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Show ra4 I Z.J 3 THE DAILY HERALD -' r- n SATl RDAY. APRIL Jkff Tl tin? "9 Sj 8 !SP 1"?. H 5" 3 - ' sasda executes 22 Toot MGALi, Rwanda (AP .years afW tbrar teved ones were s4sfcehred in a gwaocide, survivors got what they wanted: 22 Rwandars convict of the slaughter were tied to waodea stakes Friday and executed firing squads. As a hail of bullets lut ene hooded j "g&as body; s erowd cheered. - More than 500,000 people, mostly .Tutsis and moderate Hat us, were h "killed in a genocide in s"l994 plotted by the former Huta 'fxtremist government. , . three-meot- LOS ANGELES CAP) The can- -' ''reliation ofABCs "Ellen will leave television without its first - leading homosexual character, but will still be seen elsewhere en "- v One year ago this month, "EKea television, history as the first with a homosexual lead ehar-acter. It drew both praise and fire for its greuBdbreakmg portrayal of 2 woman coming to terms with her ks-- - -- What it didnt draw was ratings a consistent basis. After months of ABC revealed late Thursday that ESen DeGeneres last how would be May 13. ! " Zither pleads for privacy The ."'f ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP mother of a boy whose father allegedly injected him with the AIDS virus said Friday her son is "doing better - 'iiow but that she realises he will "eventually die of the disease. The boy must be fed smaQ amesmts - Wfood frequently and must take ssiwut 10 medications several times a "!day. Despite that,"she said, he is ta live as normal a Kfe as possible, even going to school when he is able. " The woman, identified only as ' I Jsnrdfer, also pleaded for privacy at a news conference Friday. try-Zi- ng Istsacea z&z&y sprites back WASHINGTON (A?) co industry is arguing in The tobac--, a hard-se-ll campaign that passage of anti- smoking kgslatti wejsM lead to a ;!cigarette black market and a huge federal bureaucracy to monitor I tobacco sales. in , Rebuffed even by their allies tobacco the companies have Congress, outside the Capital for support i tujned SBeitway. Tm done making a point to these l fpeople in Washington RJK Nabisco 'chairman Steven Goidstcce said I Friday in New York. "My discussions 'pow ere going ta be with the ;ew " jAmerican people."" J ;CAPE CANAVERAL, Fia. (AP J Columbia's astronauts performed ihe f;rst embalming ever done in space xidsy, replacing the blood of young rats with formaldehyde as part of a I stud of the brain. an bo3rti. Jaw Buckev The i and Dave Williams, injected an ;7r, j rtesthetic overdose into eight bid rats and then pumped the j formaldehyde into their hearts and through their blood vessels. - Oswald Steward, a neuroscientist fat the University of Virginia said Jembairciiig is the only way to preserve delicate brain tissuw for detailed 'analysis after the flight. - rtar-inr- s 1 i :Sca: targets I MAIHA REVNCMJ ss 1 i4 0 C L i 3 SS-year- it 450-memb- one-thir- stands right behind Yeltsin, 67, who had heart bypass surgery in 1996 and has suffered other illnesses recently Kiriyenko is a former banker and oil executive from Russia's city, Nizhny Novgorod. He was named first deputy minister of fuel and energy just a year ago, and promoted to the Cabinet last October. He is a protege of Boris the Nemtsov, perhaps Kremlin's most prominent reformer and a former governor of Nizhny Novgorod. is Now Kiriyenko Nemtsov's boss, and will decide whether to keep him' on when he names the new Cabinet in coming days. Kiriyenko and his government will try to do what Russian leaders have failed to accomplish since the Soviet breakup: collect taxes, pay workers on time, and bring tangible economic improvements to Russia's citizens. "We have no time tot waste," Eriyenko said before the vote. third-large- st six-ho- ur The AaaociiUd fast Is charge: Russian President Boris Yeltsin, right, congratulates the new Russian Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko at the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday. parties' public positions and voted in his favor in the secret ballot presumably to sa ve their own jobs. "Today's vote clearly shows that none of us needs great upheaval and we all need a great Russia," Kiriyenko said. The vote was critical for Russia's stability. New elections would likely have caused new political turmoil and stalled further efforts to get the economy out of the doldrums. The outcome also gives tremendous power to a relatively unknown figure. He hard-press- ed By REBECCA ROLWLNG Associated Press Writer albuquebque; nlm. Drums pounding;, hundreds of Indians circled is a slow i&ytlnnk dance forming a sea of feather headdresses to " begin the world's largest Bj blASK STEVE:50!S Associated Press Writer , powwow. The Gathering of Nations expects to draw 100,000 peoy run, subple in its stantially more than the 1,200 who attended in 1983 when the event first began. More than 3,000 singers and dancers from more than 700 tribes from the United States and Canada are participating. "We are all here to celebrate said Princess Smffingwind, 58, of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe who now lives in Rams h, KM. la a voice loud enough to be heard over the heartbeat d drums rhythm of and the traditional smgiag, she explained the pleasure of watching children dance. 