European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes saturday april 7 2007 in the world freed britons we were blindfolded and isolated by Tariq Panja the associated press Royal Marine base Chivenor England British sailors and marines held for nearly two weeks in Iran were Blind folded bound and threatened with prison if they did not say they had strayed into iranian Waters a Royal Navy lieutenant who was among the captives said Friday it Felix Carman safely Home with his 14 colleagues said the Crew faced harsh interrogation by their iranian captors and slept in Stone cells on piles of blankets unable to see and kept isolated they heard weapons Cocking we were blindfolded our hands were bound and we were forced up against a Wall through out our ordeal we faced constant psychological pressure Carman said All of us were kept in Isola Tion we were interrogated most nights and presented with two options if we admitted that wed strayed wed be on a plane to Brit Ain pretty soon if we didst we faced up to seven years in prison Royal Marine capt Chris air said the Crew of 15 which was out on a routine operation on March 23 was confronted by members of Iran revolutionary guard they rammed our boats and trained their heavy machine guns rugs and weapons on us another six boats were closing in on us air said we realized that had we resisted there would have been a major fight one we could not have won with consequences that would have major strategic impacts we made a conscious decision not to engage the iranians Lefteris British Royal Marine capt Chris air 25 left one of the fifteen British military personnel freed by iranian authorities thursday Speaks to the Media in Chivenor Devon Southwest England on Friday meanwhile the us navys top add viral has told can he does not expect us sailors to be taken captive by the iranians speaking to can on thursday chief of naval operations adm Michael g Mullen said the us Navy has procedures in place to make sure such a situation does not happen to us sailors its a very dangerous world we cant be perfectly predictive but my expectation is that Ameri can sailors Are never seized in a situation like that and individuals and units Are guided by the right of Sel defense they dont have to ask permission to take action to protect themselves and they go into operations like this with that understanding Mullen told can asked if Mullen meant that sail ors Are expected to defend them selves or die trying no spokes Man cmdr John Kirby said Mullens comments stand on their own stars and stripes reporter Jeff Schogol contributed to this report study global warming effects hit poor hardest by Seth Borenstein the associated press Brussels global warm Ings effects on daily life Are Here already still More Pesky than Cata strophic but a new authoritative scientific report says that when the Earth gets a few degrees hot Ter inconvenience will give Way to danger death and extinction of species the poorest parts of the world especially Africa and Asia will be hit hardest says the summary from the intergovernmental panel on climate change issued Friday after a Long contentious editing session it is a message the authors of the report pounded Home Friday before unveiling the 23page Docu ment the summary was the first part released of the full 1572 Page document written and reviewed by 441 scientists dont be poor in a hot country dont live in Hurricane Alley watch out about being on the coasts or in the Arctic and its a bad idea to be on High mountains with glaciers melting said Stanford University scientist Stephen Schneider an author of the study this document the second of four reports tries to explain How global warming is changing life on Earth Africa by 2020 is looking at an additional 75 million to 250 million climate change not just an Earth problem global warming has hit Mars but the planet s shifting winds and swirling dust devils that Power climate changes there Bear no relation to the heat trapping gases that now concern the people of Earth scientists say that the aver age global ground tempera Tures on Mars have risen by More than 15 degrees fahren Heit during the past 20 years from wire reports people going thirsty because of Cli mate change the report said deadly diarrhoea diseases Pri Marily associated with floods and droughts Are expected to Rise in Asia because of global warming the report said but Many changes to the report made during a meeting of govern ment negotiators from More than 120 countries play Down some of the dangers forecast by the authors All eminent scientists Many millions More people Are projected to be flooded every year due to Sealevel Rise by the 2080s the report said the numbers affected will be the largest in the Mega deltas of Asia and Africa while Small islands Are especially vulnerable got a question official sine says there was no Deal for release Washington All sides were Quick to say there were no deals involved in the release of 15 British sailors and marines from iranian custody the denials were too Quick and perhaps irrelevant said analysts of Iran Complex relations with the West even if there was no Deal on paper they said the history of Iran foreign dealings suggest that nothing comes for free held for nearly two Bush called them hostages 15 were freed without any Deal without any negotiation without any Side agreement of any nature British prime minister Tony Blair said just after the group arrived thursday in London at the least it seemed awfully coincidental the britons were re leased one Day after a senior iranian Diplomat held in detention for two months in Iraq walked free Jalal Sharafi release immediately raised Hope for an end to the standoff and suggested the possibility of a de Facto prisoner Swap which Tehran and London publicly discounted from the associated press China probing the source of tainted pet food is investigating us claims that a chinese company exported contaminated wheat gluten implicated in pet deaths in the United states a chinese official said Friday the first time the govern ment has weighed in on the Issue we Are investigating this said Zeng Xing an official with the Gen eral administration of Quality supervision inspection and quarantine the administration monitors the Export of food animals and farm products it is the first recent High profile incident of a tainted product being exported in Domestic cases such As one involving the drug regulators who took government has stepped in and promised investigations from the associated press Send your questions to com