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November 3, 2009
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Beefeaters Accused of Bullying Female Guard again on Monday, the third day
of his trial, but he sent a letter
to the chief judge of the interna-
LONDON — For centuries, the eaters are under investigation for candidates by serving a stipulat- tional tribunal saying he would
jailers at the Tower of London bullying Moira Cameron, the first ed 22 years in the British forces, be “pleased” to come on Tues-
known as Beefeaters had a grim woman named to their ranks. and won her position in competi- day. Karadzic, the former Bos-
reputation. Guarding three Tu- The Sun said her uniform had tion with five male candidates nian Serb leader, is on trial in
dor queens who were beheaded been defaced, “nasty” notes left In interviews, the new Beefeat- The Hague on charges of geno-
and dispatching numerous others in her locker and her entry in er, one woman alongside 34 men, cide, war crimes and crimes
to the gallows or the scaffold, they Wikipedia tampered with. Of- described the job as “magical” against humanity. (NYT)
helped make the tower’s blood- ficials confirmed that two Beef- and said: “It’s just a wonderful
stained history. eaters had been suspended and job and I’m very, very lucky to
After 524 years of service, the a third investigated by Scotland have it.” She added: “You wake Moscow Shooting
last century as a ceremonial Yard, where a spokesman said “a up in the morning and you know Gunmen shot dead on Monday
yeomanry, that bill of attainder 56-year-old man” had received a you’re going to have a good day.” a former K.G.B. agent turned
must now be expanded to include formal caution for “inappropri- The Beefeaters’ privileges in- basketball entrepreneur while
the more modern offense of mi- ate use of the Internet.” clude subsidized apartments in he was riding in his car a few
sogyny, according to a report Cameron, a 44-year-old retired the tower. Their duties include hundred yards from the office
published in the Sun newspaper army warrant officer from Scot- guarding the crown jewels, per- of Prime Minister Vladimir V.
on Monday. land, became the first woman forming the daily Ceremony of Putin in Moscow, law enforce-
The paper reported that three named to the tower’s guard in the Keys and giving tours. ment officials said. The for-
of the tower’s guard of male Beef- 2007. She had qualified like all JOHN F. BURNS mer agent, Shabtai von Kal-
manovic, organized a Michael
Jackson concert in Moscow, and
Mt. Kilimanjaro Ice Cap Continues Its Rapid Retreat he helped two basketball clubs
win Europe’s top championship.
The ice atop Mount Kiliman- vanished, the scientists said. that the melting of recent years (Reuters)
jaro in Tanzania has continued to To measure the recent pace of is unique. But Georg Kaser, a
retreat rapidly, declining 26 per- the retreat, researchers relied glaciologist at the Institute for
cent since 2000, scientists say in a on data from aerial photographs Geography of the University of Minister Dismissed
new report. Yet the authors of the and from stakes and instruments Innsbruck in Austria, said that Facing rising criticism over
study, in the Proceedings of the installed on the mountaintop in the ice measured was only a few the quality of schools and a
National Academy of Sciences, 2000, said Douglas R. Hardy, a ge- hundred years old and that it had crush of jobless college gradu-
reached no consensus on wheth- ologist at the University of Mas- come and gone over centuries. ates, China’s legislature an-
er the melting could be attrib- sachusetts and one of the study’s He suggested that the recent nounced Monday that it had re-
uted mainly to humanity’s role in authors. melting had more to do with a de- moved the minister of educa-
warming the global climate. The lead author, Lonnie G. cline in moisture levels than with tion, Zhou Ji, after six years on
Eighty-five percent of the ice Thompson, a glaciologist at Ohio a warming atmosphere. the job and replaced him with a
cover that was present in 1912 has State University, has concluded SINDYA N. BHANOO deputy. (NYT)
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NASDAQ 2,049.20 U 4.09 10-yr treasury 3.41% U 0.03 crude oil $78.13 U 1.13 ftse 100 5.104.50 U 59.95
Amount Insurers Spend on Care Called Into Question So. Africa .1252 .1274
So. Korea .0008 .0008
Sweden .1413 .1413
7.9848 7.8495
1182.5 1185.4
7.0771 7.0771
The health insurance industry according to the analysis. The question of how much mon- Switzerlnd .9769 .9755 1.0236 1.0252
likes to cite figures showing that The data come from an analysis ey insurers should spend paying
87 cents of every dollar in premi- of regulatory filings by the Sen- medical claims is part of the
ums is spent on medical claims. ate Commerce Committee from health care debate in Congress. Clorox Profit Rises
But a new Senate analysis sug- the largest for-profit companies, The legislation that may reach Higher prices and germ-wary
gests that for-profit insurance including WellPoint, the United- the House floor later this week shoppers who rushed to stock up
companies are spending much Health Group, Aetna and Cigna. would initially require insurers on disinfectants helped the Clo-
less than that, especially for poli- They spent as little as 74 cents out to spend at least 85 cents of ev- rox Co. post a 23 percent increase
cies sold to individuals and small of every dollar on medical care in ery dollar in premiums on medi- in quarterly earnings, the com-
businesses. Instead, as little as the individual market, according cal claims. Rockefeller said he pany said Monday. Clorox said
66 cents of each dollar paid in to the information released by planned to push for similar stan- its profit rose to $157 million, or
premiums goes toward doctor Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, the dards in the final legislation the $1.11 a share, from $128 million,
and hospital bills, while the rest West Virginia Democrat, who is Senate was now trying to merge or 90 cents a share, a year earlier.
