Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

2A Friday, August 31, 2007 | The Red & Black UGA TODAY ► Registration Deadline for ‘Eating Smart’ Class: Sponsored by UGA Food Services. Class begins Sept. 11. Meets Tuesdays until Nov. 6. Contact: 706-542-1256 ► First Friday: Day with the Dawgs. Sponsored by the Alumni Association. Bulldog Breakfast with Coach Richt kicks off this event-filled day leading up to an evening Pep Rally at Tate Plaza from 7 - 8 p.m. Special guests throughout the day include Damon Evans, David Jacobs, Matt Stinchccmb, Loran Smith, Dan Magill, UGA Cheerleaders, the Pep Band, Hairy Dawg and more. For a full event schedule and to register for the Association mem-, bers-only Bulldog Breakfast, visit the UGA Alumni Association Web site at www.alumni.uga.edu/alumni ► Cross Country at the Covered Bridge Open. Boone, N.C. ► Campus Coffee Hour: Sponsored by Amnesty International. Students, faculty, and staff from all over campus can mingle over coffee, cultural pre sentations and samplings of inter national foods. 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Contact: 706-542-5867, careyk@uga.edu >- Volleyball vs. Presbyterian. 1 p.m. Jacksonville, FI. >- Dedication Ceremony: Coliseum Training Facility. Sponsored by the UGA Athletic Association. Ribbon-cutting cere mony and tours of the new S3O million, 120,000 sq. ft. facility to provide new practice space for the men's and women's basketball teams and for gymnastics. The ceremony is invitation only. 4 p.m. ► Soccer vs. Texas Tech. Pari of the Nike Invitational Challenge. 7 p.m. Turner Soccer Complex Saturday ► Delta Prize Nominations Dealine: Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the Center for International Trade and Security. The annual Delta Prize sponsored by the University of Georgia recognizes international contributions to peace and coop eration, and leadership in the solu tion of global or regional conflict. The nominations deadline for the 2009 award is Sept. 1,2007. Information on the nomination pro cess is at www.uga.edu/news/del taprize. Contact: 706-542-3966 >- sth Annual ILA Tailgate: Sponsored by the Terry College of Business Institute for Leadership Advancement. Lunch and non-alcoholic beverag es provided. Register in advance. 3:45 p.m. Herty Field. Contact leadership@terry.uga.edu or 706-542-9770 Sunday ► Football vs. Oklahoma State: ESPN2-TV. 6:45 p.m. Sanford Stadium. ► Soccer vs. Wisconsin: Part of the Nike Invitational Challenge. 1 p.m. Turner Soccer Complex ► Paintings: Environmental Reverberations. Sponsored by The State Botanical Garden of Georgia. A series that illustrates patterns in natural and man-made environments. The paintings reflect the importance of appreci ating and protecting our environ ment and owning responsibility for the abundance of our waste. Opening Reception Sept. 2 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Through Tuesday, Sept. 25,2007. The State Botanical Garden Visitor Center. Contact: 706-542-6130, villella@uga.edu Monday ►UGA Food Services: Limited Operation for Labor Day. Bolton and Snelling open, Oglethorpe and the Summit closed. Contact 706-542-1256 ►Labor Day holiday. No classes. University offices closed. - Please send submissions for UGAToday to news@randb.com. Listings are published on a first-come, first-serve basis. CORRECTIONS In Thursday’s edi tion, we failed to men tion that the ban on testing is nationwide. Editor-in-Chief: Juanita Cousins (706) 433-3027 Managing Editor; Matthew (706) 433-3026 Pentagon disputes GAO’s report on Iraq WASHINGTON Stung by the bleak findings of a congressional audit of progress in Iraq, the Pentagon has asked that some of the negative assessments be revised. Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Thursday that after reviewing a draft of the Government Accountability Office report which has not been made public yet policy officials “made some factual corrections” and “offered some suggestions on a few of the actual grades” assigned by the GAO. The Associated Press has learned that the GAO report was on track to conclude that at least ▲ Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual food fight, the Tomatina, in the small town of Bunol, Spain, Wednesday. Each year tens of thousands of people hurl truckloads of tomatoes at each other, sending knee-deep rivers through the small Spanish town. Local lore says it began in the mid-1940s with a food battle that broke out between youngsters near a vegetable stand on the town square in Bunol. Concertgoer files lawsuit against rapper LiT Wayne for impairment BALTIMORE A woman has filed a law suit alleging she was trampled by a frenzied crowd after a large amount of cash was thrown into the crowd during a performance by rapper Lil’ Wayne at Morgan State University last October. Tyrique Layne was a 17-year-old freshman at Morgan State when she attended the show. According to the law suit, someone either Lil’ Wayne or members of his entourage threw money into the crowd during the rap per’s performance, a stunt known as “making it rain.” Layne alleges in the suit, filed Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court, that she was trampled, lost consciousness and suffered a “serious closed head injury” that required hospitalization. She has suffered since from memory loss, laps es in concentration and frequent and severe headaches, according to the complaint. Along with Lil’ Wayne, whose given name is Dwayne Michael Carter, the suit names Universal Records Inc., Cash Money Records Inc. and Young Money Touring Inc. Layne is seeking $1 million in damages. Angelina Jolie visits Syria, Iraq DAMASCUS, Syria Angelina Jolie saw first hand the plight of refu gees stranded in the The Wire 13 of the 18 benchmarks set to judge the Iraqi government’s per formance in the political and secu rity arenas haven’t been met. “We have provided the GAO with information which we believe will lead them to conclude that a few of the benchmark grades should be upgraded from ‘not met’ to ‘met,’” Morrell said. He declined to elaborate or to spell out which of the benchmark grades the Pentagon was disput ing. In preparation for an expected decision next month on whether to prolong the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq, President Bush planned to visit the Pentagon on Friday to TOMATO TOSS MORRIS BERNARD | Associated Press A Angelina Jolie, left, talks to a wheelchair bound woman, one of some 1,300 people trapped at the makeshift Al Waleed refugee camp inside Iraq, unable to leave the coun try for neighboring Syria, Tuesday. NAMES & FACES blazing desert near the Syrian-Iraqi border in a visit this week to highlight their ordeal. The American actress, who is a good will ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, traveled to Syria and Iraq on Monday and Tuesday, the agency said in a