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Voice of America, 99-08-27Voice of America: Selected Articles Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Voice of America <gopher://gopher.voa.gov>CONTENTS
[01] E-U - KOSOVO (L-ONLY) BY RON PEMSTEIN (BRUSSELS)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-253187 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The European Commission has granted more than one million dollars to rehabilitate the hospital in Kosovo's ethnically divided town of Mitrovica. As VOA's Ron Pemstein reports from Brussels, the European Union is wrestling with ways to exempt Kosovo and the Yugoslav republic of Montenegro from sanctions it imposed against Serbia. Text: European Union foreign ministers have asked the European Commission to come up with a plan that will keep European sanctions against Serbia -- but relax them against Kosovo and Montenegro. While this is the plan, the actual practice of exempting parts of Yugoslavia from sanctions has been harder to carry out. The Commission, the European Union's executive board, is supposed to be preparing a plan for discussion when the foreign ministers of the 15 member countries meet next week in Finland. However, Commission spokesman Thierry Daman indicates that no plan is ready yet. He speaks through an interpreter. ///DAMAN ACT/////OPT/////END ACT/////OPT//NEB/RDP/PCF/KL 27-Aug-1999 11:33 AM EDT (27-Aug-1999 1533 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America [02] KOSOVO PROTEST (L-ONLY) BY TIM BELAY (PRISTINA)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-253189 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Thousands of people demonstrated Friday in provincial capital of Kosovo, Pristina, demanding the release of Kosovar Albanians who are being held in Serbian prisons in Yugoslavia. Tim Belay reports from Pristina. TEXT: Families and supporters of ethnic Albanians in Serbian jails have demonstrated here each week for the past several weeks. But Friday's protest was the largest. About four-thousand people walked in silence through Pristina to the headquarters of the United Nations mission in Kosovo. There, they received a promise from the head of the U-N mission, Bernard Kouchner. Speaking through a megaphone, Mr. Kouchner announced plans to help draw attention to the plight of the imprisoned Kosovar Albanians. /// KOUCHNER ACT ////// END ACT ////// ZOGJANI ACT ONE ////// END ACT ////// ZOGJANI ACT TWO ////// END ACT ////// JUPOLLI ACT - IN ALBANIAN - FADE UNDER ///NNNN Source: Voice of America [03] BILDT - BALKANS REPORT (L ONLY) BY MARTIN BUSH (NEW YORK)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-253198 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The United Nations representative to the Balkans said today (Friday) he is somewhat optimistic about recent developments in Kosovo. VOA's Martin Bush reports from New York. TEXT: The Special U-N Representative to the Balkans, Carl Bildt, has found two encouraging developments in Kosovo. He says the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, after establishing itself in the city of Pristina, is reaching out all over the province. That, Mr. Bildt adds, is most important to the stability of the region. Carl Bildt also says the Kosovo Transitional Council, after what he calls a bumpy start, has gotten key political leaders of Kosovo to meet once a week. The conferees, he adds, should not be expected to agree on every issue in sight, but he calls their willingness to discuss security issues and the re- opening of schools positive developments. Mr. Bildt expects the Kosovo Pact to be operative sometime in September. ///BILDT ACT//////END ACT///NEB/NY/MAB/LSF 27-Aug-1999 14:55 PM EDT (27-Aug-1999 1855 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America [04] QUAKE / GOLCUK BY SCOTT BOBB (GOLCUK, TURKEY)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-253177 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Text of a report by V-O-A Correspondent Scott Bobb at the waterfront in Golcuk, Turkey, one of the city's hardest hit by the earthquake last week. TEXT: I'm at the water's edge in Golcuk, Turkey, part
of the area hardest-hit by the earthquake.
This is a public amusement park and sporting grounds,
and it is now sunken several meters underneath the
Marmara Sea. What I see is the sports arena with a
roof-top pool, and the pool is now at water's level.
In an amusement park there is a merry-go-round, with
just the roof showing, a Ferris wheel partially
submerged, other amusement rides submerged. There was
a promenade along the edge of the water that now is
several meters underneath the water. The tops of the
lamp posts and trees that lined this promenade are now
just barely visible above the water.
