Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday January 12 2003 — AS D World In briof Terrorism prompts queen to install ‘panic rooms’ — of terrorist attach prompi-e- d Fears LONDON (AP) an Queen Elizabeth II to install panic rooms” at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle a newspaper reported Sunday ’ steel The rooips are encased in walls ana are designed to protect senior members of the royal family from poison gas bomb attacks or assassination by terrorists The Sunday Times reported and The shell of each room is and the rooms themselves could withstand a mortar attack and possibly a direct hit by a light aircraft the newspaper said The new rooms were built following a security review after the Sept 1 terror attacks in the United States the newspaper said They cost $16 million and replaced smaller sparsely furnished rooms high-securi- ty bullet-resista- fire-retard- nt 1 ' i Congolese tell UN investigators of cannibalism rapes by rebels KINSHASA Congo (AP) — Villagers backed up reports of rape looting and cannibalism in northeast Congo the United Nations said Saturday after a week-lon- g investigation in the region “The team interviewed victims as well as witnesses of atrociand qlso ties who spoke of cases of wholesale rape of looting cases of forced cannibalism” said Patricia Tome the UN spokeswoman in the Congo The mission was prompted by reports that two groups the Bemba rebel Congolese Liberation Movement of Jean-Pierhad and its allied Congolese Rally for Democracy-Nationturned viciously on civilians during fighting there Tome said the investigators sought out Pygmies who went deep in hiding in the forests there She did not elaborate However a Catholic cleric in the province Monsignor Mclchisedec Sikuli Paluku told The Associated Press that rebels forced the Pygmies and others to eat human flesh Some Pygmies taken prisoner even were forced to eat parts of their own btidics he said The report will be presented to UN officials including Sergio Vieira de Mello the high commissioner for human rights Vieira de Mello is expected in the capital Kinshasa on Sunday Pygmies are believed to be the earliest inhabitants of Central Africa An estimated 600(XM) live in Congo re AP photc Demonstrators punch the air with their fists during a rally in Pyongyang on Saturday to support North Korea's withdrawal from the globa1 nuclear treaty Over 1 million people gathered in squares plazas and streets of the North Korean capital Saturday a day after the communist country escalated tensions by announcing its withdrawpl from the nuclear treaty signaaDs ffirom Kfl5ji®dl al Italian rightists attack controversial Muslim leader on live television far-rig- ht Pialat French filmmaker dies at 77 PARIS (AP) — French filmmaker Maurice Pialat who won the Cannes Firm Festival’s coveted Palme d’Or prize died Saturday He was 77 Pialat died at home in Paris the Le Monde newspaper and French radio reported He suffered from high blood pressure and kidney problems In a message of condolence President Jacques Chirac called Pialat a “master of the cinematographic art" who “leaves a deep imprint on the history of French film” “Through his powerful exacting and unique works Maurice Pialat explored with intransigence and sensitivity the shadows and lights of the human soul” Chirac said Pialat directed 1 1 films in a career stretching over four decades He made his last movie “Le Garcu” in 1995 He won Cannes' Palme d'Or or Golden Palm in 1987 for “Under Satan's Sun” a provocative tale about a monk’s encounter with the devil “Pialat is dead and we are all orphaned" he said on France-Inf- o radio “French cinema is orphaned” Wu Han piano Ralph Matson violin Fry Street String Quartet rally while anti-U- S diplomats downplay nuclear intentions SEOUL South Korea (AP) — North Korea sent sharply mixed messages Saturday vowing to “smash US nuclear maniacs" in a “holy war” while its diplomats told New Mexico Gov Bill Richardson their country had no intention of building nuclear bombs Pyongyang's belligerent message e included threats as well to resume missile tests and to begin reprocessing spent fuel rods from its nuclear reactor to make atomic bombs The isolated Stalinist regime withdrew from the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as of Saturday and intensified its defiance with a huge rally in the capital where a million people stood in a downtown square embellished with banners and huge portraits of President Kim Jong II The Nbrth's harsh language appeared to long-rang- VERONA Italy ( AP) — Members of an group burst into a television studio and attacked a controversial Muslim activist while he was on the air The altercation was his second televised fight in a week About 25 members of the extreme-righ- t group Fora Nuova stormed into the studio of the local TeleNuovo channel in Verona about 75 miles east of Milan on Friday night where Adel Smith of the Italian Muslim Union was appearing on a talk show They began throwing eggs at him then attacked him and his assistant heating