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Show Daily APRIL 17, 2006 www.heraldextra.com xk UTAH VALLEY EDITION 50 CENTS YOUR TOWN: YOUR NEIGHBORS - YOUR NEWSPAPER LIFE & STYLE PERSONAL MYSPACES SPORTS waaay forayinto a social Website with her CRTC BYU SPRINGS FORWARD TO Nile rallies attract tens of thousands;police, protesters clash Pro-democra Binaj Gurubacharya THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. KATMANDU,Nepal — The Nepalesecapital ran low on fresh food and fuel Sunday becauseof a general strike that shut down the city, and thousands of angry prodemocracy demonstrators clashed with policefiring rubber bullets. The emboldened opposition ll days. The rallies included small protests in Katmandu’s tourist hub and commercial heart — the first in the capital's center, whererallies taxes to the government of King are banned. Gyanendra, who responded by Still, Gyanendra appeared unfurther banningprotests on the ready to relinquish power over capital's outskirts. * this mountain kingdom that has Sunday’s pro-democracy rallies long attracted Western hippies in across the Himalayan kingdom at- searchof Easternspirituality and tracted tens of thousands of people mountain climberslookingto scale _and werethe biggest since oppopeakslike Mt. Everest. nents of Gyanendra’sroyal dictaHis government extended the torship began their campaign of ban on demonstrations to the protests and a nationwide strike urged Nepalis to stop paying GAUTAM SINGH /Associated Press osition party supporters shout slogans during a that has cut off Nepal'scities for See NEPAL, A3 ee at Patan, Nepal, on Sunday. Take precautions POPEOPE C CELEBRATES FIRSTFIRST EASTER Beste borne virus this year Heidi Toth Bad newsfirst — as the temperatures warm up, the mosqui- toes are coming out, sometimes in droves, attacking those eager to take advantage ofthe sum- merlike weather But the good newsis, while the mosquitoesareirritating and feeding off the blood of Utahns, they're not carriers of the West Nile virus, a potentially deadly | disease. Those mosquitoes come later. WestNile seasonisn't here | | | quite yet; Utah County Health Department spokesman Lance Madigansaid thesentinel chick- | ens will be out May5 and they'll Start testing in early June. The mosquito populationis active, but the types breaking up early backyard barbecuesarejust nuisancebugs, not disease carriers. “We don't really expect to see anything happeninguntil later in the season,” hesaid. There's nowayto tell how seriousthis season could be. Madigansaid West Nile trends throughoutthe countryindicate | | that oncethe virusis in an area. it stays there. The 2005 season wasthe most severe in. Utah since the virus arrived in 2003. andit is likelythis year could be as bad,especially since the winter andearly spring have beenwet, andspring is expected to continue being wet. But there arestill a numberof other factors,hesaid. “Wecould suddenlyhit a dry LOSSERVATORE ROMANO/Associated Press Pope gives his blessing after his traditional “Urbi et Orbi” speechin St. Peter's Square. Pope Benedict XVI, celebratinghisfirst Easter as pontiff as well as his 79th birthday,led tens of thousands offaithful in Mass. See WEST NILE. A2 Pope calls for solutions to nuclear crisis Frances D'Emilio THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS VATICAN CITY — As Mass began, a brisk breeze ruffled the pope’s goldcolored vestments and the crimson feathers atop the helmets of Swiss Guards as he strode up the square to wishes in 62languages Sunday, gave his blessing andreflected on the world’stroubles in his first Easter message as pontiff. St. Peter's Square was ablaze withcolorandlife, decorated with potted , Wisteria and pansies, thronged by 100,000 faith- take his place at a canopied altar on the ful andtourists on a hazy spring day. - of St. Peter’s Basilica. On Christianity’s most joyous day, traqi epee MastSuny seier junday in ranter Easter services ai Iraq’s Christian ee been under threatfrom sectarian violence. eg . ‘SAMIR MIZBAN Aetocieted Press How different from last Easter, when Benedict's predecessor, John Paul II, was so frail he was unable to speak,onlyraising his handin bless. Many in the crowd were moved to tearsat the sight of their incapacitated _leader. John Paul died six dayslater, after missingall major Holy Week events. _ This Easterfell on Benedict's 79th birthday, and althoughhe looked tired, Iran,the Palestinians’ struggle for their ownstate,relentless violencein Iraq and suffering in Sudan’s Darfur region. “Today, even in this modern age marked by anxiety and uncertainty, werelive the event of the Resurrection, which changed theface of our life and changed the history of human- 5 _ity,” Benedict said in the traditional he madesureto address the world's pressing issues — a nuclear crisis over See EASTER, A2 FOR SALE | ame See aphoto you would like to havein your homeoroffice? Daily Herald photos now are available online at heraldextra.com/gallery. Anglican cleric finds Iraqis turning §=» —____— igi j from harshh lifelife to religion as respite a Vanessa Arrington THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS 7 oe People tumto religion INSIDE OUR TOWNS _A10 SPORTS «BY mE B y Prpeople turn to religion when | UFERSTYLE is booming at the Rev. Andrew a i ‘ i White’s church as moreIraqi because if you ve got nothing Christians seek solace in religion else, you turn to God. to cope with a life of car bombings, ' an interview in a Green coffee shop after conducting three Easter services. “Because if you've got nothing else, youturnto God.” OPINIONS AS NATIONWORLD Aa HIGH 43 a ~ LOW 28 | OBITUARIES, AZ Every month, “Canon White,” as he is known here,travels to Baghdad to minister to the faithful, including Western Protestants and Iraqi Assyrian Christians — who must be bused into the U.S.protected Green Zone to hear him preach after al- takes je:against a backdrop resurgent Muslim religiosity. Sunniand Shiite Muslim deaths are mounting daily in sectarian violence,political divisions have | MOVIES | BAGHDAD, Iraq —Attendance kidnappingsand deprivation. when = 41-year-old British Anglican they are desperate. Rev. Andrew White travels to Baghdad to minister Qaida put a price on his head. Ce ee number of Iraqis sin vices has grownto about they are desperate,” Whitesaidin The apparent Christian revival See IRAQ, A2 | HoRoscores 68 | WEATHERBB 6 89 Teezy, snowy oyina gy ISSUE260 050°" 8 |