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America's Gulf War allies were uniting again on Friday. Now the meeting place was the greatest international trade fair in Baghdad since sanctions were imposed. CBS News Correspondent Allen Pizzey reports.The Iraqi regime referred to it as the erosion of United Nations' sanctions. Over 30 countries were there, including long-standing former enemies of Iraq. These were all talking about one thing. Whatever the language it meant business with Iraq, big business. "A lot of billions," says one businessman.There was deals being struck between Iraqi and Syrian businessmen, until today's world, an unimaginable scene. "We are seeking best offers even Syrian and Iranian," said Iraqi businessman Howry Mahmoud. Japanese cars certainly are a coveted item by people who have been deprived within the United Nations' embargo. Big money deals were and in the works for British tractors, German combine-harvesters, French trucks and machinery from a dozen countries. The only drawback is that every deal has to be approved by the United Nations sanctions committee, an activity Iraq accuses the U.S. of creating extremely difficult.What this trade fair is actually about is making friends. The firms and countries represented on the fair are more interested now in performing business with Saddam Hussein than they are in punishing him with sanctions and air strikes.And, when sanctions go, the Iraqis say they'll remember their friends. American business, they may be quick to add, will be the big loser. Reported By Allen Pizzey tall black uggs A Senate hearing will consider whether states require help enforcing alcohol regulations because of the Internet sales and 800 numbers, reports CBS News Correspondent Bob Fuss..Witnesses are expected to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee that the younger generation who can't walk into a liquor store and purchase alcoholic beverages can get them delivered to their home if they have access to the Internet as well as a credit card number.Frequent sales across state lines help it become difficult for state officials to enforce their laws.Maryland State Sen. Marilyn Goldwater is trying to tighten up that enforcement. She asked a situation legislative committee Monday to help turn off the Internet booze spigot by making it a felony to sell alcoholic beverages by mail to anyone under age 21."Youngsters are very cyber-savvy these days," she said. "Via the Internet, you can obtain any alcoholic beverages you desire," she said. "They don't request any verification. It comes in a box that is not marked."Her bill drew support from students, hawaii comptroller's office and a national organization set up to battle Internet sales of alcohol consumption. It was opposed by the wine industry.It is already illegal in Maryland to offer alcoholic beverages by mail to anyone irrespective of age, but the crime is just a misdemeanor.Charles Ehart, director of the state alcohol and tobacco tax unit, said trying to prosecute out-of-state Internet firms is tough because local prosecutors are not inclined to extradite someone for a misdemeanor.Wine industry representatives said wineries take care not to sell to minors and shouldn't have to live with the threat of a felony conviction for could be a simple mistake.Winemakers also said federal action isn't warranted, reports CBS News Reporter Stephan Kaufman.Mike Scott, the winemaker on the Catarina Winery in Spokane, Wash., said efficient safeguards are in place for Internet sales. Scott said his winery telephones the buyer to verify legal age and requirements an adult signature to verify delivery. Scott says he and others are doing what's right. "My only hope is that ?… reasonable minds will prevail," according to him.A $20 bottle of wine automatically means most minors aren't buyers, he states. Lawyers for Kobe Bryant are ready to focus on the Colorado's 30-year-old rape-shield law in their hope to bolster the NBA star's defense.Initially since their June encounter, Bryant and the 19-year-old accuser were expected to be in exactly the same room together for a closed, two-day pretrial hearing Monday.The lady will be questioned Tuesday about her sexual history, which the defense says is relevant to demonstrate that her vaginal injuries were brought on by somebody other than Bryant, reports CBS News Correspondent Lee Frank. Prosecutors have argued how the information is irrelevant.One of the issues during the hearing Monday was to be Colorado's rape law, which is similar to laws in all 49 other states. It can make defense lawyers prove why an alleged victim's sexual history is pertinent evidence.Defense attorneys Pamela Mackey and Hal Haddon have argued the law — which generally prevents defense attorneys by using the sexual history of alleged sexual assault victims against them in the courtroom — is unconstitutional.If they cannot convince the judge with that issue, they will have to show how the information should be allowed under a portion of the law that makes exceptions for such evidence.Bryant, 25, has said he had consensual sex with the 19-year-old woman. He faces 4 years to life in prison or 20 years to life on probation if convicted. He's free on $25,000 bond.In attacking the rape-shield law, Haddon and Mackey have argued that it violates a defendant's right of equal protection. The course notes said that under state law, prior sexual conduct of your alleged sexual assault victim is presumed irrelevant, even though the prior sexual conduct of your defendant is presumed relevant.Legal experts are doubtful that Bryant's attorneys will succeed for the constitutional issue because the rape-shield law has withstood previous challenges in its 30-year