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Show The Salt Lake Tribune PAGE2 Compiled from Tribune news services by Brian Macintyre 2 GRABBING THE HEADLINES SPAIN High court bans Basque party accused ofjoining ETA in terror MADRID TUESDAY, March 18, 2003 Martin Scorsese, wno received a best-director Oscar nomination this yearfor "Gang of New York,” says Hollywood The Supreme Court on Monday yutlaweda militant Basquenationalist party actors from your film is not talk ing on that screen in the middie ofthe night, there will be five accusedof terrorism through links with the armed separatist group ETA Chief Justice Francisco Hernando released the unanimous verdict by a 16-judge panel rul. ng against the Batasuna party, six months af ter the government ments will be re sed in a few divs Hernando said It was the first time since democr other actors from five different films talking,” Scorsese told Time magazine. “Gangs of New York,” starring best-actor nominee Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio, was nominated for 10 awards, inciuding bes! picture Scorsese, who has never won an Academy Award turnedto Spainfollowing the 1975 de for best director despite being nominated three times before, says he feels obligated to be inter viewed about thefilm. “The reality is, if | don't do longtime dictator Gen. Francisco Franco that a volitical party was banned Terrorists won't be able to mark the rules of the gameeither in Spain or out of Spain rime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said shortly fier the ruling was made public PR, I'm hurting the picture,” Scorsese said. The Academy Awards ceremony is slated to be broad: castlive from Hollywood, starting at 6:30 p.m. MST Sunday, on ABC. UNITED STATES rial begins for accused killer John Cogill/The Associated Press trish pop star Samantha Mumba, this year’s grand marshal, leads off the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on Monday. More than 300,000 people lined the streets of the irish capital for a view of the festivities, of New York abortion doctor at Nana Glen,” Daysaid. “It’s not a Hollywood Central Dublin packed for sunshine-soaked St. Patrick’s Day parade DUBLIN More than 300,000 people packed central Thecase is being heardby his right to have the evidence considered by a jury. Kopp usually sun-soakedSt Patrick's Day, with a parade der charges, saying he only intended to wound Barnett SI. featuring agiantinflatable sun andseveral American marching bands. Organizers kept protesters has pleadedinnocentto mur epian. Judge Michael D'Amico will rule based on a 35-page list of facts, followed by attorJames Kopp neys' arguments over what those facts mean legally opposed to a U.S_ted attack on Iraqout of the parade, but ac: tivists fromtheIrish Anti. War Movement picketedin two busy spectator areas ‘Thejudgeasked Kopp aseries of questions Theyhandedout leaflets denouncing President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony including whether he understood he had waived his right to testify and to havelesser charges considered. Kopp replied, “Yes, your the northsideof town, where Blair, and called for protests Dublin on Monday for an un a judge because Kopp waived when an invasion begins. Onthe brink of war Mon. day, Bush released a state ment in Washingtonsending the parade ended after a two- “greetings to those celebrat The grand marshal was Samantha Mumba,a Dublin- mile walk fromSt. Patrick's Cathedral onthe south side across the RiverLiffey, ing St. Patrick's Day.” “We are proudof our deep L.A. Confidential,” “The Insider” and “Gladiator for which he won a best-actor Oscarin 2001 ae with an Irish-Zambian back- are grateful for the many ground. Organizers andpolice Irish-Americans whocon tinueto enrich our nation,” Bushsaid. In Dublin, exceptional weather produced crowds10- estimated the crowd at more than 300,000. Theparade capped six days of performances, ca vals, fireworksdisplays andothe: eventsin the St Patrick's Fes: tival deepalong O'Connell Street, the capital's major thoroughfare on Hormonetherapy again rebuked Long-term use of hormone replacement ther: py, already shown to be bad lol okie iher’s. physicalhealth, is found to be no panacea for their or CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Rebels celebrate their takeover; African Union condemns coup its final breakup over Texas,as wires in its left BANGUI Victorious rebels raced through the streets, firing gunsinthe air to celebrate evacu. ated foreigners Monday from Central African ‘Oded Balilty/TheAssociated Press A broken tablet that some believe may date to the ninth century B.C.is seen at a press conference at the Education Ministry in Jerusalem on Monday. Rebel leader Gen. Francois Bozize declared himself president, dissolved thelegislature and uspended the constitution Sunday after his rebels captured the country’s capital, Bangui, while President Ange-Felix Patasse wasout of the country. Meanwhile, the United Nations andthe Afri ISRAEL Kofi Annan called for “the speedy restoration if the constitutional order and for the respect and protection of the human rights and funda JERUSALEM— An ancient stonetablet some experts believe may dateto the ninth century B.C., providingrareconfirmation of biblical narrative, broke in half whi raeli police station, offic y mental freedoms.” NETHERLANDS Newlaw allowsfor pharmacies to fill marijuana prescriptions An antiquities collector turned in the shoebox-sized tablet in Tel Aviv on Monday morning. Police bringingit toIsrael's Antiqui ties Authorityin Jerusalem broke it even though it was wrapped in two layers of bubble wrap andinside a box, said Amir Ganor, the AMSTERDAM— Pharmacies may fill pre scriptions for marijuana andpatients can get headof the authorities’ anti-theft division. A spokeswomanfor the Antiquities Author. ity, Osnat Guez, saidit could actually help sci the cost covered byinsurance, according toa law that went into effect Monday entists studying the tablet, since they will be able to check the inner layers to determine Doctors in the famously liberal Netherlands havelong recommended marijuana to cancer patients as