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-w I I II I I I i TT'lr gjy -1 imm i CONTACT: Newsroom PHONE (920) 922-4606 ext. 245 E-MAIL treportersmgpo NATI0N3RIEFS www.fdlreporter.com The Reporter, Wednesday, February 19, 2003 PAGE D2 ILD TRANSPLANT ERROR Freedom fries not French fries i i THE ASSWIATUD PRESS BEAUFORT, N.C. You can get fries with your burger at a restaurant here, but just don't ask for french fries. Neal Rowland, the owner of Cubbie's, now only sells his fried potato strips as "freedom fries" a decision that comes as Americans watch French officials back away from support for possible war in Iraq. "Because of Cubbie's support for our troops, we no longer serve french fries.

We now serve freedom fries," says a sign in the restaurant's window. Rowland said his intent is not to slight the French people, but to take a patriotic stance to show his support for the United States and the actions of President Bush. "It's our way of showing our patriotic pride he said, noting that his business has. a lot of local military troops as customers. Rowland said the switch from french fries to freedom fries came to mind after a conversation about World War I when anti-German sentiment prompted Americans to rename German foods like sauerkraut and frankfurter to liberty cabbage and hot dog.

The Associated Press Melecio, left, and Magdalena Santillan talk during an interview Tuesday at a hotel in Durham, N.C. Their 17-year-old daughter, Jesica, remains in critical condition at Duke University medical Center after receiving a transplant of heart and lungs from a donor with a different blood type than her own. Diamond heist might be largest in history THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS, Belgium Thieves emptied more than 100 vaults at a diamond trading center in what officials said might be the largest theft ever in Antwerp, the gem trading capital of the world. Authorities were still trying Tuesday to determine the amount of the loss from the cellar of a building that houses dozens of gem trading companies in a city that has been a center of the trade in precious stones since the 16th century. The thieves bypassed heavy security to steal the diamonds from 123 of 160 vaults in the cellar of the Antwerp Diamond Center over the weekend.

The loss was disclosed Monday. Previously, the largest theft on record in Antwerp occurred in 1994, when thieves cleaned out five vaults in the Diamond Center, for a loss of $4.55 million. Two Israelis and another man from Brazil were convicted in that theft but their case is on appeal. The total in the weekend burglary was likely to be much larger, said Youri Steverlynck, a spokesman for the High Diamond Council, which regulates the gem trade. "We are certainly talking about many millions," Steverlynck said.

The Diamond Center, in the heart of Antwerp's historic gem district, has extremely heavy security including surveillance cameras and round-the-clock' guards for the vaults. There was no sign of forced entry in the weekend break-in so authorities suspect an inside job. "Interrogations of people working at the center are ongoing," said Leen Nuyts, a magistrate from the city prosecutor's office. The thieves dropped some precious stones, suggesting deaf Teenag er near WASHINGTON Raid in Bosnia yields al-Qaida financing U.S. authorities recovered a list of 20 financiers they suspect funneled money to Osama bin Laden and others extremist Muslim causes among a cache of documents that provide insight into the financing of terrorism, an unsealed court record shows.

The seized documents are a "treasure trove" and among other things indicate al-Qaida military leaders were at times paid salaries from Muslim charity proceeds and purchased weapons with money from charity leaders, prosecutors said in the once-secret court filing. Other evidence seized in March 2002 from the Bosnian offices of the Benevolence International Foundation, an Dli-nois-based Muslim charity, includes handwritten correspondence to and from bin Laden and documents detailing the origins, growth and expansion of his al-Qaida network in the 1980s and 1990s, the filing said. W0RLDBR1EFS DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA Subway attacker was suicidal, police say A man accused of igniting the fire that engulfed two South Korean subway trains and killed at least 125 people was attempting to commit suicide, police said Wednesday. The suspect, Kim Dae-han, 56, has a history of mental illness and has told police that "he decided to die with others in a crowded place, rather than die by himself," said Police Lieutenant Cho Doo-won. The disclosure of a possible motive in Tuesday's attack came as criticism of the official response to the tragedy mounted.

Grieving relatives of victims complained of delays in body identification, and critics said the attack showed flaws in security measures. "The government is not hurrying up with the investigation," Kang Mee-ja, whose mother died in the attack, cried as she and other family members on Wednesday looked on the remains of burned subway cars. "As her daughter, I just want to bury her quickly." Only 44 of the dead had been identified, and officials feared that more of the 145 hurt could still die of their injuries. The Associated Press Girl received organs with wrong blood type On the Net: Site for Jesica: http:www.4jhc. org United Network for Organ Sharing: http:www.unos.org THE ASSOCIATED PRESS pounds and the donated organs would likely come from a child.

The teen's mother, Magdalena Santillan, pleaded for anyone facing a child's death to consider donating the organs. "Please help me find the organs that my daughter needs to live," she said. Jesica needed the transplant because a heart deformity kept her lungs from getting oxygen into her blood. Her parents paid an immigrant smuggler to get the family into the United States from Mexico three years ago, in part for the better odds of landing a transplant for Jesica. "This was a tragic event and our expectation is that, with these new procedures, this will not happen again," hospital spokesman Richard Puff said.

"We've done thousands of organ transplants and it's never happened before." NATO approves urgent defensive systems to Turkey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS, Belgium Days after breaking a stalemate over planning in case of war with Iraq, NATO on Wednesday approved the urgent deployment of AWACS radar aircraft, Patriot missile systems and chemical-biological response units to Turkey. Turkish officials at NATO headquarters expressed satisfaction at the speed with which the alliance was now "We have waited long enough," said one diplomat "Now things are moving quickly." DURHAM, N.C. One of the country's top medical centers is trying to find out how it botched a heart-lung transplant that was supposed to' save the life of a 17-year-old girl but instead put her closer to death. Jesica Santillan was in critical condition early Wednesday at Duke University Hospital after mistakenly being given organs that didn't match her type O-positive blood. The hospital has acknowledged making the mistake although it still does not know how it happened.

Dr. William Fulkerson, Duke's chief executive officer, said the hospital is investigating the mistake and will determine whether any staff should be disciplined. The girl was given organs from a donor with type-A blood during an operation Feb. 7. Antibodies in her blood are trying to destroy the organs since their blood type is dif ferent Family and friends said Jesica suffered a near-fatal heart attack three days after the operation and a seizure Sunday.

A machine has been keeping her heart and lungs going. Family friend Mack Ma-honey said supporters believe Jesica's life can be saved if a donor is found in the next few days. He said Jesica is small for her age 5-foot-2 and 85 ARE YOU GETTING THE MOST FOR YOUR MINUTES? Switch to ALLTEL and get the most for your minutes with new Flexible Freedom.1 they were in a great rush, but Nuyts said it still would have taken hours to empty so many vaults. More than half of world diamond production, either rough or polished, passes through Antwerp and local officials feared the theft would hurt the city's image as a trading center. "It will hurt Antwerp's image as diamond center," Steverlynck said.

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