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Show PagetyO THE DAILY HERALD, www.HuiTheHerald.com), Provo, Utah, Friday, March 28, 2003 teaEacsta sEAs bate teaves fer enoCa World 2 siaCpccts in Scrfi3 requested political asylum after being charged with rebellion and treason. Associated Press Writer ' Those charges cany prison terms of to 20 years each. up An oppoCARACAS, Venezuela A handful of government adversition leader charged with treason for saries waving Venezuelan and Costa strike against Rican directing a flags bid farewell to the burly, President Hugo Chavez left Thursday opposition leader, one of for exile in Costa Rica Chavez's most outspoken critics. OrteCarlos Ortega, head of the ga briefly raised his fists in a victory Venezuelan Labor Confederation, was gesture before entering a car that sped being escorted by federal police from him to the airport the Costa Rican Embassy to Caracas Costa Rica granted Ortega diplointernational airport for a flight to matic asylum for humanitarian reav San Jose; Costa Rica. sons after the labor boss expressed Chavez's government granted fears for his life. Carlos Fernandez, Strike Ortega safe passage Wednesday, head of Venezuela's largest business allowing the head of the 1 federation to take advantage confederation, also was charged with of a Costa Rican offer ofhumanitarian treason after the strike ended in February. He was placed under house asylum. in called who the strike' arrest, but a court last week said there Ortega,' was insufficient evidence and ordered December trying to force Chavez's resfreed. him and elections, slipped early ignation into the embassy March 14 and Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez By CHRISTOPHER ro pects intheassassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djind- -' jic as they resisted arrest late Thursday, the government said. Dusan Spasojevic and Milan LAikovic were leaders of the Zemun Clan, a crime gang that has been accused of masterminding the March 12 assassination of Djindjic, the Interior Ministry said in two-mon- th . million-memb- arrest and opened fire on police officers m they were kiUed man ensuing shooting," the ministry statement said. Spark likely caused fire that downed jet HALIFAX, Nova Scotia An electrical spark in (AP) yfiring of an system likely started the fire that brought down ssair Flight 111 four years ago, and pilots had no dhance to save the 229 people on board, a import concluded Thursday. 2 But the investigation , enter-tainme- long-await- . Iff ar to help Venezuela's poor. Chavez in turn accuses the opposition of incessantly conspiring to overthrow his elected government Despite dozens of marches, highway blockades, and an ambitious petition drive demanding an early vote, the strike fizzled last month. l Bast at plant kills at least three - ARRAS, France (AP) A blast at an explosives factory in northern France killed at least three people Thursday and damaged nearby shops and homes. A fourth person was believed missing. Local officials said the cause appeared to be accidental. The explosion originated in a c workshop where cartridges containing flammable material were made, they said. had accused his father of sexually assaulting him before shooting him 16 times. After the killing, authorities said Robinson apparently hiked three miles to a church and broke into the mobile home where the nuns lived. Sister Lud Kristofik, 72, told investigators that the women found Robinson inside when they arrived home Sunday and that he took $900, bound and gagged them, put them in their car and drove to Norfolk, some 570 miles away. Kristofik was found uninjured Tuesday at a Norfolk hotel after her abductor left with the other nun, Nation Panel approves Owen's nomination WASHINGTON (AP) Fulfilling an Hection Night promise, Senate Republicans on Thursday sent Texas judge Priscffla Owen's nomination for the federal appellate bench to the full Senate for approval less than a year after Democrats killed the same nomination m committee. Owen, a Texas Supreme Court justice, was approved ,' Venezuelan Labor Confederation, leaves for exile in Costa Rica. GOP-controlle-d ' By LAURA MECKLER Associated Press writer WASHINGTON -- A second health-car- e worker has died of a heart attack after receiving the smallpox vaccine, and officials are investigating whether vaccinations are to blame for cardiac problems seen in 17 people who have been