A QUICK GLANCE AT EVENTS AROUND THE GLOBE
Ridge urges local environmental approach
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)— Saying the current environmental regu
latory system "strangles our progress," Gov. Ridge in remarks pre
pared for a speech yesterday night called for a locally-oriented
approach that promotes "profitability and the environment at the same
time."
Ridge told The Coalition of Republican Environmental Advocacy
that the GOP must end the "enforcement first" mentality that domi
nates much of the current thinking on the subject.
He said Pennsylvania's Land Recycling Program, which releases
parties who clean up polluted sites from liability, is an example of a
policy that has improved the environment and created jobs.
Ridge is a prominent supporter of Republican presidential frontrun
ner Texas Gov. George W. Bush, who has been criticized by some envi
ronmentalists for not doing enough to combat pollution.
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IBM pulls personal computers out of stores
NEW YORK (AP) IBM, whose name has been synonymous with
personal computers for two decades, said yesterday it will pull its
money-losing line of PCs from U.S. stores and sell them exclusively
over the Internet.
Aptiva PCs will disappear from shelves starting Jan. 1. IBM's
Think Pad laptops, which are profitable, will continue to be available in
stores.
IBM's Personal Systems Group, which sells PCs to both consumers
and businesses, lost about $l5O million in the second quarter and near
ly $1 billion last year. By withdrawing its PCs from the shelves of 70
U.S. retail chains, IBM will save money on the fees stores typically
charge to display and promote products.
"We need to restore this business to profitability," IBM spokes
woman Trink Guarino said.
Moving out of stores will save the company money, she said.
To buoy awareness of the Aptiva brand and encourage people to visit
its ShoplßM Web site, which it is redesigning, IBM plans to launch a
$2O million advertising campaign early next year that will include tele
vision and direct mail.
Company close to finding diabetes gene
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Glaxo Wellcome PLC said yesterday it is
close to identifying the human genes that may cause migraines, adult
onset diabetes and psoriasis.
The company hopes identifying the genes will help develop medi
cines to prevent or treat the illnesses, although no disc— erit, ot
genes have been translated into medicines yet.
"The research we are reporting does not mean that we can provide
cures for the diseases overnight, but it certainly provides us with a
much better understanding of the genes involved," Dr. Allen Roses,
the drug maker's co-director of exploratory science, said yesterday.
"In the very near future, we hope to understand which gene or genes
make some people susceptible to these common but debilitating dis
eases."
Roses was to present his detailed findings later yesterday at the
American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting in San Francis
co.
"While the excitement comes with the disease-gene discovery, the
work only begins then," Lee Babiss, formerly with Glaxo and now vice
president of preclinical research and development with Hoffmann-La
Roche Inc., told The Wall Street Journal.
Shares of Glaxo Wellcome were up 52.56 1 / 4 , or 4.4 percent, to $6l in
afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Police end hijacking without bloodshed
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) Police commandos captured the
alleged hijacker of an Egypt Air flight after he forced it to land yester
day evening in Hamburg, freeing 55 people aboard four hours after the
plane was commandeered over Turkey.
A man armed with a knife seized control of Flight 838 shortly after it
took off from Istanbul's Ataturk airport at 6:16 p.m. (11:16 a.m. EDT)
en route to Cairo, authorities said. The motive for the hijacking was
not known.
Police at Hamburg airport overpowered the alleged skyjacker when
he stepped off the Boeing 737-500 onto the tarmac, spokesman Hans-
Juergen Petersen said.
He said the passengers, who were not injured, boarded buses and
were taken to the terminal. Police were questioning the suspected
hijacker, Petersen said.
One of the co-pilots suffered a minor neck injury during the ordeal,
Petersen said. Cairo airport sources had said the cockpit crew resisted
the hijacker and one co-pilot was injured.
A second man was briefly detained as he came off the plane; but he
was later released when it became clear that he was not involved in the
hijacking, Petersen said.
Death toll reaches 79 in eastern India cyclone
NEW DELHI, India (AP) Residents in eastern India searched for
the dead and gathered food packets dropped from helicopters yester
day, while officials totaled the damage inflicted by a cyclone that has
killed at least 79 people, according to news reports.
At least 1,000 others were injured and hundreds left homeless,
reports said.
Ganjam district in Orissa State bore the brunt of the 125-mph winds
that tore down electrical and telephone poles, disrupted train and road
services and smashed huts, Indian news agencies reported. At least 71
people were killed in Ganjam and five others died in other parts of
Orissa.
Thirty-three deaths were reported from the town of Berhampur
alone, United News of India reported. The town was marooned and
awash in five feet of water, the Press Trust of India said.
The death toll is expected to rise as communications are restored in
Orissa and rescuers search collapsed buildings.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee ordered federal and state offi
cials to make an aerial survey of Ganjam, United News reported. Air
force helicopters have been placed under state control for rescue oper
ations and food drops.
At least three other people died later when the cyclone moved north
ward into Andhra Pradesh State. Two were smashed by a falling tree
and one person died when a house collapsed.
Hurricane Jose threatens Caribbean
POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AP) Hurricane Jose appeared to
be on a collision course yesterday with a line of islands strung along
the Eastern Caribbean.
Residents on the French island of Martinique, where the storm is
projected to pass overnight, began stockpiling water and food while
Red Cross officials went on alert in Puerto Rico, where Jose could
strike Thursday.
"It's getting stronger, and it looks like it's going to go through a lot
of islands," said meteorologist Krissy Williams at the U.S. National
Hurricane Center in Miami. Forecasters said it was too early to say
whether Jose might threaten the U.S. East Coast.
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