Show s' A ' : V J ! j - V- ikIij aJ' i aJl aa1 aaaj j1"' 'i t i ' OSINNIKL Russia (AD— y a grieving byaredstark relatives sat or milled nervous-- ' ! : faces of exhausted rescuers and the red rimmed eyes of anxious vela tives told agrim story of disappearing hope Sunday a day after a methane blast tore ' V through a Siberian mine 42 ' least at miners killing ' ' Five miners remained miss- ing in the latest disaster to stnte Russia’s haidscrebbk coal country “Most likely they will alirbe corpses" said the head of a commission deal ing with the blast occurred early Sat-urday about 1840 feet down in ' theltizhina mine in a coal- ivestem Siberia ' called the Kuzbass On Sunday emergency offi-dais plotted rescue and recov- - v ' ety strategies i at one rad of the administramine's Soviet-er- a tion building which is topped The r ' A f " survivors or Kussia hiine f i X l! 1 I t'' ’Ui ' ' V ‘ 1 n ' - V''y r jA Vv " - aa' ‘vl1 i‘ s" coal-bjacken-ed : I Asked if there was hope of ' Of the 42 bodies found 36 ' had been retrieved and 29 of ' y finding anyone alive one of ‘ foerescuersshookbif headtq ly in a rundown auditorium ‘7 s those had been identified said officials overseeing the recov- - i mean Mno”The men refused dominated by a painting of 4 conditioos i strong smiling miner carrying yeiy effort ri- V (to talk about the flowers i More than 600 minen work underground but foe Interfax They told me to wait" said i at the nmwih the city ofOsin- newsageiK7 said the area was f filled with carbon dioxide and V niki according to HAR-lks- s Iktyana Fatykhova 34 whose Ekho Moskvy racho said work huuand Rashid was under V ' Thidiina opened in 1998 but " was built on the foundation of was hampered by heavy v ground when the blast V vsmote occunei a closed mine and dw equip- v televion some Russian v Deputy Frosecutor Genoral f f meat shqwn "They've pulled up bodies but th haven’t identi- - sion stations appeared to bie VideiSimuchenkov said the n Mast occurred after the concen v fiedfoemyet” tratioo of methane gas in the Rescue workers dug under- Her husband's name was not site mine increased by roUghly 10- Hart the toward on foe list of identified victims ground — lUzfaina fold in a short period rf tune and from sidre stairwell two the v posted by an adjacent mine in Osinniki a The hnal of a government Investigators will try to determine what made the commission created to deal sprawling community of nun- methane level increase so with foe disaster Sergei snackk homes and crumbling and what triggered foe quickly Ovanesyan Hast Sirmtchenkov said ten hills streaked with snow caUy impossible” that any of those still missing would be A handful of rescue workers adding that an earthquake or foe shifting of coal plates were discarded oxygen tanks and lit found alive “Most likely they will all be up cigarettes after a shift among foe potential causes of foe buildup j undoground corpses" he said If 4 i i A - r nu-dbw- V - : s dk i fimS&i HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of angry citizens marched Sunday to Beijing's representative office in Hong Kong demanding full democ racy and calling on their unpopular leader to quit Hong Kongers are clamoring for foe right to elect heirchirf executive and lawmakers and many were upset last week when China's most powerful legislative committee weighed in by saying any political reforms here must be approved in advance by Beijing ' “We don’t want to over- throw the central government” said Roddy Lam a warehouse manager who joined the march “We’re just asking for rights we deserve” After a brief standoff wifo police the demonstrators to file past foe rear entrance of foe Chinese government’s liaison office drop- ping off boxes of letters that urged Beijing to reverse its rul- ing and allow universal suf-- ii ?jZA i t- gfV & 0$ v ii i date for referendum! ¥ Si JERUSALEM (AP) — land’s tuling Likud party will j4 vote April 29 on Prime Minister Ariel Sharoa’s hotly debated (dan to pull out of foe Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements a party spokesman i 0 A 31 ' : v1 I y jfy said Sunday Seeking the vote is an enormous gambk for Sharon because his hard-lin-e party is divided over foe plan and approval is far from assured Sharon has pledged to honor foe outcome and could come under growing i resign if he Iobol pp wMi - ft v at one of the entrances of St Peter's Square at the Vatican prior of the Easter Maaa celebrated by Pope John Paul Ron Sunday The Dahan said the date was chosen: PontHfcaled for world leadere to raeoiveconHcts in Iraq the RAddto East and Africa and used his Easter at a meeting of foe party’s Gen-tnl Election Comnuttee If he message to pray that hope wil conqusr the Inhumaif and growing phenomenon oftariorisnv wins ipproval from Likud's 200000 members Sharon reportedly win seek Cabinet an ItaBan paramiBtary pofica officer pilgrim Pope calls Ifoir eridl to Iraq SVJicfldle were-allowe- V The silhouettes of mortfoan a dozen people inside the Chi-nett office could be seen look- ii out through shaded windows but a receptionist ' The Associated Press no was available for com- - Pope John Paul II celebrated Easter Mass on Sunday wifo calls for world leaders to resdve