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Show Wednesday. Mxci DAILY HEtALO A4 21 20OS FAST FACT MORNING B RIEFIG An inventor from Massachusetts named Earl D. Tupper invented Tupperware in 1 942. The first piece of Tupperware. a bathroom cup, was introduced to department stores in 1 945. Trie Source Book of Answers Compiled from Daily Herald wire services The WORLD The Nation mm- f ;. 5 X3 s Vi r, A,:t I ft 1 ft 'A 1 v A l fx p - ? i Press NASSER ISHTAYEHAssociated . woman celebrates the opening of a gate by the Israeli army in the outskirts of the West Bank town of Tulkarem on Tuesday. Israel completed its handover of Tulkarem to Palestinian security control. A Palestinian (it f ' president says he won t impose a state of emergency Israel hands over town At"1 Kyrgyz to Palestinian control West Bank Israel completed the handover to the West Bank town of Tulkarem to Palestinian control Tuesday, ceremoni- - ' ally unlocking a gate that had blocked traffic between the town and main points in the West Bank. Israeli and Palestinian commanders sealed the handover with a handshake at the gate, which was later hauled off by an Israeli truck. The transfer of control to Palestinian forces, which began Monday night, has nudged along a conciliation process that has proceeded fitfully since leaders announced an end to four years of bloodshed. TULKAREM, ' BRIAN BRANCH-PRIC- Associated Press Police standoff Middlesex County SWAT team members escort two unidentified women from the scene of a standoff in New Brunswick N. J., n Tuesday ujter two menwere taken into police custody, following a standoff during which police say the men held a in a home. girl hostage teenage ' six-ho- McCain takes shots at AARP Suspect pleads not guilty to child kidnapping plot ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Republican Sen. John McCain, silting alongside President Bush at a Social Security event here Tuesday, threw a few punches at those he says are blocking ' hange. McCain took a jab at AARP, the lobby for older citizens, which has been buying televi-.io- n and newspaper advertisements in cities Bush is visiting jo oppose his idea to let younger workers divert some of ' their payroll taxes into private investment accounts. ''Some of our friends, who are opposing this idea, say, 'Oh, vou don't have to worry until L'012.' We wait until 2042 when we stop paying people Social Security?" the Arizona Republican asked rhetorically at the Social Security event here. The Social Security trustees have said 2042 is the year when the trust fund will be empty and the program will have only annual payroll taxes to pay benefits. "I want to say to our friends in AARP, and they are my friends in AARP, 'Come to the table with us,' " McCain .said. We not only have an obliga-- . Hon to seniors, but we have an obligation to future generations of Americans as well." . Children abducted from home found safe ATLANTA Two kidnapped children were found safe Tuesday after their shot and mother's wounded their grandfather and took off with the youngsters, authorities said. e 1 he alleged kidnapper, McDowell, 27, remained at large. The children, Jaquan Wright and Faith McDowell, were found with McDowell's sister in. Greensboro, N.C., said Clayton County Police Capt. Tim Robinson. The children had not been harmed, police said. McDowell is accused of forcing his way into his Ter-ranc- home in suburban Atlanta about 3 a.m., raping !ut and shooting her father in the head and chest. He then fled with the children in her car, Robinson said. McDowell is the father of the girl but not the boy. he said. Jurors question truck driver's intent HOUSTON-Jur- ors delib- erating in the trial of a truck driver facing the death penalty for his role in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants asked the judge Tuesday if they needed to decide whether the man intended to harm or endanger the victims during the smuggling attempt. U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore responded that jurors needed only to decide whether Tyrone Williams caused the immigrants to be placed in harm's way. regardless of his Intent ions. The jurors have been deliberating since Monday morning. "That is the Issue at hand. The man accused of plotting to CHOTEAU, Mont. son and his nanny kidnap David Letterman's and hold them for $5 million ransom pleaded not guilty here Tuesday. Kelly A. Frank, 43 appeared briefly in District Court in Montana town, on felony charges of this small north-centrsolicitation and theft and a misdemeanor charge of obstruction. Frank, wearing striped jail overalls, spoke only to enter his pleas and to tell Judge Marc Buyske that he was not suffering any medical or mental conditions. Buyske ordered Frank to remain jailed