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;™E DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE NEWS IN BRIEF Monday, J a n u a r y 30, 2006 Wednesday Tuesday Today E C A S T Today 1; :-... - Snow 39/32 u At the •Biochemistry Seminar Series: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ EIHG First Floor Auditorium AM Snow Showers 37/30 •Hinckley Institute lecture series: Human Rights: What is the Roleeof 0: the U.N.: 9:10 a.m. to 10 am. @255OSH •Looking through a Feminist Multicultural Lens: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. @ Union 293 •School of Medicine Seminar Series: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. @ EIHG Auditorium Snow Showers 40/37 Rain/Snow Showers 41/36 •Grassroots and Effective Government: Kay Maxwell: 10:45 a.m. foTEJT a.m. @ Hinckley Caucus Room (OSH255) •Meteorology Graduate Semin a r Dr. Olivier Liechti: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. @ 110INSCC •Metallurgical Engineering Seminar: Liza Budukova & Gordon Forbes: 3:20 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. @ WBB 207 •Huntsman Cancer Institute Seminar Series: Marek Mlodzik:4p.m.@HCl Auditorium Friday Thursday •Biochemistry Semlnan 2 Series: Costa I Georgopoulos: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. @ Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium •Women's basketball vs. Wyoming: 7 p.m. @ Jon M, Huntsman Center •Last day to withdraw from first session classes •Peking Acrobats: 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. @ Kingsbury Hall •"Hotel Rwanda:" 7 p.m.® Union Ballroom All events located on campus. More bombings shake Iraq Mostly Cloudy 41/30 SUNRISE 7:41 a.m. www. dailyii tahchronicle.com SUNSET 5:40 pjn.; ~QUOTE OF THE DAYain times require harsh, poignant criticism, not sarcastic, cutesy bumper stickers." -Andrew Kirk demanding consideration and debate of tough issues. SEE FULL COLUMN PAGE 3. "Mother who is accused - of smothering children expressed remorse " DE QUEEN, Ark.—A mother accused \ of smothering her three young children ,left notes that officials say could help 'determine what led to the killings, and her priest said Sunday that she had ex'pressed "tremendous remorse." Paula Eleazar Mendez, 43, was in a ~ county jail Sunday after being treated at a hospital for swallowing a toxic substance. • She had collapsed as officers arrived at her southwestern Arkansas home 'Saturday morning in response to a telephone call from the children's father in New York. Inside the home, the officers found the bodies of the children, ages 6 to 8, lying side by side on a bed, said Chris Brackett, an investigator with the Sevier County Sheriff's Office. "I do not believe there is any dispute as to who killed these three children, and therefore who will be charged," prosecutor Tom Cooper said. "However, we have not determined at this time the particular homicide charge or punishment we will be seeking." _ Saddam Hussein's trial degenerates into chaos on debut of tough judge Israel says no talks until Hamas renounces violence JERUSALEM—Israel's acting prime minister on Sunday ruled out contacts with a Palestinian government led by Hamas unless the Islamic group renounces violence, and the defense minister threatened to "liquidate" militants if they attack Israelis. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israe) will stop the monthly transfer of tens of millions of dollars in tax rebates and other funds to the Palestinian Authority if a Hamas government is installed. ; With the latest comments, Israel showed no signs of backing down from the hard line it has taken since Hamas won a surprising landslide victory in Palestinian legislative elections last week. ; Hamas, which opposes the existence of Israel and has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bomb attacks, is expected to lead the next Palestinian government, hurting the chances for a peace deal. Also Sunday, about 7,000 Israeli security forces, anticipating violent resistance, were training to dismantle two small West Bank settlement outposts later this week, police said. Resistance is expected to be fierce in Amona and among Israeli squatters who took over an abandoned market in the Palestinian city of Hebron. Israel's Supreme Court rejected a request from Jewish settlers to delay the order, clearing the way for the operation to proceed. It will mark Israel's first evacuation of Jewish settlers since withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank in August. Olmert, addressing the weekly meeting of his Cabinet, said he has been in touch with leaders around the world in recent days and received support for the tough Israeli stance against Hamas. yj 8 6 4 1 do ku 3 7 2 5 "61 9 4 2 7 5 9 7 1 8 7 8 3 6 7 —- 4 3 4 2 9 SU 4 © Puzz es by Pap pocom 9 5 2 4 1 Answers can be found on the website at www.sudoku.com. All stories from The Associated Press THE of rising sectarian tensions, including reprisal killings and raids, that threaten to complicate efforts to form a broad-based government following the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections. "This was a reaction from the al-Zarqawi people against Christians who they believe support the U.S. military in Iraq," senior Shiite lawmaker Ali alAdeeb said. "Such acts are rejected by Shiites and Sunnis alike who have been living together with our Christian brothers in Iraq throughout history." A prominent Sunni Arab politician, Naseer alAni, called the bombings "terrorist acts.