Show 7 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday April 12 2003 — A5 World ©SCcEOp© I M AT Manhunt ensues for 10 men accused in USS Cole attack SAN’A Yemen (AP) — Ten key suspects in the bombing of die USS Cole escaped from a Yemeni prism Friday dealing a major Mow to die investigation into die 2000 attack blamed on the terror network' A massive manhunt is underway for the men including chief suspect Jamal who allegedly bought the dinghy packed with explosives and rammed by suicide bombers into die anchored destroyer refueling in the southern Yemeni port of Aden Seventeen US sailors were killed in the Oct 122000 attack The fugitives were jailed inside the tightly guarded central intelligence building in Aden An Interior Ministry official said on ty that the fugitives escaped through a hole in a bathroom waQ inside the room they were being detained in Earlier officials close to the investigation said on condition of anonymity that the risen smashed a window inside the building and fled The different accounts could not immediately be reconciled r Prison officers gave die men permission to go to the prism complex's courtfor their daily morning yard break before they escaped the officials said 'It was unclear whether the men escaped before or after the daily break and there were no details m whether they were assisted by anyone two-sto- ry inside or outside die prison Officials said the mm may have left Aden for strongholds in die northern province of Shabwah AUS diplomat refused to comment m the escapes A manhunt has been launched and photographs of the escapees have been distributed to police and intelligence agents Police also scflichcd hones to relatives of the fugitives the officials said The Interior Ministry official told the Yemen state news agency Saba that a reward was being offered for information leading to the escapees’ capture He did not disclose the amount Ther jaiforeak like ly will have major repercussions for Yemen’s security apparatus R I K1 E IT! PJ HAT Cl E April 11 & 12 2003 which has come under close scrutiny in the wake of the Cole bombing and the Sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States The United States has blamed Osama bin Laden's network for the Sept 11 attacks and the bombing of the Cole The 10 fugitives some of whom are believed to be linked to were part of a group arrested following the Cole bombing Yemen a country on die southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula committed itself to joining the war on terrorism following the Sept 11 attacks and has allowed US forces to enter die country and train its military A BLBCiiiiL w ' 17-m- an tribal-dominat- ed SARS reported in more Asian nations HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong banned quarantined residents from leaving the city as the deadly SARS virus turned up Friday in two more Asian nations in both cases among foreigners who had recently been to Hong Kong Indonesia and the Philippines reputed their first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome bringing to 20 the number of nations that have reported SARS cases Worldwide SARS has claimed at least 116 lives and sickened more than 2700 people A Malaysian cruise ship the Superstar Virgo was also hit with SARS One crew member is ill and another is showing symptoms a Star Cruises spokeswoman said Friday They have been admitted to hospitals in Singapore and Malaysia AP photo A young boy wears a protective mask printed with a cartoon character on it at Telford Gardens shopping mall in Hong Kong Medical experts in Hong Kong noticed that child SARS patients tend to have a milder form of the disease with better recovery rates On the other hand SARS tends to hit the elderly harder with a higher proportion of severe complications and mortality In Singapore authorities searched for an illegal immigrant from China who escaped from the city’s Communicable Diseases Center after showing symptoms of SARS Two Singaporean women — one arriving from China’s Yunnan province and (he other from Hong Kong —- were whisked away upon arrival at Singapore’s Changi Airport to be quarantined as suspected SARS cases In most cases SARS has been linked to travel through or in Asia mainly Hong Kong and mainland China where the new illness is thought to have first developed late last year Hong Kong reputed two more deaths from SARS bringing the toll there to 32 With 1059 confirmed SARS cases the city said it planned to take the temperature of travelers at airports and bar anyone showing SARS symptoms from boarding a plane enftsing land and sea borders Hong Kong also said it would not allow people who live with quarantined SARS patients to leave the territory and ordered those same people confined to their homes fu 10 ' days starting Friday The measure affected about about 80 Hong 200 people Kong households Violators face fines imprisonment confinement in quarantine camps In a statement Friday the State Department said medical evacuations cannot be arranged from areas because no commercial airlines air ambulance services are willing to transport SARS patients u u u SARS-affect- ed u In brief Cuba executes three men in ferry hijacking charged—Three men with terrorism for HAVANA (AP) charged hijacking a passenger ferry last week were executed Friday after summary trials the government reported The men were prosecuted Tuesday in summary trials for “very grave acts of terrorism’’ and given several days to appeal their sentences according to a statement read on state televi- sion However the sentences were upheld both by Cuba’s Supreme Tribunal and the ruling Council of State and were carried out at dawn Friday the statement said Capital punishment in Cuba is always carried out fry firing squad It has been used sparingly in recent years Another four men received life sentences it said No one was hint when the group reportedly armed with at least one pistol and several knives seized the ferry mid its SO passengers in Havana Bay early April 2 and ordered die captain tq sail to the United States Later that day the ferry Baragua ran out of fuel in the high seas of the Florida Straits and officers on two Cuban Coast Guard patrol boats that chased them there tried to persuade the hijackers to return to the island 45-fo- ot boat overboard but soon agreed to let the boxy the ferry be towed 30 miles back to Cuba’s Mariel port for refueling The standoff ended with all die hostages then the gus-pects jumping into the water ed v Hat band from Titanic auctioned SOUTHAMPTON England (AP) — A hat band originally purchased in a souvenir shop on the Titanic sold for $53000 at an auction Friday The buyer was an American who wished to remain anonymous said the auctioneers Henry Aldridge arid Sons The sailor’s hat ribbon embroidered “RMS'Titanic” in gold is thought to be the only one to survive from tlte Sunken liner Marshall Brines Drew 8 took the ribbon witn trim as he was lowered from the Titanic onto lifeboat number 10 with his aunt His uncle who purchased the ribbon from the ship’s souvenir shop was left on board and died V Drew grew up to become an art teacher in New York The hat band was found in 1986 after his death Couple on trial for —base bomb plot A Turkish man charged HEIDELBERG Germany (AP) with conspiring to bomb a US military base in Germany along with his American fiancee denied plotting any attack as his trial opened Friday insisting that chemicals found in his home were intended for making firecrackers ' Osman Petmezci 25 faces charges of planning an explosion last year at the US base in the southwestern city of Heidelberg hdme to the US Army’s European headquarters and a NATO fiancee facility His Astrid Eyzaguirre who holds both US citizenship and-Germa- is accused of assisting him in the plot to attack Prosecutor Joerg Richter told the ' Heidelberg state court that the couple and had views and a “glowing admiration for Osama bin Laden” He contended that they had been planning the attack — oft either the US Army’s Criminal Investigation Division or “anti-Americ- anti-Israe- li” an store where Eyzaguirre on-ba- se worked — since early 2002 However Petmezci firmly denied plotting the attack or having made stateand ments' Die Sept 11 attacks on the United States “affected me just as much as if I woe an American” he said “I never made such plans or talked about anything like that” Petmezci who could face up to 11 years and three months in prison if convicted told the court “It was never an issue” an anti-Isra- eli Britain barred from book festival ATHENS Greece (AP) — Britain which was to have been ' the honored country at Athens' International Book festival is no longer welcome In an unprecedented decision the Athens Publishers and Booksellers Union decided to cancel Britain’s official participation at next month’s book festival because of widespread opposition to the war in Iraq a spokesman said Friday Britain wu to be the hoiKxed country at the May 9 to 25 festival Individual British writers and publishers are still welcome to participate on 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