The Daily Utah Chronicle

Utah State U. National Guard students help with Olympic security

By By U Wire • December 5, 2001

LOGAN?Students from Utah State University who serve in the National Guard will be helping to make sure Utah is safe during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Although it is difficult to tell how many students serve in the Guard and how many will actually be called on active duty, the number is still high, said Terry Haslam, public affairs assistant for the Utah National Guard.

Stanford Is Better This Time

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World Needs Uniform Extradition Laws

December 5, 2001

Nabil Fahmy believes that in order to wipe out terrorism, countries will need to create a standard system for extradition. As the Egyptian ambassador to the United States, Fahmy represents a country that was torn apart by terrorism 10 years ago. However, for four years, the terrorist activity in Egypt has stopped.

Corrections and Clarifications

December 5, 2001

In a Dec. 5 article titled, "Database Helps With Cancer, Aging Research," The Chronicle misquoted Jean Wylie. Her final quote should have read, "When researchers ask Utahns to participate in a study, they don't have to explain why families are important." The Chronicle regrets the error.

Oly Merchandise Stolen Form Truck

December 5, 2001

SALT LAKE CITY?Forty IOC coats and jackets and other Olympic apparel were stolen from a truck in West Valley City, raising concerns about a possible security breach at the 2002 Winter Games. The coats were designed exclusively for International Olympic Committee delegates.

Police Get Absent Deportees’ Names

December 5, 2001

WASHINGTON?The names of more than 300,000 foreigners who disappeared after being ordered deported will be entered in a crime database so police can help track them down, the Immigration and Naturalization Service said Wednesday. By entering their names in the National Crime Information Center database, the missing deportees might be identified by officers in traffic stops or other identity checks, INS Commissioner James Ziglar told the House Government Reform subcommittee on criminal justice.

Six Utahns Under FBI Investigation

December 5, 2001

SALT LAKE CITY?Federal agents are seeking six Utah residents with Middle Eastern backgrounds as part of a nationwide effort to question 5,000 foreigners for clues into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Utah U.S. Attorney Paul Warner declined to release specifics about the six men, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday.

U.S. Envoys Want Arafat to Act Soon

December 5, 2001

JERUSALEM?U.S. envoys urged Yasser Arafat to take harsh measures against Islamic militants in meetings and a phone call hours before a suicide bomber detonated explosives Wednesday outside a Jerusalem hotel, further rattling terror-weary Israelis' nerves. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said he urged the Palestinian leader to arrest 36 suspected terrorist leaders, while other Israeli officials dismissed Arafat's arrests of 151 people in recent days as a show.

U Students Share Holiday Traditions

December 5, 2001

The snow is falling, holiday events are starting and families are beginning to gather together. It is the most wonderful time of the year?for family traditions. It's not traditions like arguing with siblings about who got the most presents, or fighting over who gets the wishbone, but traditions that families undertake each year in order to bond with one another and create memories that last a lifetime.

Errant U.S. Bomb Kills 3, Injures 19 Soldiers

By , , and • December 5, 2001

WASHINGTON?Three American soldiers were killed and 19 wounded in Afghanistan Wednesday when a U.S. bomb missed its Taliban target. The bomb, carrying 2,000 pounds of explosives, landed about 100 yards from the soldiers' position north of Kandahar, where the Taliban is making its last stand against Afghan opposition forces.

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