pending his next court appearance on April 5. Frank's attorney, Jim Hunt of Helena, declined to discuss the .charges against Frank in detail following Tuesday's hearing but said Frank was "pretty stressed, understandably." He said he intended to ask that Frank's bail, currently ' set at $650,000, be reduced. painter, had been hired do to paint2,700-acr- e ranch in Frank, a ing work on Letterman's sprawling, north-centr- Montana. ' d French Ambassador Levitte said after a speech at Yale University. In the speech, the ambassador said France remained committed to lifting the ban on weapons sales to China. "It makes sense to lift an embargo which is obviously outdated," understand what they are struggling with," Gilmore said. She denied another jury request for a dictionary. Williams faces 58 counts of conspiracy, harboring and transporting immigrants. He is accused of ignoring the cries of more than 70 immigrants packed inside the stiffing, airtight trailer he was using to transport them through south Texas in May 2003. Seventeen people died inside the trailer; two others died later. I Jean-Davi- Levitte said. Millions stepped aside to let sick, elderly get needed flu shots WASHINGTON Man accused of slaying Florida girl denied bail The man . LECANTO, Fla. accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing Jessica Marie Lunsford was denied bail Tuesday on murder and other charges, beginning a legal process that the girl's father wants to see end with a death sentence. John Evander Couey, 46, a convicted sex offender who sheriff's officers say confessed to taking Jessica from her home and killing her, had his first court appearance on charges of capital murder, battery, kidnapping and sexual battery on a child under the age of 12. "This is an infamous case here," Citrus County Judge Mark Yerman told Couey during the brief hearing. "The acts you are accused of and the crimes you confessed to are really beyond words." The shackled defendant, looking tired and downtrodden, answered a few questions, telling the judge he needed an attorney and had no assets. Some 16 to 17 million Americans voluntarily gave up their flu shot last winter, so that the sick, the elderly and health care workers were protected nearly as much as in years past, government officials said Tuesday. Jeanne Santoli, an immunization expert at the Centers for . Disease Control and Prevention, said coverage rates for the groups most at risk from "influenza nearly matched the level of the previous flu season despite an unexpected shortage of vaccine. She said several factors helped health officials avoid a crisis. Those factors included a slight increase in production from other vaccine makers, an intense public relations campaign and the generous consideration of millions of Americans. , Town would be home to users of sign language SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Plans are being debated this week for the creation of a new town with the usual amenities: hotels, a convention center, retail shops and churches. But one thing will be different: Sign language will be the preferred way to communicate. The town is designed to make life easier and more practical for deaf and hard-o- f hearing residents, said Terry San-fordirector of town planning for Nederveld Associates, a Grand Rapids, Mich., company that is overseeing the project. "We want it to be a small town with independent shop owners and enterprises," he PARIS Iran vowed Tuesday to press ahead op the "tortuous path" to developing nuclear power plants to meet its energy needs, brushing aside U.S. suspicions that the effort masks plans to build atomic weapons. conAt the end of a two-da- y ference in Paris on the future of nuclear energy, Iranian envoys again insisted their nuclear program is peaceful. "The people and government of Iran are determined to open their way through the tortuous path of peaceful use of nuclear technology despite all imposed restrictions and difficulties," said Mohammad Saeidi, vice president for planning and international affairs at the Atomic Energy Organi zation of Iran. -- said. The town would be named Laurent after Laurent Clerc, the French educator who pioneered sign language in the United States. A week of planning sessions that involves prospective residents and others began Monday in Madison. The town, to be located just west of Sioux Falls off Interstate 80, could deaf and welcome residents hearing alike as early as next year. .'A says Haitian qangs should disarm or face firm consequences ' U.N. - UNITED NATIONS Egyptian candidate CAIRO, Egypt Prosecu- tors charged Egyptian opposition presidential candidate Ayman Nour on Tuesday with forging signatures to secure approval for his political party, referring to trial a case