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Tuesday, Febrijakv 27. aoo7 I The Rm> & Black 2 UGA TODAY ► FHm: “Thin.” Sponsored by Active Minds. Refreshments provided 6:30 p.m. 120 Psychology. Contact: kbro26Bo@uga edu ► Ecology Seminar. Sponsored by the Institute of Ecology Novel biochemistry, naive natives and exotic plant invasions by Ray Callaway, University of Montana Reception at 3:30 p.m.; Seminar at 4 p.m. Institute of Ecology Auditorium. Contact: 706-542-6013, anisai i9uga.edu ► BuHdog Book Club. Sponsored by the English Department and the Library. Discuss Malcom Gladwell's "The Tipping Point." 3:30 p.m. Student Learning Center, Jittery Joe's. Contact: 706- 542-2192, fteague@uga edu Wednesday ► Peace Corps General Information Meeting. Free and open to the public for anyone interested in learning about serving as a Peace Corps volunteer. 7 p.m. 213 SLC. ► Women in Business meeting. Free food and prizes. 7:30 p.m. 212 Sanford Hall. ► Teacher and Administration Recruitment Day. Sponsored by the Career Center. Meet with school dis trict officials looking to hire University students and alum ni. Shuttles from Aderhold Hall to the Classic Center dur ing the event 10 a m - 1 p.m The Classic Center ► journalism and Mass Communication Career Fair. Sponsored by the Career Center Open to all University students and alum ni. 2 p.m - 4:30 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Center. Please send submissions tor UGAToday to ugatoday @ randb com Listings are published on a first-come-first-serve basis as space permits. CORRECTIONS The Red <fc Black is committed to journalis tic excellence and pro viding the most accu rate news possible. Contact us if you see an error, and we will do our best to correct it. Editor-in-chief: Lauren Morgan (706) 433-3027 lmorganfo randb.com Managing Editor: Colin Dunlop (706) 433-3026 cdunlopi' randb.com CLINICAL TRIALS AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA flymen Helping IVo ttisp The Herpevac Trial for Women: A Herpes Vaccine Study For women age 18-30 without oral or genital herpes This study of an experimental vaccine might protect women against herpes. Participants receive: • Free screening for herpes • An investigational vaccine against herpes or hepatitis A • Financial compensation for time and travel For more information, contact: 706-721-2535 • 877-643-1414 f ■Z*' UNIVEIt s,Ty (toll-free) womens_health@mcg.edu ' www.herpevaccine.nih.gov This vaccine CANNOT give you herpes. Cheney asks Musharraf to fight Al-qaida ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Underscoring growing alarm in the West at how militants have regained ground in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday sought Pakistani aid to help counter al-Qaida’s efforts to regroup, officials said. However, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf insisted his forces already have "done the maximum" possible against extremists in their territory and insisted other allies also Iraqi Vice President nearly assassinated BAGHDAD lraq's Shiite vice president narrowly escaped assassination Monday as a blast ripped through a government meet ing hall just hours after it was searched by U S. teams with bomb-sniffing dogs. At least 10 people were killed. Adel Abdul-Mahdi was slightly wounded in the ex plosion, which splintered chairs, destroyed a speakers' podium and sent a chilling message that suspected Sunni militants can strike anywhere despite a major security crackdown across Baghdad As U S. forces sealed off the area around the municipal building, investigators grap pled with the troubling ques tion of how the bomb was Scholars, clergy dispute Jesus film JERUSALEM - Archaeologists and clergy men in the Holy Land derid ed claims in anew documen tary produced by James Cameron that contradict major Christian tenets, but the Oscar-winning director said the evidence was based on sound statistics "The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” which the Discovery Channel will run March 4. argues that 10 ancient ossuaries small caskets used to store bones discovered in a suburb of rpV, TOP STORIES FROM AROUND lllC VVllts THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD shoulder responsibility in the U.S.-led war on terrorism. Cheney, accompanied by CIA deputy director Steve Kappes, made an unan nounced stop in Pakistan en route to Afghanistan, where snow prevented him from reaching Kabul for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The vice president made no public comment in Pakistan, but a senior aide to Musharraf said they held detailed talks, including a WORLD smuggled into the ministry of public works —a seven-story structure with crack surveil lance systems from its days as offices for Saddam Hussein's feared intelligence service. The bomb possibly hid den in the podium went off moments after the minister for public works finished a speech in the third-floor chamber, witnesses said Abdul-Mahdi had made a wel coming address a few minutes earlier, raising speculation the bomb could have been on a timer-trigger that missed the vice president by sheer luck. Associated Press KATHY WILLEMS A.WH !AT! Pn A Limestone ossuraries that may have held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth are displayed in New York. NAMES & FACES Jerusalem in 1980 may have contained the bones of Jesus and his family. Cameron told NBC’S “Today” show that statisti cians found “in the range of a couple of million to one in favor of it being them.” Simcha Jacobovici. the Toronto filmmaker who directed the documentary, said the implications “are huge.” Associated Press Minority Teacher Job Fair Walton