At the other end, a rather large pleasure cruise boat
was thrown up onto land several meters onto land by
the tidal wave that followed the earthquake.
There are about 20 apartment buildings that have sunk
several stories under the water. And we are told
possibly 100 to 120 bodies are still in them.
[05] SPECIAL ENGLISH IN THE NEWS #393 - TURKEY QUAKE BY CATY WEAVER (WASHINGTON)DATE=8/28/1999TYPE=SPECIAL ENGLISH FEATURE CRITICISM NUMBER=7-20812 EDITOR=SHELLEY GOLLUST TELEPHONE=619-2585 CONTENT= This is____ with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. A powerful earthquake shook northwestern Turkey August seventeenth. Criticism of the Turkish government in connection with that disaster continues. Turkish officials say more than thirteen- thousand people were killed by the quake. However, the government expects the final death count to be much higher. Thousands of people are missing and believed to be buried under the wreckage. And the wreckage is huge. Much of the city of Izmit and the surrounding area are in ruins. The Turkish media and opposition politicians say the government is partly responsible for the deaths and damage. They say search and rescue operations were slow and disorganized. They say the government also was completely unprepared for the quake. One member of Parliament protested that there was no civil defense organization to deal with the situation. Other people have expressed anger about the condition of many buildings before the earthquake. There have been several earthquakes in Turkey. As a result, Turkey has strong rules about building materials and methods. However, many illegally built structures still exist. Critics say Turkish developers do not always follow the rules because of increased building costs. The critics say dishonest politicians protect such developers from legal action in return for money. Turkey's government also has been criticized for its reaction to help from foreign nations. For example, a Greek rescue team said it experienced many delays in trying to carry out its work. Other rescue teams said Turkey asked them to leave the country too soon. The rescue workers said they believed they could still have been useful. Experts say Turkey's political situation could be greatly affected by the criticism. People have called for the resignation of Health Minister Osman Durmus. Many citizens are angry about his actions following the earthquake. Mister Durmus reportedly rejected offers of foreign medical assistance. He also reportedly urged Turks not to accept blood offered by citizens from Greece. And, he said foreigners should not be permitted to provide supplies because they do not agree with Turk culture. Turkish President Suleyman Demirel has criticized media reports about the government's reaction to the earthquake. However, he also promised his people that he would make changes. Mister Demirel said there would be better cooperation among state agencies in the future. He also said buildings in Turkey would be re-inspected for safety. He promised that new buildings would be made to resist future earthquakes. And, he said the government would study movements under the earth more carefully. This IN THE NEWS program was written by Caty Weaver. This is_________. 27-Aug-1999 16:07 PM EDT (27-Aug-1999 2007 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America [06] EDITORIAL: TURKISH EARTHQUAKE RESPONSEDATE=8/28/1999TYPE=EDITORIAL NUMBER=0-08428 CONTENT= THIS IS THE ONLY EDITORIAL BEING RELEASED
FOR BROADCAST 8/28/99.
Anncr: The Voice of America presents differing
points of view on a wide variety of issues. Next,
an editorial reflecting American ideals and
institutions:
Voice: Since disaster struck Turkey in the form
of one of the worst earthquakes of this century,
remarkable scenes have been taking place amid the
rubble and heartache. In the village of Cinarcik,
Israeli soldiers worked for seventeen hours to
rescue an eleven-year-old Turkish girl. An
Israeli doctor who worked with the soldiers said
of the long effort, "We managed to teach her a few
words in Hebrew, and we built a lot of trust."
In the town of Degirmendere, a scene that few
could have imagined only weeks ago suddenly seemed
perfectly natural. A group of Greek rescuers dug
with their hands for fourteen hours to save a
nine-year-old Turkish boy from the apartment
building that had collapsed on him. With the
father, a Turkish naval officer, standing by, the
Greeks fashioned a long straw from an intravenous
tube and fed the boy water and glucose to keep him
alive. Turkish neighbors brought the Greeks food
and water during the digging. As the boy was
finally pulled from the rubble, the rescuers wept
for joy. At that moment, the differences and
animosities that have often divided Greeks and
Turks seemed no longer important.