that has drawn international criticism and created friction between Cairo and Washington. The populist politician, who intends to run in Egypt's first presidential elections this fall, was ordered to stand trial along with six defendants or Tomorfrom his row Party. Nour, who was released March 12 after spending 42 days In prison without charges, told The Associated Press he was not concerned about facing trial saying It gave him a platform to raise his party's agendas and criticize the multi-candida- v .Hai- tian gangs should accept a U.N. offer to disarm and return to civilian life or else peacekeepers will deal with them "with firmness," the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean nation said Tuesday. Juan Gabriel Valdes said the mission, known as MINUS-TAwas stepping up action to ensure that militias and gangs do not disrupt elections set for October and November. On Sunday, two U.N. soldiers were killed in Haiti, one of them as peacekeepers raided a police station occupied by gunmen While many former soldiers had agreed to disarm, the big problem was militias affiliated with them or armed gangs in shantytowns, Valdes said. The United Nations is giving those groups the chance to turn over their weapons and return to civilian life. charged with forgery asks allies to forgo arms sales to China s Opposition supporters and police formed joint patrols to keep order in a southern city of Kyrgyzstan where protest- ers have seized government offices, and President Askar Akayev pledged Tuesday he would not impose a state of emergency despite demonstra-tion- s over alleged election fraud. a Akayev's statement day after opposition protesters took control of the southern city of Osh and several other towns appeared aimed at avoiding an escalation of tensions in the country, where memories of police killing six ' demonstrators in 2002 are still strong, - Iran to move forward with nuclear program U.S. WASHINGTON The Bush administration renewed its request Tuesday that European allies maintain an arms embargo on weapons sales to China. While divided European leaders took no immediate action, a top French diplomat signaled there would be no retreat. , "What we had in mind was to do h at the end of June, and so far nothing has been changed," BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan , rwl AWHJNAsocited PsS Convldtd MX offender John Couey sits in the Citrus County Florida Detention Center on Tuesday waiting to appear before Judge Mark Yerman for arraignment for the murder of Jessica Lunsford. Korean premier visits China amid N. U.S. pressure North Korea's visiting premier said Tuesday that Pyongyang might be willing to return to nuclear talks, a Chinese spokesman said, following the North's claim to have expanded its atomic arsenal. "If conditions are right in the future. North Korea is willing at any time to participate at the six party talks," Pre-- . mier Pak Pong Ju told his Chi-- , nese counterpart, Wen Jiabao, according to a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The spokesman, Liu did not say what those conditions would be. But the North has demanded in the past that the United States end its "hostile policy" and apolo gize for having referred to it as an "outpost of tyranny." The North said last month it was boycotting the talks indefinitely. BEIJING ; Prince Rainier moved to intensive care MONACO Prince Rainier III of Monaco, who was hos- pitalized two weeks ago with a chest infection, has been placed in the intensive care unit, the palace said Tuesday. After a marked improvement, "a recurring pulmonary infection required that the prince be transferred into an intensive care unit," the palace said in a statement. The Rainier, whose movie-sta- r wife, Grace Kelly, died in a car crash in 1982, has a history of heart problems and has suffered from poor health in recent years. Rainier was admitted March 7 to a heart and chest clinic due to a "bronchial-pulmonarinfection." The palace said three days later the initial infection had been "quickly brought under control." y 564 Indian prisoners walk to freedom PakiWAGAH, Pakistan stan released 564 Indians from its prisons on Tuesday in a goodwill gesture toward neighboring India. The prisoners, mostly fishermen, were handed over to Indian officials at Wagah, about 15 miles east of Lahore. "This is the first time that in Crisoners such a large been handed over to us by Pakistan," Balvinder Hampal, an Indian embassy official, told reporters. "Such steps will certainly help promote the peace process be' tween the two countries." Before walking through the huge gates at Wagah that separate the two countries, the prisoners said they were grateful to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf for freeing them. |