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of three violins, one cello, and one contrabass. "In a typical quintet, there is a viola instead of our third violin. This composition gives us the ability to discover new styles and tones," he explained. Gürkan's quintet consists of Felipe Medina from Uruguay, Sergej Bolotny from Ukraine, Peter Gospodinov from Bulgaria and Alexej Barer from Russia. They are accompanied by dancers Agnes Jennewein, from Romania, and Jörg Mitgutsch, from Austria. "With the group we established about a year ago, we aim to address a wide audience by synthesizing different forms of music. ... Our music essentially consists of elements

from classical Western music, the Argentinean tango and Turkish music," Gürkan said. They also allocate some space to Turkish music in the hope of boosting its popularity in Europe by playing it in a classical music form. The famous Anatolian folk song "Sarý Gelin" and the Azerbaijani folk song "Ayrýlýk" are enjoyed by the group members, as well, he said, adding that he is planning to add new songs to his repertoire. Stressing that today people live in a pop culture, Gürkan said: "Thinking that the young generation and people in general are not benefiting from the spiritual profundity of classical music, I

planned to promote it with a different method. For this reason, I arrange the songs in shorter forms. This is because people may get bored with long compositions. The biggest selling point of pop music songs is that they are rhythmic and short." Gürkan’s arrangements are influenced by the fact that the group members are also soloists. "As I work with good musicians, I try to highlight the individual musicians as soloists. This has given rise to a new style. By synthesizing the existing forms and allowing virtuosity among the group members, I manage to allow every member to show himself," he said. Ýstanbul Sunday's Zaman with wires

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With his String Inspirations Quintet Turkish musician Serkan Gürkan, who lives in Vienna, puts a classical Western spin on well-known Turkish tunes. Gürkan, who studies at the Vienna Music Academy, and his ensemble were in the Mediterranean province of Mersin for a live performance recently as part of the seventh Mersin International Music Festival. Following the concert Gürkan told the Anatolia news agency that he had established the group with musicians from various countries who came to Vienna for music education. He noted that unlike an ordinary quintet, his group consists

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The Aegean province of Ýzmir is hosting an exhibition of photographs depicting the multi-ethnic dimensions of Turkey from the "Ebru: Reflections on Cultural Diversity" collection, currently on show at the Ýzmir Painting and Sculpture Museum. The 173 giant posters on display are part of a vast collection by photographer Atilla Durak, who last year compiled the fruits of his sevenyear project to photograph the vast ethnic diversity in Turkey in a book and traveling exhibit. Ýzmir is the ninth stop on the route of Durak's traveling exhibition, and it will remain on show until June 18 at the museum, which is hosting the show thanks to the efforts of the local Konak Municipality, reported the Cihan news agency. Konak Mayor Muzaffer Tunçað told reporters that he decided to have the collection displayed in Ýzmir after seeing the exhibit's first leg in Ýstanbul. The title of the exhibit, "Ebru" (the Turkish word for paper marbling), refers to the diverse subcultures Turkey is home to, which Durak defines as a colorful blend forming a single piece of artwork, rather than the pieces of a mosaic that incorporate separate parts with different features. With this definition Durak also challenges the widespread cliché of "cultural mosaic" that Anatolia's cultural diversity has come to be defined by. The exhibition was inaugurated around a year ago at Ýstanbul's Binbirdirek (Philoxenos) Cistern, and it is scheduled to travel to 14 provinces in Turkey, including Kars, Çanakkale, Eskiþehir, Þanlýurfa, Mardin and Diyarbakýr, before it wraps up. Some of these stops have already been visited, including an overseas exhibition at the Soho Photo Gallery in New York. Durak's aim in launching this project was to photograph how Turkey looks today, how people define themselves and their points of view regarding their ethnic roots and cultures. Durak said he took the question "There is only one Turkey; which one are you living in?" as a starting point when he first decided to take on the project. He traveled to about 1,000 neighborhoods and took around 20,000 photographs, interviewing tens of thousands of people over the last seven years. He said he photographed people from 44 different ethnic groups, though there were even more groups he wanted to photograph but could not since he was short of time and finances. The 350 photographs in Durak's book are accompanied by text written by 25 prominent people such as writers, musicians, photographers and businessmen. Among them are pop singer-songwriter Sezen Aksu, author Elif Þafak, photographer Ara Güler, businessman Ýshak Alaton and journalist and academic Murat Belge. The book has a Turkish and English version, both published by Metis Publishing, with a preface by writer and critic John Berger. The comprehensive book is also accompanied by a 21-track album portraying the cultural diversity in Turkey through music. Ýstanbul Sunday's Zaman

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May 31 The Turkish military announced that air raids two days previously had destroyed 16 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) facilities in northern Iraq. The military said the strikes, just across the shared border, also hit areas where PKK terrorists gathered before infiltrating Turkey to carry out attacks.

