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Show Monday, April 1 21X7 DAILY HERALD FAST FACT MORNING BRIEFING The main impact of the Industrial Revolution was that it changed an agrarian into an urban industrial society, with cities worldwide becoming centers for industry. Source: Micrapedia Compiled from Daily Herald wire services The Nation of World Farts The World Zimbabwe police detain teenagers HARARE, Zimbabwe Heavily armed paramilitary police raided a popular nightclub in an affluent, predominantly white part of Zimbabwe's capital, attacking . i -- 1 .7- -7 ' iWJtoiM. I nuun.il ..? teenagers with riot batons and detaining scores for hours, witnesses said Sunday. The raid came after police shut down bars and beer halls in impoverished black townships as part of its latest crackdown on dissent. It was the first time an upscale establishment patronized by the nation's dwindling white community has been targeted. Witness Keith Murray, 20, said about 20 paramilitary police armed with automatic rifles and batons stormed the Glow nightclub Saturday night and forced revelers both to sit on the white and black dance floor in silence. Three who protested and kept talking were assaulted, he said: Another witness, who did not want to be identified for fears of reprisals, said police struck the three teenagers with rubber batons and hit them around the head and shoulders. The witness said they were not injured. The youths were jostled into lines and into a cage wire enclosure outside. At least 100 were then taken in police buses to the feared downtown central police stafrog-march- tion. S.Korea, U.S. try to salvage free trade deal V"l ll JONATHAN CLARKSierra Vista Herald Border Minuteman Minuteman volunteer Salty Davis, 55, of South DaKbta, listens to a speech Saturday border watch by Minuteman Civil Defense Corps leader Chris Simcox for a month-lon- g campaign in the Altar Valley, Ariz. New guidelines for life spans, thanks to readg ily available drugs, Havens said. CHICAGO The AmeriSome HIV drugs come as bottled liquids that require can Academy of Pediatrics y HIV refrigeration. That poses a says more problem in rural countries, drugs are needed, including e smaller pills and where some families travel tablets for kids, to help adfor days by foot to get sev- - k of bottled era! months' dress a crisis affecting more ' medicine thatsupply as much than 2 million youngsters weighs as the infected child, said globally. In a new policy statement Havens, an infectious disease endorsed by 19 international specialist at the Medical College of Wisconsin. groups including the World Pills pose a separate probHealth Organization, the academy outlines barriers and lem Caregivers sometimes solutions to an issue that is break or crush adult-dos- e critical in developing regions. tablets to give youngsters smaller amounts, but that In parts of Africa, AIDS results in inexact and inapkills about half of children before they propriate doses, the policy statement says. reach the age of 2, said Dr. Peter Havens, chairman of an Barbaro saddle being academy AIDS committee. By contrast, about 98 percent sold charity of US. children The LOUISVILLE, Ky. are expected to live to adulthood and have nearly normal saddle worn by Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro will be sold at a charity auction in May to raise money for per' N.Y. manently disabled jockeys. the used who Prado, Edgar leather saddle to guide Barbaro to a dominating victory in last year's Derby, also used it while winning the 2002 and 2004 Belmont Stakes. The saddle will be aucring-ton- e tioned off at the Mint Jubilee Gala on May 4, the night be' NEW YORK fore this year's Derby. Prado donated the saddle Eadio listeners who to the Jockeys' Guild and believed a city councilman Sunday when proceeds from the sale of the saddle will go to the Perhe called for a ban on "obnoxious" cell phone manently Disabled Jockeys Fund, a division of National ring tones should have checked their calenThoroughbred Racing Association Charities. There are 58 dars. Councilman David severely injured jockeys rea ceiving vital assistance each Brooklyn Yassky, month from the fund. Democrat, told National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition Pet owners eligible Sunday" that he wants for lawsuits reward to ban all but four ALBANY, N.Y. -- Pet cell phone owners are not likely to get ring tones. much compensation if they InMost ring tones are told dividually sue pet obnoxious, Yassky Menu Foods over the death host Liane Hansen. of a dog or cat, although He also said distractthey might fare better if they ing ring tones cost the joined forces in a class action economy $1 2 billion suit, legal experts say. and that fights induced . Most state laws consider rage" by "ring-toneven beloved pets animals are up more than 100 to be only personal properpercent. ty. That means that even for Hesaidthelaw the loss of a faithful family would take effect April companion, a successful civil 1, 2008, and violators lawsuit would not likely prowould incur "hefty duce much reward, said Carl penalties." Tobias, a law professor at the The only problem University of Richmond b the proposal was "With animals, D you get bit of April Fool's Day is the value of the property," humor. he said "There are no enx tional damages. child HIV medicine California pushes for state work permit virus-fightin- SACRAMENTO, Calif. A California assemblyman who says he's tired of waiting child-friendl- for Congress to change immigration laws has come up with his own bill to provide a "California work permit'' to undocumented workers for three years. Assemblyman Rick Keene, a Republican from Chico, introduced his proposed "Employer Security and Accountability Act" to the Assembly's labor committee last week. three-in-on- The bill which some experts say is patently unconstitutional would create a state citiwork permit for non-U.zens, including undocumented workers. It would require employers to ask to see the permits and verify them through a state "hotline." Employers could face a $10,000 fine for failing to comply. The proposed law would also garnish 8 percent of the wages of undocumented workers exempting legal HIV-infect- for HIV-infect- politician dials in on immigrants to contribute to California's general fund to help pay for public education, police, health and other services. If undocumented workers don't become legal residents within three years, Keene said they would lose thepermit. April Fools' joke food-mak- e Bello the clown reunited with prized in NYC ' NEW YORK Bello Nock, the daredevil clown, was all smiles Sunday when he was reunited with his lost mini-bik- e SEOUL, South Korea South Korea and the United States were taking a hard look e at a