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Show a" I 4 4 9 ( -- . Al - f ' A a ls w j ,' DAILY HERALD ys -- ' ' p"f -.T Friday. August 31. 2007 FAST FACT MR, The world's first underground rail system was opened in London in 1 861 It was powered by steam locomotives hut converted to electricity in 1890. SMceMaqwfagfWDridtali . Compiled from Daily Herald wire services The Nation The World "V - d h ..i -- ' L-- r v Jane Goodall left gives Costa Ricas President Oscar Arias a present during a visit to Ariass home in San Jose. Goodall is in Costa Rica to promote her Roots and Shoots conservation program. : Suspected Mafia U.N. weapons inspectors find members detained chemical in office ; IMJM MCHSNZICTlw Ficti Capt EdKiesal holds newborn Brian Edward Mawhorr beside hie ehrimp boat, the Raindear, outride Western Seafood Co. in Freeport. Texas:. - ,; day, saying printed ink on the packaging of the Imaginarium In HUNTSVILLE, Texas smaD cell a few feet from ... where 23 men this year have taken their last breaths, condemned prisoner Kenneth Foster received a surprising and unexpected message from . a wardea He would live When the cook on his shrimp FREEPORT, Texas boat went into labor 30 miles offshore, captain Ed Kiesel grabbed a new roll of paper towels and a first aid hand-book and did the best he could. He successfully delivered Cindy Preisel's baby boy, : Texas Gov. Ride Perry, in a ; rare and uncharacteristic move Thursday, spared Foster hours before he was to be executed for ha role in a San ntonio . ' 11 years robbery-shootin- g aga The deosion came on the heels of an equally unusual recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. "The first thing I did was drop to my knees and say a little prayer, Foster said. "I owealot of people, The 30year-olbecame only the second inmate since Texas resumed carrying out executions in 1982 that the parole board voted to stop an exeattion this close to punishment time. And in that case, in 2004, - ftrry rejected the boards rec.: ommendation and mentally ill prisoner Kelsey Patterson wai . executed .. 1 was real worried about that, said Keith Hampton, Fosters lawyer. He was walking toward the governors office in Austin when he received a call about : , . even though the babys feet emerged first. I'm no doctor, but even I knew that's not supposed to happen, Kiesel said. I reached with my fingers ... as gently as I coukl and popped out his left shoulder and then his right, he said. .But then the little guy was stuck by his head, being I waited for a strangled. So I did the only thing 1 could contraction and then slid my fingers in around the top of his head and scooped Mm out. But the newborn wasn't breathing, so Kiesel gently ad--" ministered CPR. I started giving mouthtomouth, three short puffs, arid then thumping and rubbing its back, he said. The baby began to take short breaths, and after 20 to 25 minutes of GpR. gulped in air. His lips turned rosy and he started crying. I was so happy and relieved," Cindy Rreisel said. It's Mud to put into words. Kiesel used net twine, sterilized in boiling water, to tie off the umbilical cord and cut the newborn free from his , .mother.' Friends waited at the dock in Freeport, about 55 miles ' south of Houston, with bottles and baby clothes. Rreisel named the baby Brian Edward Mawhorr, after his father and the captain who delivered him. The baby wasnt due until .......... ists, federal prosecutors argued in a closed-doo- r court hearing Thursday. Two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbyists facing espionage charges have subpoenaed Rice, National, Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams and several others to testify at their home. : trial next year. . If their testimony is allowed Graham released by USl District Judge T.& Ellis III, the trial could offer a from hospital look at the way After CHARLOTTE, N.C U.S foreign policy is crafted. .. almost two weeks of treatment, Although Ellis closed Thurs-BiUy Graham left an Ashedays hearing to the public, the ville, N.G, hospital Thursday governments apposition to the afternoon and returned to Ms subpoenas was outlined on a mountain home in nearby Mon-trea-t, court calendar entry. ' ' according to a statement Attorneys for lobbyists Stereleased by Mission Health & ven Rosen and Keith Weissman did go into this thinking this is a governor who went ' ahead ami let Kelsey Patterson be executed, Hampton said It . all happened so fast, to tell you the truth. ...Its a good day. ... Not for Nico LaHood, whose ... brother, Michael 25, was gunned down Aug. 15,1996, on the