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June 2 In response to a warning by the Turkey branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Turkey) of Turkey's shrinking water resources and its call on the government to take action to avert a looming severe water crisis by 2050, the AK Party government revealed an water conservation action plan. Speaking to the media following a Cabinet meeting, government spokesman Cemil Çiçek said Minister of Environment and Forestry Veysel Eroðlu had briefed the Cabinet on a five-year action plan spanning from 2008 to 2012. US State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said at a press conference that Turkey's mediation in peace talks between Israel and Syria was worthy of applause. Responding to a question from reporters referring to remarks from Syrian President Bashar Assad suggesting that the support of the US as a broker was needed for the success of talks with Israel, McCormack said he didn't think either side had requested such a thing from the US. "If the sides and all the parties to this want the United States to participate, it's something we would consider. To my knowledge, we haven't been requested to participate in the process. As a matter of fact, the Turkish government should be applauded for the fact that they are working to further the cause of peace in the region," he said. An Ankara court granted Turkish gendarmerie forces and the National Intelligence Organization (MÝT) the authority to view telephone service providers' call logs and billing information for any phone number in Turkey, responding to a petition from the gendarmerie chief of staff. June 3 A document uncovered by the Star daily showed that the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) transferred funds totaling $3.5 million to the Kanaltürk TV station in return for exclusive and preferential broadcasting. According to provisions of the agreement, Kanaltürk agreed to run party commercials at primetime for four years and accepted to host pro-CHP experts and analysts in its programming ranging from music to sports. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that two Turkish teachers, Fatma Karaduman and Sevil Tandoðan, dismissed from their posts for refusing to remove their headscarves during lessons, had not received fair trials. It also ruled that Karaduman and Tandoðan would not be granted any pecuniary damages by Turkey. The two demanded that Turkey pay them a total of 400,000 euros. Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish northern region, said he saw no threat from Turkey, which regularly carries out attacks on members of the PKK based in northern Iraq, and saw a positive outlook for future ties. "We are optimistic on future relations with Turkey, which is the major trade partner with Kurdistan," Barzani told a news conference in Dubai. "We don't feel any threat." Turkey and the United States began a 15-year nuclear energy cooperation agreement with the exchange of diplomatic notes by officials from the two countries. The two countries agreed to cooperate on civilian nuclear projects with the "USTurkey Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation," according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry and the US State Department. US State Department spokesman McCormack said that Turkey could play an important role in convincing Iran to change its attitude over the nuclear standoff. "Turkey is a neighbor to Iran and they could play an important role in perhaps trying to convince the Iranian regime

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June 1 Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalçýnkaya submitted an opinion to the Constitutional Court, following a response from the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party), on a closure case against the ruling AK Party on grounds of having become a "focal point for anti-secular activity." Turkish Exporters Assembly (TÝM) President Oðuz Satýcý announced export figures for last month at a press conference in the eastern city of Ardahan, noting that monthly exports hit an all-time high in May. The exports in the first five months climbed by 36.36 percent to $55.07 billion, compared to the same period last year. Exports for the last 12 months reached $120.65 billion, an increase of 28.4 percent. The International Turkish Language Olympics, a successful international event now in its sixth year, concluded with the finalists receiving prizes in a ceremony held at the Ýstanbul Show and Congress Center.

Court's scarf ruling sparks another round of controversy about judicial activism With a vote of nine to two, Turkey's top court decided on Thursday to annul constitutional amendments that would allow women to wear the Muslim headscarf at Turkish universities. The amendments were adopted in Parliament in February with overwhelming support from 411 deputies, 80 percent of the legislature. Top leaders of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) as well as many law experts reacted strongly to the court's decision. The deputy head of the AK Party parliamentary group, Bekir Bozdað, slammed the ruling, saying the top

to change their behavior and really come in line with the mainstream of behavior in the international system," he told a daily press briefing. Foreign Minister Ali Babacan delivered a speech at the Atlantic Council of the United States, a US think tank. Responding to a question on a lawsuit seeking to close the ruling Party AK Party, Babacan said the court's decision would be final. "The Constitutional Court is assessing the case. But when dealing with this issue, principles such as the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary should be preserved. Whatever the court says, whether we like it or not, it would be the final decision and needs to be complied with," Babacan said. Inflation rates continued to rise in May, distorting shortterm expectations and plans, according to price index data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat). The inflation rate of the last 12 months as of the end of May hit 10.74 percent in consumer prices and 16.53 percent in producer prices. June 4 Speaking at a press conference upon landing in the Japanese capital of Tokyo where he headed for a four-day visit, President Abdullah Gül said he had come to reap the fruits of a historical friendship between the two countries. Gül is the first Turkish president to pay an official visit to Japan; he said the trip would open a new page in investment and tourism between Japan and Turkey. CHP leader Deniz Baykal traveled to Þanlýurfa for a conference on agriculture after a series of embarrassing scandals for the party, including

court had violated the Constitution and overstepped its legitimate authority. "The court overstepped the limits set out in Article 148 of the Constitution and violated the constitutional principle that no state institution can exercise powers not derived from the Constitution," Bozdað told reporters on Thursday. Former Speaker of Parliament Bülent Arýnç lashed out at the court, asking, "Can you describe such a system or regime as a republic?" "The gravest thing is that the Constitutional Court has annulled the legislative powers of Parliament as set out in

Article 7 of the Constitution, which says legislative power is vested in the Turkish Parliament on behalf of the Turkish nation. This power cannot be delegated," he stated. Constitutional Court rapporteur Osman Can had recommended last month that the case be thrown out, arguing that while the tribunal had the right to examine whether the passage of a constitutional amendment was procedurally flawed, it could not pass judgment on its substance. The AK Party held an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss how to respond to the top court's ruling.

the CHP secretary-general's failure to prove accusations of wiretapping directed at the government and an agreement with a private news station that violates the Political Parties Law. Baykal said the state embraced various ethnic identities and expressed his party's support for Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP), a sustainable development project designed to improve Turkey's impoverished Southeast. The Supreme Court of Appeals overruled a local court's approval for the Turkish gendarmerie to view telephone service providers' call logs and billing information for any phone number in Turkey. "No institution can be granted such authority across the entire country, viewing all people living in the Republic of Turkey as suspects, regardless of what the purpose of such access might be," said the court statement. June 5 Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaþar Büyükanýt gave the opening remarks at an international symposium on the future of the Middle East organized by the General Staff's Strategic Research and Study Center in Ankara. The Mideast International Symposium was attended by 124 experts from 52 countries. Important developments taking place in the Middle East will also have an impact on the future of Turkey, Büyükanýt said. With a vote of nine to two, Turkey's Constitutional Court decided to annul constitutional amendments that would allow women to wear the Muslim headscarf at Turkish universities. Turkey's military is cooperating with Iran by sharing infor-

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Turkish Olympics conclude with a spectacular ceremony The Sixth International Turkish Language Olympics, a hugely successful international event hosting 550 students from 110 countries this year, concluded last Sunday night with the finalists receiving prizes in a ceremony held at the Ýstanbul Show and Congress Center. Various prominent Turkish figures, including Parliament Speaker Köksal Toptan, Education Minister Hüseyin Çelik, Ýstanbul Governor Muammer Güler and Ýstanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaþ, attended the event, organized by the International Turkish Education Association (TÜRKÇEDER). Many commentators said the event "brought the United Nations" to Turkey. Finalists received their prizes from Toptan, Çelik, Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Þahin, State Minister Mehmet Þimþek and Galatasaray's veteran striker Hakan Þükür. Hatice Alizade from Azerbaijan took first place in the song competition, while Abadan Halmedova from Turkmenistan came in second and Suman Kurbanova from Tajikistan won third. Toptan presented the awards to the three students.

