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Show Monday, April U, 2008 DAILY HERALD A4 16 BfflEFM Compiled from Daily Herald wire services The Nation T Prison boat collides with vessel on .fell 4. Mississippi River fe- At least 18 people are injured after a boat carrying Louisiana prison employees collided with another vessel on the Mississippi River. Louisiana State Penitentiary spokeswoman Kathy Fontenot says the collision occurred Sunday evening during a shift change. At least two people were seriously injured. West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Austin Daniel says no one went into the river. The Coast Guard says the accident involved the crew boat and a vessel pushing two barges. The Coast Guard says all people aboard have been for. s ANGOLA, La. r ,,., 4 i IP . n t v-- r I Obama turns table on Clinton after days on Off ' - ?""f V ..... 'bitter defense STEELTON, Perm. Demo- crat Barack Obama lashed out Sunday at rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, mocking her vocal support for gun rights and saying her record in the Senate and as first lady belied her stated commitment to working class voters and their concerns. "She knows better. Shame on her. Shame on her," Obama told an audience at a union hall here. The Illinois senator has spent three days on the defensive after comments he made at a San Francisco fundraiser were disclosed that suggested working class people are bitter about their economic circumstances and "cling to guns and religion" as a result. Obama reiterated his regret for his choice of words at the fundraiser but suggested they had been twisted and mischaracterized. He said he'd expected blowback from g GOP John McCain, but had been "a little, disappointed" to be criticized by Clintoa Then, laughing along with the union audience, Obama noted that Clinton seemed much more interested in guns since he made his comments than she had in the past. "She is running around talk' ing about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment. She's talking like she's Annie Oakley," Obama said, invoking the famed female sharpshooter immortalized in the musical "Annie Get Your Gun." He continued: "Hillary Clinton is out there like she's on the duck blind every Sunday. She's packing a Come on, she knows better. That's some politics being played by Hillary Clinton." Clinton has told campaign audiences that she supports the rights of hunters. Saturday, she reminisced about learning to shoot on family vacations in Scranton, where her father grew up. She's also said she once shot a duck in Arkansas, nominee-in-waitin- i v J. PAT CARTERAssociated Press Thai New Year Ikavas Nalampang pours water on one of the Buddha statues at the Homestead, Fla. Thai temple, on Sunday, during celebrations for Songkran, the Thai rituals during spring festival where water was thrown, as a symbol of luck, New Year. Songkran, "The Water Festival" holiday, goes back to as people tried to bring rain to the spring crops. Then it became a religious custom to wash the Buddha statues once a year. Many Thais see the holiday as a time to wash away their sins from the past year. Delta, Northwest pilot issues still linger ATLANTA Delta and Northwest could announce a combination as early as Tuesday that would create the world's biggest airline, but pilot contract issues still loomed and there was no guarantee . the deal would move ahead, three people familiar with the talks said Sunday. The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said officials were mobilizing for an announcement provided the boards of the two companies give final approval to a deal. The boards of both companies have been having ongoing conversations. merger-relate- d They could meet Monday to discuss moving ahead with a . deal a person familiar with the talks said. CAROLYN KASTER Associated Press The deal, if announced, could see strong opposition from shakes hands with Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, as they Northwest pilots. participate in a Compassion Forum at Messiah College, in Grantham, Pa., on Sunday. It was increasingly likely the two airlines would proceed court working-clas- s Democrats without a prearranged seniorwhere she served as first lady. audio from his San Francisco Clinton, who is trailing ity integration agreement appearance was posted on The less than 10 days before the Obama in the popular vote and Huffington Post Web site. She Pennsylvania primary on April between their pilots unions, so the main issue that remained 22, which she needs to win to pledged delegates, has poundhoped the comments might was whether Delta pilots were ed Obama since Friday, when give her a new opening to keep her campaign going. on 7y D-II- World Bank leader ; jD . EAFl ; mm, has to buy them from the back of a truck. Dayra Barreto gave urges action on up eating pricey asparagus, mounting food prices palm hearts, mushrooms and The WASHINGTON artichoke hearts. And Andrea Gonzalez substitutes baloney president of the World Bank for ham. on Sunday urged immediate This snapshot of shoppers at action to deal with mounting a middle class grocery store in food prices that have caused hunger and deadly violence in Caracas illustrates how rising food prices are hurting not just several countries. the poor