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News Digest Page 2 Daily Nebraskan Tuesday, August 22,2000 Booby traps, rockets kill 13 in Kashmir ■ India blamed the recent attacks on Islamic guerrillas. The Pakistan government reported Indian shelling has increased in past weeks. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAMMU, India - Five Indian soldiers and at least eight people believed to be part of a separatist movement died in an attack Monday. Guerrillas used booby traps and rockets to kill the Indian soldiers in troubled Kashmir, the Indian military said. Indian troops fired artillery across the frontier dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Shells rained down on vil lages Monday, Pakistani police said. The shelling lolled a man and an 8-year-old girl. They injured eight people, including four children, police said. The Pakistan government reported that Indian shelling has increased in past weeks across the frontier - a frequent scene of artillery exchanges. Meanwhile, in Indian held Kashmir, Islamic separatist guerrillas continued attacks. An improvised explosive device instant ly killed a brigadier general and a colonel in a jeep, an officer said on condition of anonymity. They died in jachil Dhara, a village 30 miles north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu-Kashmir state. Three soldiers were injured in the blast Also Monday, guerrillas fired a rocket at an army transit camp from a hideout in the thickly forested mountains about 120 miles north of Jammu, the state’s winter capital. Three soldiers were killed and 15 wounded, said Maj. Gen. EPS. Bindra. "They had positioned themselves on the mountains overlooking the National Highway," Bindra told The Associated Press. No one immediately claimed responsi bility for the two attacks, but the Indian mil itary blamed them on Islamic guerrillas. The attacks came as government forces killed at least five militants in a forest near Kunzelwan Gurez, a town 70 miles north east of the city of Srinagar, police said. Indian security forces also killed three people 60 miles south of Jammu. The army said the people had been trying to cross into India from Pakistan through die inter national border. India reported hundreds of Pakistan based Islamic militants tried to sneak into its territory to fight the 11-year-old sepa ratist war against Indian rule in die Kashmir Valley. India accused Pakistan of arming and funding the insurgency in Kashmir. Pakistan says it supports the Kashmiris but denied providing material aid to the guer rillas. More than 25,000 people have died since the Kashmir insurgency began in 1989. During the past month, nearly a dozen attacks blamed on the guerrillas have left more than 120 civilians dead - most of them Hindus. The Hezb-ul Mujahedeen, the largest of about a dozen militant groups in Kashmir, declared a cease-fire last month. It said it was ready to talk peace with the Indian gov ernment But the group ended the cease fire two weeks later when New Delhi refused to include Pakistan in the talks. Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independ ence in 1947, and the two countries have twice gone to war ova* the territory. "Survivor" cast cashes in on show's fame THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - So the triumphant person on "Survivor” picks up a million bucks Wednesday? Big deal. There’s more coconuts than that to go around for the other players, the show’s producer and CBS. Consider the network: 30-second commercial spots on the two-hour "Survivor” finale went for up to $600,000, CBS Television president Leslie Moonves happily said. And the No. 1 summer program provided a rat ings transfusion to CBS’ struggling “The Eariy Show," which features ousted "Survivor” contestants each week. Series producer Mark Burnett has emerged as the Iringof reality television. Especially since CBS’ hapless “Big Brother” proved that not just any format - even those that worked in Europe - can make it in America. Burnett’s "Survivor” sequel, set in the Australian outback, will makes its debut after the Super Bowl on Jan. 28. Then be sets his sights higher a trip to outer space, the grand prize for his next series. “Everybody already knows who the winner is.... Mr. Burnett and CBS,” joked "Survivor” contestant Gretchen Coidy last month. As for the $1 million winner, the four remaining players will be whittled down to two Wednesday. The champion then will be picked by the seven last castoflk The finalists are Kelly Wiglesworth, 23, a river guide from Las Vegas; corporate trainer Richard Hatch, 39, of Newport, Rl; Rudy Boesch, 72, a retired Navy SEAL from Virginia Beach, Va.; and truck driver Susii Hawk, 38, of Palmyra, Wis. So what about the other “Survivor” contestants, who will miss out on the big bundle