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Wednesday April 21, 1:33 PM (EST)
Did SWAT teams take too much time to act?
LITTLETON, Colo., April 21 (UPI S) _ Questions are being raised (Wednesday)
about the length of time Denver-area SWAT teams needed to mobilize and
prepare to storm Columbine High School to stop Tuesday's shooting rampage.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Davis said, ``We didn't have any idea
how many assailants (were in the school), where they were...a dead officer
would not be able to help anyone. Next (question).'' Gunfire was heard
inside the school for about an hour after two gunmen launched their
assault. [I have to admit that I thought it odd that everyone listened to
gun fire for an hour before doing anything. As I understand it, they
didn't move into the school until the gun fire stopped...Hilary]
Wednesday April 21, 1:30 PM (EST)
Egypt not option for Kosovo refugees
CAIRO, Egypt, April 21 (UPI S) _ Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa says
(Wednesday) Egypt will likely not accept any Kosovar refugees, for fear
that a temporary displacement of the ethnic Albanians could turn into a
permanent diaspora. Although a number of Arab countries, including Egypt,
have donated humanitarian assistance, they have been criticized for not
doing more to help fellow Muslims. Not a single Arab country has offered to
take in the refugees, a UNHCR official in Cairo said last week, while
Israel has taken in over 100 refugees. [Doesn't this seem odd that not
ONE Arab nation is taking in fellow Muslins? Hilary]
Wednesday April 21, 1:09 PM (EST)
Bomb set off before Colo shootings
LITTLETON, Colo., April 21 (UPI S) _ Colorado authorities say (Wednesday) a
bomb was detonated about 1 1/2 miles from Columbine High School just
minutes before two gunmen started their shooting rampage Tuesday. Jefferson
County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Davis says the bomb may have been set off by
the suspects as a diversionary tactic to slow police response time to the
school.
Wednesday April 21, 12:10 PM (EST)
Final death count at Columbine 15
LITTLETON, Colo., April 21 (UPI S) _ Law officers say (Wednesday) the final
death count at Columbine High School near Denver is 15, two of them
suspected of being the gunmen who walked through the school shooting and
tossing homemade bombs. Davis said 30 explosive devices were found in the
school, in the suspects' vehicles and at their homes. Investigators have
gone into the school for ``an initial walk-through'' to take photos,
followed by an investigative team consisting of officers from numerous
federal, state and local law enforcement organizations.
Wednesday April 21, 11:30 AM (EST)
Twelve wounded still hospitalized
LITTLETON, Colo., April 21 (UPI S) _ Officials say (Wednesday) 12 young
Coloradans wounded by gunfire and shrapnel in the Columbine High School
attack remain hospitalized, two in critical condition. Denver Health
Medical Center says a 16-year-old critically wounded boy is in a
ventilator. Eleven others were treated and released.
Wednesday April 21, 11:03 AM (EST)
Ex-pal: gunman said 'get out of here'
LITTLETON, Colo., April 21 (UPI S) _ One Columbine High School student in
particular is (Wednesday) lucky to be alive. Brooks Brown said he had left
the school to have a cigarette and encountered Eric Harris, who told him
``'Brooks, I like you. Now get out of here. Go home.' And so I didn't think
twice about it.'' Moments later, he said, gunshots rang out, sending him to
the nearest house to call police.
Wednesday April 21, 10:18 AM (EST)
Duma votes Yeltsin impeachment process
MOSCOW, April 21 (UPI S) _ The Russian Duma, the opposition-dominated lower
house of parliament, has (Wednesday) approved a change in procedure on the
upcoming impeachment hearings of President Boris Yeltsin, voting 329-42 to
hold the impeachment vote by open ballot. The change, pushed through by the
Communists, increases the chances of a humiliating vote against Yeltsin in
mid-May.
Wednesday April 21, 10:15 AM (EST)
NRA holding '99 convention in Denver
DENVER, April 21 (UPI S) _ The National Rifle Association will hold its
annual convention in Denver starting on April 30, just 10 days after
heavily armed teenagers carried out an indiscriminate massacre at a
suburban high school. Some 22,000 NRA members expected to attend the
three-day meeting face yet another argument for gun control, which the
group passionately opposes.
Wednesday April 21, 10:16 AM (EST)
Terrorists may use genetic engineering
LONDON, April 21 (UPI S) _ Britain's top scientific adviser, Sir Robert
May, says terrorists could produce genetically engineered viruses capable
of spreading deadly diseases through civilian populations. The assertion
appears in an article published (Wednesday) by the Times of London, based
on evidence the newspaper says was supplied to the House of Commons'
Environment Audit Select Committee.
Wednesday April 21, 10:09 AM (EST)
Ancient Roman ships found preserved
PISA, Italy, April 21 (UPI S) _ Top Italian and British scholars say
discovery of eight ancient Roman ships represents a rare find and insight
into the maritime history of Rome, as the Italian government calls the
discovery among the finest ever of its kind. Archeologist Andrew
Wallace-Hadrill, who is director of the British School in Rome, told Sky
News (Wednesday) the ships were ``extremely impressive, outstandingly
well-preserved, and in pristine condition,'' and says ``There is even more
to come.''
Wednesday April 21, 7:49 AM (EST)
Russian skyjacking ends in mystery
SAMARA, Russia, April 21 (UPI S) _ A Tajik airliner on a flight from
Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe (``doo-shan-BEH'') to Moscow was reportedly
hijacked (Wednesday), landing in Samara (``sah-MAH-rah''), in central
Russia, but when Russian special forces stormed the aircraft they found no
hijacker on board. The pilot had reported receiving a note from a hijacker
and landed in Samara where all 136 passengers and crew disembarked. Police
forces stormed the aircraft in search of the hijacker, but after coming up
empty-handed said the incident may have been a hoax.
Wednesday April 21, 2:16 AM (EST)
Spy report says China stole secrets
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI S) _ U.S. officials have determined that China
did indeed steal nuclear weapons secrets, gaining information that helped
the Chinese develop a small nuclear warhead. The New York Times is
reporting that a new analysis of the situation is to be presented to
President Clinton and Congress (Wednesday). The report reaffirms earlier
conclusions that the Chinese stole design information on the U.S. W-88
warhead.
Wednesday April 21, 1:53 AM (EST)
Egg a day unlikely to raise heart risk
UPI Science News
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 21 (UPI S) _ Harvard University researchers say
(Tuesday) having an egg a day is unlikely to increase the risk of heart
disease or stroke in healthy people. Although this appears to contradict
current American Heart Association recommendations of no more than three to
four egg yokes per week, the Harvard researchers and other public health
experts still urge moderation in egg consumption. The study appears in
Wednesday's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Wednesday April 21, 1:28 AM (EST)
Breast-feeding by HIV-positive mother barred
EUGENE, Ore., April 20 (UPI S) _ A mother has been barred from breast-
feeding her infant son because of the risk of infecting the child with the
virus that causes AIDS. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Maurice Merton
(Tuesday) supported a state decision that keeps Kathleen Tyson, who is
HIV-positive, from breast-feeding her 4-month-old son Felix.
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