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THE BATTALION
Hijackers release 150 hostages, surrendei
[lay February
STANSTED, England (AP) — The hijackers of an
Afghan plane released about 150 hostages safely and
surrendered early today, ending a four-day standoff at
an airport outside London. Police said they arrested 21
people who came off the aircraft.
Sixty people from the flight applied for asylum for
themselves plus 14 dependents. There has been specu
lation, especially in British newspapers, that the Ariana
Airlines jet was seized during its domestic flight in
Afghanistan and brought on a meandering route to Lon
don as part of an elaborate bid for political asylum.
The hijackers did not make any demand for asylum,
but “it became clear in the last hour of the negotiations
that they were expressing concern about the political
situation in Afghanistan,” said David Stevens, chief
constable of Essex County police.
Home Secretary Jack Straw suggested that anyone
who had been on the flight with the intention of getting
asylum would be considered part of the hijacking plot.
“I am determined that no one should consider that
there is any benefit to be obtained by hijacking,” Straw
told the House of Commons, adding that he would per
sonally handle the asylum requests.
Those arrested were not immediately identified.
Police recovered four handguns, five knives, one set
of brass knuckles, two detonators and two grenades,
though they did not appear to have fuses, Stevens said.
He anticipated a long process of interviewing all the
people aboard the aircraft, mainly through translators,
to build a case.
“We are now into a very complex and involved
criminal investigation,” John Broughton, an Essex
County assistant chief constable, said shortly after the
drama ended.
Before dawn, the passengers left the aircraft with lit
tle warning — first a group of around 85 at 3:50 a.m.,
then 65 more two hours later. Women and children came
“This is good news, happy
news for our staff and
for all the people of
Afghanistan."
— Mohammed Daoud Sharafi
head of the ticket office at the
Ariana Airlines office
first down the runway, illuminated by bright lights from
police vehicles on the tarmac. The men exiting the plane
held their hands in the air.
The released hostages were taken to a safe location
for medical tests, police said. Before the releases, po
lice had said 151 people were on the plane, including
21 children. After it was confirmed no one remained on
board, the Boeing 727 was swept to make sure it was
safe for investigators, Broughton said.
St. John’s wort dulls effect
of prescription medicines
LONDON (AP) — St. John's wort, a
popular herbal remedy used to relieve mild
depression, can interfere with drugs used
to treat HIV-infected people and heart
transplant patients, new research shows.
Scientists said the findings add to
growing concerns that the herb may in
teract dangerously with prescription
medicines.
Two studies published this week in
The Lancet medical journal found that
St. John’s
wort dulls the
effectiveness
of both the
HIV medi
cine indi
navir and the
transplant
drug cy
closporin,
used to sup
press trans
plant pa
tients’
immune sys-
“These [herbal remedies]
really aren't necessarily
benign compounds"
— Dr. Fred Valentine
professor of medicine at
New York University Medical Center
terns so their bodies don’t reject the new
organs.
Although both studies involved few
participants, independent experts say the
way they were conducted and the
strength of the results render the findings
significant.
In one study, the level of medicine in
the bloodstream when St. John’s wort
was taken dropped dramatically enough
for patients to begin to reject their trans
planted hearts.
The other showed that St. John’s wort
depressed the effectiveness of a drug
used to treat HIV patients.
“This is a cautionary note,” said Dr.
Fred Valentine, professor of medicine at
New York University Medical Center,
who was not connected with either study.
“These [herbal remedies] really aren’t
necessarily benign compounds.”
St. John’s wort is widely used in Ger
many as a treatment for depression and
Last month, CVS Corp., the second-
largest drugstore chain in the United
States, said it had started asking cus
tomers to list the herbal supplements they
use — in addition to their prescription
drugs — in an effort to avoid potentially
dangerous drug interactions.
In one of the new studies in The
Lancet, Stephen Piscitelli and other re
searchers at the Clinical Center at the Na
tional Institutes of Health in Bethesda,
Md., gave eight HIV-negative volunteers
indinavir, a class of HIV drug called a
protease inhibitor, three times a day.
On the experiment’s third day, St.
John’s wort tablets were added and the
volunteers continued taking both pills for
two Weeks.
Blood tests were taken the day before
the volunteers started taking the herb and
at the experiment’s end, to see if the con
centration of the HIV medicine in their
blood changed by adding St. John’s wort.
Social Justice in
Islam
&
Christianity
An Inter-faith Dialogue Presented by the
Muslim Students’ Association
Thursday, Feb. 17th
MSC 224-225 <
7pm
Dr. Ihsan Bagby
(Shaw University, North Carolina)
Dr. Bob Mayfield
(Dir. of Baptist Student Ministry, TAMU)
Free Admission!
Refreshments served!
Fore more info, email islaml01@tamu.edu or call 693-5463
The plane was seized early Sunday, 20 r
a domestic flight from the Afghan capital, Kabul
made stops in Uzbekistan, Kazakstan and 1
landing in London.
