Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 17, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press March 2001 a12 editor Doug Speirs 6977294 news continued on around the world dorm blasts fatal China three explosions within a hour Tore through workers dormitories in this Northern chinese Industrial City killing at least 18 people and prompting a massive Security the blasts struck dormitories for workers at two Cotton Mills and a railway said the cites fire who gave Only his the three five Storey dormitories Are several Kilometres making atonement by How Long it took to destroy two towering statues of Buddha in the Taliban reclusive Leader yesterday ordered a sacrifice of 100 cows to atone for the in a broadcast on the Taliban official radio Mullah Mohammed Omar was quoted As saying the cows would be killed and the meat distributed to the country poor and hungry on disco owners jailed owners of a disco gutted by a fire x five years ago that killed 160 peo mostly were convicted yesterday of not providing fire exits or sprinklers for the the two men were sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay Premier apologizes Beijing criticized for a schoolhouse explosion that killed dozens of Premier Zhu Rongji did something extraordinary for a chinese Leader he admitted Zhu apologized thursday for the March 6 disaster in a South Ern chinese compiled from the news services around Canada new ambassador Ottawa Canadas posting of an ambassador in Yugoslavia is a Strong show of support for that War torn country new democratic one analyst i think its a very Strong signal from Ottawa that the Canadian government regards the new team that running As a democratic regime and that Canada is going to put its support behind that said Lenard a professor of political science at Simon Fraser univer sity in British foreign affairs minister John Manley appointed Angela bog Dan to the position youth buried Pouch Sec Ond of three Newfoundland youths who were swept out to sea last week was Laid to rest yester Day after a moving funeral mass at the roman Catholic Church in Pouch How painful it is for three Young full of to be taken away from Frank Puddister told the 300 mourners who gathered inside Agnes Church to bid Farewell to Adam Fox to meet premiers president Vicente Fox plans to meet pre Miers Bernard Landry and Ralph Klein during his first official visit to Canada next a mexican spokesman said yester Fox plans to meet the Quebec Premier in Montreal on april after that Fox will Bead to Quebec City for the three Day Summit of the americ which also begins april he plans to meet Albertas Klein in cat easy on apr 22 before head ing pack to Mexico the following compiled Rani Canadian Canada world boxing Champ convicted Paul Chiasson Canadian press archives Hilton sexually abused 2 Young judge rules by Donald Mckenzie Montreal world Champi on Boxer Dave Hilton adding another sordid Chap Ter to the Story of a family whose Box ing prowess has been repeatedly tainted by was convicted yesterday of sexually abusing two Young girls Over three showed no reaction to the judgment that could land him 14 years in prison and end his boxing he was taken into custody immediately and was to be brought to Riviere de Prairies maximum Security detention Centre in sentencing arguments will be heard april Hiltons Sisters who were 12 at the time the abuse were not in court but the Crown said they were relieved by the judge Rolande Matte did not accept Hiltons claims of innocence and said she believed the who told of fre quent abuse that included Oral masturbation and Matte called Hilton a Man with a Tal at enters courtroom to hear verdict Fol Lowed by his he is shown Cele Brating title bout Victory last ent for improvisation As she questioned the reliability of testimony from several defence witnesses throughout the sensational in she described the girls testimony As spontaneous and often very Crown prosecutor Helene i Salvo said the two victims were very moved and very relieved when she told them the the girls had testified that Hilton took their virginity and abused them so frequently they had difficulty remembering the dates and locations of specific Matte denied Hilton bail after convicting him on All nine charges he defence lawyer Paul Skolnik said he might Appeal the the trial showed the everlasting fascination of Many Montre Alers for the family known simply As the fighting family that has been in the news since the mid1980s for its Mem Bers boxing skills and brushes with the each fight autograph Hunters and curiosity seekers lined up in the courtroom some with their lunches in for a Chance at a ringside the circus like atmosphere continued yesterday with some people lining up As Early As to be sure of a spot in the Small in Many Dis appointed members of the Public had to be turned away for space Mattes decision to deny bail Means Hilton will be unable to continue train ing for a defence of the world boxing Council super middleweight title he won last Hiltons Henri said the Boxer would probably have to defend the title by the end of if Hes sentenced to a Long jail term its going to be a disaster for his Spitzer said after the that for Hes 37 years old and Hes not going to get any wac spokesman Mario Latraverse said any decision to strip Hilton of his title would be made Only after the Ryan Canadian press Boxer is Hilton was charged with the nine counts after he was arrested in april the abuse occurred Between 1995 and the charges included sexual sexual interference and invitation to sexual Matte dismissed Hiltons claim that the girls fabricated the stories and his belief there was collusion Between them and their Mother to Frame they Are very Ordinary teenagers with very Little schooling who had been moved around from place to place and were mainly left to Matte with such a it seems to me that had they invented their ver it would have been rudimentary and not the complicated one that they delivered to the that clashed with Skolnik View that some of the girls testimony was More like really tall stories that lacked Canadian press baby Erika Miracle Rolls on she May not lose toes to doctor say by John Cotter Edmonton Erika Nordby showed again yesterday Why she is a Miracle her tiny once ravaged by playfully tugged a Bunch of tissues out of a Box and threw them on the floor during a news she happily babbled away under the Bright to lights while her Mother explained the girl will Likely keep All her fingers and what an incredible journey weve All been said Leyla Nordby As she tried to choke Back in Happy to say the future looks Oney Earold Erika captured International headlines when she was brought Back from the Brink of death last month after being found curled up outside a Home almost Frozen solid in subzero As medical staff looked on thanked everyone who played a role in Erikas she singled out the paramedics and emergency medical technicians who were first on the scene on i love you know what i i just look at them and i want to grab them and hug she tears Welling up in her Nordby said she also thanked god for looking out for her Little girl and promised in the Hospital Chapel that she would try not to swear or Ever do anything somebody was Ive spoken to him and thanked him and Erika left her mothers bed that night wearing Only a Dia per and a shirt and wandered out the Back door into bit Ter 24 c paramedics at the scene detect a heartbeat but began lifesaving doctors said the bitter cold slowed her body functions and put her in a near hibernation when her body was warmed in her heart started beating paediatrician Nadeem Mian was optimistic that Erika would be Able to go Home soon but said her recovery int especially her left last the greyish Lack frostbite on Erikas feet was slowly fading to but the sad tissue on the top and Flem Erika plays with a Box of facial tissues As mom Leyla Nordby holds her during news conference Bottom of her left foot and on the tiny toes prompted speculation that amputation might be Shes a fighter and Shes working on her theres a lot of improvement in her left Mian there is no evidence of any infection there so so we Are quite hopeful that we might be Able to save those toes press soldiers storm liberate hostages saudi Arabia saudi com Mandos rushed up ladders and broke through the windows and doors of a russian plane freeing More than 100 hostages and ending a hijacking by chechen three people a flight a Hijacker and a Pas Senger were two other hijackers were arrested on the Tarmac As the hostages streamed past them to safety after 22 hours in Cap witnesses said there were three hijackers in All and that they wielded knives and claimed to have a bomb Necati a turkish told turkeys nov television he watched the saudi forces put a ladder against the adding i saw them through the window and they signalled to me to keep v several people were injured in the res which came after the hijackers threatened to blow up the the saudi Interior ministry the chechen seized the Moscow bound aircraft on thursday after it took off from and diverted it to the holy saudi City of paramedics said the hijackers knifed and shot to death the female flight Atten Dant during the commando raid and that the Hijacker and men were killed by p continued please see hijackers a13 ;