history.Also during the hearing, attorneys were scheduled to resume arguments on perhaps the woman has given up her right to confidentiality of her medical history by talking about it with others.The attorneys were also set to debate whether certain evidence against Bryant, including his statement to police, should be thrown out because of the methods police used throughout the investigation.The judge was likely to ask both sides to discuss a dispute over his Feb. 2 order that prosecutors give evidence for the defense's forensic expert for testing. The defense claims that prosecutors have told Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials to never turn over cuttings from two pairs of underwear the lady wore the night of the alleged attack and subsequently day when she went to a hospital for the examination.No trial date has been set. Another two-day hearing is scheduled to start out March 24. asos ugg boots A teenager shot and killed an assistant principal and seriously wounded two other administrators at the high school on Tuesday, officials said. A student was arrested."I don't know what he was thinking or what his motives were," Sheriff Ron McClellan said.Campbell County Secondary school Assistant Principal Ken Bruce was shot inside the chest just after 2 p.m. and died right after at a hospital, law enforcement and school officials said.The suspect was grazed from the hand by a bullet fired from his own .22-caliber handgun during a scuffle with the administrators plus an unidentified teacher who helped wrestle the gun away, the sheriff said.No other students were injured.Principal Gary Seale was shot from the lower abdomen, and Assistant Principal Jim Pierce was shot in the chest. Seale was in serious condition and Pierce in critical condition at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, spokeswoman Lisa McNeal said.School will probably be closed the rest of the week, and counselors is going to be available to help students and teachers on Monday, schools director Judy Blevins said.The college was locked down as soon as the shooting, and students were evacuated and loaded onto buses, reports CBS Radio News. "They are seeking each student as they are climbing on the buses," said Roger Wallace, a person at a pizza restaurant nearby."This situation may have gotten much worse. It didn't because our staff followed the (emergency) plan in position," said Mark Wells, vice chairman with the Campbell County Board of Education.Authorities were unsure if the suspect would be charged as being a juvenile or an adult. He was being held in a juvenile detention facility in nearby Scott County.The fir,400-student school, located about 30 miles northwest of Knoxville, was locked down as soon as the shooting. Students said Seale was able to get to the school intercom and order the lockdown after being shot."Knowing him, he probably did," the sheriff said. "He is a tough fellow and a great individual. That seems like him. Whoever did it, he did what's right." no previous page next 1/2 Fed up with what it considers "hostile" and "abusive" American Indian nicknames, the NCAA announced Friday it will shut those words and images out of postseason tournaments, a move that left some school officials angry and threatening court action.Starting in February, any school with a nickname or logo considered racially or ethnically "hostile" or "abusive" by the NCAA would be prohibited from using them in postseason events. Mascots won't be allowed to perform at tournament games, and band members and cheerleaders will also be barred by using American Indians on their uniforms while it began with 2008.Major college football teams aren't subject to the ban while there is no official NCAA tournament.Affected schools were quick to complain, and Florida State — home from the Seminoles — threatened legal action."That the NCAA would now label our close bond with the Seminole people as culturally 'hostile and abusive' is both outrageous and insulting," Florida State president T.K. Wetherell said in a statement."I intend to pursue all legal avenues to ensure this unacceptable decision is overturned, knowning that this university will forever be for this 'unconquered' spirit of the Seminole Tribe of Florida," he added.The committee also recommended that schools keep to the examples of Wisconsin and Iowa by refusing to schedule contests against schools which use American Indian nicknames.While NCAA officials admit they still can't force schools to improve nicknames or logos, they are making a statement they believe is long overdue. Eighteen mascots, including Florida State's Seminole and Illinois' Illini, were one of several offenders.Those schools will never be permitted to host future NCAA tournament games, and if events have already been awarded to people sites, the school must cover any logos or nicknames that appear."Certainly some things remain to be answered from today, and something of those things is the concept of what is 'hostile or abusive,'" said Bad guy, a spokesman at Illinois.The NCAA failed to give a clear answer with that. no previous page next 1/2 delaine ugg boots Russian Jews turned out Sunday night to mark the start of Hanukkah in a very public ceremony, reports CBS News Senior European Correspondent Tom Fenton. However year, there's a shadow hanging on the holiday, caused by an ugly flare-up of anti-Semitism.Nationalist groups like Russian National Unity have been fueling anti-Semitism by blaming Russia's many Jewish politicians and businessmen for creating the country's current financial crisis. Anti-Semitism has also become more open in the Russian government. One Communist parliamentarian shocked the united states recently by calling for Jews to get rounded