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NATION/WORLD
No new anthrax cases reported
BOCA RATON, Fla.(AP) - Investigators have
found no further sign of anthrax in the office of a man
killed by the disease since traces were found on his
computer keyboard and in the nose of a co-worker,
health officials said yesterday.
There have been no additional cases of contamina-
tion, Florida health department spokesman Tim
O'Connor said.
Hundreds of people are waiting for test results to
learn whether they were exposed to anthrax at the
Boca Raton headquarters of supermarket tabloid pub-
lisher American Media.
Some worked closely with Robert Stevens, a 63-
year-old Sun editor who died of anthrax Friday. Inves-
tigators say anthrax bacteria were later found on his
computer keyboard and in the nasal passages of mail-
room employee Ernesto Blanco, 73. Blanco was in
good condition at an area hospital, O'Connor said.
The source of the anthrax, which can be used as a
biological weapon, is the subject of a federal investiga-
tion involving the FBI and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, which has virtually ruled out
environmental causes as the source.
The FBI believes the strain that infected Stevens was
manmade since it does not match any known naturally
occurring version, law enforcement officials in Wash-
ington said on condition of anonymity.
Investigators have not found evidence of terrorism,
though the manufactured nature of the bacteria suggests
criminal activity may be involved, the officials said.
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BIG CREEK, Belize
Hurricane Iris kills 15, leaves 5 missing
Flattening buildings and flinging boats ashore, Hurricane Iris tore through
Belize and capsized a yacht carrying U.S. divers, killing 15 people and leaving
five others missing and feared dead.
Twenty divers from the Richmond, Va., area and eight crew members were
aboard the MV Wave Dancer when the year's most powerful Atlantic storm hit
southern Belize with 140 mph winds Monday night, said Patricia Rose, spokes-
woman for the Miami-based Peter Hughes Diving, which coordinated the trip.
She said five crew members and three divers had been accounted for yesterday
morning. The boat was one of two 120-foot yachts that had been chartered by
the Richmond Dive Club for a weeklong trip in Belize.
The Wave Dancer lay on its side in about 12 feet of water yesterday, just a few
feet from shore. The night before, Iris' storm surge temporarily raised the sea
level by some 13 to 18 feet, pulling the boats with it and flooding nearby land.
Stunned passengers on the neighboring BelizetAggressor III watched yester-
day as the bodies of friends were pulled from the water. Helicopters roamed
overhead, apparently looking for survivors.
"We're hoping for survivors, but I don't know that it's likely," Rose said in
Miami.
WASHINGTON
Senate discusses airport security legislation
Senate leaders struggled yesterday to resolve disputes over legislation to tight-
en security at America's airports, as many Republicans continued to balk at a
proposed federal takeover of screening operations and worker-relief provisions.
The day began on a propitious note for sponsors, as the Senate voted 97 to 0 to
limit debate on the measure, normally a sign that a bill has cleared an early hur-,
die. But Republican critics promptly served notice they would continue to delay
action.
Both parties were reportedly working on possible compromises but no agree-
ments had been reached by late last night. The bill has been stalled since last
Wednesday.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -
Embarrassed by anti-U.S. protests,
Yasser Arafat's government took two
unprecedented steps yesterday: it
closed Gaza City's universities to
silence Islamic militants and barred
foreign reporters from the Gaza Strip
to prevent coverage of the events.
The clampdown by the Palestinian
Authority came a day after the dead-
liest internal Palestinian fighting in
years, triggered by the militants' show
of support for Osama bin Laden. Two
civilians were killed and dozens of
police and protesters hurt in a clash
with guns, stones, clubs and tear gas.
Meanwhile yesterday, Nabil Shaath,
cabinet minister for international
cooperation, sought to distance the
Palestinian cause from remarks by bin
Laden that were broadcast Sunday,
saying "Palestinians are not prepared
to be responsible for whoever says that,
for security to be achieved for the
Palestinian people, one must strike not
only America but everyone living
there."
Referring to bin Laden, the Palestin-
ian minister said, "If he thinks that he
serves the Palestinian cause this way,
then let him be responsible for his
remarks. We will not be."
Shaath, in Doha for an Organization
of the Islamic Conference meeting that
starts today, said Palestinians did not
reject bin Laden's linking of American
security to Palestinian security.
Palestinians do reject their cause
being used as justification for the
killing of innocent people in the Unit-
ed States, however, he said.
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"We do not want to be an excuse for
anyone," he said. "Our cause is just
and we want to achieve it justly.
Because the Israelis are the terrorists."
The fighting pitted the Palestinian
Authority against its longtime rival,
the Islamic militant group Hamas,
which has been behind the rallies in
support of bin Laden following the
Sept. I I terror attacks on the United
States.