driveway of his familys . .' ' . . International Trading. The 21Mem set contains,- crayons, pastels, colored pen- -' cils, fiber pens, water colors, a palette and other art supplies in a wooden carrying case. ' .' ; Childhood exposure to lead can lead to reduced intelligence,' hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder, research has shown... Hospitals. The evangelist was admitted to the hospital 20 minutes bum his home, in the early hours of Aug. 18 because of intestinal Needing. He had two more episodes while at the hospital but none since doctors cauterized the Needing in Graham's colon Aug. 22. dosed have argued that the Israeli interest group played an unofficial but sanctioned role in crafting foreign policy and that Rice and others can confirm it. "In other words, theyll tell us that disclosures are an everyday common prac' tice? Ellis asked in a hearing last year during a rare public discussion of the issue. , : beck-chann- Toys XUs recalls Chinese coloring cases TRENTON, NX Toys R Us is recalling thousands of art sets made in China due to excessive levels of lead in some black watercolar paints. Waynejased Toys R Us Inc and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Thurs "i ? t . : . . injured.'. Chavez pardons Colombian prisoners accused in plot : ; damaged, The cause of the fire and the two firefighters' deaths remained under investigation Thursday, officials said. When they arrived, they had heavy fire in the 1hai restaurant with heavy smoke conditions on the block, Fire Chief Kevin MacCurtain said. They became trapped, and they were disoriented, and they couldn't find their way out Fire Department spokesman Scott Salman said a ball of fire may have been created after a thre&ton air conditioning unit partially fell through the roof. The firefighters who died didn't appear to have been hit by the falling AC unit, which was lifted out of the blackened building early Thursday. : : . . . . " Mandarin and Cantonese restaurant and spread to an adjoining building in a row of yellow- - v brick storefronts, where at least three other stares were Tai-H- o The protest was called by Chiles largest labor federa-- . , tion to demand better condi- tions for workers frustrated CARACAS, Venezuela that they havent received a President Hugo Chavez on .. greater share of the nation's economic boom. Thursday pardoned dozens of Colombians imprisoned in But it grew increasingly .. Venezuela on charges of inviolent, with riots and looting volvement in an alleged 2004 in working class neighborhoods.' plot against, his government The order to free the 41 ' Police used water cannons and tear gas against the prisoners took effect with its publication in the govern--. demonstrators who sheltered ment's official gazette, dis-- ., behind baroicades of flaming missing their convictions on' tires. Police said some fired guns and hurled charges of military rebellion. Chavez announced his deci- gasoline bombs. Power was sion to free the prisoners last knocked out in some areas because protesters threw week as a goodwill gesture during his efforts to help bro- chains over electric power . ker an unrelated prisoner and cables. hostage exchange between Colombia's government and Firefighters battle 1 . . . pro-tester- . . leftist rebels. major blaze as others In May 2004,1 18 Colombians were arrested at a ranch contained KATO KOTYLI, Greece outside Caracas. Authorities said they were wearing Firefighters battled then-las- t Venezuelan military major blaze in southern and were suspected Greece Thursday after a of belonging to paramilitary week of forest fires killed 64 people and cost the country group that was plotting to create chaos in the country at least $L6 billion, prompt- and assassinate Chavez. ing a vast relief effort Rime Minister Costas Charges were quickly dropped against 18 of them'. Karamanlis, who faces a dose race for reflection in including nine minors and they were sent home.. less than three weeks, prom-Dozens more were later ised to rebuild all homes defound innocent. stroyed by the fires through a disaster relief fund made 2 suspects in up of state and private cort-tributions. He said homeless journalist's murder families would initially get released prefabricated homes. MOSCOW The Russian Initial government esti- Prosecutor Generals Office mates indicate at least 1,500 released two suspects in the homes were gutted in the murder of investigative jour- southern Pdoponnesepenin-- . nalist Anna Politkovskaya, a sula and on the island of Evia, source close to the invastiga- - just north ofAthens. But tion said