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Show 1 Friday, Feb. 2,2007 797-1769 statesman@cc.usu.edu Climate change likely man-made Today's Issue Dedications^^ Today is Friday, Feb. 2, 2007- Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Marilee Waters, a senior majoring in Spanish and French from West Valley, Utah. PARIS (AP) - A long-awaited report says global warming is "very likely" man-made, the most powerful language ever used on the issue by the world's leading climate scientists, delegates who have seen the report said Thursday. And it says the disturbing signs are already visible in rising seas, killer heat waves, worsening droughts and stronger hurricanes. There was another signal, too: The City of Light dimmed the lights. starting first with the iconic Eiffel Tower And Corrections ~v77v ^ S l & l andSlowly, then spreading to the hotel where many scientists were staying, Paris quieted and dimmed ever The policy of The Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possiso slightly, even as those still fine-tuning the docuble. If you find something you would like ment burned the midnight oil. clarified or find unfair, please contact The report being released Friday from the the editor at 797-1762 or TSC 105. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - a group of hundreds of scientists and representatives of 113 governments - unanimously portrays the science of global warming as an existing and worsening threat, officials told The Associated Press. A Quick Look ^""P^Ffi "There's no question that the powerful language is intimately linked to the more powerful science," said study co-author Andrew Weaver of the Enormous baby causes University of Victoria. Weaver said it is all based on science is rock-solid, peer-reviewed, conservafuror in Cancun, Mexico tive andthat consensus: "Its very conservative. Scientists by their nature are skeptics." CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - He is The scientists wrote the report, based on years of called "Super Tonio," and at a whoppeer-reviewed research; government officials edited ping birth weight of 14.5 pounds, the it so that it would receive unanimous approval. little fellow is causing a sensation in this Mexican resort city. Cancun residents have crowded the nursery ward's window to see Antonio Vasconcelos, who was born early Monday by Caesarean section. The baby drinks 5 ounces of milk every three hours, and measures 22 inches in length. "We haven't found any abnormality in the child, there are some signs of high blood sugar, and a slight blood infection, but that is being controlled so that the child can get on with his normal life in a few more days," Narciso Perez Bravo, the hospital's director, said on Wednesday. People Clarifications World Briefs APPhoto/MkhelEuler THE EIFFEL TOWER IS SHOWN just after the 20,000 bulbs went out Thursday at 7.55 p.m (or five-minutes. The City of Light went dim when thousands of Parisians joined. in a five-minutes "lights-out" campaign aimed at showing citizens concern over climate change. Arsonists' parents ask forgiveness for their son PANOLA, Ala. (AP) - The parents of a former Birmingham-Southern College student who pleaded guilty in a series of rural church arsons visited with'the congregation of one burned church, asking for forgiveness and expressing remorse. "My son wants you to know how sorry he is," Mike Cloyd told members of Galilee Baptist Church on Jan. 28. Mike and Kim Cloyd of Pelham are the parents of Matthew Cloyd, one of three former college students who pleaded guilty to federal charges in the church arsons. The couple spoke with the congregation, which is meeting in a trailer as its new church building is being constructed. Ogden Republican turns up heat on immigrants SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. (AP) - Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R-North Ogden, is turning up the heat on illegal immigrants in other ways. His bill letting state and local police arrest illegal immigrants, normally a federal function, was approved 6-3 Wednesday by a House law enforcement committee. That bill now goes to the full House for a vote. And Donnelson has a so-called boxcar bill refusing any government benefits to "aliens unlawfully present" in Utah. Late Night AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh LOCAL AL-AQSA MARTYRS' BRIGADES leader Ibrahim Sahli, left, sits next to a gunman at his house in Nablus, Wednesday, Feb.1. The kidnapping of a Hamas city council member is part of the intensifying power struggle between the Islamic militant Hamas and Fatah. It was the latest attack on Hamas by the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent Fatah offshoot, that illustrated how easily factional fighting in Gaza can spill into the West Bank. Violence erupts between Hamas and Fatah GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gunfights between Hamas and Fatah gunmen erupted across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing four people, wounding several others and effectively destroying a three-day truce that brought a brief period of quiet to the volatile area. Hamas militants fired mortar shells near Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' residence in Gaza City and nearby street battles sent residents fleeing in terror. Some left their cars idling while they sought shelter. Masked gunmen took up positions on rooftops, while others took cover in alleyways below. Abbas was not in Gaza at the time. The violence broke out in the central Gaza town of Bureij after Hamas militants hijacked a convoy delivering supplies to the Fatah-allied security forces, security officials said. Security reinforcements were seen flooding into the town. Soon after, separate gunbattles broke out in Gaza City and in northern Gaza outside a military intelligence post. Security officials said Hamas militants fired a rocket at the post and then sacked it, injuring five members of the security forces. At least two Hamas supporters were wounded, Hamas said. A Fatah member was kidnapped in northern Gaza during the clashes, and one security officer was wounded, security officials said. Meanwhile, Israeli troops killed three Palestinians and * Stondtigh Logan's Premier jStudcnt Hpartmc 677 East 600 North DETROIT (AP) - A 21-year-old man freed from custody for a murder he committed at age 11 has apologized to the victim's family, with help from Oprah Winfrey. Nathaniel Abraham, who lives in Bay City, traveled to Chicago with the WINFREY intent of appearing on Winfrey's TV show Wednesday. But the taping was canceled at his lawyer's request. Hours before the planned taping, Abraham met in Winfrey's private office with the family of murder victim Ronnie Greene Jr., 18, whom Abraham shot with a rifle in 1997Abraham lawyer Daniel Bagdade watched the exchange and said Winfrey "kind of mediated the apology" "It was very riveting. Nate's story was not on camera today. We ended up doing the apology in Oprah's office. It was incredible. It was absolutely incredible," Bagdade told The Detroit News. Winfrey's Harpo Production Co. said Bagdade revoked Abraham's consent to appear on Winfrey's show. Abraham was 13 when an Oakland County jury convicted him of second-degree murder. He finished serving his juvenile sentence Jan. 18. NEW YORK (AP) - Sienna Miller is both an actress and fashion icon. Still, there's one more title she'd like to have: mother. "I can't wait," she says in Life magazine's upcoming issue. "In a world where you're encouraged to have your universe revolve around yourself, suddenly it doesn't. I know I want that because I have way too much love to give. If I have a child, it can all go there. Life, I think, will suddenly make sense." In the new film "Factory Girl," the 25-year-old Miller stars as rich party girl and Andy Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick. She also acted in films "Casanova" and "Layer Cake." "Alfie." 679 East 600 North 675 East 600 North For more information call tJaria (435) 755-8525 • Pager (435) 206-1929 • darladdark&pcu.net wounded a fourth in violence in the West Bank and along Israel's frontier with Gaza. In Gaza, unknown gunmen opened fire early Thursday at Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum as he drove with three bodyguards in his white sedan toward an impromptu checkpoint near Gaza City, Hamas said. There were no casualties. A Hamas announcement blamed "coup-seekers," meaning militants from the rival Fatah party. "This is a violation of the (truce) agreement," Barhoum said. He reported the incident to Egyptian mediators and the gunmen removed their checkpoint, he said. Later Thursday, gunmen in a car shot at Islam Shahwan, a spokesman for Hamas. DavidLetterman, Feb. 2, 2007 Top Ten Things To Ask Yourself Before Eating at a Taco Bell Restaurant: 10. Are my affairs in order? 9. Why is the kid behind the counter wearing a hazmat suit? 8. Will the hot sauce kill the bacteria? 7. Is this how they poisoned that Russian spy? 6. Do I really want to succumb to a taco-related death? 5. Should I go somewhere safer for lunch like Fallujah? 4. Will this help me meet the recommended E.coli daily requirement? 3. (No number 3 - writer ate a bad chalupa.) 2. What would Kirstie Alley do? 1. Wait - when was Taco Bell not tainted with E.coli? 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