inoculated. The vaccine has never been associated with heart trouble, but as a precaution, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising people with a history of heart disease not to be vaccinated until further investigation is complete. CDC officials said Thursday there was some evidence cans aiid nine Democrats fJ.C. teen reunited ivith mother RED SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) A girl who vanished at age and recently turned up in Mexico now 15 years old, and with two children says $he left home with an adult righJbor after Decoming pregnant by him and was then as a virtual captive. kept ' ! Before Dana Pevia came home to Raeford, N.C., this eek, her family had not sfcen her since she walked to the school bus just after 6 am on June 4, 1999. They thought she had been kidnapped, possibly killed. ; il . ' t ' - the smallpox vaccine has played a role in heart inflam ''I ' GENEVIEVE Sister Philomena Fogarty. puted suggestions that he punished sexual assault victims at the school or blamed them for being attacked. "I know that those stories are out there," Gilbert told The Denver Post "We have always tried to support our victims, and when we get an allegation every I one that has come to me ROSSThe Associated Press arrest, Amos said. He wouldn't Norfolk police officers spotted the nuns' car early the next morning but said the driver fled on foot into a marsh, less than two miles from where Robinson would later be arrested. When they searched the car, they found human remains. Fogartys body was discovered soon afterward in an office parking lot in neighboring Virginia Beach. Georgia authorities said her head, hands and feet had been cut off;' elabo- rate on what was said. Both nuns were members of the order of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Kristofik was a missionary in Pakistan and has lived in Hamilton for about 12 years, said The Rev. Ronnie Madden. Fogarty was from Ireland and had lived in Hamilton about 16 years. Fogarty, who would have celebrated her 50th anniversary as a nun this year, n in the rural, communiwas well-know- .. It wasn't clear where Robinson had been between Ins escape Wednesday morning and his arrest about 22 hours later. Amos said he would have been where both the nuns and their alleged abductor lived. She counseled jail inmates, fed the hungry and, sold clothes to pay seniors' utility bills in the familiar with the area because he town of 450 residents about 90 miles south of Atlanta, Madden said. briefly attended Old Dominion Univer"She was considered the Mother sity in 1997. He was also wanted in NorTeresa ofHarris County," said Hamilton folk on a 1998 forgery charge. Police questioned Robinson after his Police Chief Dan Colberg. ty, the vaccine. In New York state, heart disease issue is sorted out Also Thursday, an expert panel advising CDC raised questions about the government's vaccination program. The Institute of Medicine suggested the CDC was moving too' quickly beyond its first stage of vaccinations, which include public health and hospital workers, into a second stage, which includes a large group of emergency responders. The report, released Thursday, also the federal govern- ment to compensate people injured by the vaccine. , Westword about a 2001 case involving Lisa Ballas, a senior at the academy. DZADLiriZFCn aft.:l2, 2C33 Don't Miss the Deadline! March is your final chance to make nominations at www.bestofstate. org 1)1 . - V Best of State is looking for the best individuals, businesses, and organizations that excel in their endeavors, use innovative approaches or methods, and contribute to a better quality of life in Utah. Medals will be awarded in nearly 300 categories, arid eleven overall category winners will Best of State Statue (BOSS) at the Best of State Awards receive the Gala broadcast on ABC4. Don let your opportunity to he recognized as the Best of State slip away. Register today for the 2003 Best of State Awards! BEST HF SIRTE" UTRH 2DD3 SPONSORS HALT T.AKP aA . jK m.m COUNTY .mr t,im-- m 7 HJ Coming to -- utri Mewaaaoer Aaencv Carnoratlon . 