Thursday. there are concerns that figure Alexei Berkin and deg could double. At least 4,000 Alimov have been freed from people were left homeless a number that could also custody, he said. double. Earlier, a Moscow court issued a warrant for their "It is our duty to restore arrest. what has been lost, and it fc Russia's chief prosecutor . our duty to future generations to restore the environ- announced Monday that a Chechenhom leader of a ment that has been lost," Moscow organized crime Karamanlis said. "The state will rebuild lost homes." group, known to the journalThere were fears that a ist, had masterminded the murder, and said former and heat wave accompanied by serving security and police strong winds forecast over officer had been arrested in the weekend could feed the investigation. smaller fires or rekindle those st iD smoldering. uni-far- . . . . . . . challenaes subpoenas for Rica, others in spy case U.S. pro-Isra- d ' ; BOSTON Fire broke out inside a Boston restaurant, V killing two firefighters and ' injuring 10 others who became disoriented in the dense smoke, officials said Thursday, The fire began Wednesday evening in the apparently . Va.-Sec- . : ; . chemical weapons facility 11 years ago and mistakenly stored in their offices in the heart of midtown Manhattan aU that time, officials said Thursday. .The material identified, in inventory files as phosgene, a chemical substance : used in World War .1 weap-- . was discovered Aug. on$ 24. It was only identified on Wednesday because it ' was marked simply with an inventory number, and of--.. ficials had to check the many records in their vast archives, said Ewen Buchanan, a spokesman for the U.N; Italy. ? The suspects have so far inspection agency. U.N. ami U.S. officials said beat charged with criminal the material posed no threat activity, murder and illegal to anyones health or safety. arms supply. : A team of hazardous ma- - '. terials experts from the FBI Violence spreads in and New York City police Chilean capital removed the substance from Police the office on Manhattans SANTIAGO, Chile east side, about a block north arrested at leak 750 people in Clashes that extended of U.N. headquarters, in three steel containers. The through the pight in Chiles ; containers were flown to a capital as a protest demand-- ' military facility in Aberdeen, ing higher wages led to lootMd., for disposal U.N. ofing, officials said Thursday. ficials said. Police said 98 people were . 2 Boston firefighters killed, 10 others injured We have been pleased that he has been able to come back from this incident as weU as he has, Dr. Lucian Rice, Grahams personal physician, said. He win continue to have therapy at home, and I fed that he can have a very good recovery." During Ms hospital stay, Graham, who will turn 89 in November, had physical therapy everyday and took frequent walks to rebuild his strmgth. ALEXANDRIA, of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior Intel- Ggence officials should not be forced to testify about whether thy discussed rlagifad infnr. mation with lobby- - 4 one-sto- ry decision. ftrrys 1 , Wooden Coloring Cases also contained lead. They said no injuries have been reported. Toys R Us has terminated ks relationship with Funtastic, effective immediately, the company said in a statement. Toys R" Us bought the sets from Funtastic, a unit of a' Hong Kong distribution company called FTL Group. They are ' manufactured by a company in Ningfoo, China, called Danxiang . : d . ' : Italian police have detained 40 suspected Mafia members from two struggling clans who are accused of involvement in a shootout that led to the deaths of six Italians in Germany, local media said Thursday. The bodies of five men and one critically injured man, who later died, were found Aug. 15 in two cars next to a '. pizzeria in Duisburg, western ' Germany, All of them, ages wounds had to 1689, gunshot the head. Police found a total of 70 discarded gun cartridges at the scene. Eyewitnesses said their assassins had opened fire from two cars. ' Police said the incident occurred following a blood feud between Mafia members from San Luca, in southern : that was taken from an Iraqi ' Condemned killer spared by Texas gov, ROME UNITED NATIONS U.N. weapons inspectors dis--' covered a potentially hazardous chemical warfare agent . retary Rfthv JliGuS ' CHKtS TOOOnw Ctariontedgw female Amur Leopard, feeds on a canned kitten formula mixed with beef Judda, a baby food at the Jackson Zoo in Jackson, Miss. She is the first surviving offspring of Nikolai (male) and Katya at the Jackson Zoo. 3 a I |