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mation and coordinating strikes against the PKK based in northern Iraq, Gen. Ýlker Baþbuð said. "We haven't done it [coordinated strikes] for one or two months, but we would do it if necessary," Baþbuð, head of the land forces and the second most powerful man in the Turkish military, told reporters on the sidelines of an international security conference held in Ýstanbul. President Gül called on Japanese business figures to invest in Turkey, while portraying European Union candidate Turkey as an "attractive" country for Japanese investors. On the second day of a landmark official visit to the Japanese capitol of Tokyo, Gül, who the first Turkish president to pay an official visit to Japan, delivered a speech at a meeting of the Turkish-Japanese Business Forum. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin invited Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan to Russia to discuss a ban on imports of Turkish agricultural products to Russia and ways to develop cooperation between the two countries in the field of energy. According to a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office in Russia, Putin had a phone conversation with Erdoðan, during which the two discussed the ban Russia has decided to impose on agricultural products imported from Turkey. Turkey's democracy is going through a test at the end of which it will emerge strengthened, Foreign Minister Babacan said during a visit to Washington. Speaking at a luncheon hosted by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) in Washington, Babacan appeared to be referring to a closure case against his ruling AK Party. The government sent legislation to Parliament seeking approval of the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to reduce the greenhouse gases blamed for climate change. June 6 European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Ria OomenRuijten said the top court's headscarf decision showed that Turkey needed modernization, also asserting that a new constitution was necessary to ensure democracy, supremacy of law, social harmony and separation of church and state. President Gül met with Yohei Kono, the speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives, on the third day of his official visit to Japan. Turkish state ministers Kürþad Tüzmen and Mehmet Þimþek, Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) Chairman Rýfat Hisarcýklýoðlu and several academics also attended the meeting. Turkish and Turkish Cypriot authorities criticized Britain for a cooperation deal it signed with Greek Cyprus, saying the deal undermines efforts for peace in the island. A statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry, said the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias on Thursday in London was a "negative intervention" in the ongoing peace process in Cyprus and cast a shadow on efforts for a just solution on the island. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf postponed a scheduled visit to Turkey, presidential spokesperson Rashid Qureshi said, without providing a reason for the postponement. Prime Minister Erdoðan canceled all of his appointments and convened his party's Central Executive Board (MYK). The AK Party is considering calling for a referendum on recently annulled constitutional amendments as well as other reforms.

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E2 On this day in 632, the Prophet Mohammed passed away. Two months after performing the Hujjat alwada’ (Farewell Pilgrimage) the Prophet Mohammad fell ill. In his last sermon he said, “I fear not for you that you will set up gods beside Allah (The One God); but I fear for you that you will rival one another in worldly gains.” He died in the evening of the 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal (June 8, 632), at the age of 63. The Prophet was buried the next day at the same place where he died. The Prophet’s actions and words were remembered and later recorded (known as Hadith), so that future generations of Muslims could try to act and speak as he did. He has served as an example for all Muslims in all periods to modern times. Today is Bounty Day on Norfolk Island. Bounty Day

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Po the panda battles a mandrill in a screenshot from the video game “Kung Fu Panda.” characters, from Marion Ravenwood to Short Round to Henry Jones Sr., help out. The game is especially entertaining in co-op mode, where two players can work together to fight bad guys and explore ancient temples. All of the iconic scenes from the original trilogy are recreated in Lego form, with plenty of fresh puzzles added to stretch the running time. You won’t be able to unearth some treasures the first time through, so you’ll want to revisit most of the levels with different characters. There are some very clever new gags that you may miss the first time through, so the replay value is excellent. Three stars out of four.

“Kung Fu Panda” (Activision): “Kung Fu Panda” seems like a title better suited for a video game than a movie, but this week we get both. Alas, while the movie features Jack Black as the voice of the panda Po, the game settles for a soundalike who doesn’t quite capture Black’s weird hyper-stoner rhythms. The “KFP” game does deliver first-rate animation, including some exclusive material from DreamWorks Animation. Most of the levels feature Po using his martial arts skills to fight off waves of enemy critters, and he has a few special techniques: He can belly-flop, causing a minor earthquake, or roll up in a ball and carom

around the arenas. The other heroes known as the Furious Five -- Monkey, Tigress, Viper, Mantis and Crane -- all get chances to show off their unique moves. While fighting all the smaller villains does get tedious, it’s broken up by some decent puzzle levels and some fairly challenging boss fights. Fans of the movie are likely to get a kick out of the “Kung Fu Panda” game. Two-and-a-half stars. “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Disney): “Prince Caspian” was developed by the studio behind “Lego Indiana Jones,” but it doesn’t have the same flair. That can be blamed largely on the stodgier source material, whose lead characters, the tiresome Pevensie children, just don’t have Indy’s charisma. Fortunately, there are more than a dozen other playable characters, including centaurs, minotaurs and a talking mouse. The most excitement comes in the large-scale battle scenes, where the minotaur can hop on a giant’s back and cause all sorts of havoc. The best puzzles in the game require switching between brawnier beasts and more limber ones, but there’s nothing a fairly bright child won’t be able to figure out. “Prince Caspian” is filled with footage from the big-screen epic, but you won’t be able to make sense of the story from the game alone. And if you’re not an admirer of all things Narnia, there are many superior fantasy games on the market. Two stars. Washington AP