of cash? They're not necessarily losers. In the biggest coup so far, ex-“Survivor” member and New York physician Sean Kenniff signed on as a medical correspondent for the TV magazine “Extra.” San Francisco attorney Stacey Stillman and B.B. Andersen, a retired contractor from Mission Hills, Kan., filmed Reebok ads. lenna Lewis, a Franklin, Nil, college student and mother of twins, is consid ering a reported $500,000 offer to pose for Playboy. “It may hinder some of my other career moves. But it would also take care of me and my daughters for many, many years to come,” Lewis told the Toronto Sun. Colleen Haskell, a student from Miami Beach, reportedly rebuffed Playboy but could have a radio job in die Miami area. Biochemist Ramona Gray of Edison, N.J., will be a MissIfeen U.SA judge. Substitute teacher Dirk Been of Spring Green, Wis., endorsed an herbal cold remedy, Airborne. And Philadelphia youth coach Gervase Peterson is appearing on “The Hughleys” sitcom. Despite the fluny of offers, the contestants have to face reality; Their window of opportunity is about as large as a TV screen, and we don't mean a big screen model. TODAY TOMORROW Partly cloudy Partly cloudy high 88, low 72 high 88, low 71 Lto/jNebraskan Editor: Sarah Baker a._a—. rnmm.ntrT Managing Editor Bradley Davis Associate Naurs Editor Dane Stkkney Ask tor the appropriate M^ion editor at Associate News Editor Kimberly Sweet -rVm.il fino..ni .h,. 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Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by calling (402)472-2588. Subscriptions are $60 for one year. Postmaster Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, 20 Nebraska Union, 1400 R St, Lincoln, NE 68588-0448. Periodical postage paid at Lincoln, NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 2000 DAILY NEBRASKAN aP w 4 . s * ITAR-TASS NEWS AGENCY Captain Vladimir Kasatonov, commander of the Pyotr Vefiky, watches rescuers try to saw the crew of the Kursk submarine trapped on the bed of the Barents Sea off of Russia. Efforts by Russian submeidbles to dock with the crippled sub have been thwarted. Sailors declared dead in Russia sub ■ A last-ditch effort failed to save possible survivors. The government conceded the rescue effort was flawed. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW - A desperate effort to reach a sunken Russian nuclear sub marine ended Monday. Divers said none of the 118 sailors was alive more than a week after a cat astrophic explosion left them inside a crumpled wreck on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. Norwegian divers finally opened the escape hatch and forced their way into the hull of the Kursk after working in the Arctic depths for more than 24 hours. They said the submarine was completely flooded. There was no sign that any of the crew had survived for long inside the mangled warship 350 feet below the surface. Dejected and emotional, Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev expressed con dolences to the sailors’ families and admitted the rescue attempt had been flawed. He spoke in a Monday night interview on Russia’s largest network, ORT. “We are all mourning together with the relatives and loved ones. We will never forget what the sailors did, that they did all that was possible and impossible. ” Igor Sergeyev Russian defense minister “We are all mourning together hatch. A British mini-submarine with the relatives and loved ones,” he brought to the site was never used, said. Then he paused and sighed “They have killed the boys, that’s deeply. “We will never forget what the all,” said Yekaterina Dyachkova, a sailors did, that they did all that was retiree in Murmansk, headquarters of possible and impossible.” the Northern Fleet. She struggled to Relatives and friends of the crew hold back tears. “The (navy) should collapsed with grief after rescuers have called for help immediately, but found no survivors. they waited for so many days.” Other Russians assailed their gov- Sergeyev said that during the res ernment for its slow, bumbling cue operation, “It's possible that we response to the Aug. 12 disaster. They made mistakes.” He complained that wondered when their crisis-wracked meager funding left the navy short of nation will see stability. divers and modem rescue equipment. “ Forgive me for not saving your “Our country has been robbed and sailors,” the commander of the shredded for the past several years, Northern Fleet, Adm. Vyacheslav and the armed forces receive less than Popov, said to victims’ wives and 50 percent of what the budget promis mothers in a televised statement. He es,” he said. said the crew was not to blame for the Moscow was considering ways to Kursk’s sinking. raise the submarine, which contained The Russian government resisted some of the navy’s most