*' Three people died in the bombing at the Church of the Virgin in Kirkuk, police said. At least nine people were injured in the bombings, which caused little damage to the Christian buildings. Despite the relatively low casualty toll, the' bombings are expected to raise fears among the country's small Christian minority—about 3 percent of Iraq's 27 million people. At least 12 people were killed in a series of church bombings in 2004. Vatican officials had no immediate comment. U.S. officials are pressing the Iraqis to agree on a government that can win the trust of the Sunni Arabs, the minority community that forms the backbone of the insurgency. Such a government is considered essential if the United States and its international partners are to begin bringing their troops home this year. °°i BAGHDAD, Iraq—A new judge cracked down Sunday in a chaotic session of Saddam Hussein's trial, ordering a co-defendant and a lawyer expelled from the courtroom. The entire defense team left in protest and Saddam was escorted out after a shouting match in which he yelled, "Down with America!" Despite the turmoil, chief judge Raouf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman pushed ahead, replacing the defense lawyers with court-appointed attorneys and hearing three prosecution witnesses before adjourning the trial until later this week. It was Abdel-Rahman's first session at the helm, replacing a jurist who stepped down amid criticism that he was not doing enough to stop Saddam and his half brother, co-defendant Barzan Ibrahim, from dominating the trial with frequent outbursts and disruptions. Defense lawyers criticized the tough approach, saying it was preventing Saddam and his seven co-defendants from getting a fair trial. The eight could face death by hanging if convicted in the killing of at least 140 Shiites after a July 1982 attempt on Saddam's life in the town of Dujail north of Baghdad. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who is part of Saddam's defense team but did not attend Sunday's session, . denounced the court as "lawless" and re'. peated calls for it to be moved out of Iraq. *; "Now the court is seated without the • ^defendants' counsel of choice. This is nvrong," Clark said, speaking from New -York. BAGHDAD, Iraq—Car bombs exploded in quick succession Sunday near four Christian churches and the office of the Vatican envoy, killing three people and raising new concerns about sectarian tensions. At least 17 other people were killed in other violence around the country. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings, which occurred within a half hour near two churches in Baghdad and two in Kirkuk, 180 miles to the north. The fifth bomb exploded about 50 yards from the Vatican mission in the capital. Suspicion fell on Islamic extremists such as al-Qaida in Iraq—led by Jordanian-born terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi—that have been responsible for massive car bombings and suicide attacks against Iraqi Shiite civilians. Meanwhile, ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt were seriously injured Sunday when the Iraqi army vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a roadside bomb and small arms fire near Taji, about 12 miles north of Baghdad. Both suffered serious head injuries and underwent surgery at a U.S. military hospital in Balad, ABC News said. The U.S. military announced the death of an American soldier in a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad on Saturday. At least 2,241 U.S. military personnel have died since the war began, according to an Associated Press count. The attacks on Christian sites came at a time Women mourn at the site of an explosion that hilled and Injured their relatives near an outdoor market Sunday in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. ABC News co-anchor seriously injured in Iraq NEW YORK—ABC "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured Sunday when the Iraqi Army vehicle they were traveling in was attacked with an explosive device. Both journalists suffered head injuries, and Woodruff also has broken bones. They were in stable condition following surgery at a U.S. military hospital in Iraq, and were being evacuated to medical facilities in Germany, ABC News President David Westin said Sunday {night. I "We take this as good'news, but the next few days will be critical," Westin said. Woodruff and Doug Vogt, an award-winning ork States Crossword ACROSS 1 Borrovy without intending to repay 6 College administrator 10 Eyebrow shape 14 Oak's source 15 Former attorney general Janet 16 Hawaiian feast 17 Terrific 18 Cupid's Greek counterpart 19 Ancient Peruvian 20 Part of a famous 1897 editorial 23 Author Fleming 24 Delete 25 Christmas drink 27 Christmas trimming 30 First 007 film 31 Tree's anchor 32 Ballet movement in which the knees are bent 35 Went out, as the tide 39 "Lord, is ?" 40 Editorial, part 2 42 Swiss river to the Rhine 43 Analyze grammatically 45 Prefix with nautical 46 Thomas Edison 47 Quickly, in memos 49 Spice in Christmas cookies 51 Christmas songs _ 54 River around the lie de la Cite 56 Attorneys' org. 57 Editorial, part 3 62 Prima donna cameraman, were embedded with the 4th Infantry Division and traveling in a convoy with U.S. and Iraqi troops near Taji, about 12 miles north of Baghdad. They were wearing body armor and helmets but were standing up in the hatch of the mechanized vehicle when the device exploded, exposing them to shrapnel. An Iraqi solder was also hurt in the explosion. ABC said the men were in the Iraqi vehicle—considered less secure than U.S. military equipment—to get the perspective of the Iraqi military. They were-aware the Iraqi forces are the frequent targets of insurgent attacks, the network said., Answers to today's puzzle are on page 7. 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