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Show GheSalt LakeTribune PAGE2 Compiled from Tribune news services by Brian Mac Intyre TUESDAY,February 19, 2002 AHE GLOBE INDIA 5 die from disease that medics fear is pneumonic plague GRABBING | THE HEADLINES Add Julia Roberts tothe list A BRIDGE TOO FAR of those who want to see Denze! Washington walk away with a best actor Academy Award next month. “He should be on his third Oscar by now,and that NEW DELHI Fivepeoplein a remotepart of northern India havedied from a disease doc. might not be enough,” Roberts tells Newsweek magazine. “I cannot absorb living in a world tors fear may be pneumonicplague, hospital of. ficials said Monday The first death was reported a week ago, and thefifth victim died Monday, said Manju Wad where | have an Oscarfor best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.” Washington, who won an Academy Award in 1989 for best supporting actorin “Glory,” is nominated for his turn as a bad walkar, an official at a hospital in Chandighar, capital of Punjabstate. Shesaid six patients werebeingtreated but that no new cases were cop in “Training Day.” He competes against Sean Pennin“| Am Sam,” Tom Wilkinsonfor “In the Bedroom.” Russell Crowein “A Beautiful Mind” and Will Smith in “Ali reported in four days. Plagueis commonly foundin rodents,rabbits and certain meat-eating animals, espe cially those in higherelevations. Bubonic plague affects the lymph nodes, septicemic plague affects the blood and pneumonic plague affects the lungs. The victims, all from remotevillagesin Joan Collins walked downtheaisle for the fifth time Sunday, marrying a man more than 30 years younger. Collins, 68, and 36-year-old Percy Gibson were married in front of 175 guests at Clar. idge's Hotel in London. Guestsincluded singer Shirley Bassey, former James Bondstar Roger neighboring Himachal Pradeshstate, suffered fever, cough, exhaustion and chest pain, symptomssimilar to those of the plague, Wadwalkar said. Doctors hope test results expected today will identifythe disease The pneumonic and septicemic forms of plaguelead to a quick death in almost all cases if not treated with antibiotics. Bubonic plague is fatal only about 60 percent of the time. NEPAL Lawmakers scuffle as they seek resignation of government R.Perales/The Associated Press A city policeman patrols the beach near La Linea de la Concepcion, southern Spain, on Monday, where British Royal Marine commandos mistakenly came ashore during military exercises in neighboring Gibraltar, seen in the background, on Sunday. About 20 Royal Marines went slightly off course, coming ashore several yards from the border. British defense officials said Mondaythat the “regrettable and embarrassing” incident lasted no more than five minutes and was probably caused by a map-readingerror. day to makethe drugnevirapine available in its public hospitals to HIV-infected pregnant for help in advance of a rebelattack that killed announced plans to expand — accessto the drug in defiance of national governmentpoli- women. Three other provinces have expanded 137 people. Inthe aftermath ofthe deadliest assault in ivilians. Therebels brokeoffpeace talks and renewed attacks Nov. 26, prompting the imposition of the state of emergency, whichis up for renewal. FiJl President commutes sentence of coupleaderto life in prison SUVA Hours after he was sentenced to death for treason,Fijian coup leader George from motherto child during labor by upto 50 percent. Tamayo speaks to the media at a hotel in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday. for resignation of Chavez liament in May2000 andtaking the prime min- ister, most Cabinet ministers and other lawmakers hostage. Hesaid heled the coup to win back political powerfor his fellow indigenousFijians, who make up 51 percent of the Pacificisland nation's population of 820,000. The hostages were released after a tense 56day standoff during which Speight, his armed gang and the captives remained holed up in Parliament, surrounded by armytroops. The couptriggered riots, arson,looting and the ouster of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry coast, making a tangible demonstration of a new spirit of cooperation. Hopes have faded of finding the trio a 54year-old veteran fisherman, his 32-year-old son and 8-year-old grandson,all of them named Michael Greene. Their trawler disappeared off the coastof Kilkeel, NorthernIreland's major fishing port, on Thursday night But politicians seized on the search as a chance to demonstrate the kind of cooperation between NorthernIreland and the Republicof Ireland enshrined in the 1998 Good Friday CARACAS — A navy vice admiral added his voice Monday to demands that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez resign, becoming the highest-rankingofficer yet to publicly oppose theleftist president. Thelatest challenge to Chavez is likely to produce more turmoil for Venezuela’s strug- gling economy. A call for his resignation earlier this month bytwoothermilitaryofficers provoked large anti-Chavez protests and prompted investors to pull hundreds of millions of dollarsoutof the country. peace accord. Evenlan Paisley, the Protestant hardliner, said he was ful to the Dublin authorities for sending a vessel there.” Monday, Vice Adm. Carlos Molina Tamayo, that Chavez step down.If Chavez refuses, he ally serve about10 years. Speightled the armed overthrowof Fiji's first ethnic Indian-led government,seizing Par- DUBLIN TheIrish navy’s flagshipjoined the search Monday for three generations of a fishing familylost off the Northern Ireland a U Strained electronics warfare expert who recently was appointed ambassadorto Greece, People sentenced tolife in prison in Fiji usu- Navyaids search effort in sign of cross-border cooperation VENEZUELA Another top military officer calls President Ratu Josefa Doilo signed the com. mutation decree on the recommendation of both prosecution and defense lawyers because General @oriniasi Bale. IRELAND Venezuelan Navy Vice Adm. Carios Molina Speight was spared Monday whenthepresi. dentinstalled in the aftermath of the uprising commuted the sentencetolife in prison. of Speight's surprise guilty plea, said Attorney favors include $1,900 diamond earrings, $4,500 Sports Club/LA membership, pagers, iPod music hotelof their choice, the New York Post says. ey About 200 babies are born HIV-positiveev- resumestoday. 