Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday July 26 2002 — A5 Q World & Nation i I I Inbrlof DsetsksDS Korean officials probe firm’s claim of yvoman pregnant with cloned embryo SEOUL South Korea (AP) — The South Kofeangovcmment " aid Thursday it was investigating a claim that a firm had implanted a clooed embryo in a Korean woman Kwak a spokesman for the South Korean branch office said the woman was two months pregnant with the clooed embryo and that he was confident she would give birth to a healthy baby “Everything is fine with her and her baby so far and I don’t see any problems with them in the future” he told The Associated Press Kwak arid he was not concerned about the South Korean government investigation because tty implant was done outside South Korea and that South Korea has no laws that ban human cloning An cloning law is now before die National Assembly for approvaL It was tbe latest unsubstantiated claim of a cloned fetus In April an Italian fertility physician Dr Severino Antinori claimed three women were pregnant with clones but he refused to offer any proof The Korean implant according to Kwak was arranged through BioFusion Tfech a South Korean firm based in tbe southeastern city of Daegu under agreement with Clonaid The US firm was founded by a religious cult foe Raelian Movement which believes life on Earth was created by clones of extraterrestrials Kwak declined to disclose other details include ing where his office is located UST-bas- uainfe ©mtar ©aza GAZA CITY Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops in tanks and firing machine guns entered Gaza City early Fri-da- y residents said — the first militaiy activity since the bombing of a house killed a Hamas leader and 13 other people and prompted international criticism Seven Israeli tanks two armored personnel carriers ' and a jeep moved one mile inride the city Witnesses said Israeli machine gun fire wounded one Palestinian The Israeli military refused to ed I Vi f’T Ji-h- V-1- ’ : V anti-hum- an V - V' r ts 1 - high-secur- n Indonesia releases Muslim militant JAKARTA Indonesia (AP) — A Muslim militant leader who has acknowledged meeting Osama bin Laden was released from custody Thursaay to await trial on charges of inciting religious violence police said Jafar Umar Thalib head of the paramilitary group Laskar Jihad was jailed May 4 shortly after returning from the Maluku islands where up to 9000 people have been killed in Christian- Muslim fighting Police accuse Thalib of inciting violence in die province by encouraging his followers to ignore a February peace deal with Christians in the Malukiis IWo days after that March speech unidentified masked men stormed a Christian village in die Maluku capital killing 13 people ' On Saturday a court in Ambon the capital of die i province of Maluku ruled that Thalib could not be released because a Jakarta court on July 15 extended his detention by 30 days While in custody Thalib was visited by Vice President HamzahHaz and other top officials showing the degree of sup- - Prosecutor BudiSantoso said Thalib was released because he promised to abide by the law Pope tells Catholic youth to reject sin a tit35 registered to take part' TORONTO (AP)— Pope John Paul n Caflmiijp reject tiie “hue of sin" and told them that the Sept ll attacks showed the “tragic face ofhuman malice” The frail pope spoke to tens of thousands of young people gathered at a lakeside fair- grounds at the opening of the church’s 17th World Youth V Day festivities Despite concents about whether he could withstand ? the trip that proceeds next week to Guatemala and Mexico the pope spoke in i?' dear atrqng voice and walked to his seat on stage aided by a cane in his right hand and an ' aide holding his left arm John Pml described himself as the “aged pope foU of utstUlyoun at heart” mes- igthemChri sage to resist those who pro-poe a “joy that comes with the superficial and fleeting pleasure of tiie smses” f The pope held up well dur-- t ing the twp-hoappearance 7 — on several occasions wav-ihis fist for emphasis -- ' ‘ but just before leaving he looked to the crowd and said :'v “and die last day the last 1" World Youth Day was in Krakow” He event has never been bdd in that Polish city i He did not nqeoticm thC cler- sex abuse scandal rocking V church that has been blamed in part for attendance below expectations with just over 200JDOO people aged 16- ld flag-wavi- 'ft' i ity The pope did refer to the Sept 11 attacks against the United States saying “Last year we saw with dramatic clarity the tragic face of human malice We saw what happens when hatred sin and deathtake command” ' m'T it- s ' ft Thursday Despite the violence tentative efforts were