Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 20 2002 — A9 In brief ' 4 VF General says US forces back from battle zone i House of Lords votes for compromise on fox hunting with hounds ie&V ' - v ' I LONDON (AP) — The House of Lords voted Tuesday for restrictions on hunting with hounds after the House of Commons voted to ban it outright — leaving tbe government to find a compromise Neither the Lords’ vote nor that of the Commons on Monday is binding as Prime Minister Tboy Blair'a govemmentsaid it wanted to assess the opinions of lawmakers before deciding what to do But some lawmakers uid the fox hunting question has also become a test of the principle of the supremacy of the elected House of Commons over unelected peers in the House of Lords Commons voted 5 late Monday for the outright ban The House of Lords which previously had opposed any change to the hunt voted 366-5- 9 on Tuesday in favor of the “middle way” which would see the hunting of foxes stags and hares continue with restrictions Blair joined the majority Monday by voting in favor of die ban in Commons His official spokesman said the government hoped to find a consensus for legislation — a prospect that has alarmed some lawmakers Liberal Democrat Lord McNally who favors a total btm said die constitution demanded that the views of elected parliamentarians stould prevail ’V V" Vls-S‘V X -- BAGRAM Afghanistan (AP)— All US and Canadian forces have withdrawn from the eastern Valley where the biggest US-le- d ground offensive of the war in Afghanistan took place earlier this month a US general saidTuesday Maj Gen Frank L Hagen-bec- k the commander of all coalition troops in Afghanistan said that while Operation Anaconda was over and Taliban would be actively pursued throughout ' I Shah-e-K- o 386-17- d ot Afghanistan “When we find pockets of resistance we’ll go after diem” Hagenbeck said at Bagram :air base north of Kabul Meanwhile US forces killed 16 fighters in a gunbat-tl- e and captured 31 others at a military compound officials in Washington said Monday There was no indication that any of those killed or captured were senior leaders of or the Taliban A team of US Army Special Forces soldiers attacked a convoy of three vehicles on Sunday about 45 miles southwest of the city of Gardez killing 16 people believed to be fighters and wounding one One other was detained In a separate incident shortly after fop firefight US forces captured 31 suspected or Taliban fighters in a compound west of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan officials in Washington said Also Monday Britain announced that it will send up to 1700 troops to Afghanistan to help US forces in future operations against and the Taliban British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Britain will ' deploy a full infantry battle group including Royal Marines commandos in Afghanistan in its largest military deployment for combat operations sincethe Persian US troops treat wounded Filipinos i UPPER MANGGAS Philippines (AP) — Muslim extremists unleashed a volley of grenades and small arms fire on a Filipino army patrol Diesday wounding two soldiers and prompting Green Berets to try to retrieve the injured men — only the second time Americans have ventured into the combat zone The clash between about 30 Filipino troops and a group of Abu Sayyaf rebels erupted within earshot of the Green Berets as they attended a town meeting on die southern island of Basilan to discuss local residents’ safety concerns Abu Sayyaf is believed to have links to Osama bin Laden's network At least four rebels were killed in several hours of fighting on the outskirts of Lantawan town officials said Elite Philippine troops captured six more rebels as they fled the fighting After a series of frantic radio calls the four Green Barts V- AP photo the top of an armored personnel carrier an Israeli soldier aims at Palestinians during clashes in the West Bank vHage of Beit Omar near Hebron on Tuesday Clashes erupted during the funeral procession for Palestinian Amjad Alama prompting Israeli forces backed by an armored personnel carrier “ to From da arm Both were pinned down for a while by enemy fire only about two miles from where the Americans were meeting local residents at Along Atong village JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Arid Sharon said Tuesday that Yasser Arafat will be free to travel to an Arab summit next weekif the Palestinian leader agrees to a cease-fir- e but hinted Arafat may not be allowed back if die violence persists while he is gone