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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 2004
Page
17
U S commerce secretary Donald Evans addresses a Davos session during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos Switzerland outlining policy priorities and global economic outlook.
Davos Swiss officials host about 25 government ministers to revive negotiations on a global trade treaty pushed by agriculture subsidy disputes. The talks aim to revive momentum after the Cancun WTO ministerial failure and restore progress toward a new framework.
US forces arrested a father and son suspected of carrying out an attack on a forward base that killed two American soldiers. Nine people died in related raids, including four Christian women en route to U.S. jobs, amid a wave of attacks. A Spanish security chief in Iraq was also shot during a raid south of Baghdad.
Washington seeks U.N. help to break a dangerous political impasse in Iraq as the Bush administration shifts from sidelining the U.N. to requesting its involvement. Analysts say the move signals concern that the situation is not progressing as hoped.
President Bush sees the $373 billion spending bill as shaping the conservative approach for this year's budget battles. The Senate passed the package 65 to 28 after four months into the fiscal year, funding housing job training space and biomedical research. The House approved the measure in December.
Agriculture Secretary Veneman says the department is studying risk based controls to curb inadvertent spread of bioengineered plants and to protect the environment and food supply. Environmental studies are under way as a first step toward tougher but flexible science based regulation.
Halliburton will pay 6.3 million to the Army Materiel Command to cover possible overcharges by a Kuwaiti subcontractor accused of paying kickbacks to one or two Halliburton workers. The company fired the employees and notified investigators as Pentagon probes continue into related Halliburton contracts. The firm defends its operations and runs an ad campaign to bolster its image while legal scrutiny expands to KBR tied to food service and Iraqi oil facility work.
In Concord New Hampshire Kerry accused the Bush administration of shortchanging veterans. Dean sought Greenspan replacement while Lieberman advertised national leadership in terrorism. Kerry's Iowa victory boosted NH poll numbers as Dean plans a comeback and Clinton recalled a 1992 comeback.
A High Court judge ruled that Hello! magazine breached commercial confidentiality by publishing unauthorized wedding photos of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The court awarded damages to OK! and ordered Hello! to cover a large share of the couple’s legal costs, with possible appeals noted.
Gary Cox, manager at Big Sandy Regional Airport, uses his pickup horn to scare elk away from runways as elk numbers in eastern Kentucky rise beyond 2,000. Airports seek funding for fences despite enthusiasm for elk. pilots warn of potential damage from future collisions. In Wisconsin, a jury finds street musician Tom Ryan not guilty of violating a city noise ban for playing the piccolo near campus, despite complaints from vendors.
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