The response to the Turkish earthquake is a
powerful reminder that there exists a universal
emotion that is felt across ethnic, national, and
religious boundaries: compassion. More than
twenty countries immediately responded to Turkey's
plight. They include Japan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Israel, Belgium, England, Azerbaijan, Germany,
Italy and the United States.
Compassion is what led many Greek citizens to line
up in Athens to donate blood for injured Turks.
And it was the feeling expressed by Greek
government spokesman Dimitris Reppas [Dee-mee-tres
Ray-pahsh] when he told reporters, "In these
situations there is no room for any ulterior
motives. You try to help someone in need." This
message was understood by the editors of the
Turkish newspaper Hurryet, [Hurry-yet], which
responded by printing a headline in Greek, "Thank
you very much, my friend."
Referring to the Turkish earthquake, Greek Foreign
Minister George Papandreou [Papahn-Dray-oo] said,
"through this tragedy we have come spiritually
much closer." It is this kind of closeness that
can help to overcome almost any barrier.
Anncr: That was an editorial reflecting American
ideals and institutions. If you have a comment,
please write to Editorials, V-O-A, Washington, D-
C, 20547, U-S-A. You may also comment at www-dot-
voa-dot-gov-slash-editorials, or fax us at (202)
619-1043.
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[07] TURKEY HOMELESS/MILITARY BY SCOTT BOBB (YALOVA, TURKEY)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-44149 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: In Turkey, authorities are still rushing crews to collapsed buildings when they hear reports of breathing or get any sounds of life. But no one has been recovered alive since last Monday, when a four- year old boy was rescued. As a result, attention is turning increasingly to the nearly one-quarter million survivors left homeless. Correspondent Scott Bobb has been visiting some of these people camped out across northwestern Turkey. He filed this report from Yalova, 150 kilometers southwest of Istanbul. TEXT: Yalova is a small city where green hills roll to the edge of the Marmara Sea. In recent years, it has attracted many vacationers and retirees, leading to a housing boom. But the earthquake that ripped through the city brought the economy to a standstill and has forced residents from damaged or destroyed homes into tents. Mustafa Garcik (mous-tah-fah gahr-chik) worked in a hotel here, but it was damaged by the quake and is now closed. His home was destroyed. No one in his family was hurt, but thirty neighbors were killed when the building next door collapsed. He is now living with his wife, Emene (Eh-meh-neh), his mother and two brothers in a tent city of about one thousand people in a park in Yalova. Speaking through an interpreter in front of their tent, the couple describes the aid they have received so far. ///END ACT/////OPT ////CIDAM ACT IN TURKISH - in full and under//////OZKAYNAK IN TURKISH WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATOR //////END ACT//////END ACT///NEB/SB/PCF/KL 27-Aug-1999 11:24 AM EDT (27-Aug-1999 1524 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America [08] TURKEY: REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK BY LAURIE KASSMAN (IZMIT, TURKEY)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-44148 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The earthquake that devastated about five- thousand square kilometers of northwestern Turkey has turned much of its industrial heartland into a wasteland. It destroyed lives and property and, for many who survived, their dreams. V-O-A Correspondent Laurie Kassman reported on the quake's aftermath and sums up her impressions. TEXT: An earthquake is destruction. Its power is awesome -- buildings reduced to rubble, utility poles broken like match sticks. Afterward an ice skating rink is turned into a morgue, survivors sit, stunned, weeping, not believing the chaos around them. The sound of an earthquake is chilling. Some compare it to a freight train or a bomb. It is the sound of unlimited power of the earth changing its own shape. The sounds of its destruction are just as powerful. /// SOUND OF DIGGING FADE UP AND UNDER ////// SIREN UP AND UNDER ////// WEEPING AND FADE UNDER ////// PRAYERS AND DIGGING ////// SOUND OF BULLDOZER AND FADE ////// BUSINESSMAN ACT ////// END ACT ////// SHOUTING IN TURKISH AND FADE ////// RESCUE WORKER ACT ////// END ACT ///NEB/LMK/JWH 27-Aug-1999 09:42 AM EDT (27-Aug-1999 1342 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America [09] U-N / TURKEY (L-ONLY) BY LISA SCHLEIN (GENEVA)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-253188 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The United Nations says it is absolutely critical to provide shelter to hundreds of thousands of victims of Turkey's devastating earthquake before