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Show The Salt LakeTribune PERSPECTIVE A2 Somebody has to fill the void,so I will sinee polygamywas in fashion, and no one is taking responsibility. overall budgets, programs and policies only. What fiduciary responsibility? Not one current SLOC member who International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch says sorry was acting in oversight capacity on the bid committee has stepped forward to state for this (sniff) unpleasantness,butit’s not His Eminence’s fault. The IOC can’t be held responsibleif individual members take bribes, lamentable though it may be. One high-ranking IOC official, Prince So and So of somerotted-out European monarchy, is claiming the scandalis a peasant plot to oust Juan the First. IOC members suspected of taking bribes for votes say they have done nothing wrong. They thought cash-bearing Salt LakeCity officials were prize crews from Publishers Clearing House. The U.S. Olympic Committee says, hey, weare caughtin the middle of the IOC/ SLOC squeezeplay, so keep those cam- eras out of our faces. made him do whateverit was he absolutely did not do. Nevertheless, whatever he did do was standard operating procedure. Besides, the bid committee knew everything, even though nothing untoward was going on. His sidekick, Dave Johnson, says ditto. With hands still over eyes, ears and mouths, bid-committee members mumble they know nothing of Welch/Johnson wheeling and dealing. They approved that, in hindsight, he or she was remiss in his or her watchdogrole; that he or she did not ask enough questions; or that he or sheis in any way accountable for what five investigative bodies are scrutinizing. Gov. Mike Leavitt washed his hands of blamethis past week, even though he has been involved with the Olympic effort since 1993 and appointed some members to the board to protect thestate's interest. Salt Lake City Mayor Deedee Corradini, currently on her job-seeking skateboard in Washington,D.C., also held sway over bidcommittee appointments. She tsk-tsks the whole thing as regrettable, but she has done nothing wrong(which, of course, has I will accept full responsibility during February to get the blameball rolling. I Killed in 1998 nominate Sen. Orrin Hatch for March,if the impeachmenttrial is completed by then. Larry Miller has had too much time In 1998, 19 journalists were killed on duty. Associated Press journalist Myles Tierney's death in Sierra Leone is the first of 1999. a on his hands recently, so he can have April. The Kingston family takes May. Because of his longtimecriticism of the Olympics, Jon Huntsman Sr.will be assigned June. And Jacalyn Smith Leavitt is awarded July. By then, those directly involved surely 4Journalists will have a change of heart and we can turn the page. in Colombia os 2 journalists in Russia e 2 journalists in Mexico tion). Thelone actof chivalry appears to belong to Frank Joklik, outgoing president 2 1 journalist Pox in Bangladesh,Brazil, the Philippines, Thailand, Afghanistan, Canada, Congo,Ethiopia, Georgia, Iran, Sierra Leone of SLOC. Heresigned when the scandal hit the fan in December. He did not ac- cept any blame, but did take someoverall symbolic responsibility. Since all the players in this sordid soap opera have distanced themselves from any direct blame,it will be up to volunteer In 1997, 26 journalists surrogates to step forward andtake the werekilled. fall in order to obtain closure on the scandal and move toward a better, healthier Knight-Ridder Tribune Whatfollows is my annual lecture on whatit means in some places to be a journalist. On good weeks, members of the news media rank above lawyers and proctologists on popularity polls. Lack of respect notwithstanding, 19 of our colleagues worldwide gave their lives in pursuit of newslast year. That is down from 26 killings in 1997. More than 40 percentof those deaths oc- curred in the “western”half of the planet Earth — the hemisphere supposedly founded by people seeking freedom. Few of the deaths wereaccidental. They were killed by people who did not wanta particular story told or photograph taken. The graphic that accompaniesthis column gives thelocations. But it is the lessons, not the y, that is relevant. Famine Warning Lack of seasonal rain in East Africa severely threatens staple food crops in several countries, triggering an alarm of impending famine in the region. The U.S. Agency for International Development described the region's weather as the worst in 20 years, with the La Nina ocean cooling in the Pacific causing rainfall to Compiled by TOM HARVEY Brazil: The ghostof inflation is back to haunt South America’s biggest economy af- ter the governmentabruptly devalued the real on Jan. 12. The currency alreadyhas lost 40 percent of its value, prompting manufacturers andretailers to try to protect profits with price increases. On Friday, the realsank below thepsychologically importantlevel of 2 to the U.S. dollar. 