Daily Sundial 2002-11-27
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2 •The Daily Sundial• CSUN •Wednesday, November 27, 2002 Wire Official calls for death of writer LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah the teaching. of the Quran," gested Islam's founding The deputy governor of a Khomeini, i. sued a 19 9 Zamfara state Information prophet Muhammed would largely I lamic . tate in fatwa - or religious edict - Commissioner Tukur Umar have approved of Miss World northern Nigeria has called again t him for allegedly Dangaladima said Tuesday. and might have wanted to on Mu. lim to kill the insulting Islam in his be ·t- Islam· holy book "states marry one of the contestants. igerian woman who wrote selling novel, "The Satanic that whoever accuse: or Her religion i unknown. a newspaper article about Verses." In 1998, the Iranian insult any prophet of Allah ... The newspaper has issued the Miss World beauty pag- government declared it should be killed," repeated apologies for the arti- eant that sparked deadly would not upport the Dangaladima told The cle, saying the offending por- religious riots. fatwa, but said it Associated Pres .. "If tions were published by mis- "Just like the blasphe- could not rescind the I ~al .he (Daniel) is take after earlier being deleted mou Indian writer Salman edict since, under 4 Muslim. she ha· no by a supervising. editor. Fifteen now held in Bali bombings Rushdie, the blood of lslamic law, that could be option except to die. Isioma Daniel can be shed," done only by the per on who But if she i a non-Muslim, the JAKARTA, Indone ia (AP) - Indone. ian police . aid Zamfara Deputy Governor i ued it. Khomeini died m only way out for her i. to con- Tue. day that in addition to the two main su peels in la t Mahamoud hinkafi told a 1989. vert to I lam." Calif. month' Bali bombing , they also have detained 13 accom- gathering of Mu lim groups While state officials in Daniel. a Lagos-based plices who they . aid were indirectly involved. in the state capital, Gusau, Nigeria cannot issue fatwas. fashion writer with ThisDay, Seven alleged accomplices were picked up in different on Monday. the deputy governor, "like all reportedly went into hiding slaying parts of Indone ia on Monday, . aid police repre entative Rushdie, an Indian-born Mu. lims," considers the after being interrogated by Bng. Gen. Edward Aritonang. Briton, went into hiding after death sentence again ·t police last week in connection suspect They included a man, identified only a Agus, who was Iran's late revolutionary Daniel as "a reality based on with the article. which sug- arrested in West Java province on u ·picion of having r bbed a jewelry hop, the proceeds of which were later caught u ed to finance the Oct. 12 attack , . aid Aritonang. Feds break up identity-theft ring The other six suspects were taken into cu tody in Riau NEW YORK (AP) - The approval. trying to determine how many CONCORD, N.H., province. aid Aritonang. Four of them assisted the main (AP) - A 23-year-old; suspect in the bla t . Imam Samudra, to obtain fake identi- high-tech . cam that expo ed As he announced the individuals were victimized. the finances of more people arre. ts of three men blamed "With a few keystrokes, man opposed to "police- ty papers, he said. state tactics" was cap· Other detainee were villagers who hid weapons or nationwide to identity thieves for giving others access to these men essentially picked wa a wakeup call for con- credit reports, Corney predict- the packets of tens of thou- tured in a hotel Tuesday ,: chemicals later used to build the bomb , police said. as people in California:.. Samudra was arrested last Thur ·day. Police ay he ha sumers and law enforcement ed Monday that the costs of sands of Americans and, in authorities urpri ·ed by it the cam would ri e "many, the process, took their identi- flocked to a memorial< admitted to having planned the bombings. He has al o con- service for a police om- . fes ed to at least two other deadly bomb attacks in size, a pro. ecutor ays. many millions" above the tie . stole their money and "We have tumbled upon $2.7 million already counted. swiped their security," cer he apparently admit· : Indone ia over the last two years, officers ay. ted killing. '2, something that is bigger than In nearly every Corney said. any of us imagined, judging instance, individuals Authorities said Andrew Hampton,:.. by the tens of thou ·ands of will recover the the scheme began Mccrae, 23. of people who were ripped off money they lost, about three years ago Olympia, Wash., surren- here," U.S. Attorney James B. sometimes after time-con- when Philip Cummings, dered without incident Corney said. suming and stressful efforts to a help-desk worker at about 