the winter sets in. Lisa Schlein in Geneva reports the United Nations says it is accelerating its emergency relief operations in the quake area. TEXT: The United Nations says the life-saving phase of its operation in Turkey is over. It notes the last survivor was pulled from the wreckage on Monday and no others are expected to be found alive. Therefore, it says it is focusing all its attention on assisting survivors and making sure they receive the physical and psychological help they need. Ross Mountain, who heads the U-N Humanitarian Affairs Office in Geneva, has just returned from a three-day visit to the earthquake zone. He says both the international and Turkish domestic response to the victims has been very good. /// MOUNTAIN ACT ONE ////// END ACT ////// MOUNTAIN ACT TWO ////// END ACT ///NNNN Source: Voice of America [10] RUSSIA / DAGESTAN (S) BY PETER HEINLEIN (MOSCOW)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-253179 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has made an unscheduled visit to the southern Dagestan region where troops are mopping up after an operation to crush a Muslim insurgency. V-O-A's Peter Heinlein reports from Moscow. TEXT: Mr. Putin (Friday) toured the combat zone where Russian forces and Chechen-led rebels battled for most of this month. He saw two villages demolished by air strikes. Shortly after he was appointed, the prime minister pledged to complete the anti-insurgency operation in Dagestan within two weeks. And as if according to plan, exactly 14 days later the rebels announced they had withdrawn. As he arrived, Mr. Putin said his mission was to ensure there is no further cause for an uprising in the predominantly Muslim region. /// PUTIN ACT - IN RUSSIAN - FADE UNDER ///NEB/PFH/JWH/KL 27-Aug-1999 07:24 AM EDT (27-Aug-1999 1124 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America [11] NEW GERMAN CAPITOL BY JONATHAN BRAUDE (BERLIN)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-44156 INTERNET=YES CONTENT= VOICED AT: //EDS: FIRST USE FOR DATELINE PROGRAM //INTRO: When the German Parliament, the Bundestag, meets for its Fall session in September, it will be sitting, not in Bonn -- as it has for the past 50 years -- but in the old pre-war capital of Berlin. The machinery of government has moved with the Parliament. Berlin, as Jonathan Braude reports, is once again the capital of a united Germany. Text: There is a new sense of excitement in the German capital this summer. The tourists are flocking in the hundreds of thousands. Politicians and government officials are descending on the city in droves, searching for apartments and bringing traffic chaos to the city center. For the first time in years, the mood of optimism, which swept the city after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, has been rekindled. Berlin, said Bundestag President Wolfgang Thierse recently, was for many years the symbol of division, between East and West Germanys. Now, it has become the symbol of unity for the country. It took longer to achieve than anyone had expected. The Wall, and the East German state were swept away with the collapse of communism in Europe. Yet the German government remained in Bonn, until now. Although the Bundestag voted as early as 1992 to move the capital back to Berlin, nothing was ready. The East of the city was run down. The center, once dominated by the Wall, was a vast wasteland of bombed out buildings and vacant plots. The cost of restoration has run into hundreds of billions of dollars of public and private money and the squabbling between local and federal governments over who should foot the bill has held up project after project. Many Germans are skeptical that the cost of the move is justified by the political or economic gains. This man expresses the typical thinking. // MAN IN STREET / Q & A ////END ACT////MORE MAN IN THE STREET ACT 2////END ACT////OPT////ACT THREE - OPT////END ACT - END OPT//NEB/JB/JO 27-Aug-1999 17:51 PM EDT (27-Aug-1999 2151 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America [12] N-Y ECON WRAP (S&L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-253210 CONTENT= VOICED AT: /// Rerunning with correct CR number ///INTRO: Stock prices in the United States were down today (Friday) as stock traders again began to worry about interest rates. VOA Business Correspondent Breck Ardery reports from New York. TEXT: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 11- thousand-90, down 108 points, about one percent. For the week, the Industrial Average lost 10 points. The Standard and Poor's 500 index closed Friday at 13- hundred-48,down 13 points. The NASDAQ index lost one- half of one percent. Analysts say traders became nervous after a comment from Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the U-S central bank. In a speech, Mr. Greenspan said the central bank should consider asset prices, as well as the prices of goods and