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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Wednesd Estrogen Therapy Linked Flight 103 Suspects Hear Charges; U.N. May Lift Sanctions To Increased Brain Activity Study looks at memory of post-menopausal women nother demonstration have positive e CHICAGO — Post aspects of ment women undergoing treatment may also their memories. resear¢ ji portedtoda regions of the ed with memory the study did not find ement therapy had improved, re nay stim he brain to ma e the type eural connectio! seen in younger people lievethat the increased tivity should mean an accc c er Ties risks. spected formerintelligence agents Abdel the riskof and endometrial aid estrogen “is not I nd further nefits and memor, cuitry in memoryfor 1 rane can be changed ing to estrogen, said Sally Shaywitz, 0 of the study's authors. hopeful sign Production of estrogen, a fe. male hormone, drops sharply af ter women reach menopause. Pr¢ has found that randor trial ne WOtasks involving 1al memory. The ed in age from treated with eior aplacebo in a 96 through 19! and may help women Studies have also. si that estrogen may reduce of Alzheimer’s disease. T ty to establish new conr the brain is what is lost with the onset of Alzheimer’s An expert not involved in the studysaidthe researchwas signif- hers cautioned that while they observed increased brain activity in women givenes re was no subsequent 1 and nony task witz said the lack of quan able evidence pointing to im ed memory function was probably because the tasks were The suspects said nothing more than “yes” in Arabic when asked to confirmtheir names. Theywill have a chance to enter a plea when the trial gets under way Names of each of the victims - including 189 Americans — were readaloud to the men at CampZeist, a deserted U ir base 30 Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhi- miles southeast ofAmsterdamwhere the trial will be held, said Susan Stewart, chief spokes- Libya surrendered them for trial in the Netherlands under Scottish law. Al-Megrahi, 46, and Fhimah, 42, are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit mah were fingerprinted, photographed and gave DNA samples Tuesday, one dayafter ing them of bombing Flight manfor Scotland’s government. murder and violations of international aviation-security laws. Scottish authorities now 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. have until April 15 to formally commit them to trial before three Scottish High Court judges. ‘ottish law, their trial should start later. However, lawyers for the two men were e xpected to request an extension to give them more timeto prepare their defense, which could delay the trial’s start by six monthsto a year, Stewart said. Once the trial gets under way, it is expected to take a year or longer. Theyfaceup to life imprisonment; Scotland hasno death penalty After their surrender Monday, the United Nations suspended sanctions that had punvi for failing to surrender ity Councilsaidit the suspects. TheU would considerlifting thes s altogether if Libya publicly renounces terrorism and complies with other U.N. demands. In Letter, Former Mexican Governor Claims He Fled to Avoid Persecution former governor did notreveal THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Stud- It suggests that the neur vious research suitcase bomb that ripped the plane apart. raignedin Arabic and English on charges contained ina 1991 U.S.-British indictment aceus- y School of Perha r-oldinhe potential trogen increased activity in viduals two Libyansuspects chargedwith planting the The two men were then separately ar- The study at the Yale University School of Medicineof 46postmenopausal womenfoundthat es- ng improvement in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMP ZEIST, Netherlands — One byone, the names of all 270 victims of the 1988 Pan Amjet explosion were read aloud Tuesday to MEXICO CITY his whereabouts. — A former state governor under investigation for allegedties to drugtraf. fickers Villanueva, who has not been charged with any crime, said he said in a letter published expected the attorney gene: als Tues that hehas gone into hiding to escape politically motivated office to charge him with persecution Mario Villanueva, iS has failed to ap- es pear for questioning by prosecu- Mario Villanueva by Mexico's anti-drug policy offi- of drugs I have abandoned myturf to avoid being jailed,” Villanuevawrote in letter sent to Mexico City newspaj His lawyer, Juan Collado, confirmedVillanueva hadwrittenthe letter, thedaily Reforma said. The tors since a 12-hour interrogation cial last month, and did not attend his successor’ inauguration Monday night Harassed by an investigation aimedat incriminating me at any cost with the trafficking and use mer governor and that the new state administration would coop- erate by providing information about the case, the government dering drug money, illegal enrich- news agency Notimex reported. what else.” persecuted because he opposed ment, tax evasion and who knows whose six- year term in Quintana Roo State ended Monday, “laun- the attorney general’s office had everyright to investigate the for- He claimedtheaccusationsthat he worked with drugtraffickers are “absurd and ridiculous,” saying that as governorhehad noopportunitytoprotect drug traffickers fromfederal authorities. The attorneygeneral's office had no comment Tuesday Villanueva’s successor, Joaquin Hendricks Diaz, said Tuesdaythat Villanueva claims he is being efforts by national leaders of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to control Quinta- na Roo’s state government The investigation of Villanueva has been an embarrassment to the PRI. Theparty's president, Jose Gonzalez Fernandez, said Villanueva could be expelled if he is foundto have drug links. /ehMERICA.com simple Thats Value, America! AIR COMFORT’S 1 WEEK AIR CONDITIONING SALE Ip] $4,600 AMDa ===. 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