Show A2— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 13 2003 ' --U:?- ! Q World & Nation I 1 - Nine more lose lives to SARS SINGAPORE (AP)— 1 le’''i - N tune onUSialEiS SEOUL South Korea (AP) — North Korea hinted Satiuv day it could accept US demands for multilateral talks to discuss the communist country’s suspected nuclear weapons program Sin-gapa- rc authorities stepped up efforts to contain a deadly new Virus Saturday including issuing electronic wrist tags to keep track of those under i quarantine herald a dramatic change in North Korean policy Until now die North has Insisted on only direct talks with Washington to negotiate a treaty “If the US is ready to make a bold switchover in its Korea policy for a settlement of the nuclear issue the DPRK will not stick to any particular dialogue format” the North’s KCNA news agency quoted a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Repots Saturday of nine more deaths worldwide brought the death toll from Severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS to at least 12S in 20 countries The virus which has sickened oyer 2700 has no known cure Symptoms include shortness of bnath fever coughing and nonag-gressi- body aches In Singapore where 558 people are under home quarantine die government issued its first electronic wrist tags which sound an alarm and issue an alert to a monitoring station if a person breaks the bracelet or leaves the house ' The measures were taken as police appealed for information on the whereabouts of Li Zhong Ying a Chinese immigrant showing (symptoms of SARS who escaped four days ago while jshe was under quarantine ip (Singapore In Canada site of the largest outbreak of SARS outside of Asia three more people were killed The new death reports all in the Toronto area brought the Canadian toll to 13 health officials said Saturday Canada has recorded a total of 274 probable and suspected cases of SARS In China two mote people died raising the country’s death toll to 60 on as saying DPRK stands for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea the North’!s official name Lais say P Korea poses a global danger and have rejected talks saying the standoff should be solved in a multilat-- AP photo Face the nation Madison Freskos of ML Prospect W- - conjures up her yuckiest face for the camera during the Arm & Hammer Fresh Face Contest on Saturday in Chicago II The search for America's yummiest kid making the yuckiest face is taking place across the USA this spring The winner will be featured in an upcoming Aim & rammer Darang 8oaa eovenssemefiL Four-year-o- ld one-on-o- ne enlfbnnn China Japanind South Korea - “ftispossibtetoiolvetiie1 issue if the US sincerely approaches tiie dialogue’’ said! the spokesman who was not 1 identified by name “What matters is the US A senior South Korean For- ' eign Ministry official speak-ing on condition of ' anonymity described the North’s comments on die talks as a “step forward” The ponible shift came as die war in Iraq progresses and the United States is expected to pay more attention to North Korea In recent weeks North Korea has repeatedly accused the United States of planning an invasion there once it toppled Saddam Hussein President Bush has dubbed North Korea as part of an “axis of evil” with Iraq and Iran He has said be seeks to deal with North Korea but has not ruled out ' action military i diplo-matical- HAVANA (AP) — President Fidel Castro is defending his crackdown on dissent shrug- ging off international criticism and vowing to defend Cuba against destabilizing moves by die United States “We are now immersed in a battle against provocations that are trying to move us toward conflict and military aggression by the United ' States’’ Castro said He did not directly refer to Friday’s execution of three men convicted of hijacking a ferry to get to the United States in a Friday night speech broadcast on state television Nor did he mention the lengthy sentences given 75 dissidents convicted of helpundermine ing Cuba's socialist system Though both measures were roundly condemned by world s died at a Nashville hospital after surgery following a series of strokes He was 63 Fbx died Thursday according to longtime band manager Jim Halsey “His positive attiface is what this tude and always-smiliwailJ needs moreoE Halsey said Fox' was born and raised in 40 miles south of Nashville He saaM Oak Ridge Boys for five years beforoleaying in 1972 for a Nashville music business career that included booking talent management and publishing The Oak Ridge Boys began in Knoxville in 1943 as the Oak Ridge Quartet singing country and gospel music The group has won two Grammys Lead singa Duane Allen called Fox “a fine human being a devoted family man a great bass singa for the Oak Ridge Boys a great publisher managa and agent and my best Dancer Vera Zorina of 40s musical tame dies SANTA FE NM (AP) — Vera Zorina the daqaeuiad actress whose carea embraced-classic- al ballet wjth such legendary troupes as the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo as well as prdaftfty and Hb$Abb8 musicals has died at the age of 86 v"" ' The dancer made ha Broadway debut in “I Married An Angel” the 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical in which she starred as a celestial creature sent to Earth to dispense honesty and goodness The show was choreographed by George Balanchine ha first husband and later founder of the New York City Balia Zorina then appeared in “Louisiana Purchase” the hit 1940 Irving Berlin musical in which she played a sultry woman out to compromise a US senator Brought to Hollywood by producer Samuel Goldwyn Zorina appeared in such films as “The Goldwyn Follies” (1938) “On Your Toes” (1939) “I Was an Adventuress” (1940) ‘Louisiana Purchase” (1941) Rhythm (1942) “Follow the Boys” (1944) and (“Lova Come Back” (1946) “Star-Spangl- ng governments and human rights groups the communist leader matte it clear that he considers his country to be under US attack and that he will do whatever it takes to ensure his system remains us disappear from the map we ' will die with the greatest dignity in die world’’ Some longtime Cuba observers believe Castro is alarmed by the US government’s military action in Iraq and worries his country could be next r The Cuban government’s harsh measures began March 18 — the eve of the launch of the war on Iraq That night a intacL “We have been defending ourselves for 44 years and have always been willing to fight until the aid” Castro sod “If someday they make ‘ statement read on state television announced that a roundup of “mercenaries” was under 1 way Ova die following three weeks authorities arrested tried and sentenced 75 of its most vocal critics to terms ranging from 6 to 28 years The crackdown came amid a rash of successful hijackings of planes and a ferry to die : United States ihere's noting erne I 7T yTT Y irTwrij j i'lii yTTr ‘ SIT rjlND$100(Mi t i soar RIGHT friend” Belgian prince weds commoner BRUSSELS Belgium (AP) — Surrounded by European royalty Belgium’s Prince Laurent married English-bor- n commoner Claire Coombs in an elaborate state ceremony Satur- ed day Oak Ridge bass singer dies The wedding put an end to years of speculation in the Belgian press drat the k prince — known for his love of cars and style — would remain a bachelor forever NASHVILLE Term (AP) — Noel Fox a forma bass singer with the Oak Ridge Boys who became a power in the music business I laid-bac- $30 IN GAS! 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