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Page 6 NATION&WORLD Monday. July |i.K • Lister THE BATTALION for c If you’re gonna play in Texas Alabama frontman, Randy Owen, lays out a riff at a concert in Dallas on Saturday. The band is tour ing in support of their soon to be released album. Experts fear potential rise in AIDS DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Roughly 5 million Amer icans have sex and drug habits that put them at a high risk of catching AIDS, according to new U.S. figures, and experts fear an upsurge of the disease after a decade ofetability. While AIDS infections in the United States have fallen dramatically since their peak in the 1980s, public health of ficials worry that complacency about the disease has caused backsliding — especially among young gay men — that could bring AIDS roaring back. - "I'm scared by the trends we are starting to see," said Dr. Helene Gayle, AIDS chief at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gayle presented the latest data Saturday at a briefing hosted by the American Medical Association on the eve of the 13th International Conference on AIDS. Currently, about 40,000 Americans contract HIV each year, down from the 100,000 new infections annually dur ing the mid-'80s. The improvement is attributed largely to safer sex habits and avoiding dirty needles. In an attempt to see how many Americans still act reck lessly- the CDC analyzed findings from several large-scale surveys. Their conclusion: Between 2 percent and 4 percent of the adult population — 4 million to 5 million people — still put themselves at high risk. This includes having six or more sexual partners annually, having sex with someone known to be infected with HIV, engaging in prostitution for drugs or money, having male homosexual contact, using crack cocaine or injecting drugs. Gayle said the study did not attempt to learn whether this level of risky behavior is increasing or decreasing, al though there seems to be evidence on both sides. For in stance, condom use has increased substantially since the 1980s, although only about 40 percent of unmarried people and 23 percent of drug users report using them. Over the last decade, infection rates among gay men have remained stable at between 1 percent and 4 percent. However, said Gayle, "We.have seen troubling signs over the past year that we fear could signal a resurgence of the epidemic among gay men." >fbedrooms Hr yibathrooms *1 per person per month All prices slashed! 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The protesters, many carrying signs questioning whether 17-year- old Raynard Johnson was lynched, gathered outside his home in Kokomo where he was found hanging from a pecan tree June 16. Two autopsies determined that the teen hung himself with a belt, but Johnson's family and Jackson believe he may have been killed for associat ing with white women in the com munity. "We will not rest until those who committed this murder are brought to justice," Jackson said Saturday. "We reject the suicide theory." Dozens of law enforcement offi cers lined the streets of the four-mile march route from the high school Johnson had attended to his home, but other than heat-related illnesses there were no problems. Some residents of the community of 1,000 about 90 miles south of Jack- son, Miss., have questioned whether the case is being overblown. A new re port released Friday by the state "We will not rest until those who committed this murder are brought to justice. — Rev. jesse jackson courage people to come forward information, and he has askedi Ronnie Musgrove and the U.S.)i Department to launch an inve$ti| "I can't imagine what it won:: 1 like to be a black person living constant fear of being lynch'd,' Dan Lutz, 22, a TulaneUniversity dent who drove to the rally from Orleans with about 2i "We're going to rally hereforjns! against the systematic against black people." Some neighbors have saidjol was a happy teen who w have committed suicide. "There's a lot of prejudice and}! tred in Kokomo," said residenti pathologist reinforced earlier deter minations that the death was suicide. "They're trying to stir up trou ble," said Terry Powell of nearby Morgantown. But many of the protesters question whether Mississippi authorities have done a thorough job. Jackson has set up a $10,000 reward and hot Hive to en- ClIRI The For the past sev< dace Brister, whose son Courtr or fundamental issr tended the same school as jokwithern Baptist cl "It's time something is done abouH®! Baptist Church, Mamie Mobley, whose 14-ve;:::^ived Bryan-Colh son Emmett Till was killed in Mb sippi in 1955, supposedly whistling at a white woman, ll hands with Johnson's mother,Me during the demonstration andol her support. tars, has recently feptistGeneral Cor le state's subset of Intion (SBC). Conservative an hshover scripture icontroversial top Reverend Chris New domain names considere NEW YORK (AP) — Dot-movie. Dot-protest. Even dot-sex? The organization that coordinates the Internet's address books meets this week in Yokohama, Japan, to consider adding domain names such as these to the familiar .com, .net and .org. If the Internet Corpora tion for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) succeeds, the Net will stay easy to navigate. Other wise, like a telephone sys tem ringing only some phones, some sites may be out of reach. Or as simple addresses run out, users may flounder online. So just as the growing phone system constantly needs more area codes, the Internet needs more do main names. Adding them is as effortless as changing a few lines of programming code, but agreeing to do so is tough. "There really are people with different interests," said Esther Dyson, ICANN's chairwoman. "We need to reconcile this in a way so that even if you "Every time you work on something revolution ary, it's not easy to do." Richard Forman Chief executive, Register.com lose something, you feel the process is fair." The hurdle is the latest for ICANN, chosen by the U.S. government in 1998 to take over Internet-naming duties. Growing pains come as no surprise: It is a coalition of non-govern ment volunteers trying to assume government func tions, without any power to enforce policies. "There's very little in the way of a road map," says Don Simon, general counsel for Common Cause in Washington. Disputes are inevitable, acknowledges Richard For man, chief executive of Register.com, a New York company that registers In ternet addresses. "There was a lot of acri mony among the states ne gotiating and signing the Declaration of Indepen dence," he says. "Every time you work on some thing revolutionary, it's not easy to do." Last month, several countries complained of tax ation without representation when ICANN tried to collect nearly $1.5 million for do main suffixes specific to countries, such as ".uk" for United Kingdom. The mon ey makes up almost one- third of ICANN's budget. entral Baptist, sak Then Aftemiccij which brokers existing main names in the Unit States, sued ICANN ot permission to registenv ones. In a settlement*., nounced Friday, ICA' agreed to the request, r conditions. Larger issues are r tentious as well, W ICANN proposed acok to appoint its board, groups complained process was undenwe ICANNcaved in aifl#' Internet users diredSk® five of 19 board niemte Other critics, citingq lays getting new do®" names, complain % ICANN favors business over individuals. Large®, porations with vain® 1 trademarks have resists new names because oft)! bersquatters—indivW who grab domain for up to $35 apiecek sale at thousands,event lions of dollars. Circu: News in Brief Mob bums 8 men to death GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A crowd of 200 villagers burned to death eight men they accused of running guns and drugs in western Guatemala’s mostly-ln- dian highlands, police reported Sunday. In what authorities described as a carefully planned attack late Saturday, roads were blocked to trap the men, and the crowd pulled them from their trucks, doused them with gasoline and set them on fire. “This was a well-planned attack by a few [ that grew into a huge crime,” said De Sanchez, a spokesperson for Guatemala’s ni police force. “The excitement attracted so manype pie to join. Five of the victims were members of a family® operated trucks that carried people and supplit through the region, Sanchez said. The victims were all men, including a 60-yeaN and his four sons ages 26, 23,18 and 17. 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