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Show The SaltLakeTribune PAGE2 WEDNESDAY,July 26, 2000 AHE GLOB ye THE HEADLINES SOUTH KOREA POWsallowedto return to the North after 40 to 50 years in the South Singer David Bowie received top honors during Mondaynight's third annual Yahoo!internetLife Online Music Awards celebration at’ Studio 54. Bowie won The Online Pioneerof the Year Award inthe eventhosted by actor John Leguizamo. The award honors individualsat theforefrontof the Internet musicindustry. Best IntemetOnly Album wentto Aimee Mann's . “BachelorNo.2,” while Prince's “One Song” was named the BestInternet-Only Single. Bowie's Web page, Bowienet, was namedthe Best Art- SEOUL — In anold house in oneof Seoul’s poorer neighborhoods, seven men rangingin age from 72 to 90 wait outtheir last days'in South Korea before go- ing hometo the North in September. They were young men whentheyleft North Korea, someto fight behind enemylines as guerrillas during the Korean War,others sentlateras spies. They were caught,putin prison and served upto 34 years because they would not renounce commu- ist Site, while Paul McCartney's performance at the Cavern Club wonBestLive Online Event. Winners were then chosen by membersin the music, online and entertainmentindustries. nism. South Koreahasreleased more than 80 of these long-term prisoners in recent years but refused to let them leave the country. So they live now as if suspended in time, their points of reference in the 1950s and 1960s, when the Baseball great Hank Aaronis steppingto the plate for a group of children in Michigan. Eighteen children North was more prosperous than the South. They re- were recognized Mondayasthefirst to benefit from a partnership between the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation and Comcast Cablevisionof Detroit. Theywill receive grants to help pursuetheir special side in group homes supported by sympathetic - South Koreans, living on welfare and part-time jobs. North Korea has demanded that these menbe allowed to return, and South KoreanPresident Kim Dae-jung agreed during last month’s summit meeting with North Korea's leader, Kim JongIl. Between interests, such as attending space or math camp or workshops for the arts. The awardstotaled $25,000. “Youngkids have to be able to dream and have someone to help foster their dreams,” said Aaron. He said 55 and 60 formerprisoners whosay they want to go. homewill be sent backthisfall. Others have chosen to stay. that he andhis wife, Billye, wantedto establish a “dream fund”instead of a moretraditional scholarship program.“When| wasa kid, | had a family friend we South Koreahas tried repeatedly over the years to make these men part of a deal that brings home South Korean prisoners of war andothers believed held in the North. North Korea has denounced these efforts, saying no such prisoners exist in the nation. South Korea estimatesthat there are about300 prisonersofwar still alive in North Korea, many workingin coal mines. More than 400 civilians, mostly fishers, also have been taken captive since the warended in 1953, South Korean officials say. RUSSIA Linkup with international spacestation a success, mission control reports KOROLYOV — Russianscientists linked the international space station early today with its Russian-made control module, a key component that will allow thefirst crew to live and workon thelongdelayed station. A large screen at Russia's Mission Control showed the components coming together, then briefly lost contact with the station. Once it was clear that the linkup had been achieved,the scientists applauded, shook handsand gave each other thumbs-upsigns. Withthe linkupto the Zvezda control module, the station is ready for its first crew, dueto arrive in Oc- tober. But the spacelaboratory, a massive 16-nation project headed by the United States, will not be complete for anotherfive years, after more than 40 space flights. Thedirectorof the Russian Aerospace Agency, Yuri Koptev, was exultant. He told his American counterpart Daniel Goldin over a speakerphonethat the docking was “moreproof that we can work together.” ee Photos by Santiago Llanquin/TheAssociated Press CHILE Court bars Pinochet medicaltests that could have