Show A6 —'The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday February 1 2004 ' T 0 World -- wm In brief Pakistan fires ffasft acftidMii ©m DtM BANGKOK Thailand (AP) — The World Health Organization appealed Saturday for urgcnt action by Chjna against bird flu a day after tests showed the virus has been in chickens' in the region since' at least April eas- ing fears of a human pandemic Asian governments meanwhile sought to reassure the public that the virus was under control and poultry was safe to consurqc if properly founder of its atomic program ISLAMABAD Pakistan (AP) — In the first action from Pakistan's probe into allegations of nuclear prolifer- -' ation the government on Sat' urday fired the revered founder of the country's atomic prograpi from his job as a top adviser and confined him cooked The WHO ciiHed on China the world's most populous country to share more information about the disease step up monitoring for possible human cases and take precautions so ' to his home The moves against Abdul Qadeer Khan — considered a national hero for giving Pakistan its nuclear deterrent against India and the Islamic world its first atomic bomb — came as investigators narrow their pursuit of nuclear scientists' black market ties to Iran i died in Vietnam and two in Thailand The humrn cases have been traced to direct contact with infected birds There has been no evidence of its spread from human to human or from eating cooked poultry “We have repeatedly said there is a brief window of opportunity to act within China” Dr Julie Hall a WHO official in Beijing said in a statement1 “This latest news strongly suggests that the window is getting smaller with esfch passing day” On Friday the UN health agency welcomed tests showing that bird flu has been in Asia since at least April ' raising hopes that if the disease was to that workers engaged in the mass slaughter of birds aren't accidentally infected The appeal came after the communist government bn Friday announced confirmed cases in two central provinces Hunan and Hubei It said it was investigating suspected cases in three other regions including Guangdong in the south where SARS is believed to have begun China's first confirmed case was found Tuesday in a duck in this southern region of Gpangxi The country has reported no human cases of the disease that has been found in 10 Asian countries Eight people have SEOUL South Korea (AP) — The ancient kingdom of Kogutyo famed for its mighty castles and horseback war-riors has sprung back to life in a “war of history” between South Korea and China that carries alarming modern-da- y implications The dispute has raised diplomatic hackles and symbolizes what many say are rival geopolitical designs on North- east Asia a region rich in conflict and currently riled over North Korea's nuclear weapons programs The wrangling could also influence " the way future borders art drawn between two of Asia’s biggest economic powers should the region become unsta- - the West Khan hasn't been placed under arrest but authorities have told himto remain at his Islamabad home for security reasons and increased security around him military spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat- Sultan said Six other scien- lists and security officials also haye been detained : ble Mexico acts on ' border murders MEXICO CITY (AP) — ' Mexico named a special preK- eculor on Friday to handle the politically sensitive job of investigating the killings of women in the Mexican border town of Juarez At least 258 women have been killed over the past decadesin Juarez across the border from El Paso! Texas Man) were apparently sexual- ly assaulted and their bodies ' dumped in the desert1 Mexico's attorney general Rafael Macedo de la Concha announced in April that his agency would take over some' of the cases from state offi- - Ki-mo- on AP photo progress jump to humans on a large scale it would have done so already “If the virus has been around for so long there may have been dozens hundreds or thousands of exposures to humans and nothing has happened so far when it comes to genetic recombination That’s good hews absolutely!’ Klaus $tohr’ WHO’s chief flu scientist said The disease has struck Asian economies hard with tens of millions of chickens killed by the virus or destroyed toprevent its spread and governments are keen to restore public confidence : what is how North Korea and part of South Korea and the northeastern Chi- nese region of Manchuria ! South Koreans see Koguiyo as the origin of their nation and revere itswar- nor kings as ancestors from a Golden Age Koguryo is the root of the word ' “Korea” - Two years ago Beijing's Chinese Academy of Social Sciences launched the Northeast Asia Project to study the history of China’s northeastern provinces' which cover much of ancient Koguryo and are home to large ethnic Korean communities Chinese scholars say Koguryo tribes were among the many minorities absorbed into greater China and that ' since about two-thirpf Koguryo lies within today’s China it is key to China’s history They further enraged scholars from both South and North ' ' Korea by releasing papers claiming Koguryo was a vassal lungdom thin sought Chinese sanction for its leaders and paid tribute Outraged South Koreans began a 