possible agreement Monday, a spokesman for the U.S. negotiators said, hoping to clinch the elusive deal after almost 10 months of free-trad- contentious talks. "Basically, the deal's on the table," said Steve Norton, spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, three hours after a deadline to conclude negotiations had passed. "Both sides are huddling to see if they can accept it." Negotiators have met for eight straight days of grueling talks at a Seoul hotel. If they succeed, the accord to slash tariffs and other trade barriers would be the biggest for Washington since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993, and the biggest ever for South Korea. session After an Friday, the two sides said they needed to extend talks beyond the original midnight deadline, and agreed to finish the talks by 1 a.m. Monday in Seoul, corresponding to a noon Sunday deadline in Washington. The negotiations were marred by ugly protests outside the luxury hilltop hotel where delegates met. A man shouted "Stop the Korea-U.FT A" after setting himself on e fire. He was treated for burns, police said. third-degre- Israel asks Pelosi to tell Syria to stop supporting terrorism JERUSALEM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will tell Syrian leaders when she visits Damascus this week on a trip criticized by the Bush administration that Israel will only engage in peace talks if Syria stops supporting Palestinian militants, Israel said Sunday. The message came during Pelosi's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert r 1 ALFRED DE awaits visiting U.N. undersecretary general John Holmes on Friday near the village of Otah. Daufur conflict spilling into Chad GOZ BEIDA, Chad The sultan of Silla looked worn ried: violence spilling over from Darfur is threatening his region of eastern Chad in what is quickly growing into a regional conflict. "The picture is so bleak," Sultan Said Brahim told John Holmes, the U.N. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief, during Holmes's visit here this past week. "I, can't even tell you how bad things are getting." Holmes is wrapping up a weeklong trip to the Darfur region in Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic his first as the U.N.'s humanitarian chief by calling for a strong political effort to end the region's growing chaos. While on the trip, he forged a deal with Sudan designed to give aid workers' greater access to Darfur. But Holmes also cited worries that humanitarian efforts might collapse because of increasing violence. He said he would tell the U.N. Security Council that the three central African countries are facing "a complex crisis, to which we cannot offer a simplistic solution." Brahim's situation is one example of the complexity. As ruler of a vast region of Chad that borders Darfur in Sudan, where Arab government forces and their allied militias have killed African villagers by the thousands, Brahim told Holmes he is watching, aghast, as the vio- lence spreads rapidly into his own society. Arab-Africa- -- 3 during the Israel part of her Mideast tour. "Pelosi is conveying that Israel is willing to talk if they Syria would openly take steps to stop supporting terrorism," Olmert's spokeswoman Miri Eisin said. "But at this point the Syrian government, by openly backing terror all around the Middle East, is not a partner for negotiations." Israel and Syria are sworn enemies, though peace talks came close to success in 2000 before breaking down. Israel Palcharges that Syria-baseestinian militants are directing violence against it from the West Bank and Gaza. Washington also considers Syria a sponsor of terror and had asked Pelosi not to visit d Damascus. Plan to move Arabs . divides Iraqi politicians BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraqi politicians are divided over a government plan to relocate thousands of Arab families from the h northern city of Kirkuk, a move that's likely to hand greater control of the city to Iraq's Kurdish minority. The plan, announced on Saturday, aims to redress one of the lingering scars left by Saddam Hussein's Baath Party the forced removal of tens of thousands of Kurds from Kirkuk, where they were replaced by Arab families from Iraq's southern provinces. But critics say it could has little bike. ten the partitioning of Iraq along religious and ethnic lines. Kirkuk is due to vote later this year on whether to join the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, and some Arabs say the government plan would cement the Kurdish voting bloc in one of Iraq's largest and most contested cities. . Serbs dig out their dead in Kosovo PEC, Serbia Dragica Besovic and her sister-in-lawere back in Kosovo last week on a sad and macabre mission: to dig up their dead relatives and rebury them by her new home in Serbia. Dressed in black and deeply wrinkled, Besovic fled Kosovo in 1999. Fear drove the Serb away, but it also drew her back fear that if the mostly ethnic Albanian province gains independence as expected later this year, will unearth Jier relatives' remains and scatter the bones. Dozens of Serb families are exhuming their dead reflecting the deep mistrust and unhealed scars of war that bedevil Western efforts to forge a multiethnic society in Kosovo. "I came into the world here, w Serb-hate- and this is where I aged" Besovic said choking back tears as gravediggers in white overalls dug up her husband Milivoje, who died nine years ago. "What else am I supposed to do?" she asked F The star of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus thanked Ricky Robinson, who found Beflo's shiny foot high, contraption Friday night outside . Press MONTESQUIOUAssociated A family of Central African Republic refugees Its a restaurant on Manhattan's West Side. "Give me a hug. I need my bike. That is my bike. Thank you, buddy," Bello said, outside Madison Square Garden, where the circus was performing. In exchange for returning the bike, Robinson, 54, will receive a $1,000 reward . a new bicycle donated by Toys R Us, and free ticket! to Knicks games and the circus show named for Bello, "Bellobratioa'The bitty bike was taken from a Manhattan street Friday. Bello and two fellow clowns had put on an impromptu show for a camera crew, when esslng his bike against a street sign and forgetfully walked away. 7; A. V" :! HUtKMt MAUAAuocoKd Pmt Celebration of Palm Sunday btbams Christian boy carrie$ a crow and walkt with of hert at they eclebraft during th traditional Palm Sunday procession in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday. Stream of Christian pilgrim gathered Sunday to celebrate the path of Jenut Christ"! last journey into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches In his path, bcort hi crucifixion. A |