services, when it formulates monetary policy. Some stock traders took that as a subtle hint that the central bank may raise interest rates again before the end of the year. ///Rest opt//////Maguire act//////end act///NEB/NY/BA/LSF 27-Aug-1999 19:16 PM EDT (27-Aug-1999 2316 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America [13] FRIDAY'S EDITORIALS BY ANDREW GUTHRIE (WASHINGTON)DATE=8/27/1999TYPE=U-S EDITORIAL DIGEST NUMBER=6-11421 EDITOR=ASSIGNMENTS TELEPHONE=619-3335 CONTENT= INTRO: An embarrassing revelation by the nation's top law enforcement agency and an election to decide the future of East Timor are the major topics in the editorial pages of Friday's U-S papers. Other topics include: the future of Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic; the Northern Ireland peace process; Germany's new capital; the political aftershocks of the Turkish earthquake; and a startling Egyptian discovery. Now, here with some excerpts and a closer look is ___________ with today's Editorial Digest. TEXT: An admission six years after the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's [F-B-I] agents fired flammable tear gas canisters into a religious cult's complex outside Waco, Texas has rocked the nation. The agency had consistently denied using anything that could have caused the fire in which more than 80 people, including children, died. Editorial pages are filled with varying degrees of condemnation for the nation's law enforcement agency. Here is The Record from Bergen County, New Jersey. VOICE: After more than six years, countless investigations, and repeated denials, it now turns out that the F-B-I may well have used flammable tear gas canisters after all during the day of the disastrous federal assault that resulted in the inferno at the Branch Davidian compound . This disclosure - amid reports that the U-S military may also have taken part in the operation - drops the credibility of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to near zero. And it further undermines the public's trust in government. . Skeptics may recall the Watergate years, when the Nixon gang opted for "modified limited hangouts" instead of full disclosure. Every denial that gets hedged, fudged, or recanted only drops government's credibility another notch. TEXT: Turning to the paper that broke the story, The Dallas Morning News, we read this commentary. VOICE: . Evidence uncovered by The Dallas Morning News suggests, at best, that . Attorney General Janet Reno was lied to by the F-B-I about the bureau's actions leading up to the conflagration that killed more than 80 people. She then conveyed those lies to Congress and the American people, but to her credit she appears to have done so unwittingly. . If, after a half-dozen years, there are still officials at the F-B-I who can be proved to have lied to her, they must go. But if she is squeamish about having heads roll at the bureau, then it is she who should have the decency to leave .. TEXT: In the Midwest, The Kansas City Star adds: VOICE: If there is to be a new investigation . it should be conducted not by the F-B-I but by some outside party with no involvement in this sorry mess. TEXT: Lastly on this topic, The Manchester[New Hampshire] Union-Leader, writes, under an editorial headline that says simply "F-B-I lies": VOICE: The Waco siege, acknowledged as a spark for the rise in the militia movement in the United States, prompted what were called "thorough" investigations. Yet they did not uncover any of this lower-level obfuscation. . Congress needs to take charge of the latest investigation to keep the F-B-I from investigating itself. TEXT: The election to decide the future of the former Portuguese colony of East Timor is another popular topic with the U-S press. The Washington Post is worried about the possibility of war breaking out between those favoring autonomy within the Indonesian republic and those who want independence. The Post says: VOICE: The Indonesian military has armed and nurtured private militias that, according to an on-site report, . are now preparing for war. This is alarming news, calling for a strong response from the United States and other friends of Indonesia. The people of East Timor finally have a chance, a quarter-century late, to determine their own future. Indonesia's armed forces must not be permitted to spoil that. TEXT: Adds today's Philadelphia Inquirer: VOICE: On the eve of this fateful vote (scheduled for Monday), national governments, international organizations (including lenders) and global business leaders must send an unequivocal message to Jakarta: The will of the East Timorese people can no longer be betrayed. If militia violence continues after the elections, and Indonesia's military can't or won't quash it, the United Nations' current unarmed peacekeepers must be backed up with a U-N-sponsored force. TEXT: There is continuing comment about the future of Yugoslavia and