10- million signature petition drive to con-demn “China’s distortion of history” while their government backed a paral- lei academic study to counter China's ds claims Korean academics say Koguryo was in fact a fiercely independent state that often clashed with China until its defeat by China and a regional ally Saddam giving information ' BAGHDAD Iraq(AP) — American officials have received useful information from'direct interrogation of " Saddam Hussein a senior military official said Sunday The official would not sav : what the information was but he said it allowed interroga- tors to confirm some suspi- their leaders in US raids was attacked ' The Wolfowitz visit to Iraq v The official commented was not disclosed in advance after Defense Deputy shortly of his arrival for security reav Secretary Paul Wolfowitz flew sons He complimented both to' Iraq to visit troops that he says were justified in oustings - military and civilian men and Saddam because the former women working to stabilize ' ' the country ’Tliey're making leader violated US! resolu- tions ordering him to disarm'1 the world safer for our chil- d The Pentagon's dren” Wolfowitz said : He said he looks forward to arrived in Baghdad cions and reject other from a troop visit in Germany : 1 with commanders and informations meeting where he said flawed intellU : ' troops in'the field and is par-Speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity the gence about Iraq's weapons' of ticulariy interested in assess- mass destruction should be oflicial said both documents ing how a massive rotation of ' ' ' and the results of questioning military forces is going investigated but that the David Kay the former chief of Saddam hae allowed the1 inability of inspectors to find ' hunt mean such some in Iraq said last did not for to peoinspector weapons military week he believes deposed " ple involved in attacks on US ' the war was unnecessary "It's exciting to be tack' Iraqi President Saddam proba-bl- y troops’ He said military offi- he said after landing near did not have the stockpiles Cials believe there are 14 cells of weapons that President of Saddam sympathizers in Baghdad referring to a visit ' Bush ctanied as justification three months ago in which a the Baghdad area and that was lost hotel where for the imresion in March he them had of already staying many : : first Victims The unsolved cases have come to international atten- -' lion with critics accusing Chi- huahua state police of being sluggish to act of destroying ' or fumbling e idence and of torturing innocent witnesses that why wm JBL 'fTara going to takm : "MSS? secondrin-comman- Quick Friendly : I guiltyofkillingoneofthe' ' Muslim pilgrims pray under the holy stone at the "Jabal Al Rahma or The Montain of Mercy1 in Mount Arafat northeast of the city of Mecca during their annual pilgrimage or hajj Saudi Arabia Saturday’ Pilgrims : ' Kogutyo ruled much of Korea and Manchuria now China until it vanished from maps 1300 years ago It has been dragged into the headlines by a Beijing- backed study that deems the kingdom to be an integral part pf China Not so South Korean Foreign Minisinsisted last week ter Ban “It is an indisputable historical fact that Kogutyo is the roof of the Korean " nation and an inseparable part of our “We will he and sternly history" said confidently deal with any claims or arguments harming the legitimacy of: our rights” Reigning from 37 BC to AD 668 and spreading Buddhism throughout the region the Kogutyo kingdom straddled - cials On Friday Macedo' named Maria Lopez Urbina' the former representative of his office in Coahuila state' to headthe federal team While there have been more than a dozen arrests in the" murders so far only one peri son has been convicted — ail Egyptian resident of the Unit- ed States w ho was found - ' ffDoo China South Korea fight ‘war of history’ and Libya Opposition Islamic parties called the action against Khan and said they would take to the streels-i- n protest against what they labeled yet another case of President Gen Pervez Musharraf caving in to ' -- Same Day Sanricat aar VK m aaoo n Airport raa-aoa- a : i Elleri Ecdes Theatre Presents : into Confessions Activists in Ciudad Juarez have demanded that federal V prosccultHs takeover notjust the handful of cases but all the unsolved murders’ : 200 missing after citingandlnnovative Dance Congo SinMng kInSI 'Nearly 200 peopje were missing after a barge caught’ fire and sank in a river in : V northwestern Conga the Unit- ' ed Nations said Saturday At ItaslTOI of the nearly 500 people aboard the barge' V survived Monday's accident ' on the Congo River near the tow n of Lukelela said Alexah- dire Essome spokesman for (he U N Mission in Congo in the northw estern city of Mbandaka One person was confirmed dead and at least one other suffered severe ' burns he said “We don't know what hap pened to the 200 who are missing” Essome told The Associated Press by tele — phone “According to survivors they could have returned to (tbe capital) Kin- shasa or Mbandaka but it's ' ' also possible that the death toll wiu rise’7 - J ' Jan 21st thru : All prders iyill be for spring aeiiveiy Sale subject rt5 inventoiy on Kand pidy Friday February 6 ' 730pj BrpwnM!p! 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