2002 $QIF , illicit drug use, Internet pornography and textbook thefts is moving to the Pentagon. He said his tour at his alma mater had only been meant to last 18 to 24 months. Gilbert came under scrutiny largely for comments he made to the Denver weekly Utah's Premier Recognition & Awards Show offi- cials halted smallpox vaccinations altogether while the have investigated every single one. I have taken every single one of them to the fullest extent of the law that I could." Gilbert, 46, is among a handful of Air Force officials being replaced or reassigned in the wake of criticism over ' how the academy has handled reports of sexual assaults. The shakeup was disclosed to the Senate Armed Services Committee at a briefing Tuesday. Dozens of female cadets have told the office of Sea Wayne Allard, they were ostracized or punished after they reported assaults. who arrived at Gilbert the academy 19 months ago with a mandate to clean up I I If mation. They were less certain whether three recent heart attacks were related to called on AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Air Force Acadecommandant Brig. Gen. my Sylvanus Taco Gilbert III dis- Arrested: Adrian O'Neill Robinson, 25, is brought to the city jail in Norfolk, Va., Thursday. Robinson is accused of murdering his father, abducting two nuns, then killing and mutilating one of the women. But since coming home Wednesday to a tearful reumon with her mother, Dana has told authorities, that she left with her neighbor, Hector Majarro Frausto, ; now22. She had been involved with Frausto, and shortly before she disappeared she told him she bad been getting sick, , every mcrning, Ifoke County Shjeriff Hubert Peterkin said ., Thursday Frausto, suspecting Dana was pregnant; arranged for them to travel to his famihr home to Mexico, Peterkin said ' after smallpox vaccination vote. The same committee rejected her nomination on a party line vote last year when it was Controlled by Democrats, i Republicans promised to j djeal with Owen's rejection yhen they won the Senate in November elections. The conunittee's makeup changed from 10 Democrats and nine Republicans to 10 Republiparty-lin- e Commandant disputes claims he punished assault victims Colo. (AP) Worker dies of heart attack Senby the ate Judiciary Committee on a he Associated Press Carlos Ortega, Venezuelan strike leader and president of the lBlissssisiiJiiipf A Georgia man NORFOLK, Va. suspected of murdering his father, abducting two nuns and then killing and mutilating one of the women was arrested early Thursday after he was spotted at a Burger King. When Adrian O'Neill Robinson, 25, walked in shortly before 2 am., a worker cleaning the restaurant floors recognized him from hews coverage and hit a silent alarm, Norfolk police spokesman Chris Amos said. The worker talked with Robinson and gave him a drink and some cookies to keep him from leaving until police could arrive, Amos said. He said Robinson was arrested without a struggle "None of us expected it to end this way," Amos said. "With the acts he committed, we just knew if there was a quote loaded gun,' it was him." Robinson, who was treated for minor scrapes in an earlier escape from police, was expected to make an initial court appearance today. He was arrested on charges of abduction and murder. Police had been searching for Robinson since Sunday, when they say he shot his father, Henry, at the home they shared in the western Georgia town of Hamilton. Family members told Georgia authorities that Robinson 7 ed "revolution" ed York-to-Gene- va . m Associated Press Writer f demanded Chavez's resignation, saying his days in office were numbered. Chavez, elected to his current six-yeterm in 2000, ignored their demands to quit or call a referendum on his presidency. Chavez's opponents accuse him of riding roughshod over the country's democratic institutions in his er By SONJA BARISIC trip. Pilots reported smoke in the cockpit 53 minutes into the flight, and the electrical systems began failing less than 15 minutes later. , Fernandez f Man arrested in abduction of two nuns nt the largest in Canadian history ended without determining unequivocally what caused the blaze that fed undetected on insulation above the cockpit Flight 111 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the Nova Scotia coast Sept 2, 1998-- 74 minutes into its New 10-- 9 and ga tough-talkin- g er a statement The suspects resisted ht The nationwide strike briefly paralyzed Venezuela's crucial oil industry, caused food and fuel shortages and cost the struggling economy at least $6 billion. In nightly press conferences, Orte- - BELGRADE, Police shot (AP) and killed two major susSerbia-Monteneg- appealed. TOOTHAKER l""" Bettor SUM tK. Ijzz ff ! V . . " ' r ... i i |
