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Show I Monday, March 26,2007 797-1769 statesman@cc.usu.edu Today's Issue Dedications Today is Monday, March 26, 2007Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Traci Western,' a senior majoring in sociology from Roosevelt, Utah. People U.N. imposes additional sanctions on Iran for uranium enrichment VENICE, Italy (AP) - Tim Burton, director of "Edward Scissorhands" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at this BURTON year.'s Venice Film Festival. "Tim Burton is a cinematic genius, the most imaginative child of the new age of cinema," festival director Marco Muller said in a statement Wednesday. "More insolently pop than most of the contemporary new directors, and less eager for approval than most of the older ones, there is not a bankable Hollywood director with a flintier sense of cinema than him." The 64th edition of the festival will be held on the Lido in Venice from Aug. 29 through Sept. 8. Burton, 48, presented "The Nightmare Before Christmas" at the festival in 1994 and "Corpse Bride" in 2005. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Justin Timberlake won't be bringing sexy back to the Tennessee Legislature. State Sen. Ophelia Ford had introduced the resolution to honor Timberlake, a Tennessee native, "for his highly successful music career and for his meritorious service to the State of Tennessee." But Sen. Raymond Finney, RMaryville, removed it from a list of resolutions that is expected to get unanimous support in the Senate. "Its not something I want my name on," Finney said. Republican senators took issue with calling attention to Timberlake's latest album, "FutureSex/LoveSounds* and to song titles like "SexyBack" and "Rock Your Body." Clarifications And 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: _ /_:..:.,.-gWM Utah's 2008 presidential primary to cost millions SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - As Utah moves ahead with plans to spend $3.5 million on a presidential primary next year, a poll shows 70 percent of residents oppose spending so much on the vote, according to the Deseret Morning News. Utah's primary, scheduled for Feb. 5, 2008, will coincide with the primaries of several other states, including California. Gov. Jon Huntsman and legislative leaders have encouraged the primary, and believe if neighboring states follow suit a number of candidates would be compelled to come into the region, learning about our issues and concerns. California which carries the largest number of Electoral College votes as the nation's most populous state also decided on a Feb. 5 primary date a few weeks ago. About 19 states, including Texas, Florida and New York, are holding or considering holding a primary, party caucus or convention that day. If most of those states do pick Feb. 5, it would turn that day into a nationwide mega-primary, with the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees likely picked on that day. Edwards to remain in 2008 presidential race LAS VEGAS (AP) - John Edwards said Saturday he is "definitely in the race for the duration" as he sought to reassure supporters who may be worried that he can balance a presidential campaign with his wife's cancer diagnosis. "I know because of the nature of the woman I'm married to that she will be there every single step of the way to make sure that I do it," said the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2004. "And we take our responsibility to serving this country very seriously." Edwards spoke at a presidential candidate forum sponsored by the Service Employees International Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a Washingtonbased policy group. The event was focused on health care, and the candidates split over whether the Democratic priority of providing health care for all Americans would require a tax increase. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U N H I D NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL vote unanimously to expand sanctions against Iran Saturday, March 24,2007 at the United Nations headquarters. The moderately tougher sanctions were imposed against Iran for its refusal to stop enriching uranium. UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted Saturday to impose additional sanctions against Iran for its refusal to stop enriching uranium - a move intended to show Tehran that defiance will leave it increasingly isolated. Iran immediately rejected the sanctions and said it had no intention of suspending its enrichment program, prompting the United States to warn of even tougher penalties. "The world must know - a n d it does - that even the harshest political and economic sanctions or other threats are far too weak to coerce the Iranian nation to retreat from their legal and legitimate demands," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the Security Council after the vote. "Suspension is neither an option nor a solution." The moderately tougher sanctions include banning Iranian arms exports, andfreezingthe assets of 28 people and organizations involved in Iran's nuclear and missile programs. About a third of those are nuclear program only if the United States and its European allies dropped the "unfair and unacceptable precondition" that it first suspend uranium enrichment. But world powers held out hope that Iran would back down before the dispute escalated even further. The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, said nations involved in the dispute had tasked him to resume contacts with Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani "to see whether we can find a route to negotiations." "The door to negotiations is open; I hope we can together find a way to go through it," Solana said in statement. • Burns said that because of a "tumultuous political environment" in Iran "we believe there is a faction inside that government that wishes to accept this offer to negotiate." He was apparently referring to criticism from some in Iran that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's confrontational rhetoric has deepened the country's isolation. linked to the Revolutionary Guard, an elite military corps. "It's a significant international rebuke to Iran and it's a significant tightening of international pressure on Iran," said Nicholas Burns, undersecretary for political affairs at the State Department. If Iran does not comply, "there's no question" that the United States will seek a third and tougher resolution, he added. In December, the 15-member Security Council ordered all countries to stop supplying Iran with materials and technology that could contribute to its nuclear and missile programs. It also ordered a freeze on assets of 10 key Iranian companies and 12 individuals related to those programs. Iran responded by expanding enrichment, a process that can be used to produce nuclear energy or nuclear weapons. ' The United States and some of its allies fear Iran's nuclear program is a cover for producing atomic weapons but Iran insists it is only for energy production. Mottaki said Iran would return to negotiations over its Late Night iCultureZdrnments DavidLetterman, March 29, 2004 Top Ten Things You Don't Want To HearFromA Guy In A Sports Bar; Republican support for Gonzales fading WASHINGTON (AP) Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his honesty over last fall's firings of eight federal prosecutors. Additionally, two Democrats joined the list of lawmakers calling for Gonzales' ouster. Several Republicans also urged President Bush to allow sworn testimony from his top aides about their role in dismissing the U.S. attorneys - a standoff threatening to result in Capitol Hill subpoenas of White House officials. The embattled attorney general was facing the toughest test of his two-year tenure at the Justice Department with the release of documents suggesting he was more involved with the firings than he indicated earlier. Democrats have accused the Justice Department and the White House of purging the prosecutors for political reasons. The Bush administration maintains the firings were not improper because U.S. attorneys are political appointees. Stopping short of demanding Gonzales' resignation, Sen. Arlen Specter cited a Nov. 27 calendar entry placing the attorney general at a Justice Department meeting to discuss the dismissals. Those documents "appear to contradict" Gonzales' earlier statements that he never participated in such conversations, said Specter, top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee that oversees the Justice Department. "We have to have an attorney general who is candid, truthful. And if we find out he has not been candid and truthful, that's a very compelling reason for him not to stay on," said Specter, R-Pa. Specter said he would wait until Gonzales' scheduled April 17 testimony to the committee before deciding whether he could continue to support the attorney general. He called it a "make or break" appearance. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C, said Gonzales has been "wounded" by the firings. "He has said some things that just don't add up," said Graham, who also is on the Senate Judiciary panel. And Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said the Justice Department has continually changed its story about the dismissals. "You cannot have the nation's • GONZALES see page 14 10. "Are you one of those annoying people that insist on drinking out of a clean glass?" 9. "I'm betting Duke advances and you get violently ill from that quesadilla." 8. "Before I can take your order I need a specimen." 7- "In case you're wondering, I get off at ten." 6. "I can't remember which are hot and which are mild... these are hot." 5. "I'm sorry, but the team I bet on lost, so I had to addfiftybucks to your bill." 4. "Let me know if that beer stings your throat - I might've dropped some Benzene in it." 3. "Excuse me, can I see your ID? Can I see your bare chest?" 2. 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