Show 'I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 20 2000 — Page 5 ( iWorl d l&1 Nation I In brief t Police say Uganda sect leaders died in fire toll said to cross 500 By Ann McFeatters Nowa Alliance KAMPALA Uganda (AP) — The death toll from church fire in Uganda believed to be a mass suicide of parishioners had leached at least 500 officials said today as they prepared for a mass burial of the charred and disfigured bodies Four days idler the fire at die church compound belonging to thq Christian secfaMovement for the Restoration of the Ten of God police said they had counted 500 bodies “It may be a total of 600” said police spokesman Assuman Mugenyi adding that burial in finass grave would begin i Conducted by Democratic pollster &- ' did last summer the two pollsters said Lake said voters are “a little nervous” about the economy holding steady but insisted that is good for Gore because he is seen as having experience in “keeping the economy rolling” But if the economy tanks and voters get scared she said they may then demand a complete change and jump to Bush Goeas said that no matter what happens this election “will go down in history as one of the most competitive and WASHINGTON — The first major poll after Vice President A1 Gore and Texas Gov George W Bush effectively gained enough primary votes to clinch their party’s nominations shows an almost even race with Gore strong on the econo" my and Bush strong on education Com-mandmfc- Celinda Lake and Republican pollster Ed and 470 Police said all five leaden of die sect four of them for- Goeas both of whom work together on met Roman Catholic priests or lay workers had died in the Fri- the Vbtercom Battleground 2000 polls day morning blaze just outside Kanungu trading cento 220 die periling data indicate that with seven miles southwest of Kampala months to go before the election voters Mugenyi identified the leaden as Cledonia Mwerinde 40 a could go either way — for Bush or for former prostitute who built the group's compound on the farm of Gore her late father Joseph Kibweteere 68 a former Roman Catholic Lake concluded that the primaries “left iest in Kabale diocese north of Kanungu and Dominic A1 Gore and the Democrats in a stronger Kataribabo 32 Joseph Ipuapurari 39 and John Kamagara 69 position than ever before while George — all reported to be former priests W Bush has been weakened by his Mugenyi said the identification of die alleged leaden was not primary fight with John McCain” based on forensic evidence but on “comments from local peoA “whopping” 17 percent more Ameriple” who told police the five had been inride die building — cans have a favorable image of Gore than said to have been sealed from the inside before the fire began dput race even Poll finds Gore-Bus- h expensive in history The difference high-profi-le ' between winning and losing in this race will likely be a single-dig- it difference made up of a few key battleground voter groups Those include moms Mothers with children under age 18 are slightly more drawn to Bush right now because of their interest in education They frequently say that while Bush may be weak on some issues he seems strong on education That is likely to mean a new Gore ad campaign arguing that Bush’s education reforms in Texas haven’t been as successful as the Bush people say Mothers also say moral value are the -- most important issue to them and they like Bush for that reason Overall Lake and Goeas agreed parents tend er Bush Lake said Gore has to do better with mothers to win the election But while senior men like Bush senior Women are a little nervous about him worried that his plan to cut taxes $483 billion over five years might hurt Social Security Another battleground voter group courted by both rides is the Hispanic community Right now Bush is leading with those voters Catholics a traditional battleground group are evenly split between Bush and Gore despite the flap over Bush's trip to Bob Jones University Surprisingly voters are split DAR Tanzania (AP) Tanzania has dropped charges against in Egyptian indicted in connection with the August 1998 bombing of the US embassy here in which 11 people were killed a senior judicial official said Monday Mustapha Mahmoud Said Ahmed who was one of two people charged in the bombing was deported after spending 18 months at die Ukonga maximum security prison awaiting trial Officials would not say when Ahmed left the country but some reports said it was Sunday “I reviewed the case and the law and decided that charges should be dropped” Director of Public Prosecution Juxton KUay told the Associated Press Mlay said he was not legally obliged to give any reason why die 11 murder counts were dropped against Ahmed However hie said that Rashidi Salehe Hemed a Tanzanian who was indicted with Ahmed wifi stand trial for his role in the bombing which injured 86 people The Tanzanian's trial has been delayed a number of times because the prosecution said it had not completed investigations Some reports indicated there was scant evidence Unking the Egyptian to the crime AMMAN Jordan (AP) — A “No matter how difficult no matter how long dm process of seeking peace must continue”' John Paul planned to travel Mount directly to Nebo where tradition sayri Moses first saw the Promised Land The pope hopes to ease historical friction between Christians Muslims and Jews and v Mount Nebo is a fitting first stop Looking ova the Dead Sea and across Jordan's border frail John Paul II embarked today on the first papal visit to the Holy Land in 36 years a highly personal pilgrimage that will see him retrace the footsteps of Jesus from birth to baptism to crucifixion wind-swe- pt The pope’s plane from Rome touched down this afternoon at the Amman Jordan airport Dressed entirely in white he waved and slowly descended the steps of his Alitalia plane where he was welcomed by Jordan’s King Abdullah along with Christian and Muslim daks The pope no kisses die longer ground upon arrival though he made the sign of the cross after receiving a pot of Jordanian soil from a Muslim boy “All Jordanian — Muslims and Christians — should consider themselves as one people one family" the pope said in English in a slow scratchy Tribunal opens Bosnia rape trial to the hills of Jerusalem Mount Nebo is holy to all THE HAGUE Netherlands (AP) — The trial of three Bosnian three religions Serbs accused of running rape camps of Muslim women opened The trip through Jordan Israel and the Palestinian territoday with a prosecutor unking the organized sexual assault to a wartime Serb “ethnic cleansing” campaign tories was born out of the' The Foca trial marks die first time an international court will pope's desire to see Christenhear a case about camps set up to specifically rape women It is dom's holiest rites in this mil--' lennial year though the part of an attempt by UN prosecutors to make wartime sexual auault (me of the most grievous and punishable crimes under mission is freighted with much international law Radomir Kovac Dragoljub Kiinarac and Zoran broader religious and political Vukovic are accused of detaining Bosnian Muslim women in a significance in this volatile local high school a sports hall and other locations The defenregion dants are among soldiers and paramilitaries who prosecutors say Several sacred places on die voice sexually assaulted the women nightly itinerary burn with pope’s “This is a case about the Women rind girls: some as young' as 'w'luil modern-da- y world area the this of “In disputes and the 7 ‘Hup pm 1 2 or T old who endured tour is viewed as a and s' arc 'ibcce 'grave urgent pontiff vpbpti J6M PiliNI walks wltfv Jordan's King Abdullah If upon hjs worku arouml them collapsed” issues the of of justice rights unique opportunity to mend arrival at Queen Ala airport in the Jordanian capital Amman today today in his opening statement to die Yugoslav war crimes tri- The pope la on a week-lon-g tour of holy places in Jordan Israel and of peoples and nations which religious bunal have to be resolved” he areas - 5csti ‘ a prSonld 'd long-standi- Palestinan-controlle- ng d On tho Net: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: httpWwwunargicty - : loses election Senegal president — President Abdou Diouf conceded DAKAR Senegal (AP) defeat today in elections marking a rare victory for democratic change in Africa i officials said Diouf telephoned his longtime rival Abdoulaye Wade early this mraning and told him that being president is “a difficult mission and I wish you all the luck in foe world” Diouf s campaign manager Khalifa Sail told The Associated Press Diouf s concession was also announced on state radio Thousands of Wade supporters poured into die streets of this coastal capital city cheering his victory Ruling parties who control campaign funds and often electoral authorities rarely lose elections in Africa a continent plagued by coups and civil wars Dioufs Socialist Party had 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