| Show J - I imnui — 'W AS —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday June 10 2001 0 World In brief I- : o r ' t'j'i v- TEHRAN Inn (AP) — A final ballot count in Iran Sat-urday showed President Mohammad Khatami winning 75 percent of the vote a sign his popularity and the reform movement he initiated had defied the most optimistic ( projections of victory “Amazing” gushed a teenage girl listening to the returns from Friday’s elections at the office of a youth group Iranians were stumped in searching for adjectives to convey die significance of Khatami’s landslide triumph But all agreed on one essential point: Conservative clerics must finally loosen their grip on Iran Khatami took 2165 milium of the 2859 million votes cast according to final results announced by the Interior Ministry Even his most fervent supporters had openly doubted he could pass the whppping standard he set four years ago The nearest of nine challengers conservative economist Ahmad Tavakoli had V brain-waki- ng 1 pro-Khata- Wakes held for Japanese children — Mourners Buddhist IKEDA grasping Japan (AP) prayer beads filed silently into wakes Saturday for several of the eight children killed in Japan’s worst mass slaying in years as the nation struggled with questions about how to keep its schools safe Takahiro Totsuka die youngest vie- The wake for men and women Many buried tim drew about 300 black-da- d their faces in handkerchiefs Some tugged along children in school uniforms The dead — all between the ages of 6 and 8 — were slain ina knife rampage at an elementary school outside Osaka Japan’s second-largecity by a former janitor with a history of mental ite 4 ‘ I I 9 wave sweeps ran ' ’ mi APphottx a large portrait of reformist President Mohammad Khatami seen in the background supporters celebrate at the headquarters of a youth organization backing his on Saturday In Tehran about 165 percent The final for their votes But Khatami is facing an battle uphill “Magic of democracy” said Iran’s economy is ailing the headline of the Melik' With newspaper whose staff revolt- ed last week when top editors backed a Khatami rival oil and fields pgninvestonSewary and unemployment may approach 30 percent Europeans quiet on McVeigh execution st ' ‘ - HONG KONG (AP) — Doctors suspeetthat a Chinese woman has the human form of mad coyrdisease in what would disease in Hong be the first case of the lethal ’ ' Kong health officials said After performing brain scans and tests doctors believed the woman has variant Creutzfeldt-Jako- b unidentified disease the Hospital Authority said Her symptoms include a progressive neurological disorder involuntary limb movements and dementia die hospital authority said She was admitted to a hospital last month and is in serious condition Director of Health Margaret Qian said the government is seeking the views of British experts “I must stress that it is still a suspected case at this stage and the experts are still investigating” Chan said Neurologist Richard Kay who is treating die woman said she probably contracted the disease from eating beef in Britain but doctors were awaiting a diagnosis from die National Creutzfeldt-Jako- b Disease Surveillance Center in Edinburgh Scotland illness- A-- D Hong Kong confirms first case of human form of mad cow disease navy-and-wh- r V r - BRUSSELS Belgium (AP) — French film legend Catherine Deneuve delivers 500000 signatures to the US Embassy in Paris Pope John Paul II offers regular prayers Italian fashiod chain Benetton puts death row inmates in its ads The German government files suit at the World Court Few topics get Europeans as riled against the United States as capital punishment which governments and activists alike on this side of the The man walked unimpeded into the school and went from classroom to classroom slashing at his victims with a knife until being subdued by two teachers 15 minutes later Thirteen children and two teachers were wounded and eight of the victims remained in serious condition Saturday “Our safe society is crumbling and this is a significant incident” Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on a taped news program to be shown today on national broadcaster NHK promising a review of the criminal system Several other wakes for victims from the attack wefe held Saturday media reported but the number was unknown Young AIDS activist laid to rest JOHANNESBURG South Africa (AP) — Mourners on SatAIDS urday packed the funeral of Nkosi Johnson a activist who died last week singing and dancingm tribute to the boy and his campaign to win acceptance for those with the disease Seven television cameras vied for footage of the small coffin in a ceremony that — unlike most funerals for AIDS victims in this country ravaged by the epidemic — boldly addressed the disease that cut short Nkosi ’s life Atlantic view as barbarism Thousands turn out for raucous rallies or somber vigils to protest executions that cause barely a ripple in the American media or consciousness “During my nearly four ' years in France no single issue evoked as much passion and as much protest” former US Ambassador Felix Rohatyn wrote in an open letter afro’ leaving Paris early ’ this year Yet the one case that is riveting US attention — Okla-hqjCity bomber Timothy na McVeigh’s — has provoked surprisingly little clamor hero ‘ Aside from the Vatiajpfs appeal for clemency European politicians and celebrities who have spoken out on behalf of American death row inmates in die past have been generally silent ( DENTURES Warning Car Accident Victims Cache Valley injuries from car acridenu are often misundeistood A recenl free report reveals how minor accidents can cause hidden injuries that may take week months even yean to surface lb receive the Ree Report sent to you by mail lT-Min- or white-and-go- ld Call - 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