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Show 1 Monday, April 17,2006 797-1769 statesman@cc.usu.edu, People Today's Issue ^Dedications "Z CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A local governor in Namibia said Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt told him they will have their baby in his country and are considering giving the child a Namibian name, a newspaper reported Sunday. Samuel Sheefeni Nuuyoma, the gov- PFTT ernor of the Namibian province where the couple is staying at a heavily guarded lodge, said he had breakfast Friday with the two stars, according to The Sunday Times of South Africa. He said Jolie had made those choices because "she loves Namibia." Namibian immigration officials confirmed earlier this month that the couple and five other people, including two children, arrived in Walvis Bay on a chartered jet from Paris, prompting speculation their baby will be born in Africa. The couple has been shielded from reporters by heavy security at a secluded beach resort near Walvis Bay, in an area where Naimbia's desert sand dunes descend spectacularly to the sea. But the Sunday Times carried what it billed as "exclusive" pictures of Jolie hugging 1-year-old Zahara and Pitt carrying sleeping Maddox, 4, to a sports utility vehicle. Both Pitt and Maddox sported matching haircuts. It also had a photograph of a security official chasing a photographer along the beach. The newspaper also said Pitt had managed to evade paparazzi and go riding on an all-terrain vehicle in the Namibian desert. Today is Monday, April 17, 2006. Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Gary Meidenbauer, a freshman majoring in aerospace engineering from Buffalo, New Y ork. Clarifications The policy of The Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clarified or find unfair, please contact the editor at 797-1762 or TSC 105. National Briefs A Quick Look' ' AP Photo/Ben Curtis Bush preparing to approve birdfluplan A N EGYPTIAN COPTIC protester, center, is beaten by plain-clothed policemen outside the St. Maximus Church in the northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt, Sunday, April 16,2006. Police fired live ammunition into the air and lobbed tear gas into rioting crowds of Christians and Muslims Sunday in a third day of sectarian violence in Egypt's second-largest city. WASHINGTON (AP) - In the event of a bird flu outbreak, U.S. money could be produced overseas and Americans checked in drive-through medical exams for signs of infection, according to government plans being finalized. Federal officials say the first case of bird flu could show up in the United States in the coming weeks or months as birds migrate from overseas. President Bush is expected to approve a national response plan in the next week or two laying out how agencies should respond if it were transmitted to humans. The plan assumes a worst-case scenario that as many as 90 million people in the U.S. would become sick and 2 million would die during a worldwide flu pandemic. It envisions people may need to avoid human contact and stay home from work, school and other large gathering places, according to officials familiar with draft. Some details of the draft, were confirmed by officials at the White House who spoke anonymously because the plan has not been finalized. Dr. Bruce Gellin, director of the National Vaccine Program Office at the Health and Human Services Department, said the report builds on the strategy that Bush outlined six months ago — new flu-vaccine technology and greater stockpiles of vaccines and antivirals. The government had focused on health issues in that earlier report, but a pandemic would affect every aspect of government, Gellin said. The response plan, assembled by the presidents Homeland Security Council, lays out who should be thefirstvaccinated, proposes that other countries make U.S. money if domestic locations cannot operate. The plan anticipates employees could strain Internet capacity while working from home computers. Riots erupt in Alexandria ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Police fired live ammunition into the air and lobbed tear gas into rioting crowds of Christians and Muslims on Sunday in a third day of sectarian violence in Egypt's second-largest city. One Muslim man reportedly died Sunday of his wounds. Police said 40 people had been wounded in clashes and 80 had been arrested over the weekend. The riots were touched off Friday by knife attacks at three Coptic Christian churches, which killed one man and wounded up to 16 other people. A mentally ill man is being held in the stabbings. Some 2,000 police fought back Sunday against 200 Coptic Christians who fled into St. Maximus Church in Alexandria, after the mob began hurling stones and bottles. Other demonstrators tossed Molotov cocktails from the balconies of nearby buildings. Police were seen beating a >• RIOTS See page 18 Benedict XVI calls for nuclear solutions VATICAN CITY (AP) - In his first Easter message as ... „. pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged nations to use diplomacy to defuse nuclear crises — a clear reference to worries over Iran — and prayed that Palestinians would one day have their own state alongside Israel. On Christianity's most joyous day — which happened to fall on Benedicts own 79th birthday — the pontiff also prayed for Iraq's relentless violence to cease. From the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Benedict reflected on the globe's troubled regions shortly after he celebrated Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square, which was packed with 100,000 pilgrims and tourists on a breezy, hazy day. "Today, even in this modern age marked by anxiety Late Night David Letterman, April 14, 2OO6 Top Ten Reasons I Love Being An Accountant AP Photo/L'Osservotore Romano, ho POPE BENEDICT XVI gives his blessing after his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" speech in the Vatican, Sunday. and uncertainty, we relive the event of the Resurrection, which changed the face of our life and changed the history of humanity," Benedict said in the traditional papal "Urbi et Orbi" message — Latin for "to the city and to the world." >POPE See page 14 10. CPA training ensures I'm cool in high-pressure situations, like calculating the tip at Applebee's. 9. While other poor losers go off to work in jeans and sneakers, I get to wear a suit. 8. You haven't lived until you've filled out form 32777- What can I say I'm an adrenaline junkie. 6. I'm on such good terms with the IRS, I haven't paid taxes since '895.1 like to lick the envelopes. 4. Like the president, I only work one month a year. 3. After April 15th, I spend the year eating Pringles and watching rasslin'. 2. Women don't expect much in the bedroom. 1.1 fudge a couple of numbers and the next thing you know they're hauling Letterman's ass off to prison. Fast Facts Edinburgh and HURRICANE • » FORECAST 2006 Bleak season will place demands on state Single Student Apartments Private Bedroom & Bathroom Desk, Bed & Bookcase in each Bedroom Fully Furnished Laundry in each Apartment Modern Kitchen Facilities CableTV Jacks in each Bedroom Living Room No Parking Hassles Air Conditioning High Speed internet Service in each Bedroom Phone in Apartment and Bedrooms Filled Apartment Incentives Highlander Edinburgh Statistical analysis suggests this season will be much like the last with several hurricanes making landfall. The federal government says it is better prepared but much will depend on how well state officials work with Washington. Population in thousands, 2003 140 or less C D 140-399 mi 399-581 M 581-671 H 871-3,600 H Houston CD Counties with individuals receiving federal money for uninsured losses from hurricanes in 2005 Major hurricane landfall where known (1851-2004) 10 (435) 770-2326 (435) 755-8525 1 1 June July Aug. 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