in Latin America and Robert Zoellick said the international community has the Caribbean, a region where "to put our money where our some people spend more than half their income on food. mouth is" and act now to help Many countries rely so heavhungry people. "It is as stark from rice to as that." ily on imports that He called on governments to cooking oil to beans rapidly carry out commitments they are especially slammed when costs rise worldwide. A to provide the U.N. World Food Program with $500 milincrease for a pound of lion in emergency aid it needs like the spike being felt rice in Haiti by May 1. packs a punch. The rising frustrations over He said the bank is granting an additional $10 million increasing food costs fueled to Haiti for feeding programs, in part by escalating gasoline "and I understand others are prices and globalization have led to street demonstrations in looking to help." n at least a "It is critical that governcountries, ments confirm their commitincluding Mexico, Nicaragua ments as soon as possible and and the Dominican Republic. In Haiti, protests erupted in others begin to commit," Zoellick said. Prices have only risen various regions of the country, with the most dramatic and further since the WFP issued that appeal so it is urgent that violent occurring in the capital of governments step up, he said 34-ce- nt tinian President Mahmoud Abbas sets off for Washington to meet with President Bush. An Israeli official said Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who sat down together just a week ago would coordinate peace moves before Abbas's trip. He would not elaborate on what that meant, and spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting's agenda was confidential. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Abbas asked Olmert to agree to an Egyptian initiative to arrange an unofin Gaza, which ficial cease-fir- e is controlled by Hamas. But Olmert gave no commitment. Israel refuses to deal with Hamas. Erekat said the meeting took place Sunday because Abbas was leaving soon for the U.S. He is to meet with Bush on April 23. half-doze- i7 e. SANO TANAstociated Pres Darf ur protest 'Car Kabob' up for auction Chicago-are- a A towering BERWYN, 111. sculpture of eight cars made famous in the movie "Wayne's World" is up for sale on eBay. .The suburban Chicago landmark is named the Spindle and features cars from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s skewered on a metal spike. Bids open at $50,000, and the auction closes Thursday. The eBay listing says it will cost $ 100,000 to ship the structure. j also known as The Spindle the "Car Kabob" and the "Eight Car Pileup" draws fans of the 1992 comedy starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Berwyn residents are divided on what to do with the structure, which is covered with rust and pigeon droppings. It was supposed to be dismantled last year to make way for a pharmacy, but preservation groups formed and protested. California artist Dustin Shul-e- r built the piece in 1989. 50-fo- The WORLD ' IDONTl willing to make changes to their contract to give Delta more flexibility after a combination, one of the people said. Food sparks deadly riots in Latin America Hundreds of protesters raise their painted hands as they CARACAS, Venezuela gather outside Sudanese Embassy in London for a rally calling Jenny Diaz pays a mark up for for the end of crisis in Darfur and to mark the Sth anniversary scarce eggs, sugar and cookof the start of the crisis In Darfur, on Sunday. ing oil because she sometimes , Israeli, Palestinian meet unexpectedly JERUSALEM The Israeli and Palestinian leaders got together for surprise talks Sunday, just days before Pales Official: Iran abruptly calls off nuke meeting A top Iranian official on Sunday abruptly canceled a meeting with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, dealing a blow to the U.N. monitor's efforts to investigate allegations that Iran tried to make nuclear arms, an agency official said. The IAEA official, confirming Iranian media reports that Monday's planned meeting was off, told The Associated Press that no reason had been given. But a senior diplomat had told the AP that IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei likely planned to use the meeting with Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's nuclear program, to renew a request for more information on allegations Tehran had tried to make atomic arms. Both the official and the diplomat demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to comment by name on the Iranian nuclear issue. Kenyan rivals reach accord Kenyan President Mwai and his political rival Raila Odinga agreed on the details of a Cabinet Sunday, implementing a power-sharin- g deal they reached in February. The two leaders had bickered for weeks over key ministries as Kenyans grew increasingly worried that the country was Ki-ba- ki again slipping into the violence that killed an estimated 1,000 people and displaced as many as a million after the disputed Dec 27 president ial elect ioa Last week, demonstrators took to the streets in two Odinga strongholds, the western city of Kisumu and Kibcra, one of Nairobi's poorest neighborhoods, as people grew impatient waiting for the political announcement. |
