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2 I Monday-Ianuary 7, 2002 | The Red a Black
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Meeting tense for leaders of India, Pakistan
KATMANDU, Nepal — India’s prime minister grudgingly
shook hands with Pakistan’s president Saturday — and later
initiated a handshake himself — but he rebuffed an offer of
talks until Pakistan cracks down harder on Islamic militants.
The first handshake took place when Pakistani President
Gen. Pervez Musharraf addressed a summit of South Asian
leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
in a speech broadcast live throughout the region.
“I extend a hand of genuine and sincere friendship to Prime
Minister Vajpayee,” Musharraf said. “Let us together com
mence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South
Asia.”
He then strode across the stage to a surprised Vajpayee and
offered a handshake. The Indian leader rose from his seat and
politely accepted with a faint smile. He later snubbed
Musharraf, refusing to look at the waiting general or shake his
hand when the meetings ended for the day.
Sunday, however, Vajpayee stepped forward with a smile to
shake Musharraf’s hand, ending the summit on a warm note
but without holding talks to ease the tension between their
nations, whose armies are on alert.
New Delhi accuses Islamabad of waging a “proxy war”
against it by backing Pakistan-based Islamic militants battling
India’s rule over two-thirds of Kashmir. Pakistan says its sup
port for the militants — whom it calls “freedom fighters” — is
only political.
More blacks, Muslims
sent to death row?
WASHINGTON —
Supporters of a former black
militant awaiting trial for
murder contended Friday
that anti-Muslim sentiment
amplified by America’s war
against terrorism could send
an innocent man to Georgia’s
death row.
Panelists at a gathering in
support of Jamil Abdullah Al-
Amin, a 1960s civil rights
activist formerly known as H.
Rap Brown, said facts of the
case cast doubt on his guilt
and alleged that the death
penalty is used disproportion
ately against blacks and
Muslims.
Al-Amin, who claims to be
the target of a government
conspiracy, is charged in con
nection with a March 2000
Atlanta gun fight that left one
Fulton County sheriff’s
deputy dead and another
wounded. Jury selection is to
begin Jan. 7.
“If you’re a Muslim, you’re
in a war,” Abdul Alim Musa, a
Washington minister, said at
the National Press Club ses
sion that drew about 30 peo
ple. “So you have to build up
your courage, build up your
strength and build up your
backbone.”
Panelists said injustices
have increased since the
Sept. 11 hijackings and terror
attacks. The 19 hijackers
identified by the FBI were
Muslims.
Johari Abdul-Malik, a
Muslim chaplain at
Washington’s Howard
University, said he suspects
Al-Amin was framed.
“Somebody has a vendetta
against people like H. Rap
Brown, because he stood up
during a period of great
repression in this country and
said it mattered to him,”
Abdul-Malik said.
Dentist fired for HIV
may appeal ruling
ATLANTA — Lawyers for
an Atlanta dental hygienist
fired after testing HIV-posi
tive are considering whether
to file an appeal to the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Stephen Scarborough of
the Lambda Legal Defense
and Education Rind said
Spencer Waddell poses no
risk of spreading HIV to den
tal patients.
“Spencer is a highly quali
fied hygienist who is diligent
about using gloves, barriers
and other precautions,”
Scarborough said.
In a ruling last month, the
11th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals agreed with a lower
court judge who dismissed
Waddell’s suit against Valley
Forge Dental Associates, his
former employer.
Waddell, 37, was responsi
ble primarily for cleaning
teeth. In 1997, he tested posi
tive for the virus that can
cause AIDS. Valley Forge
offered him a clerical job at
about half his salary. Waddell
turned d~wn the offer, and
Valley Forge fired him.
Waddell sued in 1999, con
tending Valley Forge violated
a number of laws, including
the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
Waddell’s attorneys said
there was no case on record
of a dental hygienist trans
mitting HIV to patients. The
only report worldwide of HIV
transmission to a dental
patient was that of a Florida
dentist believed to have
transmitted the virus to six
people.
Deputies ‘justified’
in killing woman
MOUNT VERNON —
Montgomery County sheriff’s
deputies who killed a woman
in a shootout last month were
justified in their actions, a
Georgia Bureau of
Investigation agent said
Friday.
Cheryl Bums, 36, was shot
once in the forehead after she
fired a shotgun at four offi
cers, said Lee Sweat, special
agent in charge of the GBI in
Eastman.
Bums was wanted for a
Dec. 24 altercation in which
she allegedly attacked a sher
iff’s deputy. Her husband,
Reginald Bums, was arrested
following the Dec. 27 shooting
and charged with obstruction
of an officer and assault on a
police officer.
The GBI is awaiting
autopsy results before com
pleting its report. District
Attorney Tim Vaughn will
then review the case, Sweat
said.
Vaughn said he does not
expect any charges against
the officers, who shot Cheryl
Bums once in the forehead.
“All indications are that
the deceased put the deputy
in the position where he did
what he had to do,” Vaughn
said.
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I University to unveil new dorm room designs
By MELANIE HORTON
mhorton@randb.com
Students wishing they could live on
campus without being cramped into a
j tiny room with another person may be in
luck.
Today, the University will unveil one
of three dorm room designs, all with
j individual bedrooms, which will be used
in the new East Campus dorms, set for
j completion by Fall 2003.
“What’s on display is a full-scale
| model of a living unit to be built in the
I new East Campus dorms,” said Ben
George, University Housing program
j specialist.
The design, on display in the Brumby
! Hall rotunda, is a full mock-up of a two-
bedroom, one-bathroom suite complete
with all the furnishings, including couch-
j es, assorted living room furniture and
beds.
Housing Director Jim Day said the
DORM DESIGN DISPLAY
Where: Brumby Hall Rotunda
When: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today through
Wednesday
other two-room designs to be installed
in the East Campus dorms are two-bed-
room, two-bathroom and four-bedroom,
two-bathroom suites.
“Most (of the rooms) are probably
going to be four bedrooms, two bath
rooms,” he said.
Additional information about the
rooms, including the number of
each room design available, exact room
dimensions and estimated rent costs,
will be released later this week, George
said.
University Housing conducted a
research study in November, asking stu
dents about different unit types.
“The study helped (University
Housing) to finalize decisions (about the
rooms),” Day said.
Some unique features of the new
dorms are a full-sized refrigerator in
each room and a much larger room size
than others on campus.
“These rooms are a lot bigger than
many students have now,” George said.
“I think when students see (the mock-up
room), they will be surprised at how big
it is.”
After the model is taken down Friday,
the materials used to construct the
models will be donated to University
Housing’s chapter of Habitat for
Humanity, George said.
University Housing hopes to get
more student reactions about the
project this week, including conducting
a number of focus groups, Day said.
“In the focus groups, we will explain
the project, talk about our overall plans
and get students’ reactions to it,” he
said.
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