Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday April 26 2004 — A5 World M Kweaira DnespitiaiD swanrapedl Country’s main facility DANDONG China (API-Inj- ured children lay on file cabinets as an overcrowded North Korean hospital struggled to cope without enough beds or medicine for hundreds of victims from last week's train explosion an aid worker whp visited the facility said Sunday Sinuiju Provincial Hospital across the border from just AP photo China was treating 360 people Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat greets supporters during a meeting injured in the blast according at his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday to Tony Banbury Asia regionIsrael has no immediate plans to kill Arafat despite Prime Minister al director for the UN World Ariel Sharon's latest threats against the Palestinian leader Israel's Food Program More than 60 vice premier said Sunday ' percent of the victims there were children he said “They clearly lack the ability to care for all the patient" Banbury said Thursday's huge explosion in the town of Ryongchon fed by oil and chemicals killed Israeli and wounding three JERUSALEM (AP) — 161 people and injured at least others rescue workers said In 1300 officials said ' Israeli leaders on Sunday another shooting attack nearbacked away from Prime MinThe death toll rose by seven ister Ariel Sharon's latest by an Israeli Arab was seriSunday but it was unclear threats against Yasser Arafat ously wounded rescue whether the higher number workers said reflected new fatalities or simsaying there are no immediate Sharon accuses Arafat of plans to kill the Palestinian ply freshly confirmed casual- ' leader supporting terrorism Under ties Aid agencies didn't say Sharon declared in a televiUS pressure however he has whether they expected the sion interview over the weekrefrained from attacking number to increase end that he is no longer bound Arafat instead confining him As relief workers assessed to a compound in the West by a promise to the United damage trucks crammed with States not to harm Arafat Bank town of Ramallah for tents blankets canned food The comments which were more than two' years and packages of instant noocriticized in Washington Arafat greeted 400 Palestindles rumbled across the Chiian schoolchildren at his headEurope and the Arab world nese frontier into North Korea raised speculation that Arafat quarters Sunday The students part of a multinational offer of chanted might be in Israel’s crosshairs slogans help South Korea Japan and In recent weeks Israel has and called for an end to Australia also offered aid Israel’s siege of the Palestinkilled'the founder of the Eleven trucks from China Hamas militant group and his ian leader successor ' Speaking to reporters afterward Arafat said he is hot After nightfall Sunday Palestinian gunmen opened afraid to die “Our destiny is fire on a vehicle in the southto be martyrs in this holy ern West Bank killing one land” Arafat said to handle train disaster victims ill-equip- Israel: No attack planned on Arafat AP photo South Korean workers from Korea Red Cross prepare aid supply kits for North Korea at the head office of Red Cross in Seoul South Korea on Sunday South Korea's Red Cross has proposed meeting with North Korean officials to discuss ways to provide assistance following last week's massive train explosion since North Korea's main hospital has proven inadequate to handle the masses of injured ' anti-Shar- on crossed the bridge into North Korea on Sunday carrying $120000 worth of aid The trucks were driven by Chinesepolice and bore banners saying “donations - - AP photo hand is kissad by a Colombian pilgrim during the beatification ceremony for six new people at St Peter's Square at the' Vatican on Sunday The pope added the six to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood beatifying 1 9th and 20th century Europeans and South Americans Behind the pontiff is Italian Archbishop Piero Marini Pope John Paul telephone message via Red Cross liaison officers at the truce village of Panmunjom in the buffer zone where the Koreas have faced off since : their war in the early 1930s ' - M's VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope John Paul II added six more people to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood Sunday beatifying 19th and 20th century Europeans and Latin Americans at a ceremony in St Peter's Square Among the six was a para- -' lyzed lay woman Alexandrina Maria da Costa of Portugal who the Vatican says lived the ' last 13 years of her life eating ' only the bread and wine of Communion With the six representing Poland Colombia Mexico Italy Spain and Portugal John