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By Rosa Brooks* SUNDAY’S ZAMAN “It’s the economy, stupid,” said James Carville, summing up Bill Clinton’s 1992 win over George H. W. Bush. Bush started out with incumbent status and an impressive resume, but he never managed to wrap his mind around the fact of the recession. In the end, he lost to Clinton -- the candidate from nowhere. Sixteen years later, it’s Clinton’s wife who’s found herself in the elder Bush’s position. Hillary Rodham Clinton began the Democratic primary with a famous name, thousands of Democrats who owed their careers to her husband, an enviable war chest and scores of superdelegates in her pocket before the race even began. All the same, she lost. To a guy few had heard of four years ago. A black guy with the unpropitious name of Barack Hussein Obama, who had no money, no superdelegates and no political machine. But this week, he won, fair and square. How did Clinton go from inevitable to irrelevant in six months? If Carville were still at the top of his game, he’d be telling Clinton: It’s Iraq, stupid. In more ways than one. Start with the obvious. The Democratic electorate was anti-war from the get-go -- yet Clinton voted in 2002 to authorize the use of force in Iraq. So did John Edwards, but he later offered heartfelt apologies for his vote. Clinton never got beyond a mealy-mouthed “mistakes have been made” nonapology. Obama wasn’t in the Senate in 2002, but he managed to make the right call on Iraq. Over time, Clinton adopted strong antiwar policies -- but in February 2007, she irritably insisted to a New Hampshire audience that “if the most important thing to any of you is choosing someone who did not cast that (2002 Iraq) vote or has said his vote was a mistake, then there are others to choose from.” Voters across the country took the hint. In the January Iowa caucuses, Clinton only took a third of the pledged delegates; Obama and Edwards, perceived as more staunchly anti-war, cleaned up the remaining two-thirds. In New Hampshire, Clinton took nine delegates; Obama and Edwards took 13 between them. And so it went. Even in many of the states Clinton won, the “not-Clinton” vote was substantial. But Clinton’s Iraq problem went beyond her 2002 vote and her failure to truly repudiate it. She gradually sharpened her critique of President Bush’s Iraq policies -- but ironically, as time wore on, the resemblances between her campaign style and Bush’s Iraq strategy become eerie and striking. Like Bush and his Iraq campaign, Clinton, astonishingly, had no clear battle plan beyond the first weeks. Like Bush, she thought victory was inevitable -- she’d stun her opponents with shock and awe, and by Super Tuesday, the Democratic electorate would greet her as their liberator. As in Iraq, it didn’t work out. Shock and awe fizzled: Obama took Iowa and held his own on Super Tuesday. The insurgency spread like wildfire -- by mid-February, Obama was riding a wave of grass-roots support that Clinton had never prepared for. By late February, Obama had built up a pledged delegate advantage virtually impossible for Clinton to eliminate, but Clinton’s campaign responded to bad news in the race just as the Bush administration had responded to bad news from Iraq. Staff loyalty was valued over staff truthtelling, so the boss was kept in a bubble, shielded from harsh truths. Change strategy? Nonsense, no need -- we’re winning! Inconvenient facts on the ground? No problem; ignore the reality! Or perhaps we’ll try a surge -too little too late. Rules, regulations or laws getting in the way? Those don’t apply to us. Thus, the Clinton campaign insisted that caucuses shouldn’t count, that Clinton “really” led in the popular vote (true if you use fuzzy Clintonesque math), that the Democratic National Committee rulings on Michigan and Florida’s delegates shouldn’t be honored, and so on. So much for the rule of law! Reality-based thinking, that Democratic rallying cry, was also jettisoned. As late as Tuesday night, when Obama clinched the nomination, Clinton spokesman Terry McAuliffe was introducing Clinton as “the next president of the United States.” Right. Maybe it was her husband’s influence. Bill Clinton famously said that in times of uncertainty, “wrong and strong” beats “weak and right.” But Hillary Clinton should know better. The Democrats are in a position to retake the White House precisely because so many Americans finally got sick of George W. Bush, who exemplifies the “wrong and strong” approach. But let’s be reality-based thinkers. “Wrong and strong” eventually leaves us weaker, because wrong is still wrong. And the thousands of dead in Iraq are still dead. And Hillary Clinton still isn’t the Democratic Party’s nominee.

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When President George W. Bush makes his final tour of European capitals next week, he can expect a less-than-fond farewell on a continent where leaders are already looking past him to his successor. Behind the smiles and handshakes, there will be quiet relief among his European hosts who see an end to the Bush era as a chance for the next president to repair a US image abroad that has been damaged by the Iraq war and other policies. Bush will use a US-European Union summit in Slovenia as a launching point for his June 916 trip and then will travel to Germany, Italy, France and Britain -- trans-Atlantic partners with whom he has not always seen eye to eye. He also will visit Northern Ireland and meet Pope Benedict at the Vatican. Despite his busy itinerary, Bush’s tour will be a reminder of his waning international influence as the world waits to see whether fellow Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama wins the White House in the November election. “Bush will travel in a little bubble from palace to palace,” said Joseph Cirincione, a Washington foreign policy analyst. “He’ll have welcoming ceremonies, photo ops, even some praise -- and then he’ll be quickly forgotten.” With less than eight months to go before Bush leaves office, European leaders are expected to offer him little if anything to narrow the gap with Washington on issues like climate change, a resurgent Russia and a defiant Iran. Mindful that Bush is even more unpopular across much of Europe than he is at home, the White House itself has no lofty hopes for Bush’s trip, which is expected to draw large protests in countries where antiBush sentiment runs highest. Still, Bush aides are hopeful his personal diplomacy with allies like France and Germany will help put once-bitter divisions over Iraq behind them, giving a much-needed boost to his battered legacy. “I don’t think you’re going to see dramatic announcements on this trip,” said Stephen Hadley, Bush’s national security adviser. He said the goal instead would be limited to trying to “advance the ball” on a range of issues. As the Bush presidency winds down, the

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US President Bush and first lady, Laura Bush, wave before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House in this April 13, 2007 file photo. White House also wants to showcase improved relations with Germany, France and Italy under ideologically like-minded leaders and safeguard America’s “special relationship” with Britain.

