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Show , A10 TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Friday,December 25, 1998 Serbs Launch Assault On Rebels in Kosovo NATObosssays attack violates cease-fire agreement ‘THE ASSOCIATED P! PODUJEVO, Yugoslavia — Brushing aside NATO warnings. Serb tanks andtroops struck an ethnic Albanian rebel stronghold Thursday in Kosovo, dealing a blow to U.S-led efforts to bring peacetothe troubled Serb prova nce. NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana told BBC-Television that the Serb offensive was a “clear violation” of a cease-fire vincial capital Pristina, the KLA stopped short of endingits unilaterally declared cease-fire, but said therebels would “‘not sit idly by” and instead would “attack with all meansavailable.” In neighboring Albania, the for- eign ministry called for NATO to intervene to “end the Kosovo drama” andbring peaceto the prov- ince. In October it took the threat of NATOairstrikes to push Milose- agreed on by Yugoslav President vic to accept the cease-fire. The Slobodan Milosevicin October to deal ended theworst of thefight- end eight monthsof fighting and avoid NATO airstrikes. ing after a seven-monthcrac! down by Serb troops on separa and ethnic Albanians said several ists that left 1,000 dead and drove 300,000 from their homes. At least one person waskilled, others wereinjured in what they said was an na! assault by Serb police andtroops backed with tanks on six villages outside the town of Podujevo Serb police, quoted bythe gov- ernment’s Tanjug news agency, said they encountered “fierce fire” but “liquidated” several guerrillas in the rebel stronghold Lapastica. Theoperation was continuing Thursdaynight, they said. Serbian officials reportedly told international observers the action was a “limited operation” to findthe killers of a Serb police- man slain on Monday. “Our police must continue to clamp down against the terrorists,’ said ultra-nationalist Serbi- an Vice Premier Vojislav Seselj referring to the Kosovo Libera- tion Army(KLA). The KLA is fighting for inde- pendence for Kosovo. where eth- Nigerian robes, the father of the world’s only livi a Thurs he is “st belief” by his eightfold ble: lic appearancesincehis wife de- livered sevenof their eight babies Sunday morning. The first ar. rived Dec. 8. The 41-year-old Louis was joined bydoctorsandhis brotherOni Chukwu, unwanted and disabled children out of the sight of society and depriving themof their fundamental humanrights. “Thousandsofchildrenin a sprawling maze of state-run orphanages have been subjected to appalling levels of abuse and neglect that stunt their development and relegate them to a social underclass,” Kathleen Hunt, the au- (OH-nee chuhk-WO0) at the 30-minute newsconference. His glee was tinged with worry about the babies’ precarious state. The six girls and two boys will remainin critical condition for the nearfuture, though doc. tors said seven couldbeoff ventilators by next week. One girl, Odera (oh-DARE-uh) offspring to the state becausethey are unable to care for them or becausethe children are Serb tanks entered Lapastica and several houses were set ablaze, the Kosovo Information Center said. Serb snipers were alsofiring at fleeing civilians, it said. Hundreds of ethnic Albanians fled theregion on footand in vehicles on snow-covered roads and hills around Podujevo I just had timeto pick up my children andflee,” said Shukrije Bashota, 28, from Lapastica. “I have nothing else with me.” An elderly woman from Glaynik, who identified herself only as Cefzere, said Serb attackers fort. The mother is weakened by months ofbed rest and labor, limiting her to her room and the babies arein intensive care. As a result, she has not seen her children since delivery, although Louis national law spelling out therights of chil- Park City= 1400 Snow Creek Drifeciprycmer 435-647-3665 Salt Lake fet 57 ry00s There 474-3607 Taylorsville 738Wniga S400 965-1582 West Jordan 904Sat Revo Neoebro 255-3776 incful 1290ite scoW 397-2355 a Micha Paz 106 aaa Rt 774-9932 ilies, Russian doctorsroutinely persuade new “Abandoned infants, toddlers and older children with disabilities are languishing in VoiceStream Holiday Blowout! 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Doctors Doctorsat bothSt. Luke's Epis- copal Hospital, where the babies dren's Hospital, where they are have questioned the safety and to note they werenot involved in fertilization. Medical ethicists Chukwu, multimillion-dollar expense of day, said Brian Kirshon, the obstetrician who ledthe deliveryef- tied to furniture to immobilize them. later earned a degreein respira- being treated, have been careful couldbereleasedasearly as Mon- Sugarhouse 228 SHeterd Ween 463-7580 Holladay 600rahterre Such & Haghend 272-6280 Sandy 10600 $.N0E bape 523-1522 Kaysville outseB ue 444-1940 Farmington 1316ease N Hey 9 451-8980 www.omniservecellular.com Louis arrived in the United States in the late 1970s and at tended Alabama A&MandTex: Southern, where he received