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Show TheSaltLakeTribune PAGE2 L Compiled from Tribune news services by Rick Rosetta MONDAY,May 21, 2001 AROUND@-THE GLOBE VATICAN CITY World’s cardinals meet to discuss church’s role in third millennium Diane Keaton and Woody Allen may have worked Here are highlights from action in the Senate and House in the past week. along with key votes by Utah's congressmen Bennett Hansen Matheson Cannon Cardinals from aroundthe worldare gathering at the Vatican for a meeting opening today to examine challenges facing the churchin the coming years and offer the prelates a hint of who mightbe a future pope. Pope John Paul I asked all 183 cardinals to attend the three-day meeting shortly after ap- pointing 44 new cardinals in February, making it the largest College of Cardinalsin history. ing Sundayto some 20,000 faithful in St. Peter’s Square, the pope said the meeting would allowfor reflection on the roleofthe Roman Catholic Churchin the third millennium. “During these next days, we will together considerthe prospects for thelife of the church and hermission in the world,” John Paul said. The Senate passed 74-23 an amendment to set up a youth saftey center to react to school emergencies, help communities develop satety programs and operate a student hot line. Senators also passed a bill to prohibit Criminals from buying, possessing or using body armor, and providing harsher penalties for criminals who wear ‘Such things as bulletproof vests when committing a The House unanimously passed a bill that would allow people to deduct from their taxable income anystipends they get for foster care expenses from a state-approved agency. Lawmakers unanimously voted to allow the survivors of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty to get survivor annuity benefits tax-free. They voted 400-15 to expedite construction of a crime. They defeated 50-49 along party lines an Proposed world warI memorialon the NationalMall amendment that would have continued a program authorizing $1.6 billion in fiscal 2002 in Washington, D.C. for school repairs and construction. And Senators defeated 56-44 an amendmentto “Annie Hall.” Robert Redford hasparted with some beachside Malibu property for more than $9 million. The actor-producer-director sold his 5,300-square-foot, The Vatican has consistently denied reports five-bedroom hometo a physician and his wife for culty andsuffers from symptomsassociated with Parkinson's disease. CHINA Authorities execute 14 members of gang in crackdown on crime ABORTION FUNDING LEBANONAID The House voted 218-210 Wednesday to continue President Bush's ban on fundingto international Wednesday, the House voted 216-210 to withhold some family planning groups that advocate abortion. Cannon: YEA Matheson: NAY aid to Lebanonuntil it secures its borderwith Israel. Cannon: NA¥ Matheson: YEA Hansen: NAY Hansen: YEA BEIJING — Chinese authorities executed 14 members of a notorious gang Sunday, ending the careerof one of this country’s most violent criminal groups in more than 50 years of Communistrule, state media reported. Gang leader Zhang Jun and his accomplices were sentenced to death for a nearly decadelong string of murdersandrobberiesthatleft 28 people dead and 22 wounded. Their executions were among29 reportedly carried out Sunday, all the latest in a national Strike Hard campaign against crime. State media said the campaign hadled to 500 executions since it began last month. Zhangand10 fellow gang members were ar- rested in Septemberafter they killed seven people in southwest Hunan provincein an attempted bank robbery. Underinterrogation, Zhang confessed to a stringof killings and robberiesstretching back to June 1991. CAMPAIGN FINANCE MARRIAGE TAX Tuesday, the Senate adopted 61-36 an amendment urging Majority LeaderTrentLott to send the campaignfinance bill, passed earlier, to the House. Thursday, the Senate defeated 56-44 an amendmentto eliminate the so-called marriage tax, paying forit by Bennett: NAY Hatch: NAY Bennett: NAY Hatch; NAY: delaying proposed reductionsin the top individualtax rate. homelandto escape droughtandcivil war. The body had asked Pakistan to give asylum to newlyarrived Afghanslanguishing atrefugee campsin northwestern Pakistan. Starting June 20, about 100 teams composed of Pakistani and U.N.officials will begin screening Afghans in three camps to determine whetherthey qualify for refugee status, Pakistan's northwestern provincial government said. Those stayingillegally will be sent back to Afghanistan immediately,it said. MACEDONIA President Idriss Deby, 49, a French-trained former armyofficer who seized power in a December1990 coup, is seeking election to his sec- Red Cross teamsusefightinglull to provideaidto ethnic Albanians ond five-year term. He won the country’s first multiparty presidential election in June 1996 in arunoff widely described asflawed. Official results were expected within a week, the independent NationalElectoral Commission said. Voting was monitored by 1,300 Chadian and60 international observers. CROATIA Early polls show nationalist party part in a delayed St. Patrick's Day parade through Dublin,Ireland, on Sunday. holdingits own in localelections IRELAND ZAGREB In aseriousblowto Croatia's new,pro-Western government, the nationalist Delayed St. Patrick’s celebration wraps up with parade in Dublin party of the late President Franjo Tudjman did much better than expected in Sunday’s local It wasSt. Patrick's Day in May for Dubliners this weekendasthe Irish capital caughtupwith its traditional celebration. Banishingfearsof foot-and-mouth disease, which prompted an emergencypostponement of festivities in March, Dublin madeupforlost time. The three-day festival of street carnivals and fireworks culminated Sunday in a parade that wound throughthestreets of the capital for two hours, Joining the usual marching bands were Harley Davidsonriders, hula dancers, Samurai warriors, agiant infl le sun and all sorts of characters thatfiled past St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College and other city landmarks. “Whatever your favorite tradition may be, the most important thing is joining i aid Dominic Campbell, festivalartistic director. SKOPJE — Red Cross teams