A Sampling of Clips for 
May 07, 2003

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Soot Storm: A Dirty Discovery Over Indian Ocean Sets Off a Fight
Wall Street Journal, May 6 – In 1999, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, led a team of researchers that discovered a gritty brown blanket of soot, dust and smoke that was nearly two miles thick. Quickly dubbed the "Asian Brown Cloud," the discovery opened a new frontier in atmospheric study. Indian officials, angry their country was fingered as a source of the pollution, say the findings are a "scientific fraud" and helped persuade the United Nations Environment Programme to drop further major research assistance.
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Parents of toddler with brain tumor want herbal medicine, not surgery
Associated Press, May 7 – Surgeons say 2-year-old Noshin Hoque will probably die within a year or two unless the tumor growing deep in her brain is removed. Worried that the operation itself would kill their daughter or leave her blind or paralyzed, the little girl's parents decided not to let doctors operate, and instead started taking her to a Montreal homeopath for herbal and nutritional treatments in hopes of curing her. Michigan prosecutors have taken the Hoques to court to force them to go ahead with the surgery in a case that revisits the question of who should decide what is best for the child when it comes to lifesaving medical treatment. (Quotes Lawrence Schneiderman, a professor at the University of California at San Diego).
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Article also appeared in:
Gazette (Montreal), May 7

Digital Bridge Africa Conference - Redefining Africa's Future Through Technology
Africa News, May 7 – The Digital Bridge Africa Conference will bring together leaders from technology corporations, academia, government and non-profit organizations to consider the necessary steps to reach inclusion and advancement for Africa. Experts that will be sharing their views at this conference include Peter Cowhey, dean of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego.
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About Seuss
San Diego Union-Tribune, NEIL MORGAN, May 7 – A centennial exhibition of Dr. Seuss is planned at the University of California, San Diego’s Geisel Library, the architectural icon of the UCSD campus and repository for his papers and drawings.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/morgan/20030507-9999_1m7morgan.html

Forum to discuss opening of lagoon
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 7 – The Friends of the San Dieguito River Valley will hold a public forum tomorrow night on a plan to permanently open San Dieguito Lagoon to the ocean. The forum will examine the potential environmental impact of the San Dieguito Wetland Restoration Project. Panelists include Scott Jenkins, oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/metro/news_1mi7delmar.html

Learning the lessons of Iraq
Canberra Times (Australia), OPINION, May 7 – Clive Williams, director of terrorism studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Center of the ANU and a visiting professor at the University of California, San Diego discusses lessons learned from the war in Iraq. Williams teaches a Spring Quarter Masters program in terrorism at UCSD.
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