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Health of Russian children declines
MOSCOW — Only one-third of Russia’s children are
healthy, a decline of seven percent in 10 years, the ITAR-
Tass news agency reported Monday.
A countrywide pediatric health survey carried out last
year found that 33 percent of the 31.6 million Russians age
18 and under are in good health, Deputy Health Care
Minister Olga Sharapova was quoted as telling ITAR-Tass.
The rest suffer from some type of health problem, the
report said, without specifying what the leading illnesses
were. In the past, officials have said the problems are pri
marily bronchial and respiratory illnesses.
Sharapova told ITAR-Tass that poor hygiene and sani
tation at schools was often to blame for poor child health.
But she also said improved diagnosis techniques have
boosted numbers because diseases are being recognized
earlier.
Russia’s post-Soviet economic decline triggered the
severe health crisis. State funding for health care has
increased in recent years as the economy has improved,
but the public health system has continued to crumble
overall.
Govt, officials meet
for bomb conference
VIENNA, Austria —
Scientists, police command
ers and government officials
from more than 100 coun
tries are converging on
Vienna for the world’s first
“dirty bomb” conference,
searching for ways to head
off the threat of simple
weapons that spread radia
tion and chaos.
Governments are con
cerned. A recent U.S.
experts’ report concludes
that tens of thousands of the
most dangerous radiation
sources worldwide may be
insufficiently protected.
A so-called dirty bomb
has yet to be detonated any
where. The al- Qaeda net
work is reported to have
been interested in trying
such a terror weapon.
When it comes to safe
guarding cesium, strontium
and other radiation sources,
“what may have been suffi
cient in the past may or may
not be now,” U.S. Energy
Secretary Spencer Abraham
said in an interview ahead of
Tuesday’s conference
opening.
His deputies acknowledge
the dirty-bomb threat was
rarely even thought of before
the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The three-day gathering
of world experts, sponsored
by the U.S. and Russian gov
ernments, has an ambitious
agenda in laying plans for a
global defense against the
bombs, known technically as
radiological dispersal
devices.
Powell argues Iraq
is still a threat
WASHINGTON
Struggling for U.N. support
to forcibly disarm Saddam
Hussein, Secretary of State
Colin Powell said Monday
the world should be con
cerned about Iraq’s continu
ing development of deadly
weapons.
Disclosure last week by
U.N. weapons inspectors
that Iraq had developed
drone aircraft capable
of dispensing chemical
weapons “should be of con
cern to everybody,” Powell
said after a meeting with
Foreign Minister Francois
Fall of Guinea.
“This and other informa
tion shows Iraq has not
changed,” Powell said in an
exchange with reporters at
the State Department.
Iraq also has developed a
version of a South African
cluster bomb that could dis
perse chemical weapons over
a target, Department
spokesman Richard Boucher
said.
Iraq has claimed that
it destroyed all
chemical warheads.
President Bush, mean
while, made an urgent round
of phone calls to world lead
ers, trying to salvage a U.N.
Security Council ultimatum
giving Saddam Hussein until
March 17 to prove Iraq has
disarmed.
Oprah battles over
magazine title
NEW YORK — A federal
judge tossed out claims by
the publisher of a German
erotic magazine that Oprah
Winfrey jeopardized his pub
lication by launching one
with a similar name.
Ronald Brockmeyer pub
lishes O Magazine, while
Winfrey publishes O, The
Oprah Magazine.
Brockmeyer’s lawsuit
contended that Winfrey’s
publication was increasingly
referred to simply as O, and
that this would ruin his mar
keting efforts. The lawsuit
sought unspecified damages.
U.S. District Judge John
G. Koeltl rejected
Brockmeyer’s argument
Friday, saying there was no
evidence of any actual confu
sion between the
publications.
Koeltl noted that
Winfrey’s magazine tried to
help women lead better lives
and focused on
the inner self, while
Brockmeyer’s magazine con
tained erotic and fetishistic
images.
Georgia schools
return to Iowa Tests
ATLANTA — After two
years of problems with the
Stanford 9 standardized test,
Georgia schools are return
ing to the Iowa Tests of Basic
Skills.
In both years the
Stanford was administered
— 2001 and 2002 — scoring
problems and delays made
the results virtually useless.
The state did not renew the
contract with the Stanford’s
publisher, Harcourt, when it
expired in June 30.
Instead, the state
returned to Riverside
Publishing, which puts out
the Iowa Tests, and signed a
five-year contract, renewable
yearly through 2007.
State law says the tests be
given in grades 3, 5 and 8, but
some school systems give
them in additional grades.
National comparisons only
are done in grades 3, 5 and 8.
