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2A I Thursday, November 9, 2006 | The Red & Black
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UGA TODAY
>■ People Understanding
People: Reflections on
Thailand. 6 p.m. Creswell
Community TV Lounge.
Speakers: Participants in the
Global Engagement Learning
Community who worked in
schools and orphanages in
Thailand. Contact:
saoliver@uga.edu, 706-542-
8350
>• Market Research
Workshop. 7 p.m. 153
Student Learning Center.
Sponsor: American Marketing
Association. Contact
AMA_UGA@yahoo.com.
>- University Theatre
Presents “The Man Who
Came To Dinner.” Nov. 9-
11, 15-18, 8 p.m.; November
19, 2:30 p.m. Fine Arts
Theatre. Sponsor:
Department of Theatre and
Film Studies. Cost: $ 12/$ 10
students or seniors. Contact
www.drama.uga.edu
>- Comedian Nick
Swardson. 8 p.m. Georgia
Flail. Sponsor: University
Union. Cost: $8 Pre-show,
$10 Day of Show for UGA
students. Contact: mlam-
otte@uga.edu, 706-542-6396
>- The Modern Colonial
Gender System Lecture.
5:30 p.m. 248 Student
Learning Center. Speaker: Dr.
Maria Lugones. Sponsor:
Institute for Women's Studies.
Contact: momolly@uga.edu
> World Fest 2006.
10:30 a.m. Tate Plaza.
Sponsor: AIESEC & ISL.
Contact: stace626@uga.edu
>• Relay For Life Kickoff.
7 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe.
Sponsor: Volunteer UGA.
Contact:
Kbagnato@hotmail.com
>• Annual Guy Fawkes Day
Lecture. 4:30 p.m. 265 Park
Flail. Title: “The Erotics of
Dress in Thomas Flardy's
Novels.” Sponsor: British and
Irish Studies Program and the
English Department. Contact:
706-542-1261
>- Teens and New Media
Lecture. 9 a.m, 601 Aderhold
Flail and 3 p.m., 101 Meigs
Flail. Sponsor: College of
Education. Speaker: Lee
Rainie, founding director of
the Pew Internet & American
Life Project. Contact:
mfitzger@uga.edu
Friday
>• People Understanding
People Latin Dance Night.
8 p.m. Creswell Community
TV Lounge. Contact:
saoliver@uga.edu, 706-542-
8350
>- First Annual Mr. and
Miss Latin UGA. 7 - 9 p.m.
Georgia Flail, Tate Student
Center. Cost:$3. Sponsor:
Lambda Theta Alpha Latin
Sorority Incorporated.
Contact: claudi4@uga.edu
Saturday
>• Auburn Tailgate.
12:30 p.m. Myers
Programming room and TV
rooms. Sponsor: Flonors
Program Student Council.
Contact: Bilal@uga.edu
► Classic City Jazz. 8 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall.
Sponsor: Hugh Hodgson
School of Music. Contact:
706-542-3737,
www.music.uga.edu
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TOP STORIES FROM AROUND
THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD
GERALD HERBERT | Associated Press
A President Bush, (left), shakes hands with outgoing
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the Oval office of
the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Rumsfeld steps
down following
election results
WASHINGTON D.C. —
After years of defending his
secretary of defense,
President Bush on
Wednesday announced
Donald H. Rumsfeld’s resig
nation within hours of the
Democrats’ triumph in con
gressional elections. Bush
reached back to his father’s
administration to tap a for
mer CIA director to run the
Pentagon.
The Iraq war was the cen
tral issue of Rumsfeld’s nearly
six-year tenure, and unhappi
ness with the war was a major
element of voter dissatisfac
tion Tuesday — and the main
impetus for his departure.
Even some GOP lawmakers
in Congress became critical of
the war’s management, and
growing numbers of politi
cians were urging Bush to
replace Rumsfeld.
Bush said Robert M.
Gates, 63, who has served in a
variety of national security
jobs under six previous presi
dents, would be nominated to
replace Rumsfeld.
Gates, currently the presi
dent of Texas A&M
University, is a Bush family
friend and a member of an
independent group studying
the way ahead in Iraq.
