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Show Ai 0 A NEW CODE? A I I HERALD V Saturday. Mafffi IS, 2008 protests in Tibet turn violent Anti-Chi- na Tini Tran THE 1 x 4,' T t BEIJING Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, bathing Lhasa in smoke from tear gas, bonfires and burned shops, and posing a challenge to China on whether its image can withstand a harsh crackdown ahead of the Beijing t 1 1 4 ASSOCIATED WESS v IT r1 V" Olympics. AssociateO Press handout image provided on Friday shows drawings of chess puzzles in a chess treatise recently recovered in the library of an aristocratic family in Gorizia, northern Italy. This Da Vinci linked to chess treatise puzzles in long-lo- st Ariel David THE ASSOCIATED the Coronini family in their palace in Gorizia, On Italy's border with Slovenia. "It was like a Holy Grail of chess," said Serenella Ferrari Benedetti, cultural coordinator of the foundation that manages the Coronini estate. "We knew it existed but nobody had ever seen it." The illustrations of the red and black chess pieces were themselves a puzzle. The slender abstract design was so unusual that Ferrari Benedetti asked Rocco to study the drawings. After a year of research, Rocco concluded that Pacioli enlisted Leonardo's help to draw the pieces. Rocco, in a telephone interview with The Associated Press, noted that the two men had earlier collaborated in Milan when Leonardo helped illustrate a treatise on proportion while also painting "The PRESS Leonardo da Vindrew everything from war machines to anatomy sketches. Now it seems he may have also been an early illustrator of the chess puzzle. Experts say the Renaissance genius, whose interests included painting, mathematics, music, engineering, anatomy and botany, may have illustrated the puzzles in a long-lochess treatise recently recovered in the library of an aristocratic family in northern Italy. The manuscript was penned around 1500 by Luca Pacioli, a mathematician and friend of Leonardo, and some experts believe the artist may have drawn the elegant pieces that illustrate the chess puzzles discussed in the treatise. "The pieces are exceptional for that era," said Franco Roc-ca Milan-base- d architect and sculptor who studied the illustrations. "Even today they look futuristic." The treatise, "De Ludo Latin for "Of Schaccorum" the Game of Chess" includes more than 100 chess problems that challenge the player to reach checkmate in a certain number of moves. Today such are popular fixtures in newspapers. The sole copy of the treatise was found in 2006 among 22,000 volumes collected by ROME ci o, mind-twiste- Last Supper." ' Rocco said the futuristic style of the chess pieces is in sharp contrast with the way other pieces were represented at the time. Every piece also was proportionally related to each of its parts and to the other pieces, a trademark of Leonardo's art, he said. In addition, some pieces directly recall other works by Leonardo, including a queen similar to a fountain drawn in one of the artist's manuscripts. From exile in India, the Dalai Lama appealed to China not to use force to end the largest, most sustained demonstrations in nearly two decades against rule in Tibet. Beijing's China's government in Tibet accused the Dalai Lama's supporters of inciting the unrest and imposed a curfew, ordering people to stay indoors. Eyewitness accounts and photos posted on the Internet portrayed a chaotic scene in Lhasa, the provincial capital, with crowds hurling rocks at security forceshotels and restaurants. The U.S. Embassy said Americans had reported 57-ye- gunfire. U.S. government-funde- d Radio Free Asia reported two people killed. At a demonstration outside the United Nations in New York, Psurbu Tsering of the Tibetan Association of New York and New Jersey said its members received phone calls from Ti- bet claiming 70 people had been killed and 1,000 arrested. The reports could not be verified. In some of the strongest words yet from officials, regional Tibet government head Champa Phunstok warned Saturday that the authorities will respond forcefully. "We did not open fire, however we will deal harshly with these criminals who are carrying out activities to split the nation," he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of the National People's Congress in Beijing, China's annual legislative session. Shops were set on fire Fri- day along two main streets sur- rounding the Jokhang temple, Tibet's most sacred shrine and the heart of Lhasa's old city, sending out thick clouds of smoke. Young men set fire to a Chinese flag and a huge bonfire burned in a street. Armed f U Associated Press Protesters gather around burning debris in the streets of Lhasa, Tibet, Friday. Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing through the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa. police in riot gear backed by their spiritual leader, said ChiFriday's violence apparentarmored vehicles blocked inter- na should stop using force in ly was triggered after police sections, said a Tibetan guide, Tibet, saying he is "deeply con- moved in to stop a group of The violence which came on cerned." protesting monks. Crowds then the fifth day of sporadic and ; "I therefore appeal to the Chi- grew, and when police showed largely peaceful protests, poses nese leadership to stop using up in larger numbers, protesters difficulties for a communist force and address the attacked police cars and shops. resentment of the Ti"It was chaos everywhere. leadership that has looked to the Olympics as a way to betan people through dialogue I could see fires, smoke, cars Aug. recast China as a friendly, mod- with the Tibetan people. I also and motorcycles burning," said ern power. Too rough a crack- urge my fellow Tibetans not to the Tibetan guide, who asked down could put that at risk resort to violence," he said in a not to be identified for fear of while balking could embolden statement released in Dharm-sal- government retaliation. Among India, seat of the government- the sites being patrolled by riot protesters, costing Beijing au-in-exile. police, he said, was the broad thority in often restive Tibet. "China is afraid of letting this Actor Richard Gere, a Bud- square of the Potala, the Dalai protest mount. On the other dhist who has spoken out for Lama's former palace. Radio Free Asia quoted other hand, the world's eyes are upon Tibetan independence since China in advance of the Olym- 1978, said he was not surprised witnesses as saying that two bodies were seen on the ground pics. If they're too by the uprising. it could cause them a lot of "They've been brutally re- in the shopping district in the problems," said Jamie Metzl of pressed for 50 years, 55 years, old city. It said other reports Asia Soci- close to six decades," Gere told put the death toll higher, but the New York-base- d ety, "It's an open question as to CNN. "When you repress the gave no figures. how much China thinks it can people, they will explode. All China's official Xinhua News afford a major crisis in advance people will explode." Agency issued terse reports in of the Summer Olympics." As in Myanmar, where Bud- English only, saying people had In an ominous turn for Bei- dhist monks led been hospitalized with injuries jing, the street protests broad- protests in September, Bud- and vehicles and shops burned. ened Friday. Photographs dhism permeates every aspect Hospitals contacted in Lhasa taken by camera phone and of Tibetan life. While heav- said they were ordered not to provided by the Indian branch ily regulated by communist au- release any information. of Students for a Free Tibet thorities, monks remain widely The Tibet government called showed hundreds of Tibetans respected for their piety and de- the riot an act of sabotage that marching through Xiahe, a votion to Tibetan culture, serv- was "organized, premeditated Tibetan town in the western ing for many as living symbols and masterminded by the Dalai clique," according to Xinhua. province of Gansu. Robed of Tibetan nationalism. monks displayed the banned Over the centuries, Tibet was The unrest came as Tibet, at times part of China's dynas- long China's poorest provTibetan national flag. In Lhasa, the protests that tic empires. Communist forces ince, has wracked up stunning had largely been confined to invaded the region in 1950, to growth, in part fueled by hefty monks spilled over to ordinary reclaim the Himalayan region investment and subsidies from and seize the commanding Beijing meant to alleviate reTibetans, who vented pent-u- p anger at Chinese and their busi- heights overlooking rival India. sentment among Tibetans. Still, nesses. Guests and employees Pressured to cede more power Tibetans have complained that at the Lhasa Dong Cuo Interna- to the communists, the Dalai the economic benefits have tional Youth Hostel huddled in Lama fled into exile in 1959 af- mainly enriched Chinese, many the lobby, away from windows ter a failed uprising. of them newcomers, leaving The latest unrest began Tibetans feeling more marginbeing smashed by protesters. "Monks and very young men Monday, the anniversary of alized. down to the age of 6 are the 1959 rebellion, when 300 China, which has invested smashing the Chinese shops, monks from one monastery billions of dollars in Olympics kicking in doors and windows, demanded the release of other preparations, has staked its setting the shops on fire and monks detained last fall. But national prestige on the games. beating the Chinese in the vicin- political demands soon came Five months before the games ity," the Danish daily Politiken to the fore. Other monks and begin, it had expected to bask quoted an unidentified witness ordinary Tibetans demanded in international praise. Instead, as saying. independence and unfurled the the protests are attracting the The exiled Dalai Lama, Tibetan flag. Arrests ensued, ' kind of international attention whom most Tibetans consider leading to more protests. China doesn't want. 4 a, heavy-hande- 15-1- mm ( " If .... 4.4 Fast Phone Quotes No salesman will visit you. Fast quotes from your rough measurements. done at time Final measurement of order. our showroom! Visit CALL (001 (Have your measurements ready!) FREE ESTIMATES! A CLVDI COM SHOWROOM PANT ism 35 East 400 South Hours: SIEMENS Edison Stanford Hearing Center Mon-S- at Springville 8a.m to 6p.m. For a limited time INTUIS" Life is available for only: 777N500W Doctor's Park Suite 005 Provo 373-588- 7 tearnmore atrwww.trtahshowandsep, eUm70Pm 00 ea |