Paul has beatified 1330 people' during his pontificate r more than all his predecessors over the past 500 years com- -' bined Beatification is the last formal step before possible sainthood John Paul has also named 476 people saints but many of those were heatifed by previous popes: The pope said the newly beatified — including a priest four nuns and da Costa — were “eloquent examples of how the Lord transforms the existence of believers when we have faith in him” He praised each one of them in their native tongues during his homily then urged the crowd to follow'in their exam- 23-ye- ar qgaaaW mriEliiilBTIfi ple- ST - Iraq’s main oil terminal still dosed BAGHDAD ( AP) — Suicide boat bombings targeting the oil indusliy have forced the closure of Iraq’s biggest terminal losing the country nearly I million barrels a day in exports the oil minister said Sunday told reporters that the Oil Ibrahim Bahr Terminal remains closed since Saturday evening’s attacks and will open on Monday at the soonest terminal was one of two terminals targeted in The other smaller terminal Khawr the aitacks-Th' Sunday morning reopened terminal unloads up to 900000 barrels a day of The 1 Iraq’s total current- exports of around 6 million barrels per day much that production was worth' not how would He he said say tercorrected earlier reports that the Bahr v minal had reopened : Al-Bas- ra 1 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Numerous pianos that have been on loan to USU’s Music Department will be sold by Saturday May 8tli Grandsbaby grands consoles professional uprights and digital pianos will lie offered at substantial savings Al-Bas- ra e Al-Bas- ra Al-Bas- ra ' North Kprea accused WashingSEOUL South Korea (AP) of preparing an attack citing the US military's plans to move from an outpost along the tense Korean bolder this year Pyongyang also warned that it would review parts of the armistice that ended the Korean War five decades ago because : V:'v' : 7 r' 'V: of the US plain'' : The turnover of ObservatiOn Post Ouellette would mean US troops would no longer be responsible for patrolling the heavily fortified buffer area called the Demilitarized Zdne The United States has said it will hand over the duties to ' force facing off South Korea which has a 600000-memb- largest with 11 J fifthworld’s the forces armed North Korea’s ' soldiers f million ' “The US decision to take even its small force out of n Pan- thcUSi a preparations for indicates that murijdm attack upon the DPRK are under way at a final phase” said a 7 mission in the truce spokesman for the North Korean army’s KCNA the North’s official to of aconding Panmunjom ' village V news agencyton r -- pre-empti- ' manufacturer's warranty These pianos will be offered first by priority aiipointinent before being sold to the Special Event Financing Sale and Service through ' i Music Emporium -- memmmmm VRROIMkMEISTl m&mmw&mmm : er : Many pianos are less than a year old and are under general public North Korea criticizes US plans ' - Pope beatifies six more bringing total to 1330 In brief China announces four more suspected cases of SARS BEIJING (AP) — Evoking bad memories of last year’s out- break China announced Sunday it was investigating four fresh suspected SARS cases in its capital and ordered an affected southern province to gird for a coming holiday when millions of Chinese wilt be traveling All of the new suspected cases have been traced back to a single patient the government said suggesting the problem was still tight-l- y confined and not a general outbreak Nevertheless the announcement issued by the Ministry of Health on its Web site was an alarming reminder that the disease that Faar of outbreak? A girl wear- killed 349 people in China during ing a mask visits the Ditan last year’s outbreak still poses a Hospital in Beijing on Sunday threat despite efforts by the gov' China announced Sunday it ernment to prevent its return The latest four cases brought the was investigating four new in China for the past week to cases SARS total suspected two confirmed and six suspected The hew suspected cases are the father mother aunt and room- confirmed SARS patient in Beijing with mate of a ' the surname of Li the ministry said The other confirmed case is a medical student with the surname of Song in the southern province of Anhui from the government of the People's Republic of China” Lee Yoon-go- o the Red Cross chief in Seoul proposed coordinating relief efforts with North Korea’s Red Cross in a This event to be held in the Chase Fine Aft Center KinrArin Uujlifiiijcion Campus Logan' Phone Numbers 435--797r78i- (Munir Tkrairr ' j FOR ADVANCED APPOINTMENTS CALL: 435 - 797 - 7881 ' : i i |