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"■Moments after being crowned
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Jniverse, 23-year-old Justine
SanQwr^- 'asek of Panama said she was
tillltunned by news that the pag-
ant winner had been dethroned,
•till, she wats happy to take over.
“I’m sure this next nine
lonths will be the most impor-
ant-of my life,” she said, care-
ully balancing a diamond and
^iearl tiara on her head during a
•riel ceremony at the Trump
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:xcited and ready to start.”
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NEWS IN BRIEF
judge declares
death penalty
unconstitutional
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A
federal judge declared the
federal death penalty law
unconstitutional Tuesday in
a fuling defense lawyers
said could provide a new
argument for challenging
capital cases across the
country.
US. District Judge
William Sessions said
recent cases, including a
U.S Supreme Court ruling
that found juries and not
judges must hand out
death sentences, have ren
dered existing death-
penalty law unusable.
Since the high court's rul
ing in June, a federal judge
in New York has ruled capi
tal punishment is in itself
unconstitutional. Other fed
eral judges, in Virginia and
Pennsylvania, have upheld
the I Federal Death Penalty
Act.
Britain says Iraqi
weapons are a
serious threat
LONDON (AP) - Iraq has a
growing arsenal of chemical
and biological weapons,
and plans to use them,
Prime Minister Tony Blair
said Tuesday, unveiling an
intelligence dossier to a
special session of
Parliament.
Blair, who also said Iraq
is trying to develop nuclear
weapons, told lawmakers
his priority is to get inspec
tors back into Iraq. But he
repeatedly expressed
enthusiasm for the U.S.
goal of "regime change" in
Baghdad.
"Iraq, the region and the
whole world would be bet
ter off" without Saddam
Hussein, Blair said in releas
ing the dossier, which
asserts the Iraqi leader has
weapons of mass destruc
tion ready to be used with
in 45 minutes of an order to
fight.
Gunmen storm
Hindu temple in
western India
GANDHINAGAR, India
(AP) — Attackers sprayed
gunfire through a temple
crowded with Hindu wor
shippers Tuesday, killing at
least 30 people and fueling
fears of new rioting in west
ern India, where vicious reli
gious clashes between
Muslims and Hindus killed
1,000 people earlier this
year.
Hours after the attack,
the gunmen remained in
control of part of the
Swaminarayan temple
complex — and some wor
shippers were still inside,
officials said. Bloody bod
ies were carried away on
stretchers and many
wounded limped out, their
clothes stained with blood.
About 45 people were
wounded.
Hundreds of commandos
swarmed into the sprawling
temple complex after the
attackers stormed in, setting
up positions around the
main temple.
Russian law student Oxana
Fedorova, who won the May
pageant in Puerto Rico, was
dethroned because pageant offi
cials said she was not fulfilling
her duties. It was first time a
titleholder had been fired in the
contest’s 52-year history.
Donald Trump, co-owner of
the organization, said Paula
Shugart, the organization’s pres
ident, had asked Fedorova to
resign. “When Oxana didn’t
resign. Paula had no choice but
to terminate her,” Trump said.
Shugart said Fedorova did
n’t show up for some photo
shoots and charity events.
“She needed to spend a lot of
time in Russia,” Shugart said on
NBC’s “Today” show. “I believe
her mother was ill at one point.”
Fedorova, a police lieutenant
pursuing a graduate law degree at
St. Petersburg’s Police Academy,
denied she was fired and said she
gave up the title voluntarily.
“The duties of a world beau
ty are wonderful. However, my
prime goal is my studies and
career in Russia,” Fedorova
told RTR state television
Monday. “I know I will remain
Miss Universe for Russian citi
zens and for myself.”
Pasek, who works in televi
sion production and hopes to
complete a degree in environ
mental engineering, will spend
the coming months as a good
will ambassador in the fight
against HIV/AIDS.
She said she wished
Fedorova “the best and I’m
very happy to be taking over
this job now.”
Pageant officials said
Fedorova had returned the
$20,000 diamond and pearl tiara
she won. A more expensive tiara
— with 800 diamonds instead of
15 — which winners wear only
when they are crowned, is kept by
the Miss Universe Organization.
Prosecutors investigating
Xerox accounting practices
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP)
— Federal prosecutors are
investigating accounting prac
tices at Xerox Corp. that were
previously reviewed by securi
ties regulators in a probe that
led to a record $10 million civil
penalty against the copy
machine maker.
The Stamford-based compa
ny issued a statement Monday
night announcing the new inves
tigation and saying it would
cooperate with prosecutors.
Xerox settled allegations by
the Securities and Exchange
Commission in April. The SEC
alleged that the company used a
variety of what it called
“accounting tricks” and
“accounting opportunities” to
boost earnings by about $1.5
billion, misleading investors
about its results.
Xerox spokeswoman Christa
Carone declined to comment
Monday on the new investiga
tion. A spokeswoman for the
U.S. attorney’s office also
declined to comment.
The SEC said Xerox senior
management “orchestrated” a
four-year scheme to disguise its
operating results, using improp
er accounting techniques to
accelerate the recognition of
equipment revenue.
Under the settlement, the
world’s largest copier company
agreed to pay the fine, restate its
financial statements for 1997
through 2000. The company did
not admit wrongdoing in the set
tlement.
Xerox jam
Shares of Xerox Corp. tumbled
Tuesday following news that
the U.S. attorney’s office is
investigating the company’s
accounting practices.
Stock performance
Daily closings per share
$12
Sept. 24
$5.96
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