up and thrown in prison."If anything transpires with me," warned Ret. Gen. Albert Makashov, "I is going to take out at least 10 of the Yids on my enemies list." Folks Moscow's Jewish community say that latent anti-Jewish sentiment here -- never far under the surface -- could again grow stronger.These folks have experienced anti-Semitism first-hand. The Marina Roshcha Synagogue was burned to the ground, and a new synagogue that replaced many experts have bombed twice.No suspects were ever arrested, which disturbs the synagogue's chief rabbi. He blames the Russian government for failing to act strongly against anti-Semitism. He further faults the Communist Party for trying to gain politically from it."They're using the agenda, they're with all the crisis and the situation as a way to bring forward their agenda, and also to try to get votes," says Rabbi Berl Lazar. "I'd say it's more political than anti-Semitic, which they don't like the Jews."Although anti-Semitism in Russia has become a problem since the time of the tsars, the Yeltsin government demonstrates signs of trying to address it. Earlier this week, Russian president Boris Yeltsin fired his closest advisors, in part because they failed to prevent political extremism. Meanwhile, Jewish leaders are praying how the government will move aggressively against anti-Semitism, so that the tragic history of Russia's Jews will not repeat itself. Reported by Tom Fenton©1998, CBS Worldwide Inc., All Rights Reserved The couple say they are of Middle Eastern descent, but were born and raised in New Jersey. They claim they in addition to their daughter Riyanna were "put on display" inside the terminal while TSA agents and JetBlue employees discussed the problem. ugg boots plumdale President Clinton was at the White House Monday attempting to save a part of his legacy -- a youth volunteer program called Americorps."In countless ways Americorps is the embodiment of the deal I struck with all the American people," he said into a group of graduating Americorps volunteers. Hillary Clinton was around the New York senate campaign trail promoting herself and attacking Republicans on education."The Republican tax plan would literally gut this investment," she said during a speech. While they were thus engaged, the guy who could change the legacies of both Clintons was also talking.Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr said he would issue his final set of the Clinton investigation before the 2000 election, reports CBS News Correspondent Phil Jones."It would have to be a comprehensive final are convinced that is factually straight forward, that does not engage in characterization," he said.In response, Lanny Davis, one of the president's White House lawyers in the impeachment crisis, today called for Starr to issue a complete exoneration of the Clintons and say:"'I investigated the Clintons. I discovered no wrong-doing. I investigated the travel office, I ran across no wrong doing. I investigated the FBI files concerning the Clintons, I found no wrong doing.' We may all be amazed if Kenneth Starr would do that because so much of his orientation ended up being find guilt and he needs to be conscious; where he doesn't find guilt, say so," said Davis. In spite of speculation from the press that Starr has decided not to prosecute either of the Clintons, he's refusing to verify that. Bill Clinton would not be the 1st president to leave the White House having an uncertain legal future. Twenty-five years back Monday, Richard Nixon left facing possible indictment. He was saved by way of a presidential pardon. A judge sentenced a British oil worker on Wednesday for an unprecedented one year in jail for endangering a major international flight by refusing to exchange off his mobile phone. Neil Whitehouse, 28, was in prison for ?"recklessly and negligently endangering?" a uk Airways flight carrying 91 passengers from Madrid to Manchester after he ignored repeated requests through the crew to switch off his phone. ?"You didn't have any regard for the alarm that would be caused to passengers because of your stubborn and ignorant behavior,?" Judge Anthony Ensor told Whitehouse at Manchester crown court.CBS News Correspondent Tom Rivers reports that scientists believe radio emissions from cellular phones can affect cockpit controls, including satnav systems. Ensor said there was no precedent to guide him on sentencing. He stated the sentence should work as an example and added that he would seek legislation to pay cell phone use on airplanes. Both British Airways and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which takes care of the interests of all U.K. carriers, welcomed the landmark ruling being a step in the right direction.?"As far as British Airways -- and I?'m sure many other airlines -- are concerned, we will continue to ban the application of mobile phones on-board aircraft for all our flights,?" said airline spokesperson Sue Redmond. Although Whitehouse made no airborne calls, aviation experts told a three-day trial that radio waves from the phone could have sparked a surge or affected the Boeing 737's navigational systems since it flew at 31,000 feet. Whitehouse, who had previously been sitting over the aircraft's wing fuel tanks, said he just been preparing a word to send on his arrival in Manchester. Despite warnings from your pilot and crew he kept his phone on. His lawyer argued that any potential interference towards the plane's systems would have been only for a few seconds and could have been corrected.