In another incentive for a truce Vice President Dick Cheney said he would meet Arafatif it is achieved It would be Arafat’i highest-levcontact with the Bush administration Both sides said a truce to halt 18monlhs of Palestinian- -' Israeli violence could be ' declared after a crucial meet-ing of security commanders set for Wednesday President Bush briefed at the White House by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Cheney’s mission and a parallel mediation effort by US envoy Anthony Zinni said “We’re making progress Journalist claims pageant corruption cease-fir- ’ 24-ho- started” e 27-2- Arab-Isree- day with in Israeli soldier and two Palestinians dying in a gunbattle and a Palestinian civilian shot to death by Israel troops In a statement late Tuesday the Palestinian Cabinet said it is prepared to implement a r cease-fir- Cheney said at a news confer- ence with Sharon Arafat wants to attend a March 8 Arab summit in Beirut at which Saudi Arabia is expected to present a proli posal for broad peace in exchange for a return of the territories Israel occupied in 1967— the West Bank Gaza Strip and east ' Jerusalem These ideas have been welcomed by the United States Violence continued Tues- Hindu-Musli- m The US mediation effort mechanics of implementing a truce worked out last year by CIA director George Tenet Delivery A TAXISERVICE r' - ' State Inspection IP" '00 lo Box Elder CmntK eSLCifcpwt Call Toll Free ' Gulf war In an interview Tuesday with the British Broadcasting Corp Hoon said the troops would stay there as long as necessary “to deal with the remaining elements of and Taliban in led Zinni focuses on the ZHJOavt - da said On-Dema- nd 7 -- e ur : die da sod European Union but Sharon opposes a total with- drawal from territory he considers strategically valuable Sharon expressed his expectations of Arafat at the summit and added an implied warning “We would expect that he will speak oh the importance of peace and regional stability” Sharon said Asked whether Arafat would be allowed to return to the Palestinian territories after the summit Sharon said: “If it turns out that he didn’t act in that way the Cabinet Will meet and will have to make a decision I wouldn’t rule out any possibilities” Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat denounced die comments saying “Sharon cannot put an obstacle on the movement of Arafat and can- not dictate to us what we should say or not say” he sides without any delay” The statement complained that “troops are still surrounding die Palestinian territories with a tight siege and continuous aggression against the Palestinian people” Cheney ending a stop in Israel said he expected Arafat to take decisive steps to end Palestinian attacks on Israelis by week’s end “I cannot emphasize enough how important it will be this week for Chairman Arafat to take the steps to get there" : “according to a e time table agreed on by both ' el Four killed in fresh Indian violence AHMADABAD India (AP) — Police shot four people to death Tuesday while trying to disperse mobs and halt looting in two towns in India’s Gujarat state beset by three weeks of reli- -' gious violence that has killed 718 people Two people were killed and five injured when police fired on rioters in two Muslim areas in the town of Bharuch said local official AmuSharma He added that a curfew had been imposed on parts of the town 100 miles south of Ahmadabad the state’s largest city In the town of Modasa there was widespread arson and looting and “two persons have been killed in police firing” said police superintendent Nitiraj Sdanlri It was unclear whether the dead were Hindus or Muslims The roots of the violence in Gujarat lie in the dispute over a religious site in the ancient town of Ayodhya Hindu fundamentalists want to build a temple on the site of a 16th century mosque that they razed in 1992 Muslims want to rebuild die mosque'on the same site On Tuesday an influential Muslim deric in New Delhi said Muslims won’t be cowed by threats from Hindu nationalist “Thosd who threaten the Muslims are doing irreparable harm” said Syed Ahmed Bukhari the headcleric of India’s in New Delhi IT cleric was ' by theHindu nationalist group Kashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh which is associated with Atal DiUui Prim laaria Ikrfn da Chaney ©fftes ft® meet ArariFati iff them is tmee had a serious head wound and one of his men was shot in I MADRID Spain (AP) — A TV reporter posing as a beauty contestant says she uncovered 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