advanced international help for days, even as its weapons and equipment But die pre rescue capsules repeatedly failed to carious project could take weeks or reach the Kursk’s damaged escape months. Protesters petition Scouts for gay leaders THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IRVING, Texas Demonstrators were turned away from the national Boy Scouts of America headquarters Monday after presenting a 55,000-signa ture petition protesting the orga nization’s ban on gay troop lead ers. Fewer than a dozen demon strators, some wearing Boy Scout uniforms, were met by a security guard and not allowed past the front desk. A secretary who refused to give her name said she would for ward the petition to the organiza tion’s president, who was out of town. The protesters had hoped to talk with leaders of the organiza tion or at least schedule a meet ing. “We’re disappointed,” said Dave Rice, a former Scout leader in Petaluma, Calif. “We don't like confrontation. We like to sit down, shake hands and discuss a solu tion that’s mutually beneficial” Rallies against the Boy Scouts were planned in at least 36 cities and 21 states as part of a nation wide protest “Stop the hate. Stop the lies,” read one sign outside a Dallas scouting council office, where about two dozen people were protesting. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in June that Boy Scouts can bar gays fromserving as troop leaders. fc A The Associated Press ■St Maarten Tropical storm may blast Caribbean islands PHIUPSBURG - Several Caribbean islands recovering from last year’s storm damage are facing a new tropical storm. Speeding west at near-hurri cane strength, Tropical Storm Debby is threatening several northeast Caribbean islands. Schools closed, people rushed to buy emergency sup plies, and governments prepared shelters. Tourists crowded air ports to flee the storm, and cruise ships turned away from the winds and rain. The fourth named storm of the Atlantic season emerged sud denly as the season's first threat to land. Monday afternoon, Debby was centered about200miles east of Guadeloupe, heading for French, Dutch and British islands Tuesday. Forecasters said it was too early to say whether the storm could threaten the U.S. mainland. ■Michigan Temporary plant dosings aaaall 4>ha# f n m wiii iree ures TorrecaR DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. will halt production at three truck plants for more than a week. It wants to free up 70,000 tires to replace 6.5 million recalled Firestone tires. The plants in St Paul, Minn.; Edison, N.J.; and Hazelwood, Mo., will dose. The 15-inch tires used in Ford Explorer/Mercury Mountaineer sport utility vehicles and Ford Ranger pickups will be sent to dealers. The plants will close from Aug. 28 to Sept 8. They employ about6,000workers, who will still get paid — M_ „«_ -J ■ ROvukiII IVndllQ Two Protestants killed by gunman finked to turf war BELFAST - A gunman killed two Protestant militants Monday. A series of shooting and arson attacks is linked to a deepening turf war among Northern Ireland’s pro-British, "loyalist" gangs. About 100 British soldiers were deployed in the most violent area to back up police. Friends of one of the slain men, a leading member of the Ulster Defense Association, blamed the rival Ulster Volunteer Force and vowed revenge "Our people are furious at this provocation,” said John White, a senior Ulster Defense Association figure. Police said the gunman emerged from an alleyway during a heavy thunderstorm. He fired at least eight bullets at die two vic tims as they sat in a brand-new Range Rover parked on Crumlin Road. The road is plastered with fading wall murals that honor both the UDA and the UVE Hours later; the body of victim UDA member Jackie Coulter, was still in the front seat of the bullet smacked vehicle. The other vic tim, Bobby Mahood - a one-time UVF member-died in a hospital. It was the first time a gunman had killed two or more people in a single attack in Belfast since 1994. ■ISnob Skydterdtes trying to break free-fall record OTTAWA-TWo men collided during an attempt to break a sky diving world record. One man died and the other was critically injured. Paul L. Adams, 54, of Missoula, Mont., died Sunday during the collision with 22-year old Kenneth Reed of Holts Summit, Mb. The men were part of a group trying to break the world record of 282 skydivers in a free-fall forma tion. Jean Rush, Skydive Chicago office manager, did not know the exact number that jumped Sunday, except that it was more than282. In a free-fall formation, para chutes are opened in waves. Skydivers from the outer, middle and inner rings of the flower shaped formation open their chutes at different times and alti tudes to avoid collisions. Adams opened his parachute first and immediately struck Reed.