statement. Jolie also separately visited U.S. troops in the area. “I have come to Syria and Iraq to help draw attention to this humanitarian crisis and to urge govern ments to increase their support for UNHCR ' and its partners,” Jolie was quoted as saying by the Geneva based agency on Tuesday. NEWS She headed home from Syria on Wednesday, UNHCR officials said, after a visit wrapped in secrecy and with no media cov erage. The 32-year-old star of the movie “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” traveled to the al-Waleed refugee camp on the Iraqi side of the border and spoke to some of the 1,200 refu gees stranded there, prevented from entering Syria, UNCHR said. “It is absolutely essential that the ongo ing debate about Iraq’s future includes plans for addressing the enor mous humanitarian con sequences these people face,” she said. The camp is in a no man’s land between the two countries, one mile from the Iraqi border post and 4.5 miles from the Syrian border. Associated Press TOP STORIES FROM AROUND THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD hear the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a Joint Chiefs spokesman said. Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock, director of operational planning for the Joint Chiefs, told reporters this would be the Joint Chiefs’ opportunity to “provide the presi dent with their unvarnished rec ommendations and their assess ment of current operations” in particular, the situation in Iraq. At the White House, officials argued the GAO report, which was required by legislation President Bush signed last spring, was unrealistic because it assigned “pass or fail” grades to each benchmark, rather than assessing Prosecutor in Duke case faces charges DURHAM, N.C. Disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong pleaded not guilty Thursday to criminal contempt charges stemming from his failure to turn over complete DNA testing results during the now-dis credited Duke lacrosse rape case. If found in contempt, Nifong could face up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to SSOO. As Durham County district attorney, Nifong led the investigation into a woman’s allegations she was raped at a 2006 lacrosse team party where she was hired as a stripper. He won indictments against three lacrosse play ers, but eventually recused himself from the case, and state prosecutors dropped all remaining charges, saying the players were innocent victims of a “tragic rush to accuse.” Defense attorneys for the three falsely accused young men asked a judge to punish Nifong for initially telling the court he had turned over all DNA test results when he knew, and failed to disclose, that genetic material from Taliban members free last Korean hostages JANDA, Afghanistan Taliban militants on Thursday released the final seven South Korean captives they had been hold ing, bringing an end to a six week hostage drama, wit nesses said. The captives were handed over to Reto Stocker, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Afghanistan, in two stages on a road in Ghazni province in central part of the country, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said. Two men and two women were released first. Hours later, two women and one man who were covered in dust walked out of the des ert, accompanied by three armed men, and also were turned over to waiting ICRC officials. None of the freed South Koreans made any com ments. The Taliban originally kid napped 23 South Koreans as they traveled by bus from Kabul to the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar on July 19. Indian tribal kings, chiefs honor Al Gore GAUHATI, India Tribal kings and chieftains in a remote comer of India that is one of the rainiest places on Earth chose former Vice President Al Gore as the winner of their first “global award” for bringing atten tion to the dangers of cli mate change. More than 3,000 kings, chieftains and elders from Meghalaya, a northeastern state, decided to honor Gore after watching his Academy Award-winning documentary film, “An Inconvenient Truth.” “We consider Al Gore a champion for putting the issue of climate change on the world’s radar,” said Robert Kharshiing, a law maker who chairs the Grassroots Democracy Advisory Council. “We want the world to know that our tiny state can face disastrous conse quences too.” whether the Iraqis have made progress toward reaching the benchmark goals. “A bar was set so high, that it was almost not to be able to be met,” White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said. “On the other hand, one of the things it does not take into account, which is not on the benchmark list, is the cooperation of the Sunni tribes, who have decided to fight back -against al- Qaida.” The administration said it agreed Iraq had not reached the objectives. Associated Press NATION multiple men was found on the accuser —but none from any lacrosse player. Nifong’s attorney, Jim Glover, said Nifong never intentionally tried to mis lead the court. He believed he was being truthful when he told the judge he had given the defense all the DNA testing results, though he didn’t always know the specifics in every report, Glover said. Nifong was disbarred in June for more than two dozen violations of the state’s rules of professional conduct during his prosecu tion of the lacrosse case. During a hearing last month, he apologized and acknowledged there was “no credible evidence” the three formerly charged players committed any of the crimes in his accusation. He said then: “It is my hope that all of us can learn from the mis takes in this case, that all of us can begin to move for ward.” Associated Press mm HPOH m i BpH :nL StHi-i MUSADEQ DADEQ | Associated Press ▲ A freed Korean hos tage looks out of a vehi cle after being released by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Thursday. WORLD U.S. accuses alleged traffikers in Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia The U.S. government on Thursday froze the assets of four Colombian paramilitary leaders, accusing them of being major drug traffickers. The action could compli cate the government’s already fragile efforts to tame the illegal militias by convincing their leaders to disarm in exchange for reduced sentences and other benefits. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control put the four on its list of “spe cially designated narcotics traffickers.” That freezes any assets they have in U.S. jurisdic tions and bans Americans from doing business with them or their front compa nies listed as a real estate agency and health clubs. Two of those named Thursday are taking part in a peace deal with the gov ernment that has them dis band their militias in exchange for eased prison terms and a promise of no extradition to the United States. Associated Press