kept him from trial U.N. peacekeepers scoured East Timor's rugged interior Tuesday in the hunt for armed anti- foot patrols andused low-flying helicoptersin the search. Neighboring Indonesia promised to help cap- ture thekillers. CERI Internet: Vehicle for STDs Health officials whotrack syphilis, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have discovered that using the Internet sometimes may be more effec: the Pinochetyears, cheered on hearing Pinochet's health problems would not save him from trial. Pvt. Leonard William Manningwasshotin the head and shoulder Mondayin a clash with armed men whomthetop U.N. administrator in East Timor said were extremists who hadcrossed the border from Indonesian-ruled WestTimor. Australian army Brig. Duncan Lewis,whois lead- tive than old-fashioned gumshoe tactics for tracing potentially infected individuals. Firefighters also said theytied to rescue the men UNITED STATES Central Park reopensafter spraying playgroundto kill mosquitoes carrying the West TAIPEI Strandedinthe middleofa ragingriver, the four construction workers waited for hours to had planned on attending a performanceof the New be rescued, clutching each other until floodwaters broketheir grips and swept them away. On Tuesday, the weekend disaster claimed new victims: Taiwan's Vice Premier Yu Shyi-kun resigned, taking the blamefor a bungled attempt to save the men. Thetoppolice andfireofficials also biggestcrisis so far for President Chen Shui-bian, whotookoffice in Maypromising to makethe governmentmoreefficient. Chen, a former Taipei mayor, apologized to the victims’ relatives Tuesday and blamedthe deaths on arigid emergency rescue system, according toa statement. Ata legislative hearing Tuesday, Premier Tang Fei, Taiwan's No. 3 leader, saidthe delay in rescue operations was causedby faulty communication beresulting in TheGalt LakeTribune : eae 7 Botabllshed Apri 6,197, Published dally and 8 ayy ho Raarietons Coseciten eae ‘St, Salt Lake City, Utah 94111. Periodicals Postage Paid at Sat Lake City’ Vuh, POSTMASTER: Send edress changes to The Salt Lake Tribune atthe above address A i) disease prevention and control services at the San Francisco Departmentof Public Health. The study found that those who sought partners online had a greater number of sexualpartners and a higher frequency of past STDsthan those whohadnot. Two percent of“online seekers” were HIV positive. Nile virus. The reopening was welcomenewsto people who York Philharmonic on Monday,onlyto see the free event postponed. The concert normally draws 30,000 people. NewYorkers flocked backto Central Park on NOTED Tuesday, confidently walking dogs, riding bikes or just hangingout, after the city sprayed the 843-acre landmark overnight Thecity used the synthetic pesticides, Sumithrin and Resmethrin. City officials stresse¢ that the chemicals don’t posea risk to the public. Virus-carrying mosquitoes have been found in Central Park and onStaten Island. The discovery Appointed: As Georgia's newest senator, Democrat and formerGov.Zell Miller on Monday.Miller was chosen to replace Republican Sen. Paul Coverdell, whodied ofa stroke last week. Arrested: On suspicion of murderin the slaying of two teen-age boys whose bodies were found in an ele- marked thefirst time this yearthat the potentially deadly virus has been found in mosquitoes in New YorkCity. mentary school playground, a 15-year-old boy Mondayin Glendale, Calif. No possible motive has been Earlier this summer,the virus wasfound in birds and mosquitoes in the suburbs. disclosed. Today's Birthdays: Last year, the virus killed seven people andin- fected 62 others in the metropolitan area. In the most serious cases, WestNile canresult in encephalitis, or swellingofthe brain. Rockstar Mick Jagger is 57. Actor Kevin Spaceyis 41 Actress Sandra Bullockis 36 CATS WITH HANDS Cows IF ITteN'T onoe <TeorH Eye Center (with offices in San Francisco and Santa Valley, N.Y., nuclear storagesite, still working an 18Rosa) sent letters notifying its 2,700 recent surgery year, $1.5 billion radiation cleanup, began in Februpatients that it has been reusing its single-use surgiary testing their latest hoped-for miracle product: ” cal blades after merely rinsing them in