County Board of Education * Tuesday, February 27th. 2007 3:30 - 6:3opm Monroe Area High School 300 Double Springs Church Rd. Monroe, GA 30656 For additional information and directions, please call 770-266-4467 It it a goal of the Walton County Hoard of Mutation to ensure diversity and to bridge the gap between the number of minority students in our system and the number of minority leathers Walton County School* I* treking outstanding candidates for c ertified position*. The Spring 2007 Minority T eat her Job lair is a drop-in format. Please Imng multiple resumes. Every si he ail in Walton County Public School System will lie represented Ity administrators with authority to extend job oilers In order lo lie in position for hire, candidates must have com pleted an on-line application. Your appliiation tile must include three reference forms, transcripts, last two years’ annual evalua tions, and a c nrrent trac lung c rrtific ate. Provisional e andidatrs should provide verification of successful romplrtion of subjrc t assessment • Generous local supplement and benefits • Mentoring support for new teachers • Professional Learning courses available • Tuition Reimbursement for higher level degree • Easy access to many universities St colleges for graduate study 15 SCHOOLS: • 8 Elementary St bools • 3 Middle Schools • 2 High Schools • Performance learning Center • Walton Career Ac ademy NEW SCHOOLS: • Elementary flail 2007) • High Srhool (Fall 2008; STUDENT ENROLLMENT: Approximately 12,200 We look forward to wring you on Tuesday, February 27th! “Together Kvrryone Achieves More” Human Resources Phone: 770-266-4520 Fas: 770-266-4415 svww.waltoncountyschools.org NEWS one-on-one lunch of more than an hour. “Cheney expressed U.S. apprehensions of regrouping of al-Qaida in the tribal areas and called for concerted efforts in countering the threat," Musharraf's office said. He also "expressed serious U.S. concerns on the intelli gence being picked up of an impending Taliban and al- Qaida ‘spring offensive’ against allied forces in Afghanistan,” the state I si f, SPECIAL Aw* MTtO Pi MS ▲ Iraqi policemen handcuH a man after an explosion inside a building where the Iraqi Vice President, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, held a speech in Baghdad Monday. Mexico sewage deal hits the rocks IMPERIAL BEACH, Cal H.— When it rains along the border, millions of gallons of sewage and industrial waste from Mexican slums and factories flow down the Tijuana River into the United States and end up in the Pacific Ocean —a mess that closed the beach to swimmers and surfers a total of 198 days last year. The US. government once thought it had the solu tion: pay a developer an esti mated S7OO million to build and operate a treatment plant in Tijuana. Mexico. Under the agreement, if the plant could sell clean water to Mexican factories, US. taxpayers would get some of their money back by taking a share of the proceeds But seven years later, ground has yet to be broken. And the agreement between the US and Bajagua LLC is ment said. The Musharraf aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not an official spokesman, said the two men "exchanged ideas and suggestions” on improving cooperation against terrorism. However, he said Cheney made no spe cific demands. U.S. and British officials praise Pakistan publicly for its role in arresting al-Qaida suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United looking more fragile than ever amid growing criticism that the no-bid contract would fatten the developer’s pockets and fail to contain the sewage. This month, the Bush administration proposed a treatment plant on U S. soil which would kill the Mexico venture effectively Judge dismisses CIA leak trial juror WASHINGTON A feder al judge avoided a potential mistrial in the CIA leak case Monday by dismissing a juror and sending the other 11 back to continue deliberating the fate of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. U S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said the juror had DUI DEFENSE PHILLIP COMER GRIFFETH Trial Lawyer - Former Prosecutor Felonies - Misdemeanors Major credit cards accepted The Bottleworks on Prince 297 Prince Avenue, Suite 24 706-549-4646 www.pcgriffeth.com Airlines are hiring- From our cockpit to ASA's in 6 months! An exciting career - Dept, of Labor says 60,000 NEW airline pilots needed over the next 10 years. Learn about opportunities. It's Your Career! j Take the first step and take i control of an introductory I flight for $59, offered daily 9^ I at Falcon Aviation, Athens Ben Epps Airport J > - - fppi Airport yh Falcon Aviation Academy w lpr , , a nd. Call 770-486-5561 or 706-369-4497 Atheni-Ben Epps Airport States and for a string of bloody operations against militants along the border. Five years after the Taliban’s ouster from power, however, militants have regained ground in Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are signs of U.S. and NATO frustration at Musharraf’s limited success in disrupting Pakistan-based Taliban fighters, who are expected to step up raids into Afghanistan. Associated Press NATIONAL seen or read something over the weekend about Libby’s trial. “What she had exposure to obviously disqualifies her," the judge said He did not say what the juror had seen but characterized it as a misunderstanding. He has ordered jurors to avoid media coverage of the case. Walton originally feared several jufors were tainted, raising the specter of a mistrial in the politically charged case Libby is accused of lying and obstructing the investiga tion into the leak of a CIA operative identity. Associated Press