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Age AO" Nta 20 2004 MLvIrE1) 13 — -- 11 - Compiled from Tribune news services by Leo Dirr Se WIEEnnEN OEM An GRABBING THE HEADLINES BRAZIL Space agency says funding approved to resume program Two American miss ionaries killed by gunmen at college KAMPALA — Unidentified gunmen raided and looted a college and killed two American missionaries and a Ugandan student police said Friday Warren Pett and his wife Donna were shot late Thursday after seven armed men wearing military uniforms raided the college near Yumbe in northwestern Uganda where the couple taught said Okot Araa district police chief The US Embassy said the missionaries were both 49 and from Mukwonago Wis Family members said the Petts were dairy farmers who decided to go overseas to spread their faith and help KEVIN -- 1 I- )01 ' - )4"1 ' - 0 Sham BY RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MAST- 1 Ilv Awriated brio JERUSALEM — Prime Minister iel Sharon and Jordan's King Abdul- Ar- lah II held secret talks at the Israeli leader's desert ranch to discuss a proposed Israeli pullback from parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip Israeli and Jordanian officials confirmed Fri day s' The three-hou- r ' lunch meeting ie': '' t Thursday was part 'k of a quiet Israeli lobbying campaign to get backing for ‘ the plan which Palestinians fear is Ark! Sharon part of an attempt to unilaterally draw a border in lands they want for an independent state Israeli officials including Sharon have met recently to discuss the plan with Egyptian Jordanian and US officials — but none of those countries has Indicated that it supports the plan Meanwhile in the Gaza Strip troops In armored vehicles raided a Palestinian village in search of Hamas militants part of a new offensive in the r N ! MAYolbe Amirriaid Pres Snain's Interior Minister Angel Acebes -- ' ' addresses an EU news conference on domestic security in Brussels on Friday BELGIUM EU officials agree to greater cooperation on security data BRUSSELS — The top domestic security officials of the 15 European Union countries agreed Friday to fix faulty intelligence-sharinamong their governments and to name a coordinator to bring better focus to the fight against terrorism the EU said The goal is "an invigorated Europe-wid- e response against the cancer of terrorism" Michael McDowell Ireland's Justice minister told reporters He spoke after an emergency meeting of justice and home affairs ministers who were called to Brussels in response to the March 11 train bombings in Madrid that killed 202 people The ministers also declared full support for Spain which broke ranks last year with major EU countries such as France and Germany by sending troops to help with the US-leoccupation of Iraq NEW JERSEY Panel approves overhaul of child welfare system ' VIETNAM Health officials report that bird flu killed HANOI — Vietnamese health officials today said a boy has become the 16th person to diefrom bird flu the agency has approved the state's ambitious plan to reorganize the child welfare system But the oversight panel in an agreement with state officials reached Thursday night insisted on several changes Including a faster timetable for hiring additional case workers and completing the reorganization of the child protection agency including the phasing out of its adoption centers NEVADA Jury awards parents $52N1 in faulty Ford brakes lawsuit the country's first case in more than a month His death raises the Asia-widdeath toll from the avian influenza to 24 prompting fears of a new resurgence of the disease that has devastated the region's poultry industry The death came as Vietnam announced earlier this week that it was tree by planning to declare itself bird-flthe end of the month Bird flu has been reported tri 10 countries and territories in Asia It has spread to humans in Vietnam and Thailand which has reported eight deaths e RENO — A federal Jury awarded $52 million in damages Friday to the parents killed when a Ford pickup of a truck rolled over him because of a defective parking brake Jimmie and Ginnie White of Elko said in their civil lawsuit that Ford Motor Co knew about the parking brake defect but didn't warn consumers Ford said it plans to appeaL "I think it is a reasonable and relatively modest number under the u at ga fatrZritunt In Established Aped 15 Published daily and Sunday by the MediaNews Group 143 South Main SI Salt Lake City: Utah 84111 Periodicals Postage Paid at Salt Lake City Utah POST MASTER: Send address changes to The Salt Lake Tribune at the above address i secret as ma for mi its fro col tio sal wc CIE PO CO' M: ri si wi tic i Friday after being