2 Cuba: Two menconvictedof killing two Italian tourists have been sentenced to death, the Cuban government confirmed Thursday — a movethat followedcalls by President Fidel Castro to crack down on growing crime. The Italians were shot to death during a robbery in September Their killings shocked Cubans, who learned ofit through word of mouthsince the crime was not publicizedin the govern- ment-controlled media @ Mexico: Puebla Gov. Manuel Bartlett thefirst declared candidatefor theruling Poaching With Mines Villagers andsoldiersin the pal remote forests of northeastern Cambodia are y 4 a° Forthe week ending January 29,1999 SE malt eathesipnet +16 Vioolsdrift, South Africa Pe a o |.) >Rigo nated by free-market advocates. country’s most reviled public figure, tar. geted by threats and receiving police pro: tection because of his ruling that possession of child pornography shouldnot bea crime. Shaw, a justice for 11 years with the British Columbia Supreme Court, ruled that the federal law against possessing child pornographyviolated privacy and freedom of expression rights Chile: Supporters of Gen. Augusto Pinochet can now toast himandat the same timehelp him payhis mounting legal bills A new cabernet sauvignon named Capitan General — the formerdictator's army rank in Spanish — went on sale Wednesday Proceeds will go to Pinochet's legal de. fense fund in Britain. Salt Lake Tribune desk editor Tom Harvey, a former correspondent in Latin America, based this column on news ser vice reports. He welcomes email at thar- vey@sltrib.com = at The Balt Lake Tribune (ISSN 0746-3802) ong Eatablished April 15, 1671 Published daily and Sunday by the Kearns Tribune Cor tion, 143 South Main St Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Periodicals Postage Paid at Salt Lake City, Utah POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Salt Lake Tribune at the above address it pretty good in this land of the free and, occasionally, home of the brave. Qo I knewit would happen. Last week, I listed reporters who have contributed toward our coverage of the Olympic bid scandal. I inadvertently left one off — a key one. Rebecca Walsh has provided exceptional coverage of issues related to the Olympic scandal. My apologies to a fine reporter whose work has earned her broadpraise since joining us in 1994. Editor as the mountain threatened to erupt. About 500 micro-earthquakes have been registered each dayrecently @ South Africa: Judge Johann Kriegler stepped down as head of the Independent Electoral Commissionlast week, saying he doubts the government's commitment to ensurethat the next ballot be as free and ie Earthquakes Towns and villages in Colombia's coffee-growing region were devastated by a magnitude 6.0 temblor thatkilled at least 878 people. The death toll wasexpectedto rise further as rescue teams uncoverthe bodies of morevictimsburied in the rubble. al aboutinstability at the Yucca Mountain site,” said Rep. Jim Gibbonsof Nevada. More than 800 underground nuclear blasts were detonated beneath the Nevada Desert between1956 and 1992 posed no dangerto localresidents andcentral Mexico, NewYork State. Society for the Protection of Birds Mexico's Popocatepet! Volcano central Italy, South Australia, north- (RSPB). An RSPB spokesman Euro Chill Anarctic cold front brought speweda huge column of ash over eastern Algeria, northern Pakistan blamed the deteriorating traitontratthe southeastern suburbs of Mexico Taiwanand two points in Japan. fic noise that interferes with the birds’ ability to hear each other. The esn Sweden, Norway and during a 40-minute eruption numberof somespecies, including Atomic Echoes Finland as well as parts of Russia, finches, warblers and onoles, has claiming onelife and shattering sev- Tropical Storms Thestrongest in a series of Oneperson was killed and eral long-standing temperature earthquakes to strike the declined drastically because the are no longer learning their another reported missing records. One person froze to death US. Department of birds The RSPB said that after torrential rains from on Fussia’s Kola Peninsula after Energy's NevadaTestSite knocked mating