Arafat is trying to persuade Hamas
to abide by a Sept. 26 truce with Israel,
and could be using the clampdown to
force it into compliance.
In recent weeks, Arafat had shied
away from open confrontation with
Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad
group, even though both had defied his
orders to stop attacks on Israelis.
Palestinian analyst Ghassan Khatib
said it was easier for Arafat to crack
down on the militants over the pro-bin
Laden rallies than over the cease-fire,
which is largely unpopular.
Many Palestinians are dismayed by
bin Laden's attempt in a televised
address this week to create a link
between the Palestinian cause and his
war against the United States.
"The statement that represents aver-
age Palestinians and their feelings about
bin Laden's speech is to respond: 'Leave
us alone,"' Khatib said.
The response was vastly different a
decade ago, just before the outbreak of
the Gulf War, when Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein presented himself as
the Palestinians' savior, mainly in
hopes of fracturing an international
coalition against him.
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TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (AP) --
An armed man sprayed a substance
into a subway station yesterday dur-
ing a scuffle with police, leaving
some 35 passengers and transit
workers suffering from nausea,
headaches and sore throats.
Authorities said it did not appear
to be a terrorist act.
"It appears at this point to be an
isolated incident," said Prince
Georges County Police Chief John
Farrell.
The station was temporarily
closed as fire department haz-
ardous-material teams in protective
rubber suits responded and the sick
were treated at the scene.
Officers said the man apparently
had evaded paying the fare when he
got on the train, then pulled out a
pump-action bottle and sprayed the
area in a struggle with police who
asked for his identification.
At the next train stop, additional
transit police boarded, and the man
pulled out a gun and fired a single
shot at police.
No one was hit.
Police said he was also carrying a
large steak knife and religious
material in an unidentified lan-
guage.
The man, Kenneth Ranger, 23,
was charged with attempted murder
of a police officer and was being
detained at an undisclosed hospital,
Metro transit police said.
He is believed to be a District of
Columbia resident.
Prince Georges County Fire
Department Capt. Chauncey Bow-
ers said that after several hours of
testing, authorities concluded that
nepner spray used by officers may
WASHINGTON
High court won't
hear Microsoft case
Microsoft Corp. lost a longshot
appeal to the Supreme Court yester-
day, and all sides said they will focus
on settling the government's long-run-
ning antitrust case against the software
company.
The court opted to stay out of the case
for now, ending Microsoft's hopes for a
fresh start as it tries to avoid penalties
for anti-competitive behavior. That
leaves the case in the hands of a federal
judge who has told the company and the
government to settle out of court.
"It's back to settlement," said Robert
E. Litan, a former Justice Department
antitrust chief. "This was Microsoft's
long ball that didn't get completed."
Microsoft had asked the high court
to hear its complaint that the original
federal judge who handled the 78-day
Microsoft antitrust trial was biased and
all of his findings should be thrown
out.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
U.S. researchers win
physics Nobel Prize
Three U.S.-based researchers won
the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for
creating a new state of matter - a kind
of super-cold gas that could help scien-
tists build tinier electronics, faster com-
puters and ultra-precise clocks and
measuring instruments.
The $943,000 award will be shared
by Americans Eric A. Cornell, 39, of
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology in Boulder, Colo., and
Carl E. Wieman, 50, of the University
of Colorado in Boulder, and a Ger-
man, Wolfgang Ketterle, 43, of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 1995, the Colorado researchers
- using ordinary lasers from com-
pact disc players and a magnetic field
- and Ketterle made gases so cold
that multiple atoms began to behave
as one, or "sing in unison," as the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
put it.
NEW YORK
Giuliani cuts city's
budget by 15 percent
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani ordered a
15 percent cut in spending by most city
departments yesterday, predicting the
World Trade Center attack will cost $ I
billion in revenue this fiscal year and
100,000 jobs.
Separately, Gov. George Pataki said
it will take $54 billion in federal
money for New York to recover. He
said New York is requesting $34 billion
to rebuild lower Manhattan and $20
billion to reinvigorate New York's
Democrats were working on a somewhat scaled-down version of their original
S3.8 billion proposal to help the more than 100,000 aviation industry workers who
have been laid off since the Sept. I 1 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
But they were standing by their insistence on a substantial package of unem-
ployment, health and training assistance, arguing that airline companies have
received a $15 billion bailout and workers should get some help too.
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economy.
Giuliani spared only the police and
fire departments and school system
from double-digit budget cuts. Those
departments face a 2.5 percent cutback.
A citywide hiring freeze went into
effect after the Sept. 11 attack, he said.
Despite the dire estimates, an upbeat
Giuliani said the city is well-pottioned
to absorb the fiscal woes caused by the
attack.
- Compiled from Daily wire reports.
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