a we'll continue to pray for,” brother of Nkem (nih- are heavily sedated. Problem children are parents to give up disabled children at birth are not 100 percent healthy, that Nkem Chuk' meanwhile, remained in stable condition and nothing to occupy them. Manyofthe children sometimes put in makeshift straitjackets or dren make it. “These are kids who of course KEHM) Chukwu, the mother. Russia, 95 percenthaveatleast oneliving par- ent. In mostcases, the parentshavegiventheir Moscow. The New York-based organization estimates that at least 30,000 children lockedin At age 4, an official determination is made whetherthe children are “oligophrenic’””’ — mentally retarded. Doctors are notorious for makingincorrect diagnoses, but oncea child is designated as “oligophrenic,” it is almost impossible to reverse the decision. As the children grow older, they are sometimes confined to dark rooms all day with nian leadership were born, and at Texas Chil said sameage. be taken from their parents and confined for life, the organization said Human Rights Watch charged that the horrible conditions of Russia's orphanages are well-known to top government officials. Of the 200,000 children institutionalized in north of Pristina, according to the Kosovo Information Center whichis close to the ethnic Alba mistic” about the baby’s survival chances. If she lives, she will be rick said she was “guardedly opti- The government could dramatically improve thelives of the children in its care by rejecting the philosophy that severely dis- abled children cannot be educated and should Children with physical disabilities are often sent to the sameinstitutions, where they are treated as mentally retarded and their development lags far behind other children of the interminable idleness, deprived of ouch was born weighing just 10.3 ounces andcanfit snugly in a hu man hand. Pediatrician Patti Sav- the hospital's smallest-ever to dition. humanetreatment, health, education andfull enjoymentof civil rights,” the report concluded. sound, visual stimulation and love,” Hu said formed a 45-minute Ca ean section around 9 a.m.; Louis arrived later. Louis also identified MacGregor Medical Association as the clinic wherehis wife received the fertility treatments that resulted in eight babies. remains the biggest concern. She receive affection from adults. Many are de- nied operations that could improve their con- to survival and development to their rights to thor ofthe report, said at a newsconference in said hevisits them every day. “I'm still takingit in, Louis Udobi (pronounced eeKAY u-DOE-bee) at his first pub- in-law, The organization called on Russia to put an end to the Soviet-style system of warehousing their life — from the most fundamentalright or mentally disabled children and their fam- Stunned BeyondBelief’ at Births, Octuplets’ Dad Counts Blessings grin and his sky blue traditional and deprived evenof toys and books. some are never taught to walk or talk. They live in barren dormswith no pictures on the walls, have no toys of their own and rarely the severely disabled are confined to bed, and disabled. Becauseofthe stigma attachedto physically “opened grenadefire at us even ‘THEASSOCIATED PRESS bare, dark roomswithout stimulation, tied to furniture to restrain them, cruelly punished and send them to orphanages. , From infancy, children in institutions for tions where they can be subjected to “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment,” including beatings and sexual abuse, the report found. “Russian children in orphanages are deprived of basic human rights at every stage of finedin violation of U.N. covenants and inter- before our children were awake. We are in the mountains without bread. I don’t know what we are going to do.” HOUSTON — Wearing a wide how children in some orphanageswerekeptin An additional 170,000 abandonedchildren whoare considered “normal”live in institu- orphanagesfortheseverely disabled are con- The province is in southern Serbia, the main Yugoslav republic. Ina statement issued in the pro- LOS ANGELES TIMES MOSCOW — Thousandsof children confined to orphanages across Russia suffer “appalling levels of abuse and neglect” that constitute a violation of their human rights, the organization Human Rights Watch charged Wednesday. In a detailed report, the group documented ’s action by Serb police and military struck six vi lages near Podujevo, 20 miles nic Albanians are 90 percent of the province's 2 million people Human Rights Watch Decries ‘Appalling’ Russian Orphanages oe X my 4 Bali soft cup bra with comfort cushion strap, 25.50. bringing such cases to term Extended family, the Nigerian community, other volunteers and corporations are already lining uptohelp nurture the Louis octu- plets bg SO WHY RENT CABLE OR inf SATELLITE ESPECIALLY WHEN. . . ae bd underwire bra, $25. Bali underwire bra with comfort cushion strap, 26.50. FlowerBali® underwire bra, 23.50. Playtex 18 Hour® soft cup bra with comfort strap, $25. 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