‘Obama-mania, European style’ But wherever Bush goes, he will find Europeans increasingly focused on whomever will succeed him in January 2009. “Leaders in Europe are already looking beyond Bush and apart from a few things that can still be done with him ... the attention is now on Obama and McCain,” said Antonio Missiroli, research director of the European Policy Center in Brussels. Across the continent, there are hopes the next US president will adopt a different ap-

proach from what Bush’s critics have derided as “cowboy diplomacy.” Obama, who would be the first black US president, seems the favorite among Europeans. A recent poll in London’s Daily Telegraph showed him with 52 per cent support across five major countries, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia, while McCain received only 15 percent. “It’s Obama-mania, European style,” said Reginald Dale, a European affairs expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “They’re nuts about him.” Many Europeans admire Obama’s stated willingness to talk to Iran and other US foes largely shunned by Bush and also like his promise to wind down US military involvement in Iraq.

Obama and McCain both win high marks in Europe for calling for the closing of the Guantanamo military prison where terrorism suspects are held and for pledging tougher action to address global warming. Although his days in office are numbered, Bush intends to use his European swing to prod allies to step up pressure on Iran over its nuclear program and back his “major economies” process on climate change, an approach critics say could undercut U.N. frameworks for combating the problem. But Bush already has seen the limits of his ability to sway world events. At a Bucharest summit in April, NATO leaders reluctant to antagonize Russia rebuffed his bid to put Ukraine and Georgia immediately on the path to membership.

Experts say climate change will add to food, utility bills GERARD WYNN BAONN

Climate change presents a tough choice for governments determined both to fight global warming and tackle the rising cost of living. Climate measures inflate energy costs by putting a price on burning fossil fuels and also stoke food bills by using farmland and crops to produce renewable fuels. Now near-record oil and food prices coupled with a global economic slowdown have triggered unrest in several countries and demands to ease taxes on fuels and free up farmland for food. “This important part of the global economy, food and energy, has been grossly distorted due to under-pricing of water and (carbon-free) air,” Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz told Reuters. The fight against climate change made higher food prices inevitable, he said. “People will have to adjust.” Officials from more than 170 countries this week tried to forge a new climate pact in UN talks in Germany that included steps such as emissions trading and taxes to brake emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide, which will increase energy costs. A summit in Rome tried on Thursday to unlock aid for the world’s starving and many there blamed record food prices on climate policies which supported using vast quantities of the world’s crops for biofuels. Cutting US and European farm and biofuel subsidies would reduce food bills, but there was no alternative to taxes on fossil fuels like oil to cut greenhouse gases, Stiglitz says. A record oil price is already triggering

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street protests in Europe and unease in America and India. This threatens support for a climate fight that this week includes the first US Senate debate of a climate change bill. “The state of the US economy, it’s obviously slowed, makes discussion much more difficult,” said chief US climate negotiator Harlan Watson on Tuesday, a day after the White House said it would veto the bill. The slowdown and the prospect of “earth-shaking” gasoline prices were making Americans nervous, especially given the uncertainty of future benefits from reducing warming, he said. Climate policies aim to curb emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels. But utilities pass on to consumers the extra costs of carbon taxes, emissions permits and supplying expensive solar power. UBS analyst Per Lekander estimated the European Union’s emissions trading scheme accounted for 15-20 percent of European power prices. Renewable energy policies contributed about 2 percent but were set to rise rapidly under ambitious EU goals. “Clearly there’s an inflationary aspect,” he said. UN scientists and renowned economists like Nick Stern say the climate fight will cost fractions of a percent in annual growth, but that is averaged over the long-term with much more impact in the near term than later. The costs of major food commodities are climbing, with prices of rice, corn and wheat at or near record highs. This has provoked protests and riots in some developing countries where people may spend more than half their income on food.

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US sprinter Gatlin's ban appeal rejected Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin failed to have a four-year doping ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The CAS decision means the 26-year-old will not be able to compete in the US Olympic trials in June and will not defend his crown in Beijing. London, Reuters

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Russia's Maria Sharapova (L) hugs her father Yuri Sharapov after her win over Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne in the women's final match at a US Open tennis tournament in New York.

Sacrýfýces, but no medals for famýlýes of Olympýc athletes Some parents go to more extreme lengths to ensure their child makes the transition from good to elite. When tennis facilities in Russia were not up to scratch, Maria Sharapova's parents decided she needed to train abroad if she was to forge a career in the sport SONIA OXKEY LONDON

They put in years of hard work and sacrifice even though they will not be the ones winning Olympic medals. The families of athletes heading to the Beijing Games can only hope that years of scheduling meals, holidays and finances around their loved ones' sporting lives will be made worthwhile by Olympic success. British 14-year-old diving prodigy Tom Daley relies on his parents to ferry him to training and support him at competitions around the world. "Tom has a mile walk from school. I take him so he's not too tired," his father Robert told Reuters by telephone. "I go as a spectator to all of his competitions. I always have done from when he first started. I didn't want to be one of those parents who just dropped their kids off to a waiting bus or a mini-bus. I always made my own way there and if it's in this country the whole family come." Some parents go to more extreme lengths to ensure their child makes the transition from good to elite.When tennis facilities in Russia were not up to scratch, Maria Sharapova's parents decided she needed to train abroad if she was to forge a career in the sport. Seven-year-old Sharapova and her father went to a tennis camp in Florida while her mother remained in Russia, separated from them for more than a year while she waited for a visa. Now that Sharapova is the world number one with three grand slam titles to her name and a first shot at an

and has often said she would not have achieved what she has without him.

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Olympic medal in August, her family must think the hard times have paid off.

Romance second Romance takes a firm second place for many athletes, with British cyclist Victoria Pendleton saying that there is simply not enough time to fit that in alongside training and racing. "The guy I am seeing comes second on my list and he knows that," Pendleton, who won two gold medals at March's track cycling world championships to boost her claims for a place on Britain's Olympic team, told British newspaper the Daily Mail.

