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Show Page C6 THE DAILY HERALD. Provo. Utah. Wednesday, March 25. 1W8 South Korea fires officials in spy agency Police patrol streets So quell' Pd ... Pakistan KARACHI, Hundreds of police brandishing rifles automatic patrolled Karachi's troubled neighborhoods Tuesday after ethnic violence killed 21 people in two days. v s two-thir- - Meanwhile, warring factions vowed revenge and mourned their dead in funeral processions that wound their way through the city's restive eastern district. The killing began Monday between rival members of the Qami Movement, Mohajir which Indian represents Muslims who settled in Pakistan 51 years ago when the British gave the subcontinent its independence. The movement split several years ago and the two factions routinely clash. The biggest faction, led by exiled Altaf Hussein, is part of the coalition government ruling southern Sindh province, where Karachi is the capital. The area has been turned into a war zone," said resident Aziz-uHasan. "There is still l firing going on, businesses are ; r n i we-- w ' - - Dae-jun- g anonymity. ' Y f 1: The Associated Press Violence: Heavily armed paramilitary troops stand in the main market of the troubled area of Karachi Tuesday where 19 people were killed in gun battles Monday between two ethnic political groups. prompted concern from polieer , violence. orrUs., new possible appeared likely that Karachiethe country's largest city of 14 mil- - n lion, would shut down that day. (. In the past, activists from both factions have enforced i strike calls through intimida-'- 4 i tion and threats of violence. The killing began wheiv-- a gunman, disguised as an I Orthodox Muslim womanj I attacked the office of the smaH" I er Haqiqi faction. The fighting continued through the night? ) and for much of Tuesday, killing1 I members of both factions, police hi and witnesses reported. j"' Buses, cars and tires ' creating plumes "rf black smoke that billowed sky'1 ward in several neighborhoods: ' ' The Haqiqi faction says the Sindh provincial adminisfl-JJ-tion is a silent partner in the killings. The Hussein factidn blamed Pakistan's intelligence agencies, saying they wanted' W ' keep the two factions at war 'to prevent the larger Hussein ' group from consolidating 'its' the in city. power wereN-burned- , ) ' U.N. population official says aid cuts mean millions Sadik spoke at the start of a three-daconference with U.N. agencies and officials from 30 countries on population growth and economic The Associated some 60 percent of the world'3 population, "would account for a large share of this global suffering," Sadik said. South Asia countries such as India, are Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal most in need of donor funds, Sadik said. So are nations in Africa and some Central American and Caribbean states. Sadik told reporters that education and access to family planning health care had improved throughout Asia y By PATRICK McDOWELL Press Asia-Pacif- ic Nations BANGKOK, Thailand should keep funding family planning development. She said spending for family planning programs even during economic crises, a between 1995 and 2000 was coming up U.N. official urged Tuesday, saying otherwise tens of millions of unwanted short by $2.1 billion to $3.8 billion. The projected shortfall would make it babies would be born, many doomed to die in infancy. impossible to meet global demands for A strong commitment to population contraception, Sadik said. The result control is crucial now because of a pro- would be "at least 300,000 extra maternal deaths and at least 5 million more jected shortfall in funding from developing countries and wealthy donor infant and child deaths worldwide nations, said Nafis Sadik, executive between 1995 'and 2000." director of the U.N. Population Fund. countries, which make up sub-Sahar- an since 1994. She said reproductive health pros grams should be extended to and males to stem the spread of sexual teen-ager- Asia-Pacif- ic J shut and the streets are empty. The rival factions called, a strike for Wednesday, whkh ' The Associated Press In a SEOUL, South Korea major purge aimed at removing South Korea's spy agency from of its senior politics, officials have been fired, government sources said Tuesday. Up to 1,000 agents, or about 10 percent of the agency's employees, will eventually be forced to quit as part of the reorganization that began with the inauguration of President Kim a month ago, one official said on condition of lower-leve- mmis wmem n By ZAHID HUSSAIN The Associated Press The Agency for National Security Planning, formerly known as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, has often meddled in domestic politics and suppressed government