covers administrative expenses, chairman of the commerce com- from two separate bills. Revenue declined less than 1 per-
marketing and company profits, mittee. REED ABELSON cent, to $1.37 billion. (AP)
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WEATHER Houston
Kansas City
75/ 52
63/ 48
0
0
77/ 53 S
55/ 37 PC
77/ 52 S
57/ 42 S
Cape Town
Dublin
86/ 55
49/ 41
0
0.43
86/ 59 PC
55/ 43 Sh
79/ 59 PC
52/ 45 PC
High/low temperatures for the 21 hours ended at 4 p.m.
yesterday, Eastern time, and precipitation (in inches) Los Angeles 83/ 55 0 83/ 55 S 80/ 55 S Geneva 53/ 52 0.51 50/ 39 R 52/ 43 R
for the 18 hours ended at 1 p.m. yesterday. Expected Miami 88/ 73 0 87/ 73 PC 85/ 73 PC Hong Kong 83/ 72 0 73/ 61 PC 79/ 63 PC
conditions for today and tomorrow. Mpls.-St. Paul 50/ 36 0 47/ 27 PC 44/ 35 C Kingston 89/ 75 Tr 86/ 79 C 86/ 77 Sh
New York City 55/ 47 0 58/ 44 PC 52/ 38 S Lima 71/ 61 0 70/ 63 PC 72/ 61 C
Weather conditions: C-clouds, F-fog, H-haze, I-ice, PC- Orlando 82/ 68 0 79/ 64 PC 83/ 64 PC London 55/ 43 0.55 59/ 46 R 55/ 45 PC
partly cloudy,R-rain, S-sun, Sh-showers, Sn-snow, SS- Philadelphia 57/ 48 0 63/ 44 PC 53/ 39 S Madrid 65/ 54 0 66/ 48 S 63/ 46 PC
snow showers, T-thunderstorms, Tr-trace, W-windy. Phoenix 88/ 57 0 94/ 59 S 92/ 60 S Mexico City 75/ 50 0 68/ 46 C 68/ 46 C
Salt Lake City 60/ 37 0 65/ 40 S 69/ 40 S Montreal 49/ 32 0 46/ 30 Sh 41/ 28 PC
U.S. CITIES San Francisco 78/ 56 0 74/ 54 S 67/ 53 PC Moscow 34/ 23 Tr 32/ 27 PC 32/ 25 PC
Yesterday Today Tomorrow Seattle 54/ 39 0 54/ 42 PC 62/ 44 PC Nassau 88/ 72 0 90/ 77 S 88/ 77 S
Atlanta 64/ 44 0 67/ 46 S 66/ 44 S St. Louis 69/ 46 0 54/ 40 S 57/ 44 PC Paris 53/ 46 0.55 59/ 46 R 52/ 48 R
Albuquerque 71/ 40 0.04 68/ 42 S 69/ 42 S Washington 60/ 51 0 62/ 45 PC 54/ 40 S Prague 38/ 32 0 43/ 37 Sh 48/ 39 R
Boise 55/ 30 0 57/ 34 S 63/ 36 S Rio de Janeiro 85/ 72 0.39 90/ 72 T 90/ 72 T
Boston 52/ 42 0 55/ 42 PC 50/ 37 S FOREIGN CITIES Rome 62/ 43 0 64/ 50 Sh 68/ 48 PC
Buffalo 52/ 33 0 45/ 41 C 46/ 34 C Yesterday Today Tomorrow Santiago 60/ 54 0 70/ 37 PC 68/ 34 PC
Charlotte 64/ 48 0 69/ 40 S 61/ 37 S Acapulco 91/ 75 0 88/ 75 T 91/ 77 PC Stockholm 43/ 37 0 43/ 36 S 37/ 32 PC
Chicago 59/ 43 0.01 46/ 30 S 45/ 34 C Athens 57/ 46 0 72/ 48 Sh 72/ 54 PC Sydney 75/ 64 0 95/ 64 C 72/ 63 Sh
Cleveland 55/ 30 0 46/ 40 PC 46/ 31 C Beijing 36/ 25 0 48/ 28 S 55/ 36 S Tokyo 61/ 55 0.43 55/ 45 S 64/ 45 PC
Dallas-Ft. Worth 75/ 48 0 74/ 50 S 75/ 54 S Berlin 42/ 34 0 41/ 37 R 46/ 37 R Toronto 51/ 34 0 45/ 37 C 43/ 36 PC
Denver 42/ 34 0 64/ 30 S 61/ 33 S Buenos Aires 72/ 64 0.55 66/ 55 PC 68/ 52 PC Vancouver 47/ 41 0 52/ 41 C 57/ 41 C
Detroit 52/ 36 0 46/ 35 PC 47/ 31 C Cairo 75/ 63 0 72/ 64 PC 77/ 63 S Warsaw 41/ 27 0 36/ 28 S 37/ 28 PC
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