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NEWS IN BRIEF PAGE FRIDAY 1/14 Articles by The Associated Press Daily Utah Chronicle Campus Events ay-canipus Friday 14 The Olpin Union Theatre will show "Mumia Abu Jamah A Case for Reasonable Doubt," a documentary on Abu Jamal's U.S. death penalty case, at 7 p.m. Wednesday 19 The newly constructed Crimson Commons celebrates its Grand Opening from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a Ribbon-cutting ceremony, a billiards trick shot show featuring Dr. Cue and live musical performances with free billiards, refreshments and all-day bowling specials. Join the department of meteorology for "Distribution of intense convectlve storms using the TRMM database. Part 1: global and regional distribution of intense storms from proxy variables" at 2 p.m. in INSCC Room 110. Join the Huntsman Cancer Institute for a seminar, "Structure and mechanism of EGF receptor family members and targeted therapeutics" at 4 p.m. in the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Auditorium on the sixth floor of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Saturday 22 "Balancing Families, Academics and Relationships" is the theme of the 2nd Annual Students with Families Conference held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn from the experts about reducing your grocery bill by 50 percent, persona! finance and investing, financial aid, home buying, children's issues and more. To register call 587-7730 Monday 24 The Middle East Center presents a lecture by Professor Shibley Telhami as part of its 2005 series, "U.S. Public Diplomacy In the Middle East" in the Dumke Auditorium of the UMFA from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday 25 Join the School of Medicine for "Building Blocks of the Heart: Implications for Human Disease" at 4 p.m. in the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium. Wednesday 26 The Natural Resources Law Forum and the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment present "The Politics of River Conservation" featuring Daniel McCool, political science professor and director of both the American West Center and Environmental Studies, In Room 107 of the College of Law at 12:30 p.m. The Department of Meteorology hosts "Distribution of intense convective storms using the TRMM database. Part 2: Global and regional distribution of stratospheric penetration by overshooting convective storms" at 2 p.m. in INSCC Room 110. All events must be located on campus. The 4 4 4 m Today 25/40 Partly cloudy Advertising News Fax Sunset 7:50am 5:24pm Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 38/30 Cloudy 42/32 Mostly cloudy 43/30 Partly cloudy 40/28 Partly cloudy Forecaster: Jason Shafer Information provided by the University of Utah American Meteorology Society www.met.utah.edu/campusforecast Palestinian militants attack Gaza crossing GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Palestinian militants set off a large truck bomb as gunmen stormed an Israeli base at a vital Gaza crossing Thursday, killing at least four Israelis and three Palestinians in an attack that defied peace efforts by new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The attack, which hospital officials said wounded five Israelis, was by far the largest since Abbas won an election Sunday to succeed Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority. Abbas has been trying to persuade militant groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad to agree to a cease-fire, but so far with no success. The bombing also came just hours after a West Bank Hamas leader said the Islamic group might consider an end to attacks against Israel. Malaria threat emerges BANDA ACEH, IndonesiaHealth officials plan to go door to door and tent to tent with mosquito-killing spray guns beginning Friday to head off a looming threat that one expert says could kill ioo.ooo more people around the tsunami disaster zone: malaria. The devastation and heavy rains are creating conditions for the largest area of mosquito breeding sites Indonesia has ever seen, said the head of the aid group anchoring the anti-malaria campaign on Sumatra island. The pools of salt water created by the Dec. 26 tsunami have been diluted by seasonal rains into a brackish water that mosquitos love. The threat of cholera and dysentery outbreaks is diminishing by the day because clean water is increasingly getting to tsunami survivors. More gay linguists discharged than thought SAN FRANCISCO— The number of Arabic linguists discharged from the military for violating its "don't ask, don't tell" policy is higher than previously reported, according to records obtained by a research group. The group contends the records' show that the military—at a time when it and U.S. intelli- gence agencies don't have enough Arabic speakers—is putting its antigay stance ahead of national security. Between 1998 and 2004, the military discharged 20 Arabic and six Farsi speakers, according to Department of Defense data obtained by the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military. Groups criticize Prince Harry's Nazi costume LONDON—Being the son of Princess Diana buys some sympathy, but not enough to get away with wearing a Nazi uniform. So