"I spend a lot of time with him when I can, but it's not like I can commit to a relationship -- I am too busy and I go away for nine months a year. "I've got other priorities in my life that far exceed me needing Mr. Right. The lifetime in this sport is very short and we have few opportunities to make the most of it." Others try to involve their partners as much as possible, appointing them as their coaches or managers. World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe, whose Olympic hopes could be threatened by a stress fracture of her left femur, is trained by her husband Gary Lough

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When athletes become parents, juggling a demanding several-hours-a-day training regime with a hectic nappy-changing and feeding schedule can get complicated. Even more so when you have just three months to go from giving birth to competing at an Olympics, as U.S. soccer player Tina Ellertson is hoping to do. The 26-year-old defender, a member of the team that reached the semifinals at last year's World Cup, gave birth to her second daughter Mya on May 4 and just five days later resumed her focus on trying to win a place in the Olympic team. "I started to do light workouts on Friday, May 9. And I mean light. I am just doing some walking and jogging. But the Games are coming up soon, so I have to start training, if I want to make the Olympic team," she wrote on her blog (my.ivillage.com/blogs/tina_ellertson). American softball player Stacey Nuveman, aiming for a third Olympic gold medal after successes in 2000 and 2004, said the arrival of her son Chase last year had made things harder but also more satisfying. "It's definitely a challenge, but in the meantime it's really a blessing I'm able to continue what I do and what I love to do even though I have a nearly oneyear-old with me 24/7," she told reporters on a conference call."You don't understand, I think, what commitment is until when you have children you do, it really puts it into perspective."

Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton wants today's Canadian Grand Prix to be a re-run of last year's race but Robert Kubica is hoping for something very different. The two drivers left their mark on the 2007 race, with McLaren's Hamilton taking his breakthrough first grand prix win in Montreal while BMW Sauber's Kubica suffered the biggest crash of his career. They return to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with 23-year-old Hamilton leading the championship after last month's Monaco win but with only six points separating him from the fourth-placed Pole. In between are the Ferrari duo of world champion Kimi Raikkonen, three points behind the Briton and one ahead of Brazilian teammate Felipe Massa. Hamilton has the momentum and Montreal, like Monaco, is a special track for the youngster who returns as an even more feted driver than the sensational rookie of a year ago. "Last year in Canada was one of the biggest accomplishments of my life, to take my maiden pole and victory in Formula One was incredible," said Hamilton in a team preview. "It would be great to go back there and do the same. "Since then I've matured a lot. I think I have grown stronger as a driver and have become closer to the team." Hamilton has also put flesh on the bones of his promise, with six wins, 16 podium finishes and seven pole positions from his 23 starts so far. Kubica has also grown stronger, taking two second places and a third already this year as well as BMW Sauber's first pole position. His team have set winning a race for the first time as their priority for the year and, while Ferrari and McLaren are still the favorites, Canada would be a fitting place for Kubica to make the breakthrough. "Montreal is one of my favorite tracks," said the Pole, who escaped unhurt from a crash which would have probably proved fatal a decade earlier. "I like the track because there is a lot of heavy braking and stopand-go." Hamilton will also have to watch out for his Finnish teammate Heikki Kovalainen, still looking for his first win after a run of bad luck, and the Ferraris."The last few races have been pretty difficult for one reason or another but all the time we know the car is quick and now I am hoping to be able to demonstrate that," Kovalainen said. Hamilton's win in Monaco, a victory he described as a career highlight, ended Ferrari's run of four triumphs in succession. Montreal, a track named after the late Ferrari great Gilles Villeneuve and which has witnessed 11 wins for the team over the years, could play to their strengths. "Nothing has been won and nothing has been lost," Raikkonen said on the Ferrari Web site (www.ferrariworld.com) after Monaco. "There is no point in panicking after the race at Monaco because compared to last year the situation is much better. “I won't change anything in my approach for the weekend,” added the Finn, a winner in Canada with McLaren in 2005. London Reuters

Standings Drivers 1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 3. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 4. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 5. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 6. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 7. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 8. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 9. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 10. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams 11. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams 12. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso 13. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 14. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 15. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso 16. David Coulthard (Britain) Red Bull 17. Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India 19. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault 20. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri 21. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India 22. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri Constructors 1. Ferrari 2. McLaren - Mercedes 3. BMW Sauber 4. Williams - Toyota 5. RedBull - Renault 6. Toyota 7. Renault 8. Toro Rosso - Ferrari 9. Honda 10. Force India - Ferrari 11. Super Aguri - Honda

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Group B, the ‘mini Group of Death,’ takes center stage Soccer analysts, writers and commentators are obsessed with anointing one group in every soccer tournament the “Group of Death.” Group B is not that group at Euro 2008, although it may come close. Today the Germans clash with Poland at Klagenfurt in the opening Group B matches while co-host Austria takes on Croatia in Vienna. With Michael Ballack is fit again and in the form of his life, Germany looks to be the stronger favorite to win Group B, with Croatia, Poland and co-host Austria likely to be scrapping for second place. Germany Coach Joachim Loew has plenty of other players of proven quality, including goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, midfielder Torsten

Frings and striker Miroslav Klose, the top scorer at the World Cup in 2006, when Germany finished third on home soil. Germany and Poland also met at the World Cup, when a late goal from Oliver Neuville saw the Germans to a 1-0 win and effectively sealed Poland's first-round exit. Poland is now coached by Dutchman Leo Beenhakker, who masterminded its first successful qualifying campaign for a European Championship. The Poles’ on-field inspiration will come from Euzebiusz Smolarek, son of Polish international great Wlodzimierz Smolarek and scorer of nine goals in qualifying. The Croats have not one but three magicians on their team, accord-

ing to coach Slaven Bilic, and they will need them all in top form to make up for losing Eduardo da Silva, who scored 10 goals in the qualifiers, to injury. Croatia ultimately denied England a place at Euro 2008 when it won 3-2 at Wembley, and after topping their qualifying group will fancy their chances of joining Germany in the last eight. The Austrians, who are Croatia's opponents today, are the weakest side not only in the group but in the entire tournament and it will take more than just magic if they are to go through. Results in friendlies over the past two years have been largely terrible and it will be a surprise if they are still in with a chance when they face the Germans in their third match in Vienna on June 16. Okan Udo Bassey Ýstanbul

