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By The Associated Press ' Edited by Jeff Singer NEWS DIGEST Nel?raskan Friday, Oelobar 15,1099 MOGADISHU, Somalia—U.S. helicopter pilot Michael Durant, battered but buoyant, returned to freedom Thursday on a stretcher after 11 days as a captive of a Somali warlord. The United States said no deal was made for the release of Durant, captured in an Oct. 3 battle be tween U.N. troops and Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s fighters, and of a Nigerian private captured in a Sept. 5 gunfight. Aidid emerged with an enhanced stature as a result of the release, which he came out of hiding to announce at a news conference. The freeing of Durant spurred more calls from Congress for speed ing up the departure of U.S. troops from Somalia, and President Clinton indicated he might be flex ible on his March 31 deadline for withdrawal. Durant, 32, clenched his teeth and his eyes teared as he was car MOGADISHU, Somalia—U.S. helicopter pilot Michael Durant, battered but buoyant, returned to freedom Thursday on a stretcher after 11 days as a captive of a Somali warlord. The United States said no deal was made for the release of Durant, captured in an Oct. 3 battle be tween U.N- troops and Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s fighters, and of a Nigerian private captured in a Sept. 5 gunfight. Aidid emerged with an enhanced stature as a result of the release, which he came out of hiding to announce at a news conference. The freeing of Durant spurred more calls from Congress for speed ing up the departure of U.S. troops from Somalia, and President Clinton indicated he might be flex ible on his March 31 deadline for withdrawal. Durant, 32, clenched his teeth and his eyes teared as he was car ried out on a stretcher from a walled compound and handed over to Red Cross representatives. He clutched a note from his wife and parents that the Red Cross gave him just before his release. He declined to speak to reporters. Dr. John Holcomb of the 46th U.S. Army Field Hospital said the pilot suffered a broken leg, broken cheekbone and a fractured back, but appeared to have been treated fairly well by his captors. The leg was in a spl int, but had not been set and was quite painful, Holcomb said. “Mike is fine, basically,” Holcomb said, adding that Durant “cried a little bit.” He said most of Durant’s inju ries probably were sustained when a rocket-propelled grenade blasted the tail offhis helicopter, although Durant said in an interview while he was in captivity that he had been badly beaten by a crowd and stripped naked after his capture. Aidid, who has eluded capture since June despite aU.N. ransom of $25,000, was confident enough to invite journalists to a news confer ence was a sign he no longer felt threatened by U.N. forces. He said he would remain in hiding. Aidid called for the uncondi tional release of 32 Somalis de tained by the United Nations, in cluding three top aides and his chief arms supplier. Clinton said it was “up to the U.N.” whether Aidid’s lieutenants would be released. “We made no deals to secure the release of Chief Warrant Officer Durant,” Clinton said at a news conference in Wash ington. However, Clinton called Durant’s release one of the “hope ful actions" that indicated U.S. policy in Somalia was “moving in the right direction and making progress.” Hunger crisis continues to plague U.S. WASHINGTON — As many as one American in eight faces hunger, a group that lobbies for expanded anti poverty programs said Thursday. The organization, Bread for the World Institute, estimated that world wide one out of four people, or 1.3 billion, get too little food to work properly. “Between the late 1960s and the mid-1970s the United States reduced hunger, and the nation has the means to virtually eliminate hunger within its borders,” said David Beckmann, institute president, in the group’s i1 -— fourth annual report. “Yet hunger is more widespread in the United States now than it was 10 or 15 years ago,” he said. The total number of hungry in the United States is probably higher than 30 million, said J. Larry Brown, di rector of the Tufts University Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition. In June, Brown estimated that 12 million of the hungry were under 18. “Our figure for last year was 28 to 34 million in the United States,” he said in an interview. “That was before the recent report on the increase la poverty, and it’s poverty that produc es hunger.” On Monday the Census Bureau reported the number of poor Ameri cans at 36.9 million, up 1.2 million. The poverty line is set as an income of $14,335 a year for a family of four. According to the institute, hunger in America has increased 50 percent since 1985 despite some 150,000 pri vate organizations that pass out $3 billion to $4 billion worth of food annually. THE FIRSTIER SURVIVAL KIT... YOU CANT MAKE IT THROUGH SCHOOL WnHOUTW REGULAR CHECKING... Low $100 Minimum Balance Checking! • Unlimited check writing • No monthly service charge with a low $100 minimum balance in checking or $1,000 in a Regular Savings Account • Firmer Teller ATM Card* FOOTER EDGE... 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Within hours, gunmen as sassinated the pro-Aristide justice minister. Guy Malary was part of the transi tional government installed on Sept. 2 to pave the way for Aristide s return, who was ousted in a September 1991 military coup. . Radio Metropol reported Malary was leaving the Justice Ministry build ing in his car when gunmen in another car shot him. A driver and two secu rity guards also were killed in a hail of bullets, Metropol director Richard Widmeier said. Malary had received death threats since joining the administration, said Ira Kurzban, a friend and lawyer in Miami who specializes in Haitian is sues. He said Malary handled court work for the U.S. Embassy in Haiti. Malary was not previously associ ated with Aristide, and Kurzban said he believed the killing “shows that no one is safe.” The assassination occurred shortly after noon. In the morning, SI Cana dian Mounties flew home in a clear sign that a U.N.-brokered plan to re store democracy was foundering. , The Canadians were in Haiti as the advance unit to lay the groundwork for the U.N. peace plan that calls for Aristide’s return. Aristide and army commander Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.N. police team pulled out of Haiti Thursday, weakening the prospects for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s return by Oct. 30 under a U.N. plan. Within hours, gunmen as sassinated the pro-Aristide justice minister. . Guy Malary was part of the transi tional government installed on Sept. 2 to pave the way for Aristide’s return, who was ousted in a September 1991 military coup. Radio Metropol reported Malary was leaving the Justice Ministry build ing in his car when gunmen in another car shot him. A driver and two secu rity guards also were killed in a hail of bullets, Metropol director Richard Widmeier said. Malary had received death threats since joining the administration, said Ira Kurzban, a friend and lawyer in Miami who specializes in Haitian is sues. He said Malary handled court work for the U.S. Embassy in Haiti. Malary was not previously associ ated with Aristide, and Kurzban said he believed the killing “shows that no one is safe.” The assassination occurred shortly after noon. In the morning, 51 Cana dian Mounties flew home in a clear sign that a U.N.-brokered plan to re store democracy was foundering. , The Canadians were in Haiti as the advance unit to lay the groundwork for the U.N. peace plan that calls for Aristide’s return. Aristide and army commander Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras signed the accord in July. Seven noncombatent Canadian soldiers and an advance party of 46 American troops remained in Haiti. The Pentagon said the American troops will leave by Monday if no diplomatic I breakthrough occurs. 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