Salt Lake Tribune | 2000-01-14 | Page 2

ene Ball LaKe ENoune PAGE2 Compiled from Tribune news services by Ron Morris FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 2000 GRABBING THE HEADLINES ISRAEL President underinvestigation for taking cash from industrialist It looks as if Julianna Margulies mayhave to exit “ER” without George Clooney as her escort. “I don't know thatit's necessarily smart for me to come back for one JERUSALEM — Alreadyunder pressure to resign,Israel's president got more bad news Thursday when asked if he might appear once more. Clooney, who played Dr. Doug Ross, left the NBC show last February; Margulies departs at the end of this season. Her character, nurse Carol Hathaway, and Ross split, although she became pregnantand gave birth to twins. There had been speculation that Margulies’ decision to leave might provide the chance for the fictional couple to reunite for a happy ending. “No one's talked to me aboutthat,” Clooneysaid. whenpolice were called in to investigate whether he illegally accepted hundredsof thousandsofdollars in gifts. President Ezer Weizman, who hasso far rejected calls to step down,said he welcomed the decision by the nation’s top law enforcement officials to ask police to look intoa gift he received from Frenchin- dustrialist Edouard Sarousi. Weizmanhas acknowledged receiving money from Sarousi between 1988 and 1993, but he says it was less than the $430,000 figure quoted in reports. After investigating for two days, Atty. Gen. Ely: akim Rubinstein and State Attorney Edna Arbel summoned reporters to theiroffice at night on short notice, saying they are turning the matterover to thepolice. aoe Biggerthan Madonna!Biggerthan Rudy Giuliani (who has appeared on the show 14 times,by the way)! Hillary Rodham Clinton’s appearance Wednesda) helped the “Late Show with David Letterman”deliver TURKEY Delay of Ocalan execution prompts protesters to set themselveson fire Schalk Zuydman/The Associated Press — A motherandbrotherofsoldiers killed in Turkey’s Kurdish insurgency set themselves on fire Thursday, causing mayhemata demonstration against the government's decision to delay the execution of a Kurdish rebel leader. “My son is burning!” a womancould be heard shouting as onlookers rushed to the pair'said, beatingthe flames with jackets and rolling them on the ground in anattempt to extinguish the flames. MineCollapse Mine personnel cheer as rescue workers carry a surviving minerfrom the African Rainbow Minerals gold mine in Orkney, South Africa,, early today. Fifteen miners were trapped Mondayin rock fall. Nine were rescued, and four were knownto be dead. Twoseverely injured miners remainedtrapped,but hopesfor their survival werefading. Rescuers planned to work throughthenight totry to reach them. Both suffered only minorburns,as did a third man whocaught fire trying to put out theflames. e self-immolationstookplace at an Istanbul cemetery during a demonstration of about 100 relatives against Turkey’s decision to await a European ruling before it decides whether to hang Abdullah Ocalan. LIBYA Swiss plane carrying employees ofoil firm crashes in Mediterranean A twin-engineplane carrying employeesofa Libyan oil companyto a refinery crashed in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursdaywith 41 people aboard. ‘There were unconfirmed reportsoffatalities. Eighteenofthe people on board the Swiss Underthe plan, insurgents who turned themselves in by midnight weretoreceive partial amnesty as long as they were not guilty of murder, bombingsor rape. For those who did not surrender, Bouteflika vowed a “fight without mercy.” CHILE Presidential candidates focus on everydayissues, not Pinochet SANTIAGO Thestrongest right-wing candidatein decadesandhissocialist rival closed out Pinochetthreatened to overshadowthevote. Pinochet has been under housearrest in London forts were continuing. “Theplanehit the waterjust off the Libyan since October 1998, fighting attemptsto extradite him to Spain for humanrights abuses committed duringhis regime. But authorities said this coast and sank,”said week that Pinochet, 84, is tooill to standtrial, so he could HugoSchittenhelm of the Swiss Transporta- be returningto Chile soon. Lavin supported Pinochet's 1973-90 regime, while Lagosfirmly opposedit and wasjailed briefly during tion Ministry.“A search for survivors andfor the that time. But both mensaid events in London should havenoinfluence onthevote, and both sup- aircraft is under way. Nothingcanyetbe said aboutthe exact numberofvictims.” All 38 passengers were employeesof a Libyan oil company,said Franz Fassbind, chairmanof Avisto AGairservices company, which is based near Zur- ich and ownstheplane. There werealso three crew members,he said. Seventeen people on board were Libyans and the others were foreigners, the Libyantelevision report said. It did notgivetheir nationalities, but Fassbind told a Zurichtelevision station they were citizens of four different countries. sitions in the mountains on Thursday aheadofa midnight deadlinefor Islamic militants to surrender orface eradication —anultimatum aimedatbringing peaceafter eight years of violence. Someinsurgents were reportedly turning themselves in Thursday and planning to cooperate with Algerian troops. Others, though, were expected to ignorethe deadline. The deadlineis part of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’splan to endtheIslamicinsurgencythat black bikeracingjacket with bike-style helmet;a silverspace suit-like cape; and a bluesilk gown. According to designer Vasinee Apornpanit, the biggest unfair, the South American country’s prime minis- thefiring of the chief spokesmanforthe armed forees, Maj. Gen. Sudradjat. Speaking to reportersat the presidential palace, President Abdurrahman Wahid said Sudradjat had been replacedbyair force Mar- shal Graito Husodo. Sudradjat,a critic of Wahid,told the Republika newspaperlast week the president did not have“the right to interfere in theinternal affairs of the mili- tary”even though heis