Show lrOVY-- ’ V t v j1 ‘ ' r “ v '"' i ' V V v ' “’i 'irVl' ' : The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday March 10 2000 — Page 5 - yrW—' -- In brief i‘ rt ' r- r er '‘ ’’V r ' Ik ‘ y j' ' V1' i f - inPakistan- - j 'Hfe-l tjt wt' JA Pakistan (AP) burst into the office of a key lawyer for deposed Pakistani Prime Min- ist&jifeUwfcz' SKarif today Vv ' WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite its repeated denials of espionage China’s spying on the United States actually has increased over the past decade along with its efforts to influ- -' ence US policy a report by the CIA and FBI contends Gathering military ecooom- k and political intelligence in the United States remains a key priority for the Chinese — - : mi ini shooting and luffing the attar ney just days before closing arguments’ m the ousted prevmier’s trial RaadSharif s Iqbal in a hijacking case was alonf with two other people : “s nffinal uiij Witnesses said three men one' with a Kalashnikov rifle ' v standing guard outside the 'V-'- Bad 01 1 AP photo - Indonesian morning commutAa wear surgical masks to protect them-- o selves from the haze in Pekanbam Sumatra Island Smoke from burning wildfires set by farmers and developers as a cheap method of dealing land is once again threatening to cover the region with a choking Man-- ket of haze which caused an environmental disaster in 1997 m BUON MA THUOT Vietnam (AP) — troops marched in rhythm to and defense lawyers were to begin their closing arguments bo Monday Goose-steppi- thundering patriotic music Iraq defense site turning point in the war ANKARA Tintey (AP) — against US-back- forces ed The capture of BuonMa US warplanes bombed an Thuot on March 10 1975 set system Thurs se ng today as Vietnam celebrated a surprise communist victory 25 years ago that proved to be a US jets bomb Iraqi day after Iraq fired artillery the stage fra a series of rapid-firadvances that led to the and targeted the planes with radar during their patrol of foe fall of foe South Vietnamese e northern military miH Iraq said foe strikes injuied civilian ing recognition of the capital Saigon just over seven weeks later That ended the Vietnam War — known here as “The American War’’ — a and reunified the divided Iraqi forces fired anti-a- ir craft artillery from a site north country' iashiqah and targeted foe' plane with radar from a northwest cqTall Afar increased since the early 1990s" the report concluded - The report was released as ' Congress considers President Cljimm's request made earlier this week to give China permanent access to US markets as a prelude to its membership in foe World Trade Organiz' ation' A congressional report in foe spring of 1999 said there was widespread Chinese espionage ' and suggested that China had benefited militarily from US satellite sales and other tech- -' nology' transfers China has denied such Spy- Mg- - Wen Ho Lee a framer government scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has been charged with 59 counts alleging he breached security by overwhelming technological superiority enjoyed by the downloading US nuclear the nationally televised parade festivities in The large-scaBuon Ma Thuot show the importance the government places on commemorations for a wal that it claims it wants to put weapons secrets " With a level of pomp rarely seen in such a reserved country foe parade began at dawn today 25 trained elephants pulling Camouflaged artillery guns past a massive victory monument featuring an old Soviet tank From a reviewing stand seating 1000 invited guests a statue of Ho Chi Minh — the father of communist Vietnam — cast a larger-than-li- fe : watchful gaze over dozens of floats and the parade's 5000 participants including flag- waving youth groups women in flowing silk tanks and rep- resentatives of 43 ethnic minorities in traditional dress The victory at Buon Ma Thuot is “a glorious golden page” in the country’s history” Nguyen An Vinh Communist Party chief said in a speech before le Butit remains clear that Vietnam while not seeking a formal apology from foe United States or its allies would welcome reparations J Walla Walla Onions AreHewli CACHE DEMOCRATS WUnsTumM JEFFERSONfflACKSON FUNDRAISER ssisaaoNMai '$ndersons Happy Birdulay MrPaul Cnessall jtoastatroientbythe U European Command 1 TaU Afar is 250 mjks north ed BaghdJhliqajiV 42 miks rarfoer east ' UJ$T anil British planes have been enforcing y zones in ' no-fl- northern and southern Iraq since shortly after the 1991 Gulf War to protect Shiite Muslims and Kurds from the forces of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ' Iraq does not recognize the zones and began challenging the allied planes in December 1998 ire in locked form kills 18 SUVA Fiji (AP) — Fire swqM through a locked dorm- at itory is high school in the : South Pacific nation of Itavalu 18 Thursday night killing teenage girls and thtir super-viso-r a ' government spokesman said The fire was believed to have been caused by a atu- - dent’s candle that toppled over in the girls’ dormitory at the Motufoua Secondary School The dorm was an old wooden building whose door had been fastened shut and whose open windows' were covered in wire mesh The girls ranging between 14 andl7-old were j ' 3 locked inside their rooms when the fire broke out Radio Tuvalu reprater DiaurLSemi told Australia's National Nine "'i News1 ’Tbe giris were in the dormitory trying to escape from' the fire but could not because all the doors were locked” v Semi said Iiday The government said Friday it was launching an investigation into the blaze Ttivalu is one of foe world's srhaUest nations in bofo popu- latum and size Its 9000 peo- ’pie live on 10 square miles of SAVINGSTOFFIORIGINALIPRICES -- (MBaS 00000®' - 4 (W coral atolls in the Pacific Oceuabout 620 miles north ° dUEEIEG© 0 ®3D0 o 'V ofFjjL: Fortrtody'jcalied the Ellice Islands Tuvislu wu ruled by Britain from the i890s until 1978 when it became indepen- - dent k t ’ '- - THERE'S NO EXCUSE A IJk FOR ABUSE Call For FrwConMsmisi help uHh v domestic violence ' at US nuclear laboratories I - : war attempted murder and kidnapping All the charges cany either the death penalty or life in prison Prosecution V -- : or K Western Alliance in the tiulf War and KoSovo — have' government’s intelligence apparatus according to the unclassified report to Congress Furthermore China relies on many sources for its intelli-genc- e including Chinese scientists who visit the United States college students and even tourists said the report sent to Congress in December but made public Thursday “Chinese attempts to obtain US military and military-relate- d technology — reflect- and two with pistols catered the second-flooffiefc and openedfire The three' died ' immediately y r Another gunman wu seen office building': i v The four men fled the scene and sofar the police say they have no suspects It was not immediately dear whether there was any connection between the shooting and Sharif's trial Sharif is on trial in Karachi on charges of hijacking terror-is- i" FBI say China spying has increased 'v ' J J ' ! 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