Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 3, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba March 2001 world a13 in Heads Las ditch Effort to save giant Buddhas new York museum offers to pay to remove portable statues a Soldier sits under 37 thee Buddhi Abdullah associated press archives Buddha in Islamabad Taliban troops assembled explosives yesterday to demolish two ancient statues of Buddha As the in Cul Tural Agency sent an envoy to try to dissuade the islamic which plans to destroy every statue in the United nations was leading an let hour drive to save the two towering statues and other Buddhist relics a Day after the Hartline Tal iban militia began destroying All saying they Are but even the Enesco chief admitted the Effort May be too we Are witnesses once again to our own Inefficacy in the face of such mindless aggression to a part of the history and identity of Koichiro Matsuura said in the director of the metropolitan museum of Art in new York told in Secretary general Kofi Annan the museum is willing to pay for a team to remove portable statues from in spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva said annals envoy to Afghanistan pressed the Taliban to accept the offer but so far there was no he even the Taliban closest ally Pakistan pleaded with the militia to spare the statues and rescind the destruction respect for other religions and for their beliefs is enjoined upon foreign minister Abdul Sattar said in a the two 53 and 37 metres tall and dating to the fifth and third Are Hen out of the Side of a Mountain in about 160 Kilometres West of the afghan capital Kabul and it would require heavy explosives to destroy the 53metre statue is thought to be the worlds tallest of a standing it was not known How Many of the thousands of smaller Buddhist statues in Afghanistan have been destroyed since the Buddhas in Bariyan were not touched today but preparations Are being the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan said yester irreversible damage the Enesco Pierre a for Mer French ambassador to headed to Islamabad in Hopes of negotiating with the Tal words fail me to describe adequately my feelings of consternation and powerlessness As i see the reports of the irreversible damage that is being done to Afghanistan exceptional cultural said director Gen eral of the in scientific and Cul Tural the which Rule about 95 per cent of espouse a strict Brand of islam that forces women to Wear the Al encompass ing bars them from working outside the Home and demands men Wear beards and Pray in the the Taliban supreme Mullah Mohammed issued an edict monday ordering the destruction of All Declar ing these idols have been gods of the info the society for the preservation of Afghanistan cultural heritage issued a plea yesterday for a change of saying it could create International Goodwill for the if they reverse their it could be seen As a positive sign for future discussions with the Taliban said the society Dimitri he said the decision to destroy Afghanistan pre islamic heritage May have been a response to the isolation Felt by the Taliban since in sanctions were imposed in january for failing to surrender saudi militant Osama bin Afghanistan is facing its worst drought in 30 years and a civil Many muslims expressed fears the Taliban action is embarrassing the Taliban destruction of the statues has cast doubt on the comprehensive views offered by islamic ideology in the Iran foreign ministry blaming the rigid minded press Slaughter continued from Page a11 Only a tiny minority of the who number about two million on Bor Neo actually participated in the but average kayaks showed Little sympathy for the Dayak natives rummage a through the belongings left behind by the pulling apart the ruins of collecting toys and Kitchen and stripping roofs of Iron to be at one House abandoned by a Madures a group of kayaks unbolted a satellite until the latest violence there were about Madures in the indonesian Side of the violence has also underscored the failure of indonesian authorities to control religious and separatist unrest As the country struggles to form a working democracy after a 32year dictatorship under former president Suharto that ended in some indonesians feared the kayaks Success in driving out the Madures coupled with the governments Lethar Gic response to the killings might give Rise to violence in other parts of Indonesia where minorities Are both president Abdurrahman Wahid and Vic president megawatt Sukarno utri have come under fire for their handling of the megawatt toured a refugee Camp in the town of Sam pit on thursday and promised to improve she attended an emergency meeting with top Security officials yesterday to discuss resolving the crisis and handling the refugee Home affairs minister Soe Jadi Soedirdja said afterwards that the government was guarding refugees prop erty in the province in the Hope that they will be Able to return he did not say when that might press results March grand prize Kelly Brown 12288 Allan Chad Marlyn 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