55 soldiers, an intelligence officer and bagwith $18,000 worth of freebie loot. The party or erydayin South Africa, and studies shownevi rapine can reduce transmission ofthe virus tion on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s request to extend a state of emergency. Debate from Chinese revolutionaryleader Mao Tse tung, attacked governmentoffices and a small airport in Achham on Sunday,killing 77 police- See The megawatt stars taking the stage at this month's Grammy Awards are each getting a grab cy. Nepal's 6-year war, lawmakers knocked down a podium, tussled with guards and shouted for the government's resignation; they took no ac- upthe fight against rebels trying to topple the Himalayan kingdom’s constitutional monarchy and install a communist government. Theguerrillas, who draw their inspiration Gibson in December Players, and a two-night stay atthe lan Schrager KATMANDU— In session marked by scuffles and noisy recriminations, Nepalese legislators Monday said the government should resign because it ignored repeated calls Deuba said he needed the extension to keep Moore and 1960s pop singer Cilla Black, now a British TV celebrity. Collins announced her engagement to Peruvian-born theater manager urged his armed forces colleagues to demand Fewer medicaltests may be enough Specialty medical groups and patient advocates are urging more and more seemingly healthy Americans to get screened for early signs of numerous diseases. Afterail, spotanillness early and often you canfightit better. But how muchtesting does the average symptom-free person really need? Notall that much, is the surprising answer from the expert panelthat sets the nation’s primary care standards, Even that traditional checkup, where“all of us Q0in andjust get checked from soupto nuts,” isn't needed every year for many people, says Janet Allan, co-chair of the U.S. Preventive Ser- vices Task Force. And several often-recommended tests, such as prostate cancer screening or bone-density tests, are controversial because of mixed studies about their benefit. Studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cite only a handfulof screenings — for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, high blood pressure and high cholesterol — that are considered most essential. Testing isn’t alwaysthe best preventive care, adds Allan, dean of nursing at the University of Texas, Sari Antonio. The counseling that busy health workers often forget or bypassis crucial. CHINA said, the courts andthe legislature shouldinitiate impeachmentproceedings. Group:Six ontrial for spreading Falun Gong material online Defense Minister Jose Vicente Rangel insisted the armed forces remain loyal to the president. BEIJING Six Chinese students from the university where President Bush will speak SOUTH AFRICA Province joins growing backlash against government’s AIDSpolicy four decadeslater. He was 87. Srnith died of religious material, a human rights group said pneumonia aggravated by congestive heart Monday. failure Friday eveningat his home in Bethesda, tion Center for Human Rights & Democracy said Their trial began in Septemberin the south: em city of Zhuhai, the center said. The defendants were described as architec. number of babies born with HIV ture and engineering students at Tsinghua University, an elite school in Beijing where Bush is scheduled to speak Friday Gauteng,the province that includes Johan- nesburg andthe capital, Pretoria, decided Mon- of “Murrow’s Boys" on CBS radio and ended his career as an ABC co-anchor and analyst this weekare ontrial for spreading outlawed The six are charged with spreading material on the Internet aboutthe outlawed Falun Gong religioussect, the Hong Kong-based Informa- JOHANNESBURG — Frustrated with South Africa's sluggish response to the AIDS pandemic, a growing number of provinces are bucking the national government's policy bydistribut ing a drug that could drastically reduce the NOTED Died: Howard K. Smith, the newscaster who gained prominence during World WarIl as one Md. Died: Fabio Ochoa Restrepo, the patriarch of one of Colombia's most important drug trafficking families, Mondayof kidneyfailure. He was 78. Today's Birthdays: Singer Smokey Robinson is 62. Actor Jeff Daniels is 47 Britain's Prince Andrew is 42. Singer Sealis 39. Actor Benicio Del Toro is 35 NONSEQUITUR People Different From Us: In January, a 42 year-old Vancouver, Wash., chiropractor, up set at the deteriorating relationship with his girlfriend, apparently disemboweled himself in his home. The man, health-conscious former bodybuilder, was found by police (responding to the girlfriend's call that the man was continuing to harass her)lying on his bed, bloody, with his shirt off and a quantity of his intestines resting on his stomach. He was hospital- ized, but his condition was not life-threatening. TheKaltLakeTribune (ISSN 07463500) Established Apel! 16, 1871 Published dally und Sunday by the Kearns Tribune Least Competent Peopie: Bryan Allison, 24, was hospitalized briefly in Buffalo, N.Y., in November after falling 20 feet to the ground while tossing a television set aff a second-floor balconyat his home. According to police, Allison was watching the videotape of a 1989 Na- tional Hockey League playaffgame with his brother and got angry once again that his team had lost. He picked up the TV set and at tempted to toss it offthe balconybut apparently failed to let go of it in time. — Compiled by Chuck Shepherd ] SLOC advertising in this newspaper has been donated by The Tribune in return for thirdJevel Olympic donor designation. CIRCULATION NUMBERS SUBSCRIPTION RATES ‘By Mall (¢-weet period) ‘Carrer Delivery Dally/Stenday (Ura, ide, Wyo. Nex.) ssia00 Dnily Dally Only (Uta, ida. Wyo,, New.) ‘Sunday Only (AL! States) restarting (¢-week period) hap Dy & Sunday 22.00 Sundays Only & Thanksgiving “a Be r® ‘Dully & Sunday (Cnutside of Region) 15.m) Member Audit Bureaw ofCireulatians “Ratesmay wary ouside the Salt lake metropolitanaren.” 5 ‘billing information, cali Monday through Fri- dey, 4.20. to 8 p.m.Saturday 4 a.m. to 0am, forte fom to 1pm. 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