Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday September 28 2002 — A7 30 women win seats Palestinians defy Israeli curfews on uprising anniversary in Morocco parliament RABAT Morocco (AP) — Moroccans voted Friday in what the government promised would be the country’s first free and fair elections emerg- ing from polling booths with their thumbs dyed purple to ' prevent them voting twice The legislative vote is the first under King Mohammed VI and is an important step in the reform process he launched after the 1999 death of his father Hassan II But while Mohammed has relaxed censorship and let political exiles return criticism of the king remains taboo Past elec- -' tions were considered rigged and corrupt “It’s historic for us The government really has made an effort to be fair” said civil servant Aloui Mohammed A host of problems await the winning lawmakers who for the first time were to include at least 30 women Among the r challenges: convincing poor and disenchanted unemployed Moroccans that parliament can help improve lives even though much power still resides with the king Because many Moroccans are illiterate — the government Said 61 percent of the 14 million registered voters were unschooled — parties were' identified on ballots with symbols such as a key an alarm dock a wasp or a dagger i JERUSALEM (AP) — Defying curfews hundreds of Palestinians marched in West Bank cities on Friday marking the second anniversary of their uprising against Israel and its increasingly tight grip on the West Bank and Gaza Strip With Yasser Arafat still under siege at his largely destroyed headquarters another popular Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti said in a message from an Israeli prison that the fighting will continue “The third year of the uprising will see the occupation collapse” Barghouti said in written comments carried out of an Israeli jail by his lawyer “This is the year in which the occupation should become an expensive project for the occupiers on all levels" At a rally in the West Bank town of Ramallah Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets at youths who threw rocks but a larger group of demonstrators peacefully beat drums and chanted slogans Despite the curfews about 500 people many of them waving Palestinian flags marched in Nablus and 200 f v AP photo Entertaining Ub US soldiers cheer as rock star Joan Jett performs at the air base in Bagram near Kabul Afghanistan on Friday Joan Jett is the first female rocker to perform in Afghanistan trOOpS US State Department criticizes Israel for strike WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department criticized Israel on Friday for trying to kill the top Hamas bomb maker operation that wounded 35 bystanders including 15 chil- dren Thursday’s attack wounded Deif who was taken to a hiding place after treatment at a Gaza City hospital Palestinian medical sources said Two bodyguards were killed! Spokesman Richard Boucher said Mohammed Deif was responsible for the death of American citizens He should have been brought to justice instead of being targeted for assassination Boucher said As it turned out Deif survived an Israeli airstrike in an In brief Hamas an Islamic militant group responsible for suicide attacks that have killed scores Of Israelis said it would f Winter Weather SpecM w w raw Irwwn “ Doctors confirm first Italian case of human form of mad cow disease 69 881-371- 95 m W1HN J el Have a Sandwichl r?:y PAI VOmmI VfcUMr anti-Isra- Ji Hdf mi rririvrix earlier protests' In the Gaza Strip a Palestinian was critically wounded after being shot in the head and three others were injured after throwing rocks and hottles at Israeli soldiers doctors said The army said soldiers fired in the air after youths threw firecrackers The uprising erupted on Sept 28 2000 when Israel's leader Ariel Sharon visited the site in Jerusalem known as the Temple Mount to Jews and Haram then-oppositi- most-disput- ed rif to Palestinians Rioting spread through die West Bank arid Gaza Strip (Igaz&qaEfkl Save a Buck NTjy v(3GAN AND REPAIR Urn ihHhl avenge the airstrike The State Department lists Hamas as a terror organization The US criticism was consistent with similar statements of disapproval after other targeted assassinations by Israel “We are against targeted killings i” Boucher said “We are against the use of heavy weapons in urban areas even when it comes to people like' Mohammed Deif” others in the nearby Bulala refugee camp to commemorate the start of the uprising and to express support for Arafat Hundreds also gathered in Bethlehem one of only two major West Bank towns not under curfew Palestinian factions said they would keep tlicir gunmen away from the anniversary demonstrations and there was a festive atmosphere aiming most of the 600 demonstrators' in Ramallah who sang beat drums and brought children — a contrast to the bitter tone of IMmb the La Brra'i Ink far tl OFF any sandwich or hamburger her 6 JMI tfitteau’s Interior & Exterior I louse Painting ' Will beat or march any price! 163 ‘ But I4QO North loa— LONDON ( AP) — A woman has been confirmed as Italy’s first victim of the human form of mad cow disease according to research published Friday The woman who lives in Sicily was hospitalized in Novem- ber after suffering for six months with pain in her back and legs a progressive disturbance in her walking and unpleasant sensa- tions when her skin was touched said the report in The Lancet medical journal Italian health authorities said in February that the suspected condition variant diagnosis was the fatal brain-wastiCreutzfeldt-Jako- b Disease Experts believe variant CJD comes from eating products from cows infected with mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy Variant CJD has killed more than 100 people since emerging Most of those deaths have been in in England in the mid-199Britain The ailing woman in Sicily has never traveled to Britain or any other country with reported cases of mad cow disease On Friday Italy’s Health Ministry reported that 73 cows have tested positive for the disease ng 0s East Timor 191st member of UN UNITED NATIONS (AP) — East Timor he world’s youngest country became the 19 §t member of the United Nations on Friday just months after achieving independence Indonesian occupaand three years after shaking off tion Diplomats from around the world applauded' rather than formally voted to accept the tiny Southeast Asian nation ruled by Portugal for centuries as the newest UN member The country’s president Xanana Gusmao vowed to build a “tolerant and just” society from a community wracked by decades of violence and suffering '‘Peace and stability are what our people yearn for” said the Gusmao who was welcomed at a ceremony in the General Assembly Hall by ambassadors and UN Secretary-GenerKofi Annan 1 often-briit- al 1 al UN Security Council adds members UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Five countries including Germany and Pakistan woe voted on to the Security Council Friterms beginning in January day with The Security Council is made up of five permanent members — the United Sates Britain China France and Russia — and 10 elected members Also voted to hew tarns were Spain Chile and Angola Germany and Spain will formally replace Ireland and Norway in the Western European seats Pakistan will take the Asian seat from Singapore Chile will replace Colombia and Angola will represent Africa in place of Mauritius Elected countries are first nominated by their regional groups and then voted on in a secret ballot by the General Assembly — which represents all UN members Each year the assembly elects five new members to replace five retiring ones This year there were no contested seats At the end of 2003 the terms of Bulgaria Cameroon Guinea Mexico and Syria will expire two-ye- ar two-ye- ar French trdops leave Ivory Coast city -- ALL'SNIAGRABMPPAREL’QTAKEANADDITIONAmZZL flfe ftaGKAr off MEN'S WOMEN'S ft KIDS’ CONVERI BURTON BONFIRE ft MACK DOT IAFFAREL product mV? 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