underway to restart talks among Palestinian factions toward stopping attacks against Israel Palestinians said the Israeli bombing sabotaged plans for a unilateral truce declaration by one or more Palestinian ' :v - - 'X 4 ' (AP) captures of terrorist suspects the to US keep military is planning to mounting expected build more cells at its prison in Guantanamo Bay Cuba The permanent jail at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station — the militaiy facility for holding and interrogating suspects and Taliban prisoners is nearly full with 564 suspected from the campaign in Afghanistan and elsewhere The Pentagon has accepted bids and expects to award a contract within days for construction of 200 more units at the 600-ce-ll facility known as Camp Delta officials said Thursday on condition of anonymity The military also has about 80 detainees at a base in Bagram Afghanistan some of whom it would like to transfer to Cuba-Aunknown number of others are held by US forces in undisclosed locations and still undisclosed others are under the control of tiie CIA and foreign governments defense officials said The Cuba facility — as well as the administration’s holding of prisoners without charges nor access to lawyers — has drawn criticism from human and civil rights groups comment The move came hours after Palestinian gunmen killed a rabbi and wounded mother Israeli in a roadside ambush near a Jewish settlement on £ US expanding Cuban prison — With WASHINGTON ’! ' ' £ 4 f : ' ' L ‘ AP photo Unidentified relatives of Rabbi Elimelech Shapira 43 weep during a ceremony prior to his funeral at the cemetery In the town of Petah Tlqwa on Thursday The rabbi was killed and another Israeli seriously wounded In a roadside ambush In the West Bank when according to Israeli Army sources Palestinian militants opened fire on their car near the Jewish settlement of Alei Zahav south of the Palestinian town of Qalqiliya strike scuttle Palestinian truce effort? Did Israeli JERUSALEM (AP) — Just hours before an Israeli warplane struck a Gaza City neighborhood a leading Palestinian militia had agreed ' ' to announce a unilateral cessation of attacks Israel was aware of the plans and ignored them saying declarations in the past had proved meaningless “It's all psychological warfare’ said Raanan Gissin spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon A Palestinian minister said he would try to keep Hamas from carrying out revenge attacks- But Palestinian and European officials bemoan what they view as a missed chance to ease almost two years of violence On the Palestinian street there is widespread anger and Hamas — whose military leader Salah Shehadeh was lulled along with a bodyguard and 13 civilians — warned it would strike at Israeli civil-ian- s with more fury than ever New violence erupted Thursday with the fetal shooting of a Jewish settler in the West Bmk but thenp were also new efforts to revive the declaration plan cease-fir- e Palestinian Planning Minister Nabil Shaath told The Associated Press he was plan ning to meet with Hamas leaders In the Gaza Strip soon to try to persuade them not to retaliate and instead join a new effort at a unilateral cease-fir' - ©5tty e On Monday night the Tanz-imilitia which is affiliated ' with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement had agreed tq put out a statement calling on all other Palestinian groups “to immediately end such attacks without hesitation or preconditions” Shaath said it was finalized just hours before the Israeli airstrike Ismail Abu Shanab a lead- ing Hamas official in Gaza Confirmed the group held meetings recently with Palestinian officials and agreed that m groups Israeli officials continued to justify the air strike Tuesday that lulled Hamas commander Salah Shehadeh while apologizing for the civilian casualties But international denunciation? continued In Washington Secretary of State Colin Powell said the Bush administration is reviewing Israel’s use of US -- made weapons in the wake of the air strike Israel had no comment but an official speaking On condition of anonymity said Israel was receiving no special treatment Israeli Defense Minister er Binyamin claimed Shehadeh was planattack ning a “mega-terro- r” inside Israel “perhaps the biggest Israel has ever seen a truck with a ton of explosives that was intended to shock tire people of Israel and cause hundreds hundreds of dead” " - gone over proposals to restore security cooperation Israeli officials acknowl- edged they knew about the effort to reach a unilateral Palestinian cease-fir- e but did not believe it was meaningful “Of course we knew about it” said Gissin “So what? 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