thrown from a horse during the taping of "The Simple Life 2" a reality show and a the hotel friend on a trip Hilton 23 was first treated at the scene in rural Florida north of Tampa then taken to St Joseph's Hospital said Chris Alexander tiCenttn7 Fox in publicist for Los Angeles Alexander didn't know her specific injuries but said she was walking around after the accident Camera crews were star taping the socialite-turned-Twhen she was thrown Alexander said The sequel to "The Simple Life" features Hilton and Nicole y Richie on a monthlong trip with no money credit cards cell phones or boyfriends Arafat's Fatah movement claimed responsibility for the shooting in a "The trath is this nation is phone call to The Associated Press Meanwhile King Abdullah flew by being bought and sold This helicopter Thursday to Sharon's ranch in southern Israel where he held a nation must instead be three-hou- r lunch meeting with the liberated by all Arab nations" minister prime according to Israeli media reports SHEIK AHMED YASSIN The leaders discussed Sharon's disHamm' founder engagement proposal which would include dismantling nearly all Israeli inenEEN settlements in Gaza and some in the West Bank strip Twelve Palestinians were wounded in gun battles:including two ' Jordli is concerned about my r12 15 In the West Bankt status that were critiand who in changes ages boy could p s h Palestinians into the desert cal condition 1 t Four Israeli soldiers were wounded - I kingdoi and upset its delicate demo- when Hamas detonated pore than 220 graphi balance har the residents of durJordanare Palestinian& pounds of explosives near a tank The meeting was Sharon's first ing the incursion In Jerusalem an Israeli was shot with an Arab leader since last June Sheik Ahmed Yassin llamas' andkilled in a drive-bshooting carfounder called the meeting a "real diried out by Palestinian militants police spokesman Shmulik saster" said The man was jogging in a neigh"They are busy with meetings and borhood that borders the West Bank normalization with the enemy while when he was shot twice in the head they pretend they are acting in the interest of the Palestinian people" and once in the abdomen Police Yassin told The Associated Press "The searched for the attacker in nearby Palestinian neighborhoods truth is this nation is being bought and sold This nation must instead be The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades a militant group with loose ties to Yasser liberated by all Arab nations" Ben-Rub- 4 VIRGINIA Democrats sue Republicans over eavesdropping scandal 2578741 Correcfions Z7V82 Photography Editor V1780 Reader Advocate Roily & Wells Editorial Writers Newsroom Newspaper in Z78888 GovtEnvironment 2578767 Holly Mullen Failures Desk ri4C10 I (8742) Et 257440 VI-F- Sports (no scores) StateWorld Desks Utah °ante I 2574900 2574800 Salt take south Davis counties All other areas a ! 51KmIN 1 1 tD N prostitute became thelatest police detainee to commandeer a patrol car and drive it away after twisting her body to move her teed hands from behind her to the front of her (all in a briefer time tael aea - - around the outside the Car) (Kensington Pa February)And a Har- rods Estates broker announced that he parking space iii the tony Knightsbridge section of London for the equivalent of US$187500 — Compiled by Chuck Shepherd - NOTED Died: Of a heart attack Wednesday in Los Angeles John VI' Jackson who in the 1980s helped usher in the music video era as one of the first MTV r personalities He ' on-ai- was 62 Today's Birthdays: Comedian Carl Reiner is 82 Actor Hal Linden is 73 Singer Jerry Reed is 67 Actor William Hurt is 54 Movie director Spike Lee is 47 Actress Holly Hunter is 46 Model Kathy Ireland is 41 CORRECTIONS Onge own a requiring eight to 14 dogs A photo caption published Thursday in The Salt Lake Tribune listed the wrong race category 500Rirecock rmrliC:it:dS Among the 64 men's basketball teams in this year's NCAA tournament 18 graduated at least 50 percent of their freshman scholarship recruits not 16 as was reported in Thursday's Tribune Boston College's four-yea- r graduation rate was 46 percent not 36 percent first-quarte- (display) 2:112815 NEI Recurrkal theroisr 'A suspected — Three weeks after 9' —4 his presannouncing idential bid Ralph Nader is running a ' campaign so elusive "' I that it's almost im- sk' tfmcl possible i 14"-- s Its phone number -is unpublished Its Ralph Nader Is will headquarters he compete? tucked inside the of-of one of the candidate's nonprofit ventures in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood Either Nader is running a stealth operation or his campaign has not raised enough money to operate traditionally "We're