water. Invesreolite, the primary ingredientin catlitter. Zeolite tigators found that the company didatleast sterilize apparently sucks up strontium90 just as well as it the bladesafter every fourth use. Allegedly, Laser- California Health Department crackdown, LaserVue venue. “| definitely know that for some people . . . who don't go to sex clubs or whoareshy,they are able to engagein riskier behavior than they might otherwise,” said Jeffrey Klausner, director of sexually transmitted ter the city sprayed the tourist attraction and city NEWS OF THE WEIRD Just Like Lucky Underwear:In May,toforestall a Public health officials say they're not sure whether the Internet has increased the frequency of high-risk sexual behavior or has merely provided af alternative NEW YORK — Central Park-reopened Tuesday af- What Works for the Cat: Officials at the West absorbs odors and moisture in thelitter box. tions, and describe how San Francisco public health workers successfully used e-mail and Internet chat roomsto investigate a syphilis outbreak among gay men lastyear. but a gun thatshoots ropes outto the victimsdid not work. claimsfirst political victims tween the air force and police teams In a pair of studiesin today’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers report thatfinding sexual partners on the Net appears to be a tisk factor for contracting sexually transmitted infec- the police chopperflying to the scene hours after the workers werediscovered trap) for virus-carrying mosquitoes between military and police helicopters, created the independence fighters whoshot a young NewZealandsoldier to death. U.N. reinforcements set up roadblocks,increased haspitted Wolfgang Wagner, the 81-year-old grandson of Richard Wagner, against other descendants who wantto breathefreshair into the production. defense’sclaim thatheis unfit to standtrial. Meanwhile, supporters andfoes of Pinochet demonstrated outside the court building. Anti-Pinochet demonstrators, most of them relatives of victims of stepped down. Thefiasco, which involved poor communication forkillers of New Zealandsoldier cloudedby a feud between Wagner's descendantsover. how thefestival he founded should be run. The dispute cases duringhis 1973-90 dictatorship — the so-called TAIWAN Bungledriver rescue attempt U.N. peacekeepers continue hunt “irreconcilable differences”with the director. There were no immediate specifics on the spat. This year’s annualRichard WagnerFestival, the 89th, has been “caravanof death” that executedjailed dissidents: Chief Justice Hernan Alvarez said that justices voted 11-9to reject a request by Pinochet's defenseto let doctors examinehim in aneffort to support the base camp. EAST TIMOR huff just a day before the start of the renowned Wagner nochet's efforts to escape trial on human-rights charges, Chile’s Supreme Court refused Tuesday to allow medical tests that could have exempted the formerdictator from a proceeding. The court also delayed a decision on whetherto strip the formerdictator of his congressional immunity to allow trial in oneof the mostnotorious ing the hunt for the gang, theorized the gang of nine menwasstill in East Timor. His troops already had ‘The Associated Press Veteran opera star Hans Sotin, scheduled to play Gurnemanzin Richard Wagner's “Parsifal,” quit ina musicfestival in Bayreuth, Germany.Sotin cited SANTIAGO — Ina setback to Gen. Augusto Pi- discovered what was thoughtto be their abandoned New Zealand peacekeepers raise a warcry as they bid farewell to their fallen comrade Tuesday. called uncle who helped me to learn howto throw and howtohit,” said Aaron. “He let mestart to realize my dream. | wanted to help kids in the same way.” Supportersof former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochetrally in front of the Supreme Court buildingin Santiago on Tuesday. Below,Orfilia Silva carries a picture of her missing husbandduring a protest march. !, Vue's Sanjay Bansal said he continuedto use the blades because he wanted only ones that he was sure had worked. Compiled by Chuck Shepherd SUBSCRIPTION RATES Carrier Delivery (¢-week period) By Mall (4-week period) ee an Daily/Sunday (Utah, ida. Wyo, Nev) $1400 Daily $9. 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