evacuated dozensof ethnic Albanianchildren, women and: elderly people caught upin the fighting Sunday betweenethnic Albanian rebels and governmenttroops. Usinga lull in the fighting, four vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross rushed to rebel-held villages in northern Macedonia where residents are running low on food and medical supplies. “We brought medical supplies to six most af- fected villages. . . and evacuated 77civilians, abouthalf of them children,” said ICRC spokeswoman AmandaWilliamson, elections, leading in several counties andfinishing second in Zagreb,the capital. Opinionpolls before the election suggested that Tudjman’s party — sofar in control of mostlocal governments was boundto lose its last remnants of power, which manysee as. an obstacle to thorough economic and demo- cratic reform in Croatia. However, partial results for 12 out of 21 counties releasedby thestate electoral comm ion late Sunday showed Tudjman's party adingin eight of them. PAKISTAN Ignoring United Nations’ pleas, officials plan to repatriate Afghans PESHAWAR— Defyingpleas from the United Nations, Pakistan said Sundayit will, repatriate thousands of Afghans who fled their BELGIUM World’s poorest, richest nations reachpact to alleviate poverty BRUSSELS Poorand wealthy countries agreed on a néwaid and trade partnership Sunday aimed atbringing the mostdestitute countries outof poverty in 10 years’ time. While admitting that the past two United Nations conferences on poverty— in 1981 and 1990—failed to improve economic conditions in the world’s 49 poorest nations, representatives at the end of a weeklong meeting set out a newplanto end the decline, ‘The 60-page plan sets out commitmentsfor both wealthy and poor countries to provide greater developmentaid, anddebtrelief, as well as giving greater priorities to trade and investment. CATS WITH HANDS NEWS OF THE WEIRD Beauty Pageants in the News:In January, sponsors of a Bangkok, Thailand, “beauty” pageant selected 40 contestants out of about 200 semi-finalists on the runwaytovielater in the year forthetitle of Miss Acne-Free 2001, but the 40 were selected actually on the basis of how severely pimpled andpock-markedtheir faces were, with the eventual winnerto be the woman who,with treatment, clears up the most. Said one eager contestant,“It is not often that I can step intothe limelight because of my acne.” it's Not Easy Being Green: A homeowners’ association at Boynton Beach,Fla., in March summoned six ofits 83 members to a disciplinary meeting for violating the association's green-lawns requirement, even though south Florida is enduring a two-year-long drought (the most severe on record) with noend in sight and tight wateringrestrictions, According to the association president, the other 77 homeowners maintain green lawns even though they swear they obey therestrictions. Compiled by Chuck Shepherd SUBSCRIPTION RATES TheBaltLakeTribune ip.. aan15, ar 1971. Published Kearns Tribune 43 South Main St, Sekt By Mail (4-week period) Carrier Delivery Lue ee Daily/Sunday asIda,, weNe ) $14.09 Daily gay Daily & Sunday’. Daily Only (Utah, Ida., Wyo. 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Peter Morrison/The Associated Press $6 million, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. Redford also sold an adjacentlotto another buyerfor more than $3 million, He had bought the lot from playwright Neil Simon in 1994 to prevent anyonefrom building next to the home he pur- lion during the weekend. Dropping to second SOURCE: Gannett News Service CHAD Voters cast ballots en masse in second multiparty election N'DJAMENA — Chadiansturned outin John Devin dressesasSt. Patrick while taking , What's ahead: Both chambers will try to complete the $1.35 trillion tax-cut bill and an education reform bill. The Housealsois expectedto considerlegislation to protect small businessesfrom frivolous lawsuitsfiled under the Superfund environmental cleanuplaw. large numbers Sundayto vote in the impover- (ISSN 0460800) on a script with Allen. “He thinksI'm anidiot,” Keaton tells TV Guide in its May26 issue. “He does.Call him up and ask him and he'll tell you. The truth is, he thinks I'm anidiot, but he likes me.” Keaton, who is directing and producing pilot for a Fox drama about a high-powered publishing family, said she had a crush on Allen when she first met him on the Broadwaysetof “PlayIt Again, Sam.”“I thoughthe was so cute," said Keaton, who won a best actress Oscarforthe title characterin 1977's provide taxrelief for married couples. that John Paul has anyintention of resigning because of his ailments. He walks with diffi- DUBLIN Award-winning actress to start Display Advertising ......... 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Scientists had been watchingthree birds — a male and two females — who had been showing courtship behavior, but were unable to pinpoint the remote mountain canyon where they suspected the birds were nesting until snow recently melted away. “This is very cool,” said Greg Austin, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who discovered «the eggs. “Years ago;critics said we couldn't breed them in captivity, and now they're breeding ‘on their own.” The two eggsare the secondaridthird known to have beenlaid by California condors anywhere in the wild since 1986, whenall nine remaining condors in the world were taken into captivity. In March,thefirst condoregg that has been discovered wasfound in a remote cave nearthe Grand Canyon, but that egg was cracked and would not hatch. Condors,the largest birds in North America, soar on 10-foot wingspans on warm-air currents that propel them across mountain rangesat 55 mph.They are oneofthe world's rarest and tnost endangered birds. NOTED Died: Last Mondayin Los Angelesaftera briefillness, Gwen Bagni Dubov,a respected writer of TV, movie andradio scripts who co-wrote the pilot for TV's “Mod Squad.” She was88. Died:In La Jolla, Calif, May 11, Hiram Mendow, 107, who defended Al Capone and other mobSters during Prohibition and wasstill practicing law at age 100, Today's Birthdays: Singer RonIsley ofthe Isley Brothers is 60. Actress CarolPotter is 53. Singer Leo Sayeris 53. Tough manMr. T is 49, Actor Judge Reinhold is 44. Actress Fairuza Balk is 27. |