“Secretary Rumsfeld and I
agreed that sometimes it’s
necessary to have a fresh per
spective,” Bush said in the
abrupt announcement during
a postelection news confer
ence.
In brief remarks, Rumsfeld
described the Iraq conflict as
a “little understood, unfamil
iar war” that is “complex for
people to comprehend.”
Asked whether Rumsfeld’s
departure signaled a new
direction in a war that has
claimed the lives of more
than 2,800 U.S. troops and
cost more than $300 billion,
Bush said, “Well, there’s cer
tainly going to be new leader
ship at the Pentagon.”
— Associated Press
Sectarian violence forces Iraq
to extend state of emergency
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Beset
by rampant sectarian vio
lence, Iraq’s parliament
voted Wednesday to extend
the country’s state of emer
gency for 30 more days, as at
least 66 more Iraqis were
killed or found dead.
Wednesday’s deaths
included those of eight soc
cer players and fans cut
down by a pair of mortar
rounds that slammed onto a
field in Baghdad’s Sadr City
neighborhood.
The U.S. military, mean
while, announced the deaths
of a soldier and a Marine,
raising the number of
American forces killed this
month in Iraq to 21 in
the first eight days of
November.
In the Anal days before
Tuesday’s midterm election,
President Bush dispatched
two top officials to Iraq in a
bid to pressure al-Maliki to
quickly disband Shiite mili
tia groups and death squads
that have killed thousands of
Sunni Muslims.
National Intelligence
Director John Negroponte
was rebuffed by al-Maliki,
however, when he demanded
the Iraqi leader disband mili
tias and wipe out death
squads this year.
WORLD
A top aide to al-Maliki
aide, who refused to allow
use of his name because of
the sensitive nature of the
information, told The
Associated Press the prime
minister flatly refused and
said the task could not be
taken up until next year.
Al-Maliki’s refusal to act
against the militias has
caused deepening anger
among Sunni politicians who
took enormous risks in join
ing the political process.
Hamas ends truce,
says civilians killed
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza
Strip — Hamas’ exiled leader
on Wednesday called off a
cease-fire with Israel and
militants threatened to
attack Americans after
18 members of a family,
including eight children,
were killed in an Israeli
artillery barrage on a densely
populated Gaza neighbor
hood.
It was the highest num
ber of Palestinian civilians
killed in a single strike since
fighting erupted six years
ago, and undermined
Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas’s attempts
to form a more moderate
government and renew a
peace process with Israel.
Abbas condemned the
“terrible, despicable crime,”
and the international com
munity criticized the deaths.
Israel, promising a swift
inquiry, expressed regret for
harming civilians.
The shelling occurred
early Wednesday as resi
dents were sleeping in the
northern Gaza town of Beit
Hanoun, the focus of a week-
long military offensive aimed
at stopping rocket fire.
Israeli troops had pulled out
of the town just 24 hours
earlier, and the rocket
attacks resumed almost
immediately.
Health workers said some
60 people were wounded,
including 26 children.
In Damascus, Syria,
Khaled Mashaal, the exiled
leader of Hamas, said the
group would no longer honor
a February 2005 truce and
called for renewed attacks
on Israel. He urged other
militant groups to join the
struggle.
— Associated Press
Bow wow blues bark in Beijing
BEIJING — First it was
one child. Now authorities
say Beijing families will be
allowed only one dog.
The restriction is part of
efforts to stamp out rabies,
state media said Wednesday.
It follows a campaign in
August in which thousands
of dogs were killed in order
to fight the disease.
China’s capital will insti
tute a “one dog” policy for
each household in nine
areas, the official Xinhua
News Agency said.
“Only one pet dog is
allowed per household in
the zones, and dangerous
and large dogs will be
banned. Anyone keeping an
unlicensed dog will face
prosecution,” Xinhua said.
It said rabies killed 318
people nationwide in
September.
Rabies is on the rise in
China, with 2,651 reported
deaths from the disease in
2004, the last year for which
data were available.
Only 3 percent of China’s
dogs are vaccinated against
ELIZABETH DALZIEL | Associated Press
A Two dogs walk back home in Beijing, China, Aug. 3.
According to authorities, Beijing families will be allowed
to own only one dog in an effort to stamp out rabies.
