- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Al Qaeda Hide, Plan Comeback in Pakistan

By , , and • March 19, 2002

PESHAWAR, Pakistan?Protected by sympathetic clerics, up to 1,000 Taliban and al Qaeda leaders are hiding in Pakistan and planning a Taliban comeback in Afghanistan, according to Taliban members and others familiar with the Islamic movement. Most of the exiles?including some of the best-known figures in the Islamic militia?live quietly in Pakistan's lawless frontier region, protected by tribal leaders of their own Pashtun ethnic group in an area where the central government's authority is limited.

Officers Find Mob Victims in Lake

March 19, 2002

MELONES, Calif.?Authorities have recovered the bodies of three men believed dumped by the mob in a deep lake, and searched for more corpses on Tuesday. Two bodies were pulled Sunday from beneath a bridge in New Melones Lake, a reservoir in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Oldest Women Dies at 115 Years of Age

March 19, 2002

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.?Maud Farris-Luse, recognized last year by the Guinness World Records book as the world's oldest living person, has died. She was 115. She died Monday from complications of pneumonia at Community Health Center of Branch County in Coldwater, a town south of Grand Rapids in southwestern Michigan.

U.S. Treats Wounds in Filipino Clash

March 19, 2002

UPPER MANGGAS, Philippines?Muslim extremists unleashed a volley of grenades and small arms fire on a Filipino army patrol Tuesday, wounding two soldiers, and prompting Green Berets to try to retrieve the injured men?only the second time Americans have ventured into the combat zone.

U.N. Debates Debt Relief in Mexico

March 19, 2002

MONTERREY, Mexico?After years of watching economies crash and burn, world leaders are rethinking their lending policies to the developing world. In the debate at the U.N. Conference on Financing for Development, the United States wants to replace loans with direct handouts.

Two Bodies Found in Driver’s Trunk

March 19, 2002

ANN ARBOR, Mich.?A journal found in an Ann Arbor man's car may help the investigation into why two bodies were in his vehicle. Patrick L. Daniel, 31, remains held on two counts of murder brought after Utah Highway Patrol officers found the bodies of a man and a woman in the trunk of the car last Thursday.

Vandal Suspected for Oly Bombing

March 19, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?The FBI is investigating whether a man accused of stashing cyanide in Chicago's subway system had a hand in the bombing of a Utah Power substation on the final day of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Two anonymous law enforcement sources told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Joseph Konopka, 25, of De Pere, Wis.

ASUU Committe Might Disqualify Candidates Who Missed Meeting

March 18, 2002

Of the 117 candidates running for student office, many may be disqualified for not attending an orientation meeting. The Associated Students of the University of Utah sponsored three information sessions in January, one week after the filing deadline for General Assembly and Student Senate candidates.

Goshute Election Mediation Likely

By , , and • March 18, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has offered to supervise a new election for the bitterly divided Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians as the tribe makes plans to store tons of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. The bureau normally intervenes in tribal affairs only when invited, but the Goshute controversy could complicate important issues facing the tribe, authorities said.

Man Charged With 1972 Rape, Murder

By , , and • March 18, 2002

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