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Jackson Sun Georgia leader signs truce The Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia Georgia's president grudgingly signed a truce with Russia Friday, even as he denounced the Russians as invading barbarians and accused the West of all but encouraging them to overrun his country. A stonefaced Condoleezza Rice, standing alongside, said Russian troops must withdraw immediately from their smaller neighbor. IRAKLI GEDENIDZE, Associated Press President Bush talked Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili speaks Friday during a briefing in Tbilisi, tough, too, accusing the Rus- Georgia. Georgia's president signed a cease-fire deal Friday with Russia meant to sians of "bullying and intimi- end fighting that has battered his country, and U.S. Secretary of State Condodation," but neither he nor leezza Rice said Russian troops should pull out of Georgia Rice said what the U.S.

might do if Russia ignored them. was private, said Russia was Wednesday, shouting invited the trouble here? Who Russian President Dmitry likely to sign the deal they were heading to Tbilisi, invited this arrogance here? some Medvedev's press office had Saturday. the Georgian capital. But they Who invited these innocent no information Friday night As the secretary of state veered into a field outside the deaths here?" on whether he had signed the spoke in Tbilisi, Russian town of Igoeti and set up Shaky and near tears folcease-fire agreement. Russia's forces remained camped out camp conspicuously within lowing a difficult, nearly fiveforeign minister assured Rice just 25 miles away.

sight of the road. The Rus- hour meeting with her, later that his country would Associated Press reporters sians were still visible there Saakashvili answered his own implement the deal had seen a convoy of some 50 Friday. question: "Not only those "faithfully," a U.S. official Russian army trucks and Even as Rice stood with people who perpetrate them said. The official, who spoke armored, personnel carriers Georgian President Mikhail are responsible, but also on condition of anonymity without warning south- Saakashvili in a show of soli- those people who failed to because Rice's conversation east from the city of Gori on darity, he asked, "Who stop Obituaries Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors To offer kind words of sympathy or remembrance, to to www.jacksonsun.com and click on Obituaries Death Notices Date of Phone Name City, State Age Death Day, Time Place of Service Funeral Home Number Armour, Terry Huntingdon TN 59 4 PM Chase Funeral Home Chapel Chase 731-986-0500 Bunn, Ronnie Savannah TN 58 1:30 PM Shackelford Chapel Savannah Shackelford-Savannah 731-925-4000 Cook, Decatur Winchester TN 77 2 PM White Ranson Funeral Home White Ranson 731-885-1211 Cox, Troy Hampton Memphis TN 78 2 PM Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home Chapel Shelton-Hunt 731-784-1414 Freeland, Judith Douglas Somerville TN 63 2 PM Peebles Main Funeral Chapel-Somerville Peebles Fayette County 901-465-3535 Hicks, Idell Dyersburg TN 75 1 PM Graveside Fairview Cemetery, Newbern, TN Johnson-Williams 731-627-3236 Johnson, S.

J. Henderson TN 84 2 PM Mt. Zion C.M.E. Church, Henderson, TN Mercer Brothers 731-423-4922 Overton, Tommie Rhoads Jackson TN 82 11 AM Northside United Methodist Church Arrington 731-668-1111 Stinson, Herbert Humboldt TN 63 11 AM Baskerville Funeral Home, Humboldt Baskerville 731-784-1717 Thurman, Billy Houston TX 59 10 AM Curry Funeral Home Chapel Curry 731-285-2242 Wood, Andrew L. Collierville TN 65 10 AM Memorial Park Funeral Home Memorial Park 901-767-8930 Ronnie Bunn was born in Carroll County, Tennessee on June 8, 1950 the son of James Lyndell and Virginia Mae Hargrove Bunn.

Mr. Bunn was a former resident of Honolulu, Hawaii, Plano, Texas, McKenzie, Humboldt, and Hardin County, Tennessee for 18 years. He worked in management and wholesale with Jones Motor Company for 17 years. Mr. Bunn was a veteran of the Tennessee National Guard.

He enjoyed motorcycles and horses, and loved to play guitar. He was a great friend, always willing to listen and a great caregiver, always concerned about others. To his family he was a loving father and grandfather. Mr. Bunn was a member of the First Baptist Church of Humboldt, Tennessee.

Mr. Bunn departed this life at his home in Savannah, Tennessee on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at the age of 58 years, 2 months, 6 days. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bunn is survived by a son, James Clinton Bunn and his wife Ann Dee of Nashville, Tennessee; a daughter, Jenny Carol Sims and her husband John of Memphis, Tennessee; a brother, Barry Bunn and his wife Sally of Humboldt, Tennessee; 3 grandchildren, Abby Sims, Amber Sims, and John Haden Sims. Mr.

Bunn was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Brent Bunn. Services will be held on August 17, 2008 at 1:30 PM at Shackelford Chapel in Savannah, Tennessee, with Oruind Dangeau officiating and Clark Jones reading the eulogy. Pallbearers will be Clark Jones, Larry Sipes, Billy Casey, Jackie Casey, James Carraway, and Gary Carraway. Burial 1 will follow in the Carroll Memorial Gardens at Carroll County, Tennessee. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Savannah 731-925-4000 Obituary Policy: The information provided in the Death Notice Section is at no charge.

The text for obituaries can only be provided by the funeral home or by the family of the deceased. For more information, call 731-423- 0300, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. Saturday, August 16, 2008 U.N. criticizes Britain over laws By PAISLEY DODDS The Associated Press LONDON The U.N. Human Rights Committee is criticizing Britain over its tough counterterrorism laws, legislation that limits free speech and the use of an Indian Ocean territory to secretly move suspected terrorists without legal process.

