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Page 6 NEWS Wednesday, July IS THE BATTALION QUEEN BEA Listei for det in sea BY NOTORIOUS LLB. • Cl Dallas to bid for Olympic 1 mMk #§ Committee to list 38 area sites to host even TUI fUNTMTKO (UUONKLU BY J. GOLDFLUTE A PDD6 AT Tffe C/6VM CALL. DALLAS (AP) — A committee of Dallas 2012, an organi zation trying to bring the next Olympic Games to North Texas, announced Tuesday more than 30 proposed sites around the Dallas-Fort Worth area that would host the sport ing events. The Dallas 2012 Bid Committee's Board of Directors plans to list the 38 venues in its bid proposal, which will be sub mitted to Olympic officials in December to compete with sev en other cities for the national nomination. The American city selected will then compete with cities chosen from other parts of the globe for the Olympic site's final selection by an inter national committee in 2005. The U.S. Olympic Committee will choose the American candidate from Dallas, Houston, New York, Cincinnati, Los An geles, San Francisco, Washington D.C.-Baltimore and Tampa, Fla. Dallas has an excellent chance of emerging as the in ternational winner, said Richard Greene, board presi dent and former Arlington mayor. The area has "extra ordinary venues and facilities" and the"abilityt« the Olympics a regional process," he told The As ed Press in a phone interview. The bid would make the 277-acre Fair Park in Dal hub of the Olympic Games, officials said. A new Cottonl probably would be constmcted to become the Olympit! dium, where opening and closing ceremonies would place If new venues are built, they will be transferred communities or institutions after the games. Officials expect to use funds from sources sw television revenues to pay for renovations or new la] ities, but will ask local entities to pay for services security and garbage pickup. 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In a joint state ment, Beijing and Moscow accused Washington of us ing the system "to seek unilateral mili tary and security advantages that will pose the most grave, adverse conse quences" to China, Russia and the Unit ed States itself. Putin and Jiang urged Washington to adhere to the 28-year- old Anti-Ballistic Mis- and Russia to "work togetherinj international arena to promotep and stability in the world." Tuesday's meeting wasjianj Putin's second in three weeks,a Central Asian summit. Oncebittal vals for the allegiance of the com nist world, Beijing and Moscowf steadily improving ties in 1980s. In recent years, they havefonl a common cause in concerns aim U.S. dominance in world affairs. After a 2kl The incorpora tion of Taiwan into any foreign missile defense system is unacceptable” Statement release by China's official Xinhau News Agency salute, Jiang s Putin along areda pet to review a i tary honor guardJ Tiananmen Sip The presidentstls| met privately | 0 p| eft)Scott two hours, (Wile right) He chi the time schedulelom right) He pi before their fi>w|°i 0 9y case disc jeeds and water are breaks be tv and defense ters and dais joinedtWdr formal talks. Jiang and Putin sile Treaty, which prohibits the missile defense system. Their statement warned that altering the treaty "will trigger an arms race and lead to an about-face in the positive trend that ap peared in world politics after the end of the Cold War." Washington argues that its pro posed national shield is not aimed at China and Russia, but against missiles from North Korea and other smaller states hostile to U.S. interests. Putin and Jiang, said "the pretext of a missile threat is totally unjustified." Beyond criticizing the United States, Jiang and Putin issued a sep arate statement committing Clvina Coi ___ Chris The B, With limited bnnel, the Colie pal Court has b< News in Brief criticized a U.S. proposal foramoK limited anti-missile system toproted its troops and allies in East Asia,wh Beijing fears would undermine claim to Taiwan. "The incorporation of Taiwanint any foreign missile defense system unacceptable," said the which was released by Chma'stf ° ntl ' s "P* P" Xinhua News Agency. Still, China and Russia can ford td alienate the United Statf Their economic fortunes largely pend on foreign investment, theli | )n sa j^ t ] iat of which is aided by smoothnHty discussed tions with the West. lation City Cov pet an additic tar the existin the most si Overcrowding. Charles Crya rvices for the c le Road in an Law protects moms who abandon kidf , - cro 1 wd,n / | Kuder said a unharmtj| ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Mothers who abandon their newborns in hospitals or other safe havens are protected from prosecution under a measure signed into law Tuesday by Gov. George Pataki. The new law, aimed at reduc ing the number of abandoned babies, shields parents who desert their newborns from fac ing child abandonment charges, provided the baby is urinanuf» ev j ate sc j, and left in a safe place. m ‘ u L . , “This new law will helps» m ™ effecllvel > lives by giving often youngd$ ona 'P rosecut i perate mothers an opportune to place their child in a place,” Pataki said. 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