calls. a melodious song, all that temperatures reached minus 68 tropical cyclones Olinda and Pete pictures off walls and tipped over insteadof some birds could manage to emit caused heavyflooding in the French degrees Fahrenheit, the coldest files ata remote facility. The tremors wasa pathetic tweet Pacific territory of New Caledonia. recorded in the area for 100 years also brought renewed concerns The temperature in Lapland, SweCyclone Damien tormedsouth of aboutthe storage ofhighly radioacSources: US. National Earth den, hit a 137-year low of minus 60 Indonesia thenlost force as it moved tive nuclear waste in the area. “This Additional guitke information Center and the United degrees. into the the central Indian Ocean. is just another serious warning Nations WorldMeteorological Organization (dal iy temperatures to noth fair as the one that brought President Nelson Mandela to power. Meanwhile, political violence continued just months before nationalelections. Vulindlela Matiyase, an official in the United Democratic Movement, was gunned down outside his home in Cape Town on Jan. 24. @ Zimbabwe: Two Zimbabwean journal- ists last week said they were tortured by military police. Mark Chavunduka, 34, edi- tor of the independent Standard newspaper, and reporter Ray Choto, 37, were detained by military police after they reported the arrest of 23 soldiers who allegedly plotted a coup. The journalists said they were tortured to reveal their sources, charges corroborated by a medical report commissioned by their newspaper. @Britain: The Princess Diana memorial fund has built up $118 million in investments and plans to distribute at least $6.6 million a year to causes the princess supported, its chief executive said Saturday. The fundsaid it has distributed $26.2 mil- lion so far and donations arestill comingin. It was set up immediately after Diana's death in August 1997in a Paris car crash. PACIFIC / FAR EAST/ M IDLE EAST @ Angola: Russian-speaking white merce- years toward less government, morefree: @ Canada:Judge Duncan Shaw is nowthe Eastern European nations, just being there is hazardous to your health. In other areas, thetitle “journalist” is a free pass to get into jail. Rarely is being a journalist in the U.S. physically dangerous. I want us to continue to grind against closed government, mealy-mouthed politicians and ambulance-chasinglibel suits. But normally, American journalists have < gunpowder for the mines. Tiger Silent Spring parts are still used in traditional beneath the 3,500-foot volcano, ngland’s songbirds are medicines throughout Asia in the located about55 miles northwest of forgetting how to sing, belief that they have invigorating Managua. In Sicily, Mount Etna sent Earth movementswerealsofelt ash and lava soaring into the sky but cording to the Royal and aphrodisiac powers in northeastern Colombia, southern party's 2000 pres wants to return to thepast, when theparty was synonymous with government and the poor could at least expect largesse. He has vowed to reverse theparty's turn in recent market policies and fewer pork-barrel pro: grams. But Bartlett is still a dark horse for the nomination of a party currently domi- drug dealers can get you killed. In many Compiled by PETER LOZANCICH AND BRIAN MACINTYRE malin somecountries. Thefailure of the short rains (October-December) in many parts of Tanzania, and a likely delay of the long rains (ApniJune), have put up to 300,000 peopie inthe country at great risk of starvation. During the past month in Somalia, at least six people died on average eachday of malnutrition Brig. Gen. Mario Hung Pacheco handed his baton of commandto President Carlos Flo- countries in Latin America, writing about be as low as 50 percent below nor- buy the dead animals for their body parts are supplying the locals with res Facusse one dayafter the legislature voted unanimously to end more than 41 years of military autonomy. Legislators ratified constitutional reforms Tuesday. meetings, nonresponses from elected officials, unproductive news conferences, gag orders, lawsuits and lack of access to every documentever produced. In many " 270° resorting to the use of land mines to Eruptions Catch andkill tigers for the lucrative trade in animal tonics. The gover- pews Nicaraguan authorities issued a state of alert nor of Ratanakiri Province told around the Telica Volcano reporters that businessmen who the commanderin chief tuned over control ofthe armedforcestoa civilian president is the degree to which they will go to prevent publication or airing. We