conflicts in Iraq the Palestinian territories and Africa as Christians around foe world marked the holiest day on the church calendar d John Paul delivered a flower-on- e on foe Qf peace sagC decked steps of SL Peter’s : Basilica praying that hope would conquer foe “inhu- man" phenomenon of tenor- and urging Christians Muslims and Jews to seek greater unity wifo each other "May the culture of life and love render vain foe logic of he told tens of thou-- : sands of foe faithful and tourists gathered in St Peter’s under tight security on an overcast day The pope ered the message in tional “Uibi et Oibi" Easter address Latin for "lb foe City and the World" He i clearly and strongly ite a grueling tthefoile of Wedk ceremonies in - recortdays mes-tol- : : - Easter marks the day according to the Bible that Jesus rose from foe derul after being crucified The joyous celebnuimis in Rome contrasted with foe muted Easter festivities in Jerusalem whae afew hun- died pilgrims and Palestinian Christians attended Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepul-deatcher — built over the skull- -' : shaped rocky rpount believed to be foe place where Jesus was crucffied Attendance was also low at h” : tiw Virgin Maty of the worldwide Antcui ' Communion whose mmnben also celebrated Easter on Sun- day— said the world must not forget those who die in places like "V-: Africa xv Easter was festive in ' Greece where Orthodox Christians set fireworks and flares at churches across the country : often-ignor- ed w ‘-- “— Cathdic Church in Badad where about 100 Chaldean Catholics celebrated Mass In Moscow the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy H prayed fra V foe victims of a Siberian methane blast that killed at least 40 coal miners And in London Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan - Vs1 ? Vote eel: Israel Prime MMster Ariel Sharon pauses folowing a meeting with Israel President Hoshe Katsav unseen In the southern Israel town of Kyat Malachi on Sunday v Eastieii’n con1flicfts VATICAN CITY (AP) — : f : AP photo A Caiabiniefe - on A f) tv searches a Rescuers descend into the Oabmltovstaya mine to dgtbttw mig boring ihizhina mine searching forsurvtvors of a methane blast in fos town of OsiraiM In the Kemerovo region otwestom Sfceria on Sunday The sxptoukxi ripped forough the Haizhina mins early Saturday as 55 minefs who had worked through the night were near:1 ing the end ottheir shift I 1 J0 Rally Organizer Jackie Hung said 15000 people had turned out to voice opposition to the ruling issued Tuesday by foe Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress' Police declined to provide a' crowd estimate Waving inflatable dolls of Hong Kong Chief Executive foe crowd Tung Chee-hw- a ChantMl “step down” 'O " ' protesters fight China for election ment V V’' A ( Hong Kong frage 4 ! Israel with the final canto a day before Sharon was to leave for Washington where he will seek President Bush’s endorsement of the plan in a meeting Wisdnestor A vote of ““fldence fromBush would Several ttniw Cabinet minis- ters have sup- port Sharon w&Amrri backing Media reports said the Cabinet nridx vote May 2to benegotiated between the two sides The Han however has been stalled months amid Israeli and Palestinian violations Sharon said Sunday that his plan would help Israel’s securi- : N5 andinj in the mtanational community ' ' v P®"8this Th®no doubt that i - reHofprimca The extent of U support planrcmained unclear Steron sent several senior aides toWashingtooovertheweek- end to worit out final details on C foe agenda of the meeting The United States has said it ’ supports the idea of a Gaza pidlout but wily as part of foe internationally backed “road map! peace phm: $ : WI“ Jr? Sr on that brad would not pomitt have to withdraw from foe ! frilly West Baik under a j setdement wifo foe 1 V s i : US Mexican teams search for t - s (survivors i NUEVO PROGRESO Mexico (AP) v — Rescue workers sifted through a tan- ' gled mass Of steel and concrete search-ing for survivors of a blast that leveled two buildings killed at least six people : and injured more than a dozen ofoers in this Mexican border town Mexican soldiers arid American fire- fighters searched ddxis at five qiots late Saturday where search dogs had detected human scent said Rene Alaniz a spokesman with foe McAllen Tfexas Fire ::: Department yrf i::"' '“We’re weikingw hard as we can ' : because if fooe’a anyone in foese build-- i as soon as : to we want get to them tngs ” ' - posable” Alanik said It was unclear bow many peopfe were still trapped in the rubble y ? Mexican authorities said a gas leak y : Saturday triggered an explosion at about cement foat leveled a 8:30 i and restaurant a building containing clofoing stores The Hast also flattened ar shopping crater neijiboring three-levwhere a dentist office pharmacy and souvenir shops were located' ' ' Six pebple were killed by the explosion AP photo and fourteen more remain three of them in critical condrtum sHdy for survivors in a colapsad buHdng folowing an on Saturday near akm in Nuevo Progreso Mexicothe y Raul Herrera a Nuevo Progreso police ' ' ' ' officer " ’ : :'? ' ! -- an two-sto- ry el ‘J fy r : - ' :'L-- X - |