The Iowa test and
Stanford 9 are similar. Both
are multiple choice, cover
the same material, feature
similar objectives and word
questions with comparable
language, graphics and
illustrations.
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UGA Today
Announcements
>- “Worlds Away,” Stephen
Spann’s Senior composition
recital, sponsored by University
Student Composers Association,
takes place tonight at 6 at the
Dancz Center of New Music in
the Music building.
>- Members meeting, of
the Hispanic student association.
Executive board will be elected.
The meeting will be held tonight
at 8:30 in the Tate Student
Center, Room 142. Information:
357-0084.
> “Kennewick Man and
American Archaeology,”
sponsored by Athens Society of
the Archaeological Institute of
America Lecture given by
Francis McManomon tonight at
7:30 in Room 117 of the Visual
Arts Building. Information: 542-
9264.
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according to space avail
able.
Experts discuss future security
By KATIE REETZ
kreetz@randb.com
The events of Sept. 11 were a failure of
policy — not of intelligence, University
Regents Professor Loch Johnson said
Monday.
Speaking to the University Security
Leadership Program, Johnson said the
government was aware of the threat of
aerial terrorism as early as 1996.
In the busy schedules of politicians, he
said, intelligence reports rarely merit more
than ten minutes of attention.
“We’ve got to have politicians who are
willing to listen,” he said. “We spend $35
billion on intelligence agencies and a lot of
the information isn’t even used.”
Johnson also said if the United States
government wants to prevent future ter
rorist attacks, they must develop more
innovative espionage tactics.
“We need precise information — it does
n’t do any good to hear that there’s been
increased chatter in al-Qaeda networks,”
he said.
It’s important for the United States to
have agents working outside of foreign
embassies — where they are readily recog
nized, Johnson said.
Intelligence agents tend to work in for
eign embassies and recruit information at
social gatherings.
“There’s never been an al-Qaeda mem
ber at a U.S. embassy cocktail party,” he
said.
Johnson also said he thinks the United
States should limit foreign policy by focus
ing only on situations that pose immediate
dangers.
“We’ve tried to do too many things and
are worried about too many parts of the
world,” he said.
It is not the responsibility of the United
States to deal with every revolution and
dictator in the world, Johnson said.
“Who appointed us God’s avenging
angel?” he asked.
Stressing that he is not an isolationist,
Johnson said he simply believes
empires collapse when they become
overextended.
Johnson was one of several speakers to
address the Security Leadership Program,
which is designed to help
students prepare for the new security
challenges of the 21st century, said pro
gram director Terrell Austin.
◄ Loch
Johnson,a
Regents
professor,
spoke
about ter
rorism to
the
Security
Leadership
Program
on
Monday.
Seth Segan, a senior from Marietta,
said he is interested in national security
issues and enjoyed hearing from an expert
on the subject.
Applications for the Security
Leadership Program are currently being
accepted for next fall.
Interested students should submit a
letter of interest, transcript and resume to
the Center for International Trade and
Security in Room 118 of the Holmes-
Hunter building by April 1.
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Shooting occurs at University Commons
By JACENTA COBB
jcobb@randb.com
Early Sunday morning, an
innocent party took a tragic
turn.
An afterparty for Alpha Phi
Alpha’s Pajama Jam held
in the University Commons
apartment complex ended in
shootings.
There were three gunshot
victims, two students from
Morehouse College and one
student from Spelman
College. All of the victims were
admitted to St. Mary’s
Hospital and released on
Sunday.
Police charged Jason
Henry, of Decatur, with multi
ple counts of aggravated
assault after he allegedly fired
shots from a semi-automatic
pistol into a crowd of party-
goers, according to the
Athens-Banner Herald.
Two other men, William
Jason Long and Raymond
David Skelly of Stone
Mountain, reportedly were
suspects in the shooting.
A statement was released
from the management staff at
University Commons apart
ments expressing their sympa
thy to the individuals who
were injured and to their
families.
The management staff said
it promises to maintain a safe
environment for residents and
guests.
Chantal Stepney, a sopho
more from Atlanta said, “I was
very surprised because we
have had a lot of parties in
University Commons, but
nothing like this has happened
before.”
“I think the (way the apart
ment has dealt with the)
shooting has been handled in a
timely fashion,” she said.
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Stepney still feels safe in
living in the apartment
complex because the suspects
in the shooting were not
University students or close
friends of the individual who
threw the party.
Jasmine Archie, a junior
from Atlanta and a resident of
University Commons, said
she was surprised when
she first heard about
the shootings.
“I still feel that it is a safe
place to live because the
shooting was an isolated
incident involving people who
didn’t live in Athens,” Archie
said.
“It would have a different
impact if it was actually a
University student who was a
victim because it could be
someone I knew,” she said.
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