif fierce-lookin- g primates called langurs' led about on leashes by keepers But whenever a langur looms the pink-facehooligans simply 'move elsewhere ongovem: ' menl grounds "Please do not feed the monkeys" impjores a sign at Raisina Hill the yomplex of colonnaded buildings that includes the president’s Parliiiinent and Cabi" net offices To no:aiulHindus believe ' tlial monkeys are nianifesla- tiiirisof the nicvnkey god Haniiman and worshippers come id Raisina Hill every Tuesday handing out bananasLast year the monkeys tnade their presence felt by hanging from windoW ledges and ' screeching at reporters arriv- ing for a news conference with visitmg Ufi Secretary of State' ' pdnald Rumsfejd v It's a big problem espe-ciull- y in the evening’ says' : Defeiisc Ntinistry spokesman Amitabha Chakrabarti Mori- law---su- ” : ' ' Rhesus macaque grimaces as be hangs from a fence near the North Block area of New Delhi India tall macaques abound Raisina Hill the capitals center for government offices often Oct 9 The two-fefiles at visiting dignitaries and breaking power tines screeching destroying d' A two-foot-ta- ll ' AP photo : et keys break into offices al night their own Maneka Gandhi daughter- itirlaw of the late Indian leader Iridira Gandhi and mcink'r of Tthe governing party in the lower house (if India’s Parlja- ment believes the monkeys should he left in peace" Gandhi iin animal rights advocate has already managed io halt a New Delhi program to spay and neuter stray dogs ’ saying it was cruel’ claims that captured She I ' ' mentary district about 125 miles east of New Delhi Gandhi denies it “It’s all rub- hish" she said “Not one 'monkey has been relocated to : - Where the money comes from! r Mrtrises ' -- ' Caries for : 'Misc iny constiiuency" Atdl' K Gupta of the Wildlife Institute of India' says ' macaques belong in forests' but deforestation and human ' settlement are drivingthern into cities in search of food "' Macaques ure crafty pick--! pockets know how tqopen ' refrigerators arid brazenly snatch lunch pails from gov- ermrient workers he said' have learned the tricks of finding food in an Urban - Services Permits ' ? ' - y S280&504 ’A Y 1 ' ' ' 34 V times lv lue: - ' ''' 1982 value1 " ’ ' ' 17: Fines " $4482999 'V Public Safety ' - 'City Debt V to4r ' $3357985 ' Your Growth 2002 $21602 183532 - ‘ Tehran’TheIAEA board of governors is scheduled tq dis- ciiss the issue Nov ' ' - v’-- ' ' 20- 93 ' You " City V City' Yearly Average Percent V-- ' V to be cut? : X TIME FOR CHANGE 534 Growth 2002 ' V Logan City Sales Tax Income $12612522 ' ' S52W34 478 Growth 240 ' The economy has done that for us The challenge is to hold the fine when the sales tax revenues go back up As sales tax income rises it should trigger property tax relief Thes long term goal is to bring the city income in line’ with the in: come increases of it's residents : I thank you for your support and ask for your vote on Nov 4th I Logan City Total Collected Tax Capita Income ' 19: $1599405 vVOTE 2002 $10142232 PETEIR ©RyWSOliVI It is time the Gty paid more attention to the relationship between the financial growth of residents and the taxes they pay! paid for b Peter Branson CITY COUNCIL i : the directions and goals of the' cstahlishmcrit I will stop it" ' IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei told CNN on Sunday that the agency still is evaluating Iran’s nuclear dossier The United States accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons and has pressed for the IAEA to declare Iran in violation of the Nuclear Non- proliferation Treaty Tehran however insists it is only ' developing nuclear energy to produce power as its oil stocks ' decline IAEA experts have found traces of highly enriched uranium on weapons-grad- e sites a Iranian at equipment has ElBaradei called discovery the most troubling aspect of : Tehran’s nuclear activities: '' Iran insists the traces found in environmental samples were inadvertently imported on equipment meant to generate electricity and says it does npt know Where the equipment originated because it was pur- chased through third parties If the IAEA decides Iran is' developing' nuclear weapons it coujd ask for a review by the UN Security Council which could impose sanctions ori "by':-- Do taxes have NO!! 'Public Works' 2196 $7086853 ‘ ':'v - Income Growth 'I-'"'- ship General Government ' ' -- Ayatollah Khamenei years The increase in per capita income of residents has averaged 55 for the last 20 years: o It is time to change the 82 to 55 relation'' Parks Recreation Culture : ’ 473 -- All The increase in property tax income for Logan City has averaged 82 each year for the last 20 $'671622 Where the money goes! S32 268 405 Tbtal General Expenditures- right" 240-:- - ' organization can deprive us of this : Income Growth tal : times Vbu inter-governmen- “Peaceful nuclear technology is our legitimate right and no country and no ‘Peaceful nuclear technokv gy is our legitimate right and no country and no organization can deprive us of this right including the right for pfoduc- (ion of our own nuclear fuel" ' Khamenei spoke before a large group of military and 'government officials at a party marking ihe daily breaking of’ the fast for the Muslim holy ' " month of Ramadan ' Kharitcnei whohas the final 'say on all state maiterssaid he will intervene io Mop the ian government from making decisions he considers inap- propriate t ‘So far nothing has been done against pur principles” he said ’ Wherever I feel that' a step has been taken against Iri the latest efforiia monkey relocation initiative 4fX)moit- ' ' keys have been caught at kaisina Hill in the past year : and moved to artra ‘macaques despite their holi-- : ' ness io I liridus have been on the outskirts of New Delhito await their returntq forests:giyenlolakratories forex'por- orientation or have died in in neighboring states said ' Madan Thapliyala’municipal- - tlie'ir holding area cages They ' ' were'“relocaied to monkey V environment" V ity spokesman ' The answer he said is let - But she said heaven governments of those the forests Otherwise he save states have so far refused to v Thegdvernment says more' ' than 2(X)monkcys have been take the furry exiles saying sayS“lhe pniblem will get ' wdrse” they have more than enough of reloeated to Gandlu’sparlia- - : - u : ' |