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The Pendulum NEWS Thursday, February 26, 2004 • Page 9 Breaking through the bubble Europe, Asia see increase in HIV, AIDS cases year. He has never nationally endorsed any commercial product. DUBLIN, Ireland - United Nations health officials said Monday HTV, the virus that causes AIDS, is once again spreading in Western Europe and ravaging Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to CNN reports issued Monday. Eastern Europe and Central Asia are experiencing the fastest-growing AIDS epidemic in the world. There are more than 1.5 million people in the two areas with HTV. According to the U.N. Development Program, one in every 100 adults in Eastern Europe carries HIV. In the 1990s, antiretroviral drugs that slowed the progress of HTV infections into AIDS were introduced into Western Europe. As a result, the number of deaths due to HTV and AIDS dropped dramatically but infection rates skyrocketed. HIV and the AIDS virus affect more than 40 million people worldwide, with about 75 per cent of those infected living in Africa. Eminem takes a bite out of Apple, MTV DETROIT- Rapper Eminem’s music publisher. Eight Mile Style, is suing Apple Computer, Inc. and MTV, saying that Apple ran a commercial on MTV using Eminem’s song “Lose Yourself’ without permission. The ad is for Apple’s iTunes pay-per-download music software and features a 10-year-old singing the song. The ad began running on MTV in July 2003 and ran numerous times for three months. The ad also appeared on Apple’s Web site, according to CNN. According to the suit, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs pereonally called Joel Martin, the manager of Eight Mile Style, to ask if Eminem would reconsider allowing the company to use the song. Eminem ended the discussions without granting Apple permission to use the song. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers HI, has sold more than 33 million albums and won a Grammy for “Lose Yourself’ in 2003. The rapper also won an Oscar for “8 Mile” last Teachers up in arms over ‘terrorist’ comment WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Rod Paige is being criticized for calling the National Education Association a “terrorist organization” on Monday, aiguing that the group often acts against the wishes of teachers, across the nation regarding school standards and accountability, according to CNN. Teachers across the nation have negatively reacted to Paige’s comments, saying his apology left much to be desired. In his apology, Paige said the union employs “obstructionist scare tac tics” against the No Child Left Behind education reform campaign. The National Education Association is an organization of more than 2.7 million teachers. The group has been pushing for changes in the No Child Left Behind program, saying it is more focused on paperwork and testing than making sure schools are provided with the necessary resources to educate all students. Sports Illustrated gets sixth-grader suspended BELPRE, Ohio - A 12-year-old boy has been suspended for bringing a copy of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition to his public school, according to ESPN. Belpre school officials said the magazine was sexually explicit and thus not allowed on school grounds. Sixth-grader Justin Reyes was suspended for three days after a teacher confis cated the magazine. School officials also suggested he attend an alternative school. Reyes’s mother is contesting the suspension and said she would not send her son to an alter native school. She said she was outraged the public school system considered bringing the mag azine to school a delinquent act. Compiled l)y EHis Harman get gh¥4ttg wf(/r a stgimtum Muf mineral moifce-iip hetpful, Mendty staff & so much more . .. aciie treatment for that stressful college life, eye brow/eyelash tintingf Btstzilian wuxing, mkrodermabrasion, skin care products designed lor young skin, mineral make-up applied by make-up artist for special evenr^t, compUnientary congultations for your special skin care needs^ products designed especially for “— men Pleaiecill to iftdicdult your tmKHikimeEit fcr dcntiaiiolc^ Rw kilSitaliom afcoot ow ^ ^ J»n>gmn mlh our licwtsed mediedl picsuc c*H ww-w.flkiacarcclitticatBtoncycreek.com a( Sioney Creelt ^S4-B Golf Houw Rftad Cre«lc* Nofiii Cstfdlittt 2?i77 (kHSUed on Higlhwaiy 70 «t Stw»y Cwek, tt Rock D&y E«k ll";) DmtlXi S|ctcn,MO, KWicul Oiimcc 8aid Ctrtified in wd CMtwtii: Jamn H. Womnn, uti Din***
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