commanderin chief under the constitution. Wahid did not say why hefired Sudradjat, but said only “we need to replaceofficers LIMA — An American womanservinga life sentence for treason in Peru willnot receive a newtrial unlessshe can showproofthat her conviction was ter said Thursday. Lori Berenson, a New York native and former MassachusettsInstitute of Technology student, was convictedbya secret military court in 1996 for helping pro-Cuban Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movementrebels plan a thwarted attack on Peru’s Con- er Alberto Bustamante,whois also Peru's justice minister, said Thursdaythat “the possibility of a new trial for Ms. Berenson depends on whether newevidenceis presented that shows that herinitial trial was unjust, arbitrary or was not based onthefactsofthe case.” Bustamantealso said a pardon for Berenson was out of the question. Berenson, who maintainsher innocence,hassaid she wasnotallowed to present evidence athertrial or to question prosecution witnesses and that the judge wore a hood. Bad Boys:It’s Biology Aggressive boys have beenfoundto have lower- than-expected levels of a stress hormonein their saliva, suggestingthat their behavior mightbe biologically based and hard to treat with counseling, researchers reported Thursday. The researchers reported in the January issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry that extreme anti-social behaviorin boys ages7 to 12 appears to be related to low cortisol levels. Cortisol is typically released in responseto fear, ‘suchas fear of punishment for misbehaving. Its low levelsin the anti-social boys might indicate that they do notfear the possible consequences oftheir actions, said Keith McBumett, a child psychologistat the University of Chicago medical school wholed the study. “Theimplication is that we may need to discard our traditional notionsoftreatmentwith these kids in favor oftrying to help themfit in andfind a nichein society wheretheir aggressiveness andlackof a sense of dangeris an asset,”hesai Thefour-yearproject ‘studied such symptoms as Starting fights, using weapons, stealing and forcing sex- ual acts. MILESTONES Indicted: Grammy-winning rap mogul Sean “Puffy” Combs on Thursday, on chargesthat he had two stolen gunsin his sport-utility vehicle as he fled a nightclub shooting. Three people were wounded in the shooting inside the crowded Club NY on Dec. 27. Combs andgirlfriend Jennifer Lopez were arrested after they drove awayfrom the scene. Awarded:Bya jury, $10 million to an AmericanAir- lines pilot who wasfired after refusingtofly during anice storm. Michael LaGrotte, pilot for 10 years at American Eagle, was awarded the money Wednesdayin a lawsuit contending he was fired in 1996 for turning aroundhis turboprop plane in a storm. Today's Birthdays: CBS commentator Andy Rooneyis 81. Actress Faye Dunawayis 59. Rocksinger Geoff Tate (Queensryche)is 41. Actress Emily Watsonis 33. Rapper-actor LL CoolJ is 32. Actor Jason Batemanis 31. CATS WITH HANDS Katy, Texas, the San Francisco Chronicle featured “Forbidden Gardens,” P.H. 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Krenzis expected to be allowedto leave during the day and be required only to spendnights in his cell, accordingto his lawyer, Robert Unger. East Germany’s leaderat the time the Berlin Wall PERU Premier says U.S. woman’s appeal requires prooffirst trial was unfair whoarenotsuitable.” hasleft more than 100,000 people dead. 1990. “Tam starting my sentence not as a criminal but as a victim of political persecution,” the 62-yearold said at the prison gate, pushing his way through a crowdofreporters before police shepherded him Egon Krenz INDONESIA President sacks military spokesman, appoints new intelligence head afraidtogo out on thestreet,officials said. The bureaucratic shake-upin Jakarta included ALGIERS— Algerian security forces took up po- 8SalLake ake,aPal Psa Pui Send address City, manslaughter, Krenz again repeated his contentionthathe is a victim ofjudicial vengeance following Germanunification in ported an eventual trial of Pinochet in Chile. people deadandscores injured. Hundredsofrefi geeswereseekingshelter in schools and mosques, Surrenderorface eradication Para most prominent memberofthe regimethat shotcitizensat the Berlin Wall to be broughtto justice in the deaths. Ashe reported toa minimumsecurity prisonin Berlinto start serving a 6'-year sentence for slaughter in 1997 forhis political role in the communist government's shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall, the borderto then-West Germany. of militaryintelligence. In eastern Indonesia, meanwhile, thelatest in a string of Muslim-Christian clashesleft at least seven ALGERIA Islamic militants given choice: a Al Roker is staying on NBC's “Today” with a sevenyear deal worth $14 million, sources said. The weathercaster mayalso contribute segmentsto “Later Today,” whichairs immediately after “Today” during the week. Roker has been a regular on the No. 1-ranked show since 1996, whenhetook overfor Willard Scott. He wasScott's fill-in before that. leader wentto jail Thursday. Egon Krenz was the their presidential bids Thursdaywith similar promises to create jobs, curb crime and improve health Conservative Joaquin Lavin and socialist Ricardo Lagos usedtheir final hours of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s runoff to stress everyday issues — even as thelikely return of formerdictator Gen. Augusto yantelevision, monitored in Cairo, and search-and-rescueef- with groundrules,” Burnett said. BERLIN — East Germany’s last communist care. plane were rescued, accordingto state-run Lib- TheSalt LakeTribune GERMANY Former East German leader goes'to jail for carnage at Berlin Wall its highestrating in nearly six years and helped Dave — for one night, anyway — forget about third place. (He finished first.) “Late Show" soared to an 8 rating and wasseen by an estimated 11 million viewers. The show has averaged a 3.1 rating this season. 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