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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (224900)	3/21/2007 3:45:37 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 281500

Federal Murdered ... a while ago. Woody Harrelson's Father Dies in Prison DENVER (AP) -- Actor Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, died of a heart attack in the Supermax federal prison where he was serving two life sentences for the murder of a federal judge, officials said Wednesday. Charles Harrelson, 69, was found unresponsive in his cell on the morning of March 15, said Felicia Ponce, a Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman in Washington. Fremont County Coroner Dorothy Twellman said an autopsy showed Harrelson had severe coronary artery disease. She said he probably died in his sleep. "It appears it was very sudden." Charles Harrelson was convicted of murder in the May 29, 1979, slaying of U.S. District Judge John Wood Jr. outside his San Antonio, Texas, home. Prosecutors said a drug dealer hired him to kill Wood because he did not want the judge to preside at his upcoming trial. Charles Harrelson denied the killing, saying he was in Dallas, 270 miles away, at the time. Wood, known as "Maximum John" for the sentences he gave in drug cases, was the first federal judge to be killed in the 20th century. Charles Harrelson was transferred to Supermax, the highest-security federal prison, after attempting to break out of an Atlanta federal prison in 1995. Other inmates at Supermax, about 90 miles south of Denver, include Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, Oklahoma City bombing coconspirator Terry Nichols and Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph. His son got his start in acting as Woody the bartender on TV's "Cheers" beginning in 1985 and went on to star in films including "Natural Born Killers," "White Men Can't Jump" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt." Woody Harrelson's publicist did not immediately return a call seeking comment Wednesday. The actor was just 7 when his father was first sent to prison, for murdering a Texas businessman. He was in college when his father was convicted of the judge's assassination.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (224900)	3/21/2007 3:56:35 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

and what about Russia? Are they in or out? ============================================== TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that Tehran will pursue nuclear activities outside international regulations if the U.N. Security Council insists it stop uranium enrichment. "Until today, what we have done has been in accordance with international regulations," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. "But if they take illegal actions, we too can take illegal actions and will do so." Khamenei did not elaborate on what "illegal actions" could be pursued by Tehran, which faces new Security Council sanctions over its refusal to halt enrichment. Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty - the agreement under which U.N. inspections are held. Khamenei warned the United States that Iran will "use all its capacities to strike" if his country is attacked. "If they want to treat us with threats and enforcement of coercion and violence, undoubtedly they must know that the Iranian nation and authorities will use all their capacities to strike enemies that attack," Khamenei told the nation in an address marking the first day of Nowruz, or the Persian New Year. Germany and the five permanent members of the Security Council - the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France - have drawn up new sanctions to punish Iran for rejecting U.N. demands to halt enrichment - a process that can produce fuel for a reactor or fissile material for a nuclear warhead. The U.S. and some of its allies accuse Iran of intending to build nuclear weapons. Tehran says its nuclear program is purely for generating electricity. Ambassadors from the 15 Security Council nations held informal discussions at Britain's U.N. Mission in New York ahead of a meeting to discuss possible changes to the draft sanctions resolution. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, meanwhile, said his country "will not support excessive sanctions against Iran," and added that the draft resolution has been softened at Moscow's behest. The sanctions in the draft resolution would ban Iranian arms exports and freeze the assets of 28 additional individuals and organizations involved in the country's nuclear and missile programs - about a third linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, an elite military corps. The package also calls for voluntary restrictions on travel by the individuals subject to sanctions, on arms sales to Iran, and on new financial assistance or loans to the Iranian government. Lavrov said broader restrictions on officials' travel, and a ban on "credits" to Iran, had been softened on Russia's advice. He did not specify what type of credits he was discussing. "We ... have agreed to influence Iran by gradually applying proportionate pressure," Lavrov said. European and U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks said Tuesday that Moscow had bluntly told Tehran it would not ship fuel for the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran until Tehran freezes its uranium enrichment program. Lavrov denied that. "It's not the first time that we are seeing such an unscrupulous approach aimed at driving a wedge between us and Iran," he told lawmakers in the lower house of parliament. "There is no link whatsoever between the U.N. resolution ... and the implementation of the Bushehr project." Russia has said plans to supply fuel for Bushehr this month were called off because of Iranian payment delays that prompted Moscow to indefinitely postpone the reactor's September launch. Russian officials also said that the number of workers at Bushehr had dwindled due to the funding shortage. Iran angrily denied falling behind in payments and accused Russia of caving in to U.S. pressure to take a tougher line on Tehran. Iranian state television on Tuesday described Russia as an "unreliable partner," adding: "It is clear that Russia has stopped construction of this plant under pressure and for political reasons."