an appetite enhancer and to combat pain and nausea. But it is usually bought at one of the country’s 800 “coffee shops,” where how oldthestoneis. the plant is sold openly while policelook the nther way h minister said, look, doctors are a to their patients any way, and there are many medicinal users, so we may as well regulate it,” said Bas Kuik, a in heryard whose breasts had been made, ac and the officer dropped the matter. Doe Balt LakeTribune ASSN ereast0 Pstabilidhed April 18, 1°71 Published Group, 148South Main9, Sult Laie City, Uwh W411i. Periodicals Postage Paid at Sait Lake City, Utah. POSTMASTER duily and Sunday by the MedinNews changes to The Salt Lake “Tribune at the above address. ty, sleep and sex lives. the pills are still an effective treatment for short term relief from hot flashes and night sweats, bul nothing else. “The average woman pfsadnat eateueea Psychologist who the analysis. .” said Jennifer Hays of of tion of what was goingoninflight control.” CHINA Newleader makes public debut, says socialism can carry nation BEIJING flashes and other miseries of menopause. But 70s, believing the drugs are good for their healt and well The latest data are from the Women's Health Initiative, a federally sponsored study of 16,608 posti usal women ages 50 to 79. The re Sults will be published in the May 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. NOTED China’s new president pledged to- day to oversee“thegreat rejuvenationof the Chi. nese nation,” making his public debut as chief executivein a carefully upbeat conclusion to the legislative meeting that installed him. But Hu Jintao, in his first public remarks as president, made no mentionof one of China’s biggest problems: elevating theliving standards of hundredsof millions of poor Chinese that two Hu spokea dayafter the government charged with doing the day-to-day work ofa newgenera- tion of communist rule installed a Cabinet “With the hard work of the Chinese people, great changes have been undertaken,” Hu said to applause. “Today our country is prosperous and has a bright future. Onlysocialism can save Chi- ha, and onlysocialism with Chinese characteris tics can develop China.” Died: Joseph Coors, who used his brewing for tune to support President Reagan and help create the conservative Heritage Foundation He was 85. Coors, whose grandfather founded Golden, Colo.-based Adolph Coors Co. in 1873, died Saturdayin Rancho Mirage, Cali Died: Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah Fergu- ‘son, the duchess of York. He was 71. Fergu ‘son died Sundaynight at a clinic in Hampshire. —" Engiand, after suffering a heart Sleeihe: Actor Peter Graves is 77. Author John Updike is 71 feet Williams is 40. Rapper Queen Latifah is 33 _NON SEQUITUR — BE why, ‘Groundhog Day’ Movie Comes to Life: British boatman AndrewHalsey, 45, set off YOU CAN SRP SING "DUSGED” from Peru last Nov. 28 with 260 days’ food, in tending to rowsolo acrossthe Pacific Ocean to Australia (about 8,000 miles). According toa BBC progress report on Feb. 8, after 72 days of fighting winds and currents and rowing prob- ably 2,300 miles out, back andin circles, he was still 8,000 miles away. (A March 7 update in a British weekly reported that he had closed to within 7,600 miles of Melbourne.) Compiled by Chuck Shephera TRIBUNENEWSROOM NUMBERS . 25a Business Dewk 51a Communities Desk Corrections Rétortad Writers Rvtronment Besk General Dek going haywire probablyfromhotatmospheric gases that had entered a holein the left wing “the vehicle flew perfectly, no indica. UNITED STATES Arts & Entertain Desk... Haitor Hill expressed amazement that during much of the time debris was falling and sensors were Composite video of Columbia shows‘steadystream’ of debris NEWS OF THE WEIRD cording to a complainant, “inappropriate(lyy large. The woman, Orystal Lynn, at first ac ceded to theofficer's request and draped the snowmanin a tablecloth, but after giving more thought about the mentality of a person who would, in the year 2003, call the police about protrusionsof ice, she removed the tablecloth < decades of economic reform haveleft behind. HOUSTON Columbialost“a steady stream” of pieces from California all the way to spokesman for the Dutch Ministry of Health a womanin Kent, Ohio, in February, asking her to make adjustments to a female snowman The new results suggest this is nothing more than a placebo effect. The researchers conclude In the videotape Hill showed, the shuttle is seen as a bright, white object against the dark sky; 15 times, a piece big enough to be seen cameoff. Twice, a flash accompaniedthe shed ding object, perhaps the result of combustion in other words, the pieces may have been burning when they cameoff. Possible 9th centuryB.C.tablet breaks on wayto policestation an Unionstrongly condemned the takeover. A statement from U.N. Secretary-general important Police Business: Police called on oider women feel better by improving their memo “Wecontinueto be shockedthat we had debris coming off the orbiter as we crossed the California coastline,” said NASAflight director PaulHill. Later, to illustratehis point, Hill showed a video that was a composite fo 20 met OY AANCRSA. pette epOren o@upas Frenchtroops mental outiook either. In a challenge to popularbelief, a large study finds that estrogen and progestin pills fail to make wing burned and shorted out, shuttle officials told the accident investigation board Monday. amateur videossent in by citizens. Republic Send star-studded affair it's a family and friends affair for about 80 guests.” The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported that Crowe recently added an extension to the non-denominational chapel. which wasfirst used for his brother Terry's wed. dinglast year. Crowe hasstarred in films including raised pop singer and actress andlastingtiesto Ireland and honor” each time. their weekend Crowe's publicist Wendy Day said Sunday that the Australian actor would wed Danielle Spencerir the family chapel on his property, in New South Walesstate. “It's definitely April 7 on his property IRELAND BUFFALO, N.Y. 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