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2 'lVksday, Januaky 15, 2008 | The Red a Black UGA TODAY ► Ecology Seminar From Individual Processes to Population Patterns. Sponsored by the Odum School ol Ecology. This event is preced ed by a thirty minute reception. Blaine Gnffin, Odum School ol Ecology, presents the seminar. 4 p.m. Ecology Auditorium Contact: 706-542-6013, anisaj@uga.edu. >• Grady Career Series Session: Developing the Ideal Resume. Sponsored by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. This is a Blue Card event. Light refresh ments served. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. 250 Student Learning Center Contact: www career.uga.edu ► Croatia Study Abroad 2008 Information Session. Sponsored by the UGA Croatia Maymester Faculty. Faculty and students from previous years dis cuss and answer questions about the program, which visits the Zagreb region, Slavonia, Bosnia, and the Dalmatian coast includ ing Split, Dubrovnik and the islands. More information at www.gsstudies uga edu/croatia 5 p m, 213 Joe Brown Hall Contact 706-542-7502. reap@cviog.uga.edu. ► Lecture: Global Diseases- Voices from the Vanguard. Sponsored by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Knight Chair for Health and Medical Journalism and the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. Kate Winskell from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University kicks off this series of international leaders discussing the war against the world's most dangerous diseases Reception will follow in Demosthenian Hall 6 p.m. The Chapel. Contact 706-542-5038, murrayd@uga edu. ► R.E.A.L. Talk Tuesday. Sponsored by Intercultural Affairs. Can't We All Just Get Along? Coalition building on an Intercultural Campus. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Contact: 706-583-0271. ► Board of Regents meeting. Through Wednesday Board offices, Atlanta. Contact: 404- 656-2250 - Please send submissions for UGAToday to nevvs@randb.com. 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Bush received a warm embrace from King Abdullah, whose family wields almost abso- Snipes investigated for tax fraud, conspiracy OCALA, Fla. Attorneys for Wesley Snipes ticked off more than 70 potential character witnesses, including celebrities, as jury selec tion began Monday in the actor's tax fraud and conspiracy trial Muhammad Ali, Spike Lee, Tom Brokaw, Barbara Walters, Woody Harrelson and Sylvester Stallone were among the names mentioned. Snipes. 45, and two co-defen- The Wire and pools of blood in the lobby. The militants killed six people and wounded six, said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary. One attacker was shot to death and the Taliban spokesman said a second died from the bomb. More than 30 US. soldiers in six Humvee’s rushed to the hotel, and security personnel from the U.S. Embassy raced through the build ing searching for Americans. 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