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Another shock winner in the European Championship could be in the cards, according to Croatia coach Slaven Bilic. “There is a very realistic possibility a surprise package will win like Greece did in 2004 and I think we are quite capable of doing it,” Bilic said this week. Croatia came through a tough qualifying section, recording two victories over former world champion England, and Bilic said the high expectations of the fans and media would bring the best out of his squad. Playmaker Luka Modric said he was looking forward to showing what he could do after leaving Dinamo Zagreb for Tottenham Hotspur. Croatia has to be considered as one of the favored dark horses to progress to the tournament’s later stages. With quick and skillful players, the Croats appear to be committed to eradicating the bad taste left from their woeful performance in the 2006 World Cup. But perhaps the team’s best player, Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva, a native of Brazil, remains sidelined with a broken leg. Striker Mladen Petric’s goal against England is the reason Croatia is in Euro 2008 and the English are not. Croatia finished atop its qualifying group, wrapping up play late last year with an enervating victory over England at Wembley that eliminated the most overrated team in Europe and the world from Euro qualifying. Bilic has rebuilt a squad that largely underachieved since finishing a surprising -- some would say shocking -- third in the 1998 World Cup in France. Without the services of the injured Eduardo da Silva (Arsenal), Croatia’s fortunes will probably rise or fall on the play of its dynamic midfield threesome -- Luka Modric (Tottenham Hotspur), Darijo S rna (Shakhtar Donetsk) and Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth). One of the key players for Croatia will be Niko Kovac (Red Bull Salzburg) who will play in front of the defensive back four and behind the three-man midfield. His brother Robert (Borussia Dortmund) is one of the team’s probable starters on defense.

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Germany, coached by former Fenerbahçe coach Joachim Loew, and Poland, under the tutelage of former Ýstanbulspor Dutch trainer Leo Beenhakker, will battle for precious points in the Group B opener today

Insider knowledge to help Austria Ivica Vastic, Austria's Croatian-born midfielder, has been especially busy as the team prepares to face its first opponent, Croatia. Vastic, who became an Austrian citizen in 1996, said he had given coach Josef Hickersberger plenty of tips for today's Group B game. “Of course I did. I think we are perfectly prepared. Lots of Croatian journalists have been phoning me, but I have given nothing away,” said Vastic, who at 38 is Euro 2008's oldest player. “Croats would probably forgive him a goal against Croatia,” he added. Fellow midfielder Christoph Leitgeb's father is also Croatian. Austria's technical director Willi Ruttensteiner said the team had studied Croatia meticulously and had produced videos about the individual players. “We have watched all their appearances of this year and last autumn. We have even tried to get background information about the players, the team and the coaching staff,” he said. Vastic warned that Croatia is technically excellent and he does not see any weaknesses, though Leitgeb identified the Croatian defense as a weak spot for Austria to exploit.

POLAND team might have a weakness. In a twist of geography and history, three of Germany’s players -Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich), Klose (Bayern Munich) and Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg) -- were born in Poland. Klose was the top scorer in the 2006 World Cup and the only player to score five or more goals in successive World Cups. He is always a threat to score with his head in the penalty area.

Poland undaunted The bookmakers have made Germany the favorite to win the European Championship, but the Poles aren't buying it. Mariusz Lewandowski is confident Poland can defeat Germany for the first time in 75 years of trying when the teams launch their Euro 2008 campaign in

Klagenfurt today. “We believe we can beat Germany because they don't have the technical skills of Portugal although they are physically very tough,” the midfielder told reporters. The Poles, who have registered four draws and 11 defeats in 15 games against the Germans since their rivalry started in 1933, finished ahead of Portugal in Euro 2008, qualifying after taking four points off Luiz Felipe Scolari's side. Lewandowski said he was expecting a tough battle with playmaker Ballack and his German teammates in the Group B tie. The Poles have no injury worries after winger Jakub Blaszczykowski recovered from a hamstring injury that sidelined him for two weeks. Jakub Wawrzyniak, normally a central defender, is set to start in an unfamiliar left back role after replacing Grzegorz Bronowicki, who last month dropped out of the provisional squad due to a knee injury. “Giving Wawrzyniak a chance won't be a problem because he is the only alternative to Bronowicki at left back,” said coach Leo Beenhakker. “Every player has a first time [in a major international championship], even [Portugal winger] Cristiano Ronaldo and [former Poland great] Zbigniew Boniek. Beenhakker, who coached Ýstanbulspor in 1995-96, observed the Germans' final warm-up match against Serbia from the stands in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and said he already has his starting line-up set for today's game.

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Germany's team spirit will make up for the fact they are not as talented as the other Euro favorites, according to center-back Christoph Metzelder. “Other teams have more quality than us but that's not what counts at a big tournament,” Metzelder said in an interview with Kicker magazine this week. “We bring other characteristics with us, like team spirit and a good atmosphere.” The Germans boast one of the game's best midfielders in Michael Ballack, while striker Miroslav Klose was the top scorer at the World Cup in 2006, but the Germans have few other players who would be coveted by Europe's top clubs. They have had wildly differing experiences in recent tournaments, with great results at World Cups and terrible performances at European Championships. They have not managed a single victory at the European Championship since they won Euro 96, yet they reached the final of the World Cup in 2002 and finished third on home soil two years ago. Coach Joachim Loew, who trained Fenerbahçe in 1998-99, replaced Joergen Klinsmann after the 2006 World Cup, but the expectation for the Mannschaft is the same: victory über alles. The Germans have been installed as a 4-1 favorite to win the tournament and it is hard to see where the