©1999 CBS Worldwide Corp. All rights reserved. These components may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Reuters brought about this report ugg australia bailey button But, as CBS News Correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports, you can find others who say it has the potential to be the better "health food" the world has ever seen. A man who's been sailing even though he doesn't like heights, federal prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald should go a long way to challenge himself.The attorney behind the CIA leak investigation has gotten on Democrats at Chicago City Hall and also Republicans at the White House in the career that has included chasing terrorists and also the mob. An old friend called him "Elliot Ness using a Harvard law degree plus a sense of humor."CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod reports that when it came to picking a special counsel for that high-stakes CIA leak case, it had been a no-brainer (video), according to Fitzgerald's former boss, who says Americans ought to know that he is a top-notch attorney. "What they will know first of all is they wish that guy were cloned and each prosecutor in the United States could be much like him," said Mary Jo White, an old U.S. attorney.The 44-year-old New Yorker, now Chicago's chief federal prosecutor, is digging into Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's political empire, and corruption charges are flowing. At the same time he has been probing the disclosure of your CIA agent's identity in the investigation reaching to President Bush's top aides.He's also behind the prosecution of former Gov. George Ryan on charges that Ryan steered contracts to friends and insiders so they could earn free vacations and other gifts when he was Illinois secretary of state in the 1990s.As the hard-driving son of your Brooklyn doorman jets between Chicago and Washington, he's quickly one of the country's best known federal prosecutors.So intense continues to be Fitzgerald's probe of payoffs and fraud at City Hall that rumors are flying with regards to a possible effort by politicians to obtain Fitzgerald out of town. He brushes aside such questions."I'm just going to do my job until the telephone rings and somebody informs me not to," he said.Friends say that even when Fitzgerald is not working, he stretches his boundaries.U.S. Attorney David Kelley, his co-counsel in a few New York cases, says the two of them have gone whitewater rafting, hang-gliding and even bungee jumping in New Zealand."Pat's not very big on heights," says Kelley. "I believe Pat likes to challenge himself knowning that speaks to the richness of his personality."Axelrod reports that Fitzgerald's 100-hour work weeks became legendary — over sleeping his office and not knowing if his very own stove worked since he'd never turned it on. He was even rejected when he tried to adopt a cat because he wasn't home enough.Fitzgerald says he was raised as part of "a typical Brooklyn, Irish-American group of guys," but also, he attended a small private Catholic high school where he studied Latin and Greek. no previous page next 1/2 grey bailey button uggs A Harvard sophomore's novel, which was pulled from the market last week after the author acknowledged mimicking areas of another writer's work, seems to contain passages copied coming from a second author.A reader alerted The New York Times to no less than three portions of "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and also got a Life," by Kaavya Viswanathan, that are similar to passages in the novel "Can You continue a Secret?," by Sophie Kinsella.Even though the plots of the two books are distinct, the phrasing and structure of some passages is nearly identical, the Times reported Tuesday.In a scene in "Can You Keep a Secret," which has been published by Dial Press, the main character, Emma, comes upon two friends "in a full-scale argument about animal rights," then one says, "The mink like being converted to coats."In Viswanathan's book, Opal encounters two girls having "a full-fledged debate over animal rights.""The foxes want to be made into scarves," one of these says.There are also similarities in details and descriptions. Jack, the romance interest in Kinsella's novel, has a scar on his hand; does Sean, the romantic hero in "Opal." Jack has "eyes so dark they're almost black;" the same is true Sean."Can You Keep a Secret" was published in 2004, at least a year before Little, Brown signed then 17-year-old Viswanathan to some reported six-figure deal to write "Opal" and yet another novel.Viswanathan did not immediately return a phone call for comment Tuesday. She refused comment for the Times. 2 Last week, Little, Brown announced it would pull copies of "Opal," which spent about six weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, after lots of similarities were found with two novels by Megan McCafferty, as CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano reported.Viswanathan acknowledged borrowing from McCafferty's work but claimed it turned out unintentional.McCafferty, in a statement released by Crown, said she was "not seeking restitution in any form" and hoped to put the affair behind her."The previous weeks have been very difficult, and I am most grateful to my readers for offering continual support," she said. "In my career, I am, first and foremost, a writer. So I look forward to getting back to work and moving on, and hope Ms. Viswanathan can too."Kinsella's book was created by Dial Press, which is belonging to Random House. Stuart Applebaum, a spokesman for Random House, would not immediately return a call Tuesday. However, he told the days: "If this latest allegation is true, it is very disturbing, but it would be inappropriate to make any further comment until there's an opportunity to thoroughly review the matter."
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