'it's beaudfuL I see tomorrow's generation. I see proud families who took the time to tesch their children their culture and ta be proud of who they are and where they come from," Snulingwind said Friday. Children may begin to compete once they're big enough to walk. There are 26 dance competition categories that run from "tiny tots" to those 70 "golden dancers" years and older. "We cant compete with the young, pret ty girls. We com pet in our own group so we can have a chance said Sandy Spottedwolf, 55, a Cheyenne from Bessie, Okla. Spottedwolf, like her 6 year-olgranddaughter, Anna, who attended the pow- - MEXICO CITY It was 2 a.m. when the U.S. Embassy duty officer got the calL A "very nice gentleman" was on the .line with disturbing news: a young woman was at his house beaten raped and dumped from a taxi. And she was an American. The officer called for a patrol car to pick her up and met her at a police station, where he walked her through procedures. The officer knew yM two-da- . i'V 3, J V CJZP; r 14, - thedrilL attacks on both foreign and Mexican has doubled in the first months of this year. Maria del Pilar Hiroishi, secretary cf tourism for the Mexico City legislature, said an average of 20 tourists are attacked each day in Mexico City On average, five are foreigners.. Four are Americans. The embassy recommends don't hail taxis 011 caution the street, know where you're going, and travel in groups. But the advice doesn't guarantee safety. Fight Americans have been killed in Mexico in the last four months, most recently Vermont artist Carol Jayne Schlosberg. She was raped and drowned by assailants who attacked as she wsJiisg on the beach near the Pacific resort of Puerto Escondida oa. March 29. An estimated 600,000 US. citizens live in Mexico, to the U.5L according Embassy, and hundreds of thousands of U.S. tcarists pass through at any givea time. The number of tourists I : tC table-size- ' ' ' X " tt N I Rft C.PtHrhc AsMK-iaio-l Prc in Starting yoang: young dance perfornns at the Gathering of Nations powwow Albuquerque, more than and dancers event draws annuaJ 3.000 on 15th The representing HM.. Fri33y. singers 700 tribes from the United States and Canada. A has danced since she was small. Some say powwows began as a means to build courage among the tribe's young boys before heading to war, others say they were tribal wow, Today, it's about seeing eld friends, meeting new ones and spending time with family. The event had a festival atmosphere with vendors selling everything from Indian jewelry to fry bread. Tha event also keeps cul- - tural traditions alive. There's a real need to find something to identify with. They find they can be proud of their Indianess by coming to the powwow," said Lita Mathews, an event i.a WASHINGTON (AP) 2 er shed. t com , I Powwow keeps culture alive d h-sk- Vulnerable and se'l iug wcrk, the homeless are increasingly Ivecoming victims in llle' gal asbestos removal seskins where or they ate employed without Justice the adequate protection, said Friday. jttepsrtment ' ; The problem was highlighted with ;$he jinnoupctmeut of indictments igainst three Wisconsin men. They Ire accused of bringing workers from ;i Chattanooga, Term., homeless shei-tto their state to illegally remov jisbeetos from a building being demol- - ? reforms. Lawmakers had rejected Kiriyenko twice in the past MOSCOW After a two weeks. But Yeltsin had Ktoathi of confrontation, the upper hand, because Russian lawmakers caved in Russia's Constitution gives ta Boris Yeltsin on Friday, the president the right to disband parliament if it approving bis nominee for rejects his candidate three prime minister and reluctanttimes. ly handing: the reins of govAfter a raucous ernment Vi a relatively 251-2- 5 banker. debate, Friday's vote was untested of favor in Kiriyenko who Sergei Kiriyenko, who had been opposed by fiercely arrived in Moscow less than Communist the Party and first a year ago to take his other Yeltsin opponents. More now the is government job, d of the seeoad-mo-si powerful politi- than abstained legislature cian in Russia. If anything meavote from final as a the to Yeltsin, happens of sure protest. would the run Kiriyenko Bitter barbs and occasional country until new elections hearty laughter marked the could be held. "The new, resurgent Russia tense session. In an angry needs a premier like yoa, a speech laced with doomsday beaming Yeltsin said, giving warnings, Communist Party the new premier one of his leader Gennady Zyuganov called bo Yeltsin once again to trademark bear hugs. But Kiriyenfco's celebra- withdraw Kiriyenko s nomitions are likely to be short- nation. After his victory, Kiriyenko lived. He faces an economy told lawmakers: "I realize hobbled by chronic maladies, aad a parliament angry over that for many of you this deciits limited ability to resist the sion required a lot of government's planned courage." Dozens defied their Bv Senate challengers reach into own pockets to finance winning campaigns runner status in their own parties and assure them of being fonoidable chalAMOcie.'d Press Writer More alone. and And he's hardly lengers should they gain nomination. "The biggest problem challengers Seriate are challengers more, wealthy WASHINGTON Illinois state taking out their own checkbooks to build face is raising that initial money to Sea. Peter F.tzgerald used $4.1 mil- bigHer campaign funds than their rivals. finance a campaign," said campaign While these carx?ilales cften must go finance expert Anthony Corrado, a lion of his oTn money this year in at Colby winning his state's GCP Senate nom- through primaries before they can take professor of government Maine. Watervilte. in their irscombent senators oa personal more than four tiaies the College ination can that candidates frontta them accounts provide bank "Wealthy irtcuiribeat Democrat catapult nioey that By JONATHAN & SALANT CaroS MosIey-Brao- n the same period. raised during seed money out of their own pockss and immediately gain media aties-tio- n and the general perception they may be viable." A dramatic e sample k California businessman Darreil Issa, who Ls challenging state Treasurer Matt Fong for the Republican nomination to oppose Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer this'fall. ki T" 4 3 |