critics. Among its targets was Kim, who was jailed, tortured and kidnapped by government agents in the 1970s and 1980s. Kim, the first opposition leader to take power in South Korea, sacked the agency's chief earlier this month and installed a confidant with orders to clean the organization up. "My aim is to make sure that the agency will not be involved in domestic politics," Kim was quoted as saying by his spokesman, Park Details of the reorganization were not announced, but officials said 24 of the agency's 38 top officials were fired Monday and a number of l agents are expected to be dismissed later this week. The shakeup came as prosecutors stepped up their investigation into allegations that the agency plotted to destroy Kim's election campaign in December. The agency's former chief, Kwon Young-ha60, slashed his chest and abdomen with a knife Saturday while prosecutors questioned him about the alleged plot to smear Kim's campaign. He is recovering at a hospital. Kwon was accused of giving a $250,000 bribe to a businessman, who alleged in news conferences in December that Kim's campaign was funded by communist North Korea. Prosecutors said Tuesday they were looking into allegations that politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties might have tried to conspire with North Korea to smear opponents' campaigns. The parties denied the allegations. m-iB- of deaths ly transmitted diseases, including AIDS. Bhichai Rattakul, a Thai deputy prime, minister, told delegates that the stunning, growth posted by Asia's "tiger" economies-woulnot have been possible without; checking population growth and improving education and job opportunities for women.1.. The current Asian economic crjsjs "presents a difficult obstacle," Bhichfti. said. But he added that the problejSL would be much harder to resolve ..if Thailand had 95 million people in 2000.. instead of 62 million. "We must be willing to invest in pson" pie at least as quickly as we do in sky- scrapers," Bhichai said. e, Korean-America- n Board of U.S. lottery operator scrambles to stay in British numbers game Both sides said afterward they held "full and frank" discussions, but neither would By DIRK BEVERIDGE The Associated Press U.S. lottery LONDON GTECH operator Corp. rolled out the big guns its entire board of directors to plead its case Tuesday to stay in the British numbers game. i r.- : discuss specifics. GTECH has come under WIKlam O'Connor fire in Britain since its former chairman, Guy Snowden, lost a libel suit last month to London tycoon Richard Branson. Branson contended Snowden tried to bribe him to abandon a bid for the lot John Lottery regulator Stoker has raised questions about whether GTECH is fit to maintain its role in the National Lottery, and the company sought to calm his concerns in a private session lasting nearly four hours. tery contract, and a jury sided with Branson. Snowden quickly quit GTECH and its British subsidiary, GTECH UK, which put together the consortium known as Camelot that runs Britain's National Lottery. GTECH's new chairman and chief William executive, told O'Connor, reporters Tuesday his message to regulators included "our commitment to GTECH's ethics and integrity as well as our value to Camelot and to the National Lottery." The company showcased its board, which includes Emmett Paige Jr., a retired American three-sta- r general, and Anthony vice chairman of Dutch Ruys, beer giant Heineken, to show it is run by responsible people who wouldn't put their reputations on the line for a shoddy operation. "Our board of directors is blue chip," GTECH spokeswoman Bob Rendine said after1 the meeting at Britain's Office of the National Lottery. Rendine said GTECH executives "felt good about the information we were able to Stoker will likejy makal decision next month, a spokes- woman said. He has the option of throwing GTECH out of the lottery, the world's biggest, with annual revenues of $8.6 billion, I i But an analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. In New York predicted the regUlHJQ' ' tors should be "pacified" rWy 1 ' GTECH's reforms. David W. Anders wrote that Snowden's departure and that of Victor Markowicz, li c "should remove any further challenges to the integrity of 2 GTECH." iiC 7 News. Gossip. Pizza. Only 100 a minute. 0 ?. r f ,v- 400 minutes $3995per month Plus free weekend calls for 6 months vU 1 f t hi hi I 0 ..'-- 1 til nii iA (if you sign up today) 'ii i '1 i i FREE Caller ID Hill! it rl VoiceMail II ' W First incoming minute 'l H t !Ji It i r w - f 1 A J -- ! v . ! I - ' v t K ' I i 'vl U Call (787-326- 7) Other plans start at $19.95 .. ? VKorW imirt get more from life V; in Safety-- X bur most L i important call www. 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