USS. journalists fret so over closed Oymyakon, ~ Siberia Panel 4, a nance formally ended Wednesday when @Honduras: Decades of military domi- Free exchange of information is desired by few governments or ad hoc power groups. Theonly difference between them 2002 Winter Games. Journalists been the themeof her entire administra- Former bid-committee president and paymaster Tom Welchinsists the IOC Sunday, January 31, 1999 TTER FROM THE EDITOR 4 volunteer. But only for a month. Here is the biggest public scandal in the history of the Olympics and nobodyis at fault. Utah is suffering its worst black eye 7 @ Egypt: The once-feared led a by master terrorist Abu Nidalis being torn by internal feuds, defections and lack of money, Arab and Palestinian officials said Thursday, The officials say the discord within the Fatah Revolutionary Council stems from the Israeli-Palestinian peace accords and the drying up of funding once provided by Arab regimes and other back- Officials last week made a surprise reversal in their 20-year stance and offered to relinquish control of East Timorif its people reject anoffer of autonomy. Xanana Gusmao, the jailed rebel chief of the former Portuguesecolony, wel- comed the offer Friday, but warned that a solution to the long-running conflict in his ers. The groupkilled more than 300 people Compiled by JENNIFERSKORDAS and wounded 650 during a 20-year period starting in the 1970s celebrate Australia Day, while Aborigines commemorated the more than 200 years of whiterule by observing “invasion day.” Ab- Tuesdayof accelerating development of a secret biological-weapons program despite his country’sratification of the biological- flamed recently by the conservative gov- Resistance of Iran described four govern- original demonstrations have been in- weapons treaty. The National Council of ernment’s move to remove a 27-year-old protest site on the lawn of the old parliament housein the capital, Canberra. Prime Minister John Howard's government says mentcenters it said are involved in biologi. cal-weapons developmentandsix biologi cal-research centers, It said Ru i Ukrainian and other former Soviet iran: An opposition group in exile accused President Mohammad Khatami on lists have been working at some of the ities. The Khatami government denies that it has any biological-, chemical- or nuclearweapons programs, U.S, officials have long believed that Iran has an offensive biologi cal program. thesite — Aboriginescall it their “embassy” with several tents — is an eyesore. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall (week period) Daily Sunday (Utah, Ida. Wyo.) Daily Only (Utah) Sunday Only (Utah Dally & Sunday (Outside of Region) $14.00 $9.60 $12.00 $25.80 Carrier Delivery (4-week perlod) $77 Daily Daily and Sunday $024 Sundays Only & Thanksgiving 1.0 Member Audit Bureauof Cireulations last week. Col. Boaventura Vito Tchin- gundosaid the tanks, long-range artillery and SAM anti-aircraft missiles were flown into rebel-held areas in violation of a 1994 peace pact that unraveled last month “Bulgaria was written on the boxes [of homelandwasstill far off. weapons].,” he said @ Mongolia: Fearing that casinos would bring drugs, prostitution and other crime, @ The Netherlands: Hoping to end the thenation’s parliament has outlawed gam- @ Australia: Millions took Tuesday off to naries are operating sophisticated weaponry for the rebel forces fighting Angola's government, a captured rebel officer said bling halls just one month before a new foreign-funded casino was to open. The joint-venture with investors from Macau claimsits investment could reach $23 mil. lion this year, The casino, being built in the use of underagegirls and desperate immigrant women as prostitutes, Dutch lawmakers began debating a plan Wednesday to overturn a 1912 ban on brothels, Prostitution is legal in the tolerant Netherlands, but operating bordellos remains against thelaw, although they exist basement of the fanciest hotel in the capital cityof Ulan Bator,had promised toprovide 600 much-needed jobs. Brian Mac Intyre and Peter Lozancich are Tribune desk editors. Mac Intyreis a Desk editor Jennifer Skordas worked former reporter for Irish newspapers, as aneditor for an English-language while Lozancich spent several years in newspaper in’ Tokyo. She welcomes e- Europe, This columnis based on Trib. mail at Jskordas@sltrib.com. This col- une wire-service reports. Mac Intyre in umnis based on Tribunewire-servicere- vites e-mail at bmac@sltrib.com; Lozan ports. 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