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Show PAGE 2 NEWS IN BRIEF MONDAY 3/7 Articles by The Associated Press "Daily Utah Chronicle Campus Events campus Monday 7 Hinckley Institute of Politics Forums: "Washington Up" date," a talk by Congressman Jim Matheson at 7:30 a.m. in OSH Room 255. ASUU Presidential, Vice Presidential and Senior Class Presidential candidates debate at 11 a.m. in the LDS Institute. Decide for whom you will vote to spend your student fees. Truth in Tuition: Listen to administrators' proposal to raise tuition at the U and make comments at 1 p.m. In the Marriott Library Gould Auditorium. Noted composer, Princeton University professor and electric guitarist Steven Mackey will lecture in Room 302 in David Gardner Hall at 2 p.m. Join the Canyonlands New Music Ensemble for a concert featuring two of Steven Mackey's works: "Indigenous Instruments" (flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion), and "Busted" (solo percussion) at 7:30 p.m. in the Dumke Recital Hall, David Gardner Hall. ASUU Presidential, Vice Presidential and Senior Class Presidential candidates debate at 8 p.m. in the Union Theatre. Decide for whom you will vote to spend your student fees. Tuesday 8 ASUU Presidential, Vice Presidential and Senior Class Presidential candidates debate at 12 p.m. in the Alumni House. Decide for whom you will vote to spend your student fees. Join Emma Gross, PhD, at 12 p.m. at the Women's Resource Center for a discussion on the World Values Survey. For more information call 5818030. The School of Medicine presents "Retraction of Type IV pili by N. gonorrhoeae activates mechanical stress cascades that enhance host cell cytoprotection" at 4 p.m. in the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium. Noted composer, Princeton University professor and electric guitarist Steven Mackey will lecture in the Dumke Recital Hall at 4 p.m. Wednesday 9 The Middle East Center presents a lecture by Ambassador Dennis Ross 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. Join the Huntsman Cancer Institute for a seminar, "Molecular targeting of FLT3 as novel therapy for leukemia" at 4 p.m. in the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Auditorium on the sixth floor of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. All events must be located on campus. The Daily Editor in Chief Managing Editor News Editor Asst. News Editor A&E Editor Opinion Editor Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor Copy Editor Copy Editor Copy Editor Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Cartoon Editor Art Director Production Manager Online Editor Business Manager Advertising Manager Student Ad Manager Accountant Advertising News Fax Tuesday Wednesday 53/39 56/39 58/40 Mostly sunny Partly cloudy Sunset 6:55am 6:24pm Moon phase1 i Today Partly cloudy Sunrise i Thursday j Friday 56/37 Partly cloudy 58/40 Partly cloudy Forecaster; www.weather.com Journalist disputes U.S. account of shooting ROME—Left-wing journalist Giuliana Sgrena claimed American soldiers gave no warning before they opened fire and said Sunday she could not rule out that U.S. forces intentionally shot at the car carrying her to the Baghdad airport, wounding her and killing the Italian agent who had just won her freedom after a month in captivity. An Italian Cabinet member urged Sgrena, who writes for a communist newspaper that routinely opposes U.S. policy in Iraq, to be cautious in her accounts and said the shooting would not affect Italy's support for the Bush administration. The White House called the shooting a "horrific accident" and restated its promise to investigate. Iraqi National Assembly to meet Chemical leak shuts down 1-15 BAGHDAD, Iraq—Iraqi politicians set March 16 for the opening of the country's first democratically elected parliament in modern history as a deal hardened Sunday to name Jalal Talabani, a leader of the minority Kurds, to the presidency. The more powerful prime minister's job will go to Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a deeply conservative Shiite who leads the Islamic Dawa party. His nomination, which the Kurds have agreed to, has been endorsed by the most powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq—Grand Ayatollah Ali alSistani. "This was one of our firm demands and we agreed on it previously. The agreement states that Jalal Talabani takes the presidential post and one of the United Iraqi Alliance members takes the prime minister's post," a spokesman said. SALT LAKE CITY—A railcar leaking acid forced the closure of major highways and the evacuation of more than 6,ooo people. There were no injuries, but the area downwind of the leak was evacuated because of fumes from the spill, South Salt Lake Fire Chief Steve Foote said. About 3,000 of the 13,000 gallons of industrial waste, which included hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, nitric and sulfuric acids, had leaked out and the tanker wall was becoming soft, Foote said Sunday night. Officials were planning on lifting a hazmat technician in a cherry picker to the top of the tanker so he could attach a hose to the rail tanker and pump the acids into two 6,500-gallon portable tanks. Jordanian foreign minister visits Israel JERUSALEM—Jordan's foreign minister met Israeli leaders Sunday in the first such visit in more than four years, signifying renewed diplomatic efforts to resolve long-standing regional conflicts involving Israel, the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon. Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani al-Mulqi called for intense peace efforts in meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Vice Premier Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, who left soon after for Washington. U.S. officials said Sharon would visit the White House next month following the first trip to Washington by Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian leader. Lawmakers criticize firefighting budget SALT LAKE CITY— Western lawmakers in Congress are furious over proposed cuts to wildland firefighting funds, including grants to help rural communities fight fires and prevent fuel buildup. There's also bipartisan sentiment to get rid of the Bush administration's traditional method of determining wildfire suppression budgets. At recent Interior De- partment and Forest Service budget hearings for 2006, senators warned that the Bush administration's proposed $283 million cuts—intended to shore up the nation's deficit—could end up costing taxpayers more in the long run. The federal agencies base funding requests to Congress on the average annual firefighting costs from the last 10 years. Israel to pullout from West Bank town JERUSALEM—A senior Palestinian commander said Sunday that Israel would begin pulling its troops out of the West Bank town of Tulkarem on Tuesday. Israeli officials said it was still up to the Palestinians to show they could stop violence in the West Bank, and government approval remained necessary before troops would leave Tulkarem. The transfer of five West Bank towns was frozen after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed five Israelis in Tel Aviv on Feb. 25. Contacts resumed Sunday. 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Sorensen jsorensen@chronicie.utah.edu Peter Evans pevans@chronicle.utah.edu Kay Andersen kay@chronicie.utah.edu 801 581.7041 801 581.NEWS 8 0 1 581.FAXX The Daily Utah Chronicle is an independent student newspaper published daily Monday through Friday during fall and Spring Semesters (excluding test necks and hofifeys) and weekly during Summer Semester. Chronicle editors and staff m solely responsible for the newspaper's content funding comes from advertising revenues and a dedicated student fee administered by the Publications Council. To respond with questions, comments or complaints, call (801) 581-7041 or visit mnv.darJyutatichfonJcJ&com. Civil rights-era figures observe 40th anniversary of march SELMA, Ala.—Aging civil rights-era figures and a bipartisan congressional delegation walked across an Alabama bridge with a throng of thousands Sunday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Selrna voting rights march that opened ballot boxes to blacks across the South. Among those participating was Coretta Scott King, whose husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., led the original march in 1965. "The freedom we won here in Selma and on the road to Montgomery was purchased with the precious blood of many," said King, who crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a car. Police estimated the crowd at nearly 10,000. Others on hand to commemorate the march across the bridge included singer Harry Belafonte. Minister says Syrian pullout begins Monday BEIRUT, Lebanon—Lebanese officials said Syrian troops will start moving toward eastern Lebanon on Monday in a pullback that will take two or three days, while Syrians—not unexpectedly— backed President Bashar Assad's decision and insisted Sunday he was not bowing to international pressure. The withdrawal from central and northern Lebanon toward the Bekaa Valley will begin right after a meeting in Damascus, Syria, of the presidents of the two countries, Lebanese Defense Minister Abdul-Rahim Murad told The Associated Press. Assad and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud will decide on the timetable of the pullback and repositioning of forces. "The Syrian withdrawal will begin Monday directly after the meeting in Damascus of the Syrian and Lebanese leaderships," Murad said. Police say child's injuries were abuse SALT LAKE CITY— A toddler said to have been seriously injured when he allegedly slipped and fell in a bathtub earlier this week was actually a victim of child abuse, West Valley City police said on Saturday. JenaV Adams' 2-year-old son, Dominic Adams, was flown to Primary Children's Medical Center Wednesday after emergency crews responding to a 911 call discovered him lying face up in one foot of water, slipping in and out of consciousness, West Valley Police Capt. Steve Sandquist said. The boy is currently in serious but stable condition after doctors had to remove part of his skull during surgery. Adams' boyfriend, Michael Barber, who was baby-sitting the boy at the time, has been charged with five counts of intentional child abuse. Supremacist gang members get own trials SALT LAKE CITY—A judge has granted a request for separate trials by four of a dozen men charged together in a federal indictment for carrying out violent crimes for a white-supremacist gang . 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