| Show tfationalVorld Standard-Examine- r t At least 4 i The Associated Press FREETOWN Sierra Leone -Rebel soldiers fired into a crowd of t demonstrators today as thousands of angry Sierra Leoneans marched on the home of rebel leader Foday h At least four people were killed and dozens were injured Reacting to the increasingly unstable situation here Britain’s defense secretary deployed troops to Sierra Leone to help evacuate British citizens if necessary The move comes after a week of clashes between rebels rock-throwi- San-ko- Monday May & 2000 3A dead in escalating Sierra Leone violence and UN peacekeepers that have threatened to throw this West African nation into chaos In Freetown Sierra Leone's capital at least 5000 demonstrators had been heading for a rally to call for peace and denounce the rebel Revolutionary United Front which has attacked and kidnapped hundreds of UN peacekeepers in recent days Instead the demonstrators began moving toward Sankoh’s house hurling large rocks and bricks at the home and yelling that Sankoh should be beheaded and castrat ' ed With the shots the crowd began to flee in panic from the simThe dozens of UN peace- ple y house The UN keepers guarding the house ap- soldiers shouted “cease fire!” at peared completely overwhelmed the rebels and began firing into by the crowd pushing back the air to get the crowds to leave against them and shouting inefIn addition to the four killed' fectively as demonstrators addozens of people were wounded vanced Rebel fighters standing in the rebel gunfire and the subbehind the peacekeepers then sequent stampede fired through the UN ranks Intermittent gunfire including spraying the crowd' with automatic weapons and at least one at least a handful of shots fired grenade At least toward Sankoh’s house from one protester was shot and killed nearby streets continued after k at range by a rebel the initial exchange which lasted a few minutes fighter two-stor- rocket-prop- elled point-blan- “We are on the streets today to show the world that Foday Sankoh is nobody but a monster who wants to kill the people of Sierra Leone” demonstrator Abubakarr Sillah said before the shooting broke out In Britain Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said today he was deploying 700 to 800 troops to the country A spokesman for Britain's Ministry of Defense said an advance force of paratroopers arrived in Freetown today by plane from neighboring Some background The situation in Sierra Leone has become increasingly chaotic over the past week with clashes between the rebels and the United Nations shaking a peace process that ended Sierra Leone's ar civil war in Ally clashes have apparently ended soldiers from the counby' s former junta While those government - which was allied with the RUF rebels - are openly calling for their rearmament to fight the RUF Senegal SHAWN POYNTERThe Associated Press S''CXY SICES: Los Alamos resident Taylor Stohner JAMES A RNLEYnie Associated Press Raymond Courtway and Mandy Stone center embrace while others look over the damage flash from flooding along Flat Creek in Union Mo Sunday All 22 of the trailers in the trailer park were resulting waters flood the destroyed by HOMES RUINED: Floods heat hammer US TTie Associated Press UNION Mo - With the walls of water that had carried off cars and mobile homes gone residents of Franklin and Jefferson counties began the heartbreaking woman in Oklahoma So much rain fell so fast that many were unaware they were in peril until tornado sirens sounded In a neighborhood near Flat Creek normally just a small stream people opened their task of cleanup d water doors to see The flash floods washed out rushing past trailers near the Twenty-tw- o roads inundated homes and killed at least two people early creek were destroyed Most Sunday after more than a foot of' floated off their pads and crashed into each other Misrain swamped souri Flooding also killed one Temperatures climbed toward white-cappe- east-centr- al July-lik- e readings today in much of the eastern half of the nation after a weekend of record heat Highs in the 80s and 90s were forecast from the southern Plains to areas of the East and temperatures were expected above 100 in parts of Texas Thermometers recorded highs Sunday in several cities including Detroit at 86 84 at Bluefield WVa 89 at Burlington Vt and 93 at both Harrisburg Pa and New York NEW YORK - Thousands of people filed into St Patrick’s Cathedral today to bid farewell to Cardinal John O’Connor Mourners had gathered on the steps outside before the cardinal’s funeral but church officials abruptly closed the church at 8 am to give the Secret Service time to secure the area archdio- The Associated Press WHITE ROCK NM -Parts of the Los Alamos National Laboratory were evacuated as firefighters today battled a blaze that had been set to improve the watershed in Bandelier National - Monument but spread out of control scorching at least 5000 acres The lab’s explosive materials were all secured in nt bunkers before the evacuation said John Gustafson a lab spokesman He said the fire had not approached any areas where radioactive materials are stored “It is not close enough to” ceses spokesman Joe Zwilling said President Clinton and Killary Rodham Clinton were among the dignitaries expected to attend the invitation-onl- y funeral for the cardinal who died Wednesday of brain cancer “It was important for me to be here I wanted to pray for him and let him know that he was very kind good to the poor peo threaten any structures Gustafson said “But it’s close enough (for us) to take some precautionary moves” Some spot fires had ignited on the western edge of the lab’s property but those blazes were quickly extinguished he said Air tankers had dumped flame retardant across the area to prevent the fire’s spread The fire continued burning today across several canyons filled with conifers and thick stands of ponderosa pines at the foot of the Jemez Mountains said Stephen Fettig a Bandelier wildlife biologist The Associated Press ATLANTA - The Big Game lottery jackpot already the largest in US lottery history grew to $325 million today Lottery officials from the seven states where the game is st diocese Wfeif in Los Alamos Erratic wind hampered firefighters Sunday but the wind calmed and the fire did not progress much Sunday night and early today he said “It’s burning internally however we do expect fire behavior will increase as temperatures and wind climb today” Fettig said About 500 homes in the Los Alamos area were evacuated and campers visiting the Bandelier National Monument where the fire began were asked to leave The monument is known for its ancient Indian dwellings and artifacts Game jackpot grows to $325 million Before he left the White House this morning Clinton praised O’Connor for his work as a chaplain in the armed services and then as the leader of the Catholic country’s “I think he set a very large role in the life of the church and even when he was controversial and when he disagreed with me I liked the fact that he was outspoken and he stood up for what he believed in” Clinton said Others expected to attend the funeral ceremony were Vice President A1 Gore and Republican presidential candidate George W Bush a wildfire from Fairway Drive Big ple the Spanish people” Yolanda 0 Velez said after walking through the cathedral before the doors were closed and past the cardinal’s body lying in a velvet-line- d coffin third-large- 3 watches Los Alamos lab evacuated Mourners fill cathedral to remember O’Connor The Associated Press 1 NM Sunday LYING IN STATE: A nun crosses herself at the foot of the body of Cardinal John O’Connor lying in state as a shrouded woman maintains an honor guard beside the cardinal's body before the Votive Mass of the Eucharist celebrated for the late cardinal at St Patrick's Cathedral Sunday os Ibfeefc played conferred by telephone this morning and pushed the prize higher based on strong weekend sales said Tandi Reddick a spokeswoman for the Georgia Lottery Corp which administers the game The jackpot had swelled to $300 million after no one matched all six numbers in Friday night’s drawing The final estimate for Tuesday night’s jackpot will be made that morning and the number could be even higher if there is a rush on lottery machines before the 1 1 pm EDT drawing "If sales are going strong or are higher than anticipated or if the bond interest rates go higher - 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