The Daily Utah Chronicle

Olympic Flame Extinguished, Relay to Start Again

By By Elvis Faucett, Comical Editor in Chief • January 22, 2002

The Olympic Flame went out yesterday and all of the blame rests on the shoulders of Billy Thompson. Thompson is a six-year-old cancer survivor who spends his time helping the elderly. He recently won the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Cancer Sucks, But I Like Old People.

Senators Return to Closed Government Office

January 22, 2002

WASHINGTON?Senators and staff returned Tuesday to an office building shut for three months by anthrax contamination. "I go in with confidence and a prayer," said Sen. Joseph Lieberman. That mix of caution and optimism was typical for the politicians and employees reclaiming the nine-story Hart building, home to offices of half of the 100 senators.

New Cell-Phone Standard of Excellence Set

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Family of detained Ann Arbor Muslim faces deportation

By By U Wire • January 22, 2002

ANN ARBOR, Mich.?For the family of Rabih Haddad, it may seem that equality has passed over them on a day which is supposed to represent freedom. In a new twist in the case concerning Haddad, a Muslim community leader jailed on an expired visa violation, Haddad's wife and her four children were served removal papers Sunday.

U Honors Youth Leaders at MLK Celebration

January 21, 2002

Students and educators from the Salt Lake Valley were honored at the close of the U's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. U President Bernie Machen awarded 10 students with the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Leadership Award. He also presented two high school teachers, a counselor and a secretary to the principal with the Martin Luther King Jr.

The Chronicle’s View: Rally Is a Chance to Voice Tuition Concern

January 21, 2002

A massive tuition hike is on the horizon. Maybe student leaders can stop it, maybe they can't. Because tuition hikes are bad for students and bad for the economy, students must be hopeful that it can be stopped. Tuition increases are a part of higher education, but astronomical, unrealistic tuition hikes hurt students in every subsequent year, not just the year the increases start.

Israeli Army Takes Over Entire Town

January 21, 2002

TULKAREM, West Bank?For the first time in 16 months of fighting, Israeli troops took over an entire Palestinian town Monday, imposing a curfew, searching homes and arresting suspected militants in retaliation for attacks on Israeli civilians. One Palestinian was killed and 15 were wounded in gun battles as troops took over Tulkarem.

12 Childeren, Adults Die in Village Raid

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Lindh to Relocate Soon To Undisclosed Area

January 21, 2002

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan?American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh will probably be flown Tuesday from the Navy ship where he is being held to an undisclosed location, U.S. military officials said. On Monday, the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to divulge Lindh's ultimate destination or other details, saying only that he would transit through the U.

From Under the Bombs: Hiba Al-Zahawi Remembers a Childhood in Gulf War Iraq

January 21, 2002

There are children in Afghanistan, and Hiba Al Zahawi has a pretty good idea how they may feel huddled in their homes while military planes drone overhead. Now a U student, Al-Zahawi was eight years old and living in Baghdad, Iraq, when a U.S. led United Nations coalition began dropping bombs on the capital in January of 1991.

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