The end of the standoff capped daysofi
cal negotiations between British authoritiesa
hostage-takers.
Just before the releases this morning,
lackers had left the aircraft for a meeting with!
on the tarmac, deputy chief constable Joe Edwa
The atmosphere became tense Tuesday
four crew members — the captain, second cap
officer and flight engineer — scrambled <
pit w indow and down a rope. Hours later, theb
ejected a flight attendant, who was seen tumblins|
a set of stairs at the rear of the plane.
I lowever, communications between police: LM junior
jackers resumed later in the day. Throughouttbe jiiversity o:
authorities insisted the armed men had made no:
demands, political or otherwise.
The men, believed to be Afghans, had rec.
only that food, water and other comfort ite
brought to the plane, police said.
,
ed, 25 miles north of London, the hijackersrda
total of 22 passengers. On Monday and Tuesi
hostages were let go at Stansted.
In Kabul, officials at the tiny state-run Anr.M
lines expressed relief today at the hostage drami I
“This is good new s, happy news for our staffs I Mavbe the
all the people of Afghanistan,’' said NlohaiiinieL» im i.
Sharafi, head of the ticket office at the airline'scf Sinless in i
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News in Brief
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Politicians fight for affirmative actiof*;,fcok
anxiety’. Some U.S. physicians have start
ed recommending it to patients and re
port that the herb has shown effective
ness in stemming depression.
“There is definitely a potential prob
lem with St. John's wort that is only re
cently becoming apparent,” said Mark
Blumenthal, executive director of the
American Botanical Council in Austin,
Texas.
This information “is coining out as
the herb in
creases in
popularity
and is being
used by mil
lions of peo
ple in com
bination
with over-
the-counter
or prescrip
tion med
ications,”
Blumenthal
said.
TALLAHASSEE. Fla. (AP) — For
weeks, leaders in Florida’s black com
munity have protested against Gov. Jeb
Bush’s plan to replace racial and gender
preferences in pertain state operations.
Now, women are also entering the
fray against Bush's “One Florida” pro
posal, which would eliminate race and
gender as factors in university admis
sions and the awarding of state contracts.
“From day one, the group hurt most
by One Florida is women,” said Demo
cratic state Rep. Debbie Wassennan
Schultz, one of several female legislators
who joined with groups like the Nation
al Organization for Women on Wednes
day to defend affirmative action.
“Whatever crumbs he’s using will
not help women in this state."
Wassennan Schultz ascribed politi
cal motives to the plan, saying it was an
attempt to stop an anti-affirmative ac
tion ballot measure by Californian
Ward Connerlv and a way to boost the
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scs ow ned by women anil ate last Satu
bid for state menaftion this wd
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lion process.
The issue came to a head in Jai
when tw o black lawmakers staged;/
hour sit-in inside Lt. Gov. Frank Is:
gan’s office, demanding that Bit
scind his executive order to put
Florida in place.
Bush refused, but he agreedt -Watkins at
lie hearings on the plan. Tlie t"'s(losingstrea
so far. in Tampa and Miami, han‘3
dominated by critics. A third wa
planned for today in TaWtescc
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NASA prepares for Endeavour liftoff
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
With only one day left until liftoff.
NASA said today it’s tracking no prob
lems with space shuttle Endeavour and
the weather looks excellent.
Forecasters said there is a 90 percent
chance the weather will cooperate for
Endeavour’s second launch attempt, at
12:30 p.m. Friday. The only concern,
and a slight one at that, is crosswind.
“Things are looking awfully good,”
shuttle weather officer Ed Priselac said
at a morning news briefing.
Last week, rain and thick clouds,,
along with a computer problem, pre
vented NASA from sending Endeavour
on a long-delayed mission to create the
finest map ever of the Earth. The 11 -day
mission had been planned for last Sep
tember, but was put on hold because of
damaged shuttle wiring.
The computerized unit that mal
functioned in the final minutes of the
countdown Jan. 31 has sincebeit
placed with a spare.
NASA has replaced a fewote
ponents aboard Endeavour, name!)'
ble and a navigation-satellite recei
During the past week, shuttle
agers also made progress in tb
vestigation into engine pump seat
A seal that should frivc beentr
away as a factory reject someho*
ed up flying aboard Discovery
cember. NASA was able to verif
quality of all hut two of the
seals in Endeavour's engine
pumps, but decided to proceed will
week’s launch attempt anywayfi
the unlikelihood of another detfc
seal turning up.
Engineers have since found tk
perwork exonerating one ofthost
remaining seals, and no more deft
parts have popped up althougl
search continues, said shuttle pro?
manager Ron Dittemore.
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MSC Film Society regrets to inform you that Sandra Bullock will not
he attending Texas Film Festival this year due to scheduling difficulties,
but hopes next year things will work out.
' My heart is breaking
because I can’t be
with you.
Jimlm