10 a.m. after a The pro ecutor said more prove they were victims and Teledata Communication , standoff at the Holiday Inn, police said. Fund pays out money to sniper victims than 30,()()() people were vic- to clean their financial sold passwords and code· for timiLed. some of them discov- record. , authorities said. downloading consumer credit Investigators will have RO KVlLLE, Md. (AP) - A charitable foundation has ering that their bank accounts "Their liability will be lim- reports to an unidentified per- to prove the man they di stributed thou:ands of dollars lo Washington-area sniper were drained. addresses ited," Corney said...The peo- son. Teledata, a software com- arrested is the same victims, the fir:t money distributed to :urvivors of the changed, lines of credit ple that take the hit ultimately pany, provide. banks with Andrew McCrae who shootings and families of those killed during the spree. opened and new credit cards will be all of us. computerized acce s to credit admitting on the Web to Check, for $18,571.43 from the Victims' Rights opened without their Corney said authorities are information databases. killing the officer, but Foundation were either hand-deli ered or mailed over the police indicated they weekend to the families of I0 people killed and the four believe he is. A fugitive people wounded in the region in September and October, warrant from California . aid foundation head Gregory Wim . 60 more taken ill on cruise ship named McCrae, and The foundation rai. ed $260,000 from 2,0 donation . ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Prevention in Atlanta was mingle in close quarters for Concord Police Chief Gifts ranged from a $3.50 money order to $70,000 from an At least 60 people on the investigating and should days or weeks, can provide Jerry Madden referred affordable housing charity. Additional money will be raised Di ney cruise hip Magic have test re ults identifying ideal conditions for a virus reporters to the Web site through Dec. 31 . have contracted a flu-like ill- the viru by the end of the to spread. when asked who he was. The funds will help families get through the holidays nes this week even after the week, representative The illness on the ship is The FBI tipped police "without wondering where the mortgage payments are vessel was crubbed becau e Bernadene Burden said. believed to be caused by a at 2: 19 a.m. that Mccrae coming from or where the car payments will come from," of an earlier outbreak, offi- Jaronski said about called a "Norwalk- was staying in a fourth- aid Ellen Alexander, a Montgomery County police official cials said Tuesday. 2,400 passengers and like" virus. It is floor room at the hotel. who has worked with the sniper victims. The ship was disinfected 950 crew members 1spread through A police tactical team About 15 funds have been e tablished since the sniper Saturday after 275 people were aboard the cur- food and water and arrived at the hotel, a attack , many that specifically help children and other sur- became sick on the Magic's rent Magic cruise, which contact with block from the vivor of people who died. The Victims' Rights Foundation last even-day trip. The left Saturday night from Port infected people or Statehouse, at 6 a.m. and and an account set up by Montgomery County are among source of the virus that Canaveral, about 50 miles things they have touched. It the fourth floor of the the few that benefit the victims a a group. caused the illnes. has not ea ·t of Orlando, on a can cause diarrhea, tomach hotel was evacuated, been determined, Di ·ney Caribbean tour. The 964- pain and vomiting for up to police said. FBI negotia- Cruise Line representative foot ship spent Tuest..lay at two days. tors talked with Mccrae Mark Jaronski said. Grand Cayman. Despite Saturday's disin- by phone and tried to per- The federal Centers for A cruise, where hundreds fection, the infections are suade him to surrender. Disease Control and of passengers and crew not expected to vanish. San Diego restarts traffic camera program AN DIEGO (AP) - The City Council has agreed to · U.S. seeks elimination of tariffs re ume a modified version of San Diego's red-light camera American consumers. program, which was suspended in June 2001 over complaint<; WASHINGTON (AP) - al goods. The taxes would be position at trade talks being "Our proposal would tum it wa unfair. The Bush administration, try- cut in a two-step process. held in Geneva among the every corner store in America The council voted 9-0 on Monday to install camera<; at up ing to energize flagging glob- By 20 I 0, all tariffs that 144 nations who are mem- 5 into a duty-free shop for bers of the World Trade to 15 interse tion to catch motorists driving through red light ·.