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Show NATION/WORLD The Salt Lake Tribune A4 Sunday, April 7, 2002 EARTHWEER: A DIARY OF THE PLANET macreayening to east months of December, Jan- Florida ‘Black Water’ brow. JohnHeat of th ute said This is truly a uary and February than at any comparable time during g the hugeareaof “black ay the phenomenon may Scientists inves water” in Florid: becaused by they are sti thepast three decades, and as long as 80 years in some cases. In Februar de ‘ollect information today Spring Tornadoes =. At least five people in China's Guangdong province were killed and 12 others were injured as a tornado touched down in a densely < opulated area. The twister hit near the border e're tryingtc and project back to see with Hong Kong and also cut a path of destruction through the city of Shenzhen, where it toppled trees and what has caused this event.” Many fishermen have reported fishkills, and the death of sponges andother marine life n the affected disrupted electrical supplies. The Hong Kong-based newspaper Ming Pao reported that the tornado had destroyed a manufacturing plantand shattered windows andglass doors at several factories in Shenzhen’s Long- Earthquakes Four people were killed and hundreds of rs were injured when a magnitude 7.1 tem! hit northeastern Taiwan whereit caused cranes tocrash to the ground from the 60th floor of a. construction site in Taipei *Am tude 6.4 anthquake briefly disrupted elec gangdistrict * Atleast three tornadoes blewthrough central Texas, injuring four people and damaging homes and a hospital. The stormstoppled trees and took down six towers For the week ending of a high-voltage power transmission line. Nien ayn ~ April 5, 2002 Big Cat Deaths tricity and communicationsasit jolted central and north ern Chile. ificant damage was reported from the Ne shaking. * Earth movements were also felt in western and northeastern Japan, southem New Zealand, Western Australia and the western India state of Gujarat Japanese Eruption 5 Japan’s Miyakejima Volcano explodedbriefly 4s a groupof 200 residents was returning to the vacuatedPacific island toretrievebelongings. Island’s entire population of approxi mately 3,850 residents was forced tocvacuatein Septem ber 2000 whenthe volcano beganto continuously erupt The only current residents are emergency workers who re stationed onthe deserted outpost. Thereturningres- Mideast: Bush Asks Israel To Withdraw Officials in Bangladesh announced that the a Jewish settlement, prompting an Israeli tank assault on a nearby village. OneIsraeli sol- dier and four Palestinians died in the clashes, including a 6year-old girl walking home from herfirst day at school Israel invaded Palestinianruled areas of the West Bank 10 @ Continued from A-1 days agoafter a series of sui- cide bombings killed scores of Israelis. Tanks and armored vehicles ha moved into every Wes Bank city except Jericho, occupying most places with Elsewherein the West Bank, Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen tradedfire in Hebron, leaving three Palestinians dead, and at the besieged Ra- only limited resistance. Not so in Nablus and Jenin. mallah compound of Palestinian Authority leader Yass¢ Arafat. In Bethlehem, Vatican The two cities, 15 miles apart in the northern part of the West and U.S. officials tried to end a Bank, are hometo large numbers of militants and have day-old standoff between Is. number of people killed by tigers has soared this year in parts of the country, primarily as a result of intense poachingthat they said has made the big cats more ageressive to humans. Sofar this year, 22 people have been killed by Royal Bengal tigers compared with 24for all of last year. The victims were said to have been mainlyfishers and honey collectors. idents were taking advantage of a series of temporary of the storm damage. visits in which small groups are allowed to briefly return Drought to their homes. The mostsevere drought in 20 years has hit China’s northeastern provinceofJilin, affectCanaryIsland Tempest ing nearly 5 million acres of farmland. State At least five people in Spain's Canary Island radio reported that the layer ofdry soil in the of Santa Cruzde Tenerife died in mudslides and flash floodingtriggered bytorrential rains. com-growing region had now reacheda depth of7 feet. Vhurty others were injured and taken to hospitals that The country’s eastern province of Shandong has also were operating with only sporadic powersupplies due been affected by continuing drought, with almost 2 milto the storms, Theisland's mayor, Miguel Zerolo, said lion residents being left without adequate supplies of that one of thevictims was a younggirl who was crushed drinking water. * Data tracking the flow ofrivers nationwide in the by afalling wall. Thousands ofvacationers were delayed in returning homefollowing the Easter holiday because U.S. revealed that less water flowed down numerous raeli soldiers surroundingthe spawned a number ofthere- Church of the Nativity and armed Palestinians holed up inside. Violence alsoeruptedin the Gaza Strip, which has been tense but relatively quiet dur- cent suicide bombers. day by sending bulldozers into the Jenin camp underthe protective fire of helicopter gun- homes in the settlement of Distributed by: The Los Angeles Times Syndicate E-mail: mail@earthweek.com ©2002Earth Environment Service . fighting, Israel has killed dozens of suspected militants in attacks on their cars, offices and GAZA CITY,Gaza Strip — AsIsrael continues its military onslaughtagainst militants in the West Bank, leaders of the radical group Hamas in the Gaza Strip are concerned they will be targeted next. The main faces ofHamas in Gaza spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, fiery speaker Abdel Aziz Rantisi and leading spokesman Mahmoud Zahar — still appear atrallies and other 15,000 people, witnesses said. In Nablus, the West Bank’s largest city, troops that had ringed the casbah with tanks for two daysfinally moved in on foot Saturday, going from house to house by rooftop and break- mosque. mies. ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ships, destroying at least 40 described as bloody and round the clock, with militants laying mines and firing automaticrifles from apartments, homes and, accordingto the Israeli army, the minaret of a Jenin of rare animalsin half during the past few years and appears to have taughtthem to consider humansas ene- Hamas Worries It IsNextTarget Target overcome that obstacle Satur- ing in from aboveto search for gunmen, witnesses said. Resistance in both cities was Wildlife officials said that poaching has cut the number | even backyard chicken coops. Israel says the militants were behind attacks against Israelis. Israel's foray into a half-dozen Palestinian cities and towns in the West Bank since March 29 has only heightened their concerns. house and riddled the with helicopter-fired missiles and tank shells, kill- public events,but have changed their routines. Yassin’s aides neverleave the quadriplegic’s side, Rantisi has switched off his mobile phone and Zahar now changes cars most days. All three are members of Hamas’political leadership and claim they are notinvolved with the military wing that carries out attacks. But Israel says it does not accept the distinction. Throughout the past 18 months of Mideast ing them all, witnesses said. The Hamas members included Qeis Odwan, accused by Israel of organizing the March 27 suicide attack on an Israeli seafront hotel that killed 26 Israelis and triggered the West Bank offensive. 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