Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday November 25 2003 — A7 FesftBvnftnes teegDira srifteir CAIRO Egypt (AP) — A Ramadan marked by violence in the Middle East ended across' most of the region Monday night as Muslims Eid prepared for the three-da- y that the closes holiday ’ holy month of fasting The Eid — associated with family gatherings over lavish meals and gifts for children — began in Baghdad on Monday with security increased during the night ahead of massive morning prayers that usher in the celebrations In Lebanon w here the Eid begins Tuesday Muslims hur-AP photo rying home to break their last fast of the month were caught An Iraqi smokes a cigarette on a playground in Baghdad oh Monday in a rainstorm that flooded Vf - Iraq's Sunni clerics ended Ramadan on Sunday! and Eid tr starts the day after the end of Ramadan streets and jammed trafficbegan Monday Eid tr ' ' In Saudi Arabia and month which observant Muslims refrain from eating the holy during Egypt and other worldly pleasures from dawn to dusk ' drinking smoking malls and shoppers packed £ V” “I’m happy because I just shops looking for V' very busy”:'" V v'?'' gifts Food shops in the Jor- - T- got a new PlayStation for the ' Liquor shops reopened in danian capital Amman Jordan after a monthlong clq- Eid” said Ahmad Shahin’ 12 fresh Arabic sweets and McDonald's on a munching hotels' decorated their burger at Amman Mall “It entrances with colorful lights will keep me and my friends Lee Kelsey aunraadlaiin) emxdls ' tr One of a kind: Copito de Nieve 'Snowflake' an extremely rare albino gorilla and the most popular resident of Barcelona zoo file photo seen in this Sept-2' died of ' skin cancer early Monday" v - Snowflake the albino gorilla dies last-minu- te pre-par- BARCELONA Spain (AP) — Snowflake an extremely rare albino gorilla and the most popular resident of Barcelona Zoo died of skin cancer early Monday morning zoo officials said Zoo officials put the elderly gorilla to sleep after his health deteriorated in recent days zoo officials said Snowflake ' had been dying of skin cancer ed We're at the Willow's Restaurant ' every Saturday 1 0am-2p- m sure in the predominantly conservative Muslim nation where serving and selling alcohol is banned during the holy fasling month During Ramadan observant Muslims refrain from eating drinking smoking and other worldly pleasures from daw n to dusk ' Eid tr starts the day after the end of Ramadan which can last either 2V or 30 days depending on when (he first nioon of the next lunar month is sighted Muslim countries regularly differ on when to begin Ramadan and when to begin ' ' the Eid’ arid Sunni clerics Iraq's ' Libyan officials announced Ramadan's end on Sunday’ But clerics in Saudi Arabiamosl of the Gulf countries"Egypt Lebanon Syria Jor-da- n Yemen and Sudan el-Fi- ' ‘ Fully assembled Lifetime nuLituiw — 1- “- — ' Tis Dollar Sava Hundred Compand to DsnUsts Prices whit you swi (Minos Hot Stone Massage 435-760-31- ' Logan comes alter a long month oj" lasting- Vinyl ' veterinarian Jesus Fernandez “Lately though he deterio- rated quickly In the past four or five days we noticed signs of pain and suffering and so ' decided tp practice euthana- “ ml a ' Too late to change your windows this winter? Not if you give us a call We can upgrade most homes in one day!- - HARRIS DKNTIIRF DESIGN William I Harrii-Llcinn- il Ovnturln ) 7S2-UI1- 1 (1HH) 64b-iil- l ' - - ’ r The gorilla was thought to’ and 40 years oldThe average life span in the wild is 25 V 'vr-- ' - In his 37 years at the V" Barcelona zoo he fathered 22 offspring with three different females None is albino "Nof enough studies hive been done to know how many":' albino gorillas may livein the 5 wild but they are extremely rare and Snowflake wasthe only albino kept in captivity The gorilla's wrinkly white- V fade is on postcards all over the cify He was a (riairi char- ' acter in anovel ahdeven had memoirs written in his name be’ between 38 " - - : - - - evidence of enemy fire found in copter crash No B AGRAM Afghanistan Engine failure — not fire enemy —may have downed a U transport heli- copter in Afghanistan Penta- - ' gon officials said Monday as soldiers at the scene searched " the burned wreckage of the crash that killed five US ser- viceman The MH-5- 3 transport helicopter which can carry upto 55 people crashed Sunday just after leaving Bagram Air Base ' to support a special military operation 1 the tion in northeastern Afghanistan Eight soldiers also were wounded US military officials at Bagram and Central Command in Tampa Fla had been inves- including tigating the cause-whether it was shot down by rocket fire from militants But at the Pentagon officials said Monday there was no indication the helicopter was hit by hostile fire Some sort of engine problem may have caused the crash the officials said speaking on condition of anonymity At the scene against a backmountains drop of snow-toppand hills between 15 to 20 US soldiers guarded and searched the bumed-ou- t copter It crashed in pieces near a river that nuts though a small farm- ing village deep in the Bagram region only seven miles from the U air base (AP)-- 1- US-Iedcoa- li- ‘ REMEMBER" TiTiTO i) mTOD CBflTiTPl SECRET SDMDCECB n' ed IEiELBElJoLnCMCEETyliEBBtBECNl5aBw!5lNI Raplacemonc Window V Snowflake or Copito de Nieve in Spanish was taken to the zoo's veterinary department for an autopsy ‘‘Until the end Copito enjoyed a fantastic quality of life interacting nonnally with his children and grandchil- dren”said the zoo's chief and ' 1 since 2001 - - Ramadan — a month of spiritual renewal for Muslims and linie for charity and mcdi- tation — has been estremely violent ihi’syear starting w ith a series of bombings in Bagh- dad that killed scores of pco-1- " pie in the first days of the- holy month An attack on an Italian military compound in Iraq bn Nov 2 killed 26 people " New Dsntuisa i I "The nice’ thing about it is that it DENTURES “From the Lab to You No Dentist Visits Required riu1 Smsi’m Xi'lufuy ijifr tVmfiiurrs $50ht I' ! iJtil 'it 1' Vi llamuh : -- No partical board announced that the lad would start Tuesday 'Hie Fid reminds of the days when I was a kid with no responsihriities but now I look at it as being a nice religious occasion” said Jordan- inn supermarket ow ner IWnaifWEETliinCTRrCrt ' " ' " |