Prince Harry is learning, to immense royal embarrassment, after his party costume provoked outrage from Jewish groups and politi- cians. The Simon Wiesenthal Center urged the wayward 20-year-old to go to Auschwitz to atone; the leader of the opposition Conservative Party demanded a public apology, and another lawmaker pushed to have Prince Harry barred from the army. Utah Army National Guard goes to Nicaragua to help build schools SALT LAKE CITY— Soldiers from the Utah Army National Guard are in Nicaragua as part of a humanitarian aid program. The assignment is part of the New Horizons 2005 program, a cooperative effort between the United States, Nicaragua and five other countries to provide humanitarian assistance. The soldiers will over- see the construction of four schools and two clinics in the western part of the country. They also will operate three temporary medical clinics. The group will distribute medical and school supplies along with about 10,000 Spanish language books that have been donated by individuals, groups and schools in Utah. Daily Utah Chronicle Editor in Chief Managing Editor News Editor Asst. 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Chronicle editors and stiff are solely responsible for Ihe newspaper's content. Funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated student lee administered by the Publications Council Subscriptions must be prepaid. Foward all subscription correspondence, including change of address, to (he Business Manager. To respond Kith Judge orders removal of evolution tags ATLANTA—A federal judge Thursday ordered a suburban Atlanta school system to remove stickers from its high school biology textbooks that call evolution "a theory, not a fact," saying the disclaimers are an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. "By denigrating evolution, the school board appears to be endorsing the well-known prevailing alternative theory, creationism or variations thereof, even though the sticker does not specifically reference any alternative theories," U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper said. The stickers were put inside the books' front covers by public school officials in Cobb County in 2002. They read: "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact." Mark Thatcher pleads guilty to helpingfinancea botched African coup plot CAPE TOWN, South Africa—The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pleaded guilty Thursday to unwittingly helping bankroll a botched coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, and in exchange he received a fine, a suspended jail sentence and the right to rejoin his family in the United States. Within hours of agreeing to the $506,000 fine, Sir Mark Thatcher checked in for a flight out of South Africa. "There is no price too high for me pay to be reunited with my family, and I am sure all of you who are husbands and fathers will understand that," Thatcher told journalists outside court. Across the street, a poster reading "Save me mummy" hung from a window. The bizarre coup plot drew mercenaries from elite British schools into an attempt to take over Africa's third-largest oil producer. Huntsman outlines plans to reshape government SALT LAKE CITY—Gov. Jon Huntsman on Thursday outlined changes for the executive branch of state government that will include bringing economic development efforts closer to his supervision and consolidating 1,000 information-technology employees spread out through state departments. "The executive branch is a farflung bureaucracy—22,000 employees. All we're trying to do is make it more accountable," Huntsman told reporters during a late morning meeting at a downtown sandwich shop. The new governor plans to shut down Utah's two-person lobbying operation in Washington, D.C., saving close to 5250,000 a year. Huntsman said he wasn't doing it just to save money, however. He said his office can work more effectively dealing directly with members of Utah's congressional delegation. Episcopals regret tensions over gay bishop Episcopal bishops expressed "sincere regret" Thursday for consecrating the denomination's first openly gay bishop without full consideration for overseas Anglicans who objected, and said they prayed for forgiveness so they could maintain ties with sister churches around the world. However, American church leaders took no action on requests from Anglican leaders for a moratorium on consecrating gay bishops in same-sex relationships and on authorizing official prayer services for same-gender couples. The bishops said they did not want to "act in haste." The bishops issued their statement after a private, two-day meeting in Salt Lake City. Judge orders counseling for polygamist's wife SALT LAKE CITY—The wife of a prominent polygamist must undergo more counseling if she wants to get her children back, a judge has ordered. Even though 3rd District Juvenile Court Judge Andrew Valdez ruled Heidi Mattingly Foster abused her children, he refused to end parental rights as requested by both the state and the children's advocate. He made his decision Wednesday after several therapists praised the efforts of Mattingly to re-evaluate her Answers are on page 15. 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