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nmnews | hat%1 Ithe battalion Thursday, December 5, 2002 ia ificant m licationefi;- s year bm |( Juntn has: t ^'hereerj;] ripping c«| mtsto forts to fe I ‘lementss;;- ciety whi ttle dream: topic to te| gives them fe.” n in offict-1 100 days. fii| tougher t insured: I ay to seriits 'ns. A no tary »I i lateral iys. Alltel eir opera: ■ ting revemes n the Sutj! I foreign te ns. urselm enttok l we can nbk Colin Pow tary of Stan g terronsi) | Iso give lit to curt 1 ® I e.s b\ v.- | ;aid Tuesdi;. a big expe;-1 ; Colomfe and ^ are stre#: his proven: j olerance ■jghts of ihil i seen in lh![ at a militai) ta TuesdiJ security ft s were posi- around liK id hundred soldi® itreets. T« copters ci'- Bogota be’s Aug- Israeli forces kill three in West Bank, Gaza Strip JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli |helicopters blasted a security guard post with missiles in the Jaza Strip on Wednesday, killing ■a Palestinian suspected of (involvement in the deaths of ^even Israeli soldiers. In the West Bank, meanwhile, [Israeli troops searching caves for members of the militant Islamic Jihad group came under fire and khot dead two suspected mili- Itants. The man killed in the Gaza Strip helicopter attack was identi- jfied as uniformed guard Mustafa Sabah, 35. The army said Sabah vas involved in three powerful [roadside bomb attacks against Israeli tanks in Gaza that killed [seven soldiers from February to (September. In the attack Wednesday, two helicopters fired several missiles jat a cinderblock hut used by secu- Irity guards at a Palestinian gov- |emment complex. After the first missile struck, |Palestinian driver Muhannad Abu Assi said he hit the ground. |“Then I saw another three mis files coming at the same time, hey hit the small room from two directions,” he said. Israeli helicopters have hov- ered over Gaza City on several ccasions in the past two days, apparently looking for an oppor- jtunity to strike. Israel has carried (out dozens of targeted killings against suspected Palestinian mil itants during the past two years of (Mideast fighting. The Israelis say the operations (are self-defense, but Palestinians land human rights groups object to Ithe practice. Palestinians charge (the Israelis are killing their lead ers, and human rights groups (complain the operations are sum- Mediterranean Sea Israeli missile attack killed one, injured five [Dead Israeli troops killed / t two suspected milit^pfe SOURCES: Associated Press: ESRI AP mary executions without judicial process. The West Bank gunbattle occurred in the village of Tufah as Israeli troops searched caves for members of the militant Islamic Jihad group. Palestinian medics said they found the bodies of two suspects among trees in a remote valley, with gunshots in the head. Israel also said it detained an American doctor for two weeks on suspicion he was linked to al- Qaida, before releasing him with out charge. The U.S. Embassy said it was barred from seeing the doctor during his detention, and there was no evidence linking him to any terror group. Dr. Khaled Nazem Diab, 34, arrived in Israel on Nov. 14 on a mission for the Qatari Red Crescent and the University of Missouri Trauma Center to train Palestinian social workers, said Farek Hussein, director for the Palestinian Red Crescent. Diab was detained at Ben- Gurion International Airport by Israeli officials, held for two weeks, and then released last week and deported to Jordan, Hussein said. U.S. Embassy spokesman Paul Patin said embassy officials sought to see Diab but were denied access. “We have no evidence that he was involved in terrorist activity,” said Patin. “He’s a qualified doc tor. He’s been in and out of the (Palestinian) territories doing humanitarian work with chil dren.” Patin said he did not know Diab’s hometown or where he lived in the United States. Israel’s government press office released a statement Wednesday saying Diab was sus pected of funneling money to al- Qaida and other unidentified ter ror groups. It said Diab worked with an Islamic charity group, al-Najda, which has been investigated and shut down in the United States, and had lived in Afghanistan and was in close contact with groups that identify with the Taliban. The statement also said Diab had con tacts with activists connected to the militant Hamas. Israel did not provide evidence to support the claims. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Anne Marks said a U.S. consular offi cial from the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv met with Diab prior to his deportation and that Diab did not complain of any mistreatment. Genetic makeup of mouse may give new knowledge of human diseases th sc rebels n» mortars the iage to ^ Jt we* s explo® the 11* Coloffll 111 ffice- Scientists in six countries have published nearly the entire genetic makeup of the mouse — an accomplishment that demonstrates the lab animal’s startling biological similarity to people and could yield new insights into human diseases. The draft code of the mouse, 2.5 billion DNA let ters long, is about 95 percent completed. Its release comes nearly two years after the human genetic makeup, or genome, was deciphered. Scientists are already making side-by-side comparisons of the two genomes in hopes of better under standing human evolution and how genes function. Among other things, scientists are already looking how human reproduction concentrated on long Pregnancies and fewer offspring, and how the immune system con stantly changes in a biological arms race” against invading viruses and bacteria. Details of the analysis appear in Thursday’s issue °Dhe journal Nature. Scientists initially chose the mouse for sequenc es because of its fundamental role in medical research over the past century. An estimated 25 mil- 10n mice are used in research each year on such ills a s cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. Initial comparison of the mouse and human genomes shows the species are closely related at a genetic level, even though the two last shared a u It’s like a red flag to scientists that says, 'look at me, come find out what I do.’” — Barbara Wold biologist common mammal ancestor 75 million years ago, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. A full 99 percent of a mouse’s genes have counterparts in humans, including genes that cause mice to have tails. In fact, researchers said they have identified only 300 genes that are unique to either creature. Researchers said more than 90 percent of genes associated with disease are identical in humans and mice, underscoring the tremendous value of the mouse in laboratory experiments. An additional 2.5 percent of each genome, previously discount ed as junk, is shared between mouse and human but does not contain the codes for genes. These sections may somehow be impor tant in regulating the function of genes, scientists said. One vdow Comparing the two genomes allows for the quick identification of important regions, because the important regions are the ones most likely to have been preserved in the millions of years since the species diverged. “These things stand out in high relief. It’s like a red flag to scientists that says, ‘Look at me, come find out what I do,”’ said Barbara Wold, a biologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who was not connected with the sequencing effort. 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