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No fan group high risk, says Austria security boss Buxbaum Austria's director general of public security on Friday refused to identify any nation's fans as a particular security risk during Euro 2008 but said police were prepared should the mood turn sour. Austria hosts its first matches of the tournament today, when Austria play Croatia in Vienna and Germany meet Poland in Klagenfurt, and tens of thousands of fans are expected to travel to the country. Erik Buxbaum dismissed suggestions that the Germany/Poland game could prove a particular trouble hot-spot, after a

provocative war of words this week between German and Polish newspapers. “We have been informed of it by German and Polish authorities,” Buxbaum said during a press conference. But we expect people will have let off steam by Sunday [today] and that sport will be the focal point. We are prepared for the possibility of a tense atmosphere but have no evidence to suggest that we should expect one. Buxbaum added foreign police officers had provided the Austrians with information about known hooligans

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or trouble makers and some would be working as “spotters” mingling with fans in plain clothes to clamp down on trouble early. A total of 1,100 foreign police will work in Austria during the three-week tournament, most of them from Germany. “It would be an insult to peaceful fans to single out a particular country as a problem,” Buxbaum said. “The Germans will no doubt prevent violent fans from traveling to Austria,” he said, adding each country was monitoring its own soccer hooligans within its borders. Up to five million fans are expected to attend the

finals co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland, leading to one of the biggest security operations faced by the two Alpine states.Austria has officially suspended the so-called Schengen border regulations, which allow European Union citizens to pass freely from one member country to the next, so that police can control entry to the country. On the eve of Euro 2008, European soccer chief Michel Platini called on players and fans to enjoy a great tournament in a party atmosphere but urged them to show respect and shun bad behavior. Vienna Reuters

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Jewel honored for 18 mln album sales Jewel has been honored by the Recording Industry Association of America with a career milestone plaque commemorating sales of more than 18 million albums in the US Jenny Alves. RIAA surprised the 34-year-old singer as she prepared to sign autographs at the Country Music Association festival. Nashville, AP WWW.SUNDAYSZAMAN.COM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2008

Japanese TV host is world's busiest

Anorexýa may not stunt growth ýn short term

Adolescent girls with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa may reach normal height once they recover from the disease, new research suggests. However, growth may be permanently stunted in girls who suffer from anorexia for longer than about 2.5 years, according to the research conducted by Dr. Rajani Prabhakaran of

Flick through a few channels on Japanese TV and Monta Mino is most likely there. And the world's most prolific television presenter, who just broke his own record for the most hours of live television in one week, says he wants to work even more. Mino, whose real name is Norio Minorikawa, received a Guinness World Record certificate Thursday acknowledging his 22 hours and 15 seconds of live TV broadcasts in April. He broke the previous record - also set by Mino in November 2006 -- of 21 hours and 42 minutes. In counting the hours for the record, Guinness included Mino's appearances on various live shows on several TV channels. The hyperactive 63-year-old, who claims he only needs four hours of sleep every night, hosts 11 TV programs, including news shows, talk shows, wildlife shows and quiz shows, and appears on television every day of the week except Sunday. But apparently that isn't enough. "How about a live show on Sunday?" Tokyo AP

Man sets blaze while trying to kill pesky bees Joshua Mullen just wanted to kill the bees swarming around his utility shed. When Mullen, 26, walked away from the gasoline-soaked towels he was using, he heard a "whoosh" and turned around to see the shed in flames that spread to his rented home and wound up causing some $80,000 in damage. "There were no injuries, unless you count the bees," Mobile Fire-Rescue spokesman Steve Huffman said. Huffman said the fire appears to have started when the pilot light of a hot-water heater in the shed ignited fumes from the gas. Mullen, who rented the home after his Biloxi, Miss., residence was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, said he had poured gas on some towels the bees were swarming around and then walked away to pick up some trash in the yard. He managed to get his fiancee and 1-year-old daughter safely out of the house. The blaze was hot enough that it melted some plastic blinds through a closed window on a neighbor's house. Mobile, Ala. AP

Woman sets gas stations afire over hikes A Danville woman faces arson charges after she allegedly set fires at two gas stations and a coffee house, saying she was protesting high gas prices. The woman, 64, remained in a Contra Costa jail on $810,000 bail on suspicion of premeditated arson and burglary. Police say the woman used a fireplace log and a lighter to set fires in the restrooms of an Arco station, a Chevron station and a Starbucks. No structural damage was reported at the locations. Police later found the woman at a nearby fast food restaurant with eight fireplace logs with her. She told officers that she was behind the fires and said she woke up that morning wanting to do something about high gas prices. Police say they don't know why she targeted the Starbucks. Charges have not yet been filed, and it's not clear if the woman has a lawyer in the case. Danville, Calif. AP

Bulldozer used to ram hole into post office The only post office in Kendleton doesn't have a drivethru, but it nearly got one after a bulldozer rammed a hole in the building. The Fort Bend County sheriff's office announced three suspects are sought in the vandalism that also damaged the post office fence. Postmistress Deborah Phillips told The Associated Press that a temporary repair has been made to the hole, about the size of a bicycle wheel, and the post office is open. She says: "We don't close down for anything." A person who happened to be nearby Sunday night contacted authorities after seeing the heavy equipment wrecked at the post office and three men walking away. Some railroad tracks and a crossing gate also were damaged by the bulldozer. Kendleton is a town of about 450, located 45 miles southwest of Houston. Kendleton, Texas AP

Typo on diplomas embarrasses principal A Cleveland-area principal says he's embarrassed his students got proof of their "educaiton" on their high school diplomas. Westlake High School officials misspelled "education" on the diplomas distributed last week. It's been the subject of mockery on local radio. Principal Timothy Freeman says he sent back the diplomas once to correct another error. When the diplomas came back, no one bothered to check things they thought were right the first time. The publisher has reprinted the diplomas a second time and sent them to the 330 graduates. Westlake, Ohio AP

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Harvard Medical School in Boston and colleagues. Studies on the impact of anorexia on growth and stature have yielded mixed results. While anorexia might be expected to cause short stature, and some studies suggest that girls with the eating disorder are indeed shorter than normal, other research suggests they may

reach their full height potential, or even be taller than average. “During normal puberty, levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) rise, triggering a growth spurt,” Prabhakaran and colleagues explain in the journal Pediatrics. “Growth slows and eventually stops as estrogen levels rise. New York Reuters