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
rabies, which attacks the
nervous system and can be
fatal.
A notice on the police
department’s Web site did
not refer to a “one dog” poli
cy but said a clampdown on
stray and large dogs would
be implemented.
It called on dog owners to
“create a harmonious socie
ty and be a civilized dog-
raiser.”
— Associated Press
Democrats sweep Congress with Virginia victory
WASHINGTON D.C. —
Democrats completed an
improbable double-barreled
election sweep of Congress on
Wednesday, taking control of
the Senate with a victory in
Virginia as they padded their
day-old majority in the
House.
Jim Webb’s victory over
Sen. George Allen in Virginia
assured Democrats of 51
seats when the Senate con
venes in January. That
marked a gain of six in
midterm elections in which
the war in Iraq and President
Bush were major issues.
Earlier, State Sen. Jon
Tester triumphed over
Republican Sen. Conrad
Burns in a long, late count in
Montana.
With a handful of House
races too close to call,
Democrats had gained 28
seats, enough to regain the
majority after 12 years of
Republican rule and place
Rep. Nancy Pelosi of
California in line to become
the first female speaker in
history.
“It was a thumping,” Bush
conceded at the White House.
“It’s clear the Democrat Party
had a good night.”
Allen’s campaign issued a
statement noting that state
officials are conducting a can
vass of the votes cast in
Tuesday's balloting.
“At the conclusion of those
efforts, Senator George Allen
plans to make a statement
regarding the outcome,” it
said.
Hastert will not run
for House leadership
WASHINGTON D.C. —
Triggering a post-election
shake-up, Dennis Hastert
REED SAXON | Associated press
A Democrat Jon Tester, (right), and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer celebrate as Tester
declares victory in his election battle for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumbent
Republican Conrad Burns in Great Falls, Mont., Wednesday.
NATIONAL
announced Wednesday he will
not run for leader of House
Republicans when
Democrats take control in
January.
“Obviously I wish my party
had won,” the House Speaker
said in a statement that
added he intends to return to
the “full-time task” of repre
senting his Illinois con
stituents.
His decision to step down
from the leadership cleared
the way for a likely succession
battle among lawmakers who
face the sudden loss of power
after a dozen years in the
majority.
Rep. John Boehner of
Ohio, currently the majority
leader, is expected to run for
leader, and Rep. Mike Pence
of Indiana announced during
the day he also will seek the
post.
Joe Barton of Texas has
signaled he may join the
field.
Progressive policies
win with Democrats
WASHINGTON D.C. —
From the country’s heart
land, voters sent messages
that altered America’s cul
ture wars and dismayed the
religious right — defending
abortion rights in South
Dakota, endorsing stem cell
research in Missouri and, in a
national first, rejecting a
same-sex marriage ban in
Arizona.
The verdict on abortion
rights was particularly clear.
Oregon and California voters
defeated measures that
would have required parents
to be notified before a girl
under 18 could get an abor
tion, and South Dakotans —
by a margin of 56 percent to
44 percent — rejected a new
state law that would have
banned all abortions except
to save a pregnant woman’s
life.
“This was really a rebellion
in the heart of red-state, pro
life America — the heart of
the northern Bible Belt,” said
Sarah Stoesz, head of the
Planned Parenthood chapter
that oversees South Dakota.
“It sends a very strong mes
sage to the rest of the coun
try.”
South Dakota legislators
had passed the law in expec
tation it would trigger a
court challenge and lead to a
possible Supreme Court
reversal of the 1973 Roe v.
Wade decision legalizing
abortion.
Abortion-rights leaders
said Wednesday that such
strategies should be aban
doned.
Anti-abortion leaders said
the GOP shared some of the
blame for the defeat. The Rev.
Thomas J. Euteneuer, presi
dent of Human Life
International, said President
Bush and other top
Republicans failed to cam
paign strongly for the South
Dakota abortion ban and
against the Missouri stem cel]
measure.
Liberal groups did have
some setbacks. Michigan vot
ers approved a ban on some
types of affirmative action
programs, Colorado and
Arizona passed measures tar
geting illegal immigrants, and
seven states approved gay-
marriage bans, joining 20 that
had done so in previous elec
tions.
— Associated Press