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Show DAILY Wednesday, September 1, 2004 speak against this terrorist act," Nepalese Foreign Minister Prakash Sharon Mahat Iraq Continued from AJ held by other insurgents in Iraq. The kidnappers set a Wednesday deadline for France rescind its ban on Muslim head scarves in French schools, a demand France has said it wont meet. But it wasn't immediately clear when the deadline expired. Some officials thought Wednesday morning, but the head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, said his group had been told the deadline was Wednesday night. Guerrillas in Iraq have taken more than 100 foreigners hostage in recent months, often demanding that their home countries withdraw troops from the U.S.4ed coalition or pull out their citizens doing civilian work. Some have demanded that a hostage's employer promise to haft all business here. Nepal, whjch has no troops in Iraq, has long banned its citizens from working in Iraq because of security concerns. However, many people from the poor Asian nation take jobs abroad, and 17,000 Nepalese are believed to have slipped into Iraq, with many working as armed security guards for foreign contractors. "We strongly condemn the terrorist act and urge the international community to mm. -- mmm said ' " . Elsewhere, efforts to broker a truce between militants loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada and the government appeared to bear fruit Tuesday. Iraqi police fanned out without incident through the Baghdad slum of Sadr Qty, which had been the scene of fierce clashes between loyalists and U.S. troops in recent weeks. AUawi told tribal leaders from Sadr Qty that the government had allocated $115 million t o improve public services in the district, including water, electricity and sewage. "The resumption and the stability of life in your city and in the whole of Iraq is a very important issue," AJlawi said. Meanwhile, the second-rankin- g U.S. diplomat in Iraq, James Jeffrey, met with Gov. in the holy Adnan city of Najaf , the center of a three-wee- k uprising by followers that ended Friday. Jeffrey went to assess the "immediate needs of the city" and examine ways to rebuild it. The 12 Nepalese hostages, who had been sent by a Jordanian firm to do construction work in Iraq, disappeared ' Aug. 19, soon after crossing into the country from Jordan in two cars. The next day, a Web state dr - aa mm STARTS TODAY 5HG? " da. at m e mm m A3 Mitchell ment from the little known Ansar Army claimed to be holding them and demanded Nepal stop sending its workers here. The video Tuesday showed a masked man in desert camouflage apparently slitting the throat of a blindfolded man lying on the ground. The victim moaned and a shrill wheeze was heard The masked man then showed the severed head to the camera before throwing it in the dirt and later resting it on the victim's chest. Other footage showed a mili-tant wkh an assault rifle killing the other 11 men, who were lying face down on the ground with a series of shots into their heads and backs. Blood seeped from their bodies onto the sand The apparent mass killing of hostages was a first. Previously, insurgents killed hostages in ones, and perhaps twos, as part of their campaign to force foreign troops and contract workers out of the country. "America today has used all its force, as well as the help of others, to fight Islam under the war on terror, which is nothing but a Vicious crusade against Muslims," a state--' ment on the Web site signed Ansar Army said The group also threatened anyone else working with U.S. forces in Iraq, saying executions would befall "every agent, traitor and spy." -Amj ?cULU l.wJ.J ".1U J at HERALD Continued from Al Clark, who didnt speak to reporters outside the courtroom, said during Tuesday's hearing that it was a "tactical decision the defense reached after a judge ruled the competency proceedings would be opea The defense had sought to close the hearing, arguing that media reports concerning Mitchell's mental state would taint the hoy pool if he were found competent. Clark told The Associated Press last week that keeping the hearing open "will completely affect how we decide to handle it." A handcuffed MitcheD, wearing a shaggy gray and njack beard and long, dark hair, did not speak during Tuesday's hearing but nodded twice when Judge Judith Atherton asked if he agreed with the decision, and understood what it meant. Yocom would not say . whether there were plea negotiations under way. Mitchell, 50, and wife Wanda Barzee, 58, are both charged with kidnapping the then-14-- y ear-ol- d from her bedroom at knifepoint in 2002 and keeping her for nine months in Utah and California. The two face kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, aggravated burglary and attempted aggravated kidnapping ' court-appointe- d if f " tail J- -r - fense. The process has been delayed by Mitchell's refusal to cooper- C. PIZACAP DOUGLAS ate with evaluators, who have reached their conclusions by ' talking to Mitchell's friends and around the courtroom at his competency hearing Tuesday, in Salt Lake City. " family. 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