its current leader, Slobodan Milosevic. The Los Angeles Times considers the possibility of "Toppling Milosevic" in an editorial today: VOICE: Slobodan Milosevic's days as president of Yugoslavia seems to be numbered. Huge crowds attend anti-Milosevic rallies and his allies in the cabinet are deserting him. . Now is the time to step up support for the nonpartisan opposition forces, especially for independent media in and around Serbia, and groups such as the Orthodox Church and nongovernment organizations that are able to span the fractured spectrum of political opposition. TEXT: The Washington Times is concerned about the breakdown in the Northern Ireland peace initiative over the refusal of the Irish Republican Army to disarm. VOICE: Finally, the I-R-A has the world right where it wants it. It knows the peace process has collapsed, but as long as the rest of the world doesn't admit it, the terrorist group can continue calling a gun a peace toy and get away with it. ... The I-R-A would like the world to continue to believe that murder and illegal arms smuggling can still pass for peace. Those living with that reality must call it what it are a silent war. TEXT: The German government's final move back to Berlin from the Rhine valley town of Bonn draws this response from The Tulsa [Oklahoma] World, which says: "Judge Germany on [the] future, not [the] past." VOICE: The return to Berlin of the German government is a triumph for freedom-but for many it also sparks some uneasy feelings. Seeing the government setting up shop in buildings that once housed the infamous Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler understandably makes some people - and some neighboring countries - uncomfortable. . [However] now that Germany is again unified, moving the capital from Bonn back to Berlin is logical. The historic capital of Germany is Berlin and that is where the seat of government belongs. . Germany has paid dearly for its past. Now, it should be judged by how it handles the future. TEXT: The Turkish earthquake continues to elicit comments, like this one from The Houston Chronicle, about the government's weak response to the disaster. VOICE: In a nation where critics of the government can be punished, even some Cabinet ministers are questioning the government's competence. Tourism Minister Erkan Mumcu said the government's response to the emergency was "a declaration of bankruptcy of the Turkish political and economic system." . Some political analysts suggest that the government's poor showing will benefit Turkey's militant Muslims, heightening longstanding tensions between Islam and Western-style secularism. But the shock of the quake has alerted many Turks to their common humanity with their neighbors, most of whom have been traditional enemies - Greeks, Russians, Armenians and Kurds make up only a partial list. . After the quake, perhaps ideology, petty territorial disputes and sectarian strife will play smaller roles in Turkey's political life. Given the insuperable challenges ahead, every Turk must hope so. /// OPT ///TEXT: Commenting on a federal investigation in Miami that resulted in the arrest of dozens of airline baggage and food handlers at Miami International Airport for drug smuggling, The Dallas Morning News notes: VOICE: If ever there were doubts about the corrupting influence of drugs and money, [these arrests remove] them. The arrogance of the smuggling operation is a wake-up call for the airline industry to tighten security practices. If security is so lax that corrupt employees are able to hide anything on board for the right amount of money, it is only a matter of time before a terrorist finds a worker willing to plant a bomb aboard a plane. TEXT: Lastly, commenting on a dramatic find of well- preserved Egyptian mummies, The Omaha [Nebraska] World-Herald, exclaims: VOICE: Unlike most of the other tombs and mummies found in Egypt, grave robbers hadn't plundered the Bahariya crypts. Therefore researches should have a more complete picture of the lives of Romanized Egyptians who had enough wealth to treat their dead with costly care. . Another recent discovery, this one in remote northwestern British Columbia, will help researchers understand the ancient people of North America. Three teachers on a hunting expedition found the body of an ancient man preserved in ice beside a trail. Archeologists have yet to speculate publicly about the age of the find. Researchers look at the past to gain insight into how human beings developed physically, mentally and socially. . Not everyone will be able to turn up [find] an Egyptian burial field or a frozen Canadian body. But there are still pieces of the past to be found, investigated and added to the world's storehouse of knowledge. /// END OPT ///TEXT: On that note, we conclude this sampling of
comment from the editorial pages of Friday's U-S
press.
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