still getting off the ground" Kevin Zeese a senior Nader campaign aide said Thursday Whether Nader is plotting an underthe-radar surge or is struggling fmancially could make an enormous difference in the coming election either helping the consumer advocate tip the scales In key states or rendering him a nonfactor His advisers are mapping out ways around complex state ballot-acces- s laws especially in Florida But will they even get that far? The first solid indication will come r March 31 the deadline for campaign fmance filings with the Federal Election Commission 23719011 ml Lz Nader's campaign may be stru Kling to raise funds tit To place an ad: (classified) r - — For same-da- y missed delivery replacemcmt on weekdays and Saturdays call before 10 am Sundays call before 1 pm For carrier and home delivery Mier mation new subscriptions restarting subscrmtions cancellations and information n call Monday to 5 pm Saturday 4 am to 10 through Friday 4 am Sunday 4 am to 1 pm y OF THE TV WASHINGTON DC DELIVERY NUMBERS JusticeSafety Desk 11 i flees RICHMOND — Democratic ers filed a federal lawsuit Friday against several former prominent Republicans for eavesdropping on Democratic conference calls in a scandal that led to the downfall of the state Republican Party executive director The suit accuses the former Republican officials of "wanton willfuL reckless and malicious" behavior by listening to and recording the two conference calls during which Democrats discussed legal strategy over the Republicans' 2001 redistricting plan The lawsuit names former state GOP executive director Edmund Matricardi former state party chairman Gary Thomson former House of Delegates Speaker S Vance Wilkins Jr and one of Wilkins' former aides Matricardi declined to comment Friday while Wilkins called the lawsuit "a fishing expedition" TRIBUNE NEWSROOM NUMBERS Arts & Entertain Desk Basinful Desk CommunitiesEducatka c 1 y circumstances" said Shanin Specter lawyer for the Whites whose son Walter was killed in October 1994 A month after the boy died Ford recalled 884000 1992-9Fseries pickup trucks and Broncos ' 1993-9Ranger pickups Explorers and Mazda Navajo SINs to repair the parking brake mechanisms cross-countr- cross-countr- y 4 TRENTON — Nine months after New Jersey agreed to independent oversight of its Division of Youth and Family Services the panel appointed to supervise d 477:44 Ira Paris Hilton was hospitalized Meeting with Jordan's king coincides with Gaza raid 1 (ISSN 07453502) suo S 30-da- y L4te VIRGINIA cia: 1 4 -- hr Amociatai Pros FRAY Palestinians run for cover from Israeli military attack helicopter fire Friday in the village of Mughraka in the Gaza Strip people The Pelts were teaching at the Esther Evangelistical School of Technology 15 miles east of Yumbe and worked for a local aid group called Here is Life -- Britney Spears suf- d UGANDA - col fered a lmee injury during her concert tour forcing her to cancel a —J1 performance i 1 f — Friday night The singer hurt Britney Spews herself during She can't dance a dance routine toward the end of her show Thursday night in Moline M Spears was singing one of her new songs "Boom Boom" according to "Entertainment Tonight" Minutes later the syndicated television program reported the 22- pop star reappeared on year-olwhite bathrobe and a in stage apologized to the audience for not being able to continue She had planned two more encore songs Spears' label Jive Records said in a statement that she would have to cancel Friday night's concert at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont Ill in suburban Chicago Ticket holders were told to keep their tickets until further notice federal budget officials that $35 million In funding needed to get the program running again has been approved a spokeswoman said Friday Projects have been stalled since an August 2003 accident at the agency's Alcantara launch pad killed 21 technicians engineers A report by a federal commission this atlx blamed lax management and maintained equipment for the accident which destroyed the launch pad and much of the agency's sophisticated equipment In announcing conclusions of the report Defense Minister Jose Viegas said the agency would need the equivalent of about $35 million to get Brazil's space program up and running again - - I BRASILIA — The Brazilian Space Agency has received assurances from no SUBSCRIPTION RATES For home office or mall delivery call Fourweek rates are IS follows: Horne Delivery Daily and Sunday Daily only Sunilays and holidays only Saturdays Sundays and holidays only Sunday only Daily St Sunday Rates may vary outside the Sell $1301 $912 1 Mall P: !! 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