Smith and giving his assistant a broken cheekbone and a black eye Police arrested six of them last Sunday with conserSmith got into another TV punch-u- p vative editorialist Carlo Pelanda That light broke out after Smith questioned Israel's right to exist and said that some criticism of Osama bin Laden was invented by the CIA Moderate Muslim groups have distanced themselves from Smith saying he makes offensive statements that go against the teachings of the Quran MischaAmory viola Marjorie Bagley violin Michael Carrera cello Andres Dial cello Over 1 million hold shoulder-to-should- an weapons In New Mexico Richardson — a for- mer UN ambassador — said North Korea's deputy UN Ambassador Han Song Ryol assured him the North wanted improved ties with the United States and had no plans to build a bomb “He told me that in a dialogue with the United States North Korea would discuss America's concerns over verifying its nuclear program I think that's positive" Richardson said ending three days of meetings with the North Koreans that he said some were calling “green chile diplomacy" because they occurred in the Southwest He also told CNN “The next step after my talks is for official channels to open” between North Korea and the United States At the State Department spokeswoman Nancy Beck said Richardson had reported on the talks to Secretary of State Colin Powell “The United States has made clear that Peruvian airliner wreckage found LIMA Peru ( AP) — After two days of rain and fog rescue helicopters on Saturday spotted the wreckage of a Peruvian airliner that plowed into a mountain with 46 people aboard including eight children Officials confirmed there were no survivors and said the recovery effort would be slow Pieces of the TANS airliner were scattered over an area 1300 feet wide and about 1600 feet below the peak of the mountain Transportation Minister Javier Reategui said “The impact has disintegrated the plane The passengers as well as the crew members have suffered the same impact" he said The plane's fuel exploded after the airliner hit the mountain and rescue teams found only small pieces of metal and body parts Reategui said The 11550-fohigh mountain is 10 miles northwest of the town of Chachapoyas which is situated in Peru’s high jungle about 400 miles north of Lima Search crews reached the site hours after a helicopter put them down nearby They had to get around cliffs and push mud to through knee-dee- p reach the wreckage said air force Col Juan Rodriguez who is overseeing the operation ot we are prepared to talk to North Korea about its willingness to meet its obligations to the international community” she said “In New Mexico North Korea did state its We will willingness to have a dialogue look carefully at everything the North Koreans said in New Mexico The usual channels qf communications remain open” North Korea’s UN Ambassador Pak Gil Yon told CNN on Saturday that Pyongyang “tried our best until the final moment" before Friday’s declaration to resolve the dispute with the United States “As we consistently maintain problems should be resolved through the negotiations by peaceful means” Pak said “The solution will be made through such a negotiation if the United States has a sincere attitude” North Korea’s defiance had been building for weeks but intensified with the Saturday rally when a series of leaders issued diatribes — one vowing the North would seek “revenge with blood" toward any country that violates its sovereignty As officials spoke the people erupted in chants and pumped fists toward the winter sky shouting in unison “We wholeheartedly support it!” an It has been interesting to read the Herald journal coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Rat Hallow airplane crash The solitude and silence of the back country is breathtaking and it is sobering to consider such a tragedy happened there It is truly unfortunate that on the early morning of January 6 1953 time for these accomplished soldiers came to a close For their families life was forever altered I suppose the memories held by our older generation throughout the community would speak volumes of this frightful day I was surprised to leam a piece of history conour store Mel Smith cerning ' our master watchmaker remembers that a few days after the accident the rescue team brought in a box of watches for nim to examine in hopes of substantiating the exact time that the crash occurred Unfortunately the watches were so broken up that nothing was confirmea This was indeed an unforgettable experience for Mel since he himself is a veteran Now 50 years later life continues but let us not forget these soldiers of the Korean War For a schedule Jumper of masterclasses Winter Festival Michael Carrera Artistic Director Major funding prom the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation Concerts-Janua- ry er grow in lockstep with international condemnation of its declaration Friday that it would no longer abide by the pact that served as 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