The report also says Britain's Official Secrets Act enacted during the Cold War to protect national security data helps silence government whistleblowers and keeps important information from the public. The committee issues its human rights reports every three years after countries offer their own assessments. "The UK (United Kingdom) has a proud record in human rights," Britain's Home Office said in a statement. "We see the country reviews as a process based on collaboration and co-operation, and above all, a commitment to improving human rights on the ground." The Home Office declined an interview Friday. Britain has pushed through a raft of counterterrorism measures since suicide bombers killed 52 commuters in London three years ago, and rights groups argue the government has gone beyond what is needed to protect the public.

Already one of the leading countries in surveillance, Britain also has some of the most impenetrable secrecy laws. "The committee remains concerned that powers under the Official Secrets Act 1989 have been exercised to frustrate former employees of the crown from bringing into the public domain issues of genuine public interest and can be exercised to prevent the media from publishing such matters," said the U.N. report, dated July 30. "It notes that disclosures of information are penalized even where they are not harmful to national security." Under the act, a British civil servant was convicted last year of leaking a classified memo discussing a 2004 meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair discussing the conflict in Iraq. Several fresh security measures go before Parliament in the fall, including a proposal that would allow judicial inquests to be held in secret if the government believed national security was at risk.

It could also deny a jury trial if the proceding was deemed a security threat The U.N. report also urges a full investigation into alleged rights abuses at Diego Garcia, British territory in the Indian Ocean leased by the U.S. military that has been used to transfer terror suspects to third countries without court authorization a process known as "extraordinary rendition." The U.S acknowledged in February that two suspected terrorists passed through Diego Garcia on rendition flights, but right groups believe more suspects have been held and interrogated in Diego Garcia. The U.N. committee criticizes Britain for not issuing a rights report on Diego Garcia and other islands, citing an absence of population.

Britain ejected roughly 2,000 islanders when i it leased the island to the U.S. It is now home to hundreds of U.S. military personnel and contractors. Ronnie Bunn Tommie Rhoads Overton A celebration of the life of Tommie Rhoads Overton will be conducted at Northside United Methodist Church, 2571 N. Highland Monday, August 18, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

Officiating will be the Reverend Doctor Don Thrasher. Interment will follow at Memphis Memory Gardens in Memphis, with a committal service at 3:00 pm. Visitation will be Sunday from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. at Arrington Funeral Directors. Tommie died Thursday, August 14 at Maplewood Health Center after a lengthy illness.

She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 25, 1926. Tommie's love for people surrounded her with many friends. Her faith in God and her love of family was evident to all who knew her. She is survived by the Reverend Doctor Carl E. Rhoads, Ill and wife Ann of Shreveport, Louisiana, Donna Turner of Jackson and Tommy Rhoads and wife Roxane also of Jackson.

She is also survived by five grandchildren Amy, Beth, Traci, Scott, and Quincy and three great grandchildren, Morgan, Merritt, and Jacob, and her stepfamily, Reverend Doctor Aahmes and Marilyn Overton of Ventura, California; Pat Watson of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Bob and Ann Overton of Northport, Alabama, and step-grandchildren Julie, Donna, Mark and Brian, and stepgreat-grandchildren Gath, Toby, Matthew, and Gracie. Mrs. Overton is preceded in death by her first husband, Carl E. Rhoads, Jr. and her second husband Aahmes Tyler Overton.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Northside United Methodist Church, the Alzheimer's Association, 326 Ellsworth Street, Memphis, TN 38111 or to the charity of the donor's choice. Pallbearers will be Andy Agnew, Richard Beach, Jack Jones, Clay Newman, Winston Truett, Hamp Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be the Pacers Sunday School Class and are asked to sit together in a group for the service. Arrington Funeral Directors 148 W. University Parkway Troy Hampton Cox Memphis, TN Services for Mr.

Troy Hampton Cox, age 78, will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, August 18, 2008 in the Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home Chapel in Humboldt with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and Monday AM until 2:00 PM. Mr. Cox, a retried mechanic for Bluff City Buick and member of Woodlawn Baptist Church, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2008 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Maxine Cox of Memphis; a son, Gary W.

Cox of Horn Lake, MS; a sister, Peggy Row of Jackson; and a brother, Haskle Cox of Henderson. Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home 731-784-1414 S. J. Johnson Henderson, TN Services for Mr. S.

J. Johnson, 84, will be at 2:00 PM, Sunday, August 17, 2008 at Mt. Zion C.M.E. Church in Henderson Tennessee. Burial will follow in Dean Cemetery.

Mr. Johnson died Tuesday, August 12th in Paducah, Kentucky. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the church. Mr. Johnson will lie-in-state at the church from 1:15 PM until the time of service.

(MB) Mercer Brothers Funeral Home 731-423-4922 Andrew L. Wood, Andrew L. Wood. Collierville, passed away on August 15, 2008. Mr.

Wood was retired from Shelby Electric Company. He is survived by his wife of forty-two years, Karen Piercey Wood; his mother, Dorothy Tippett Wood; one sister, Anita Wood Brewer and two brothers, Jerry Wood and Joe Wood. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 3:00 PM on Saturday, August 16th at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 17th at 10:00 AM at Memorial Park Funeral Home. The family requests memorials be sent to St.

Jude Children's Hospital or the American Cancer Society. Memorial Park Funeral Home 901-767-8930 Speakers Bureau If you are interested in having a speaker from The Jackson Sun come talk to your school or civic group, please call 731-425-9603 or 800-372-3922, ext. 603. Thirty days notice to arrange speaking engagement is requested. The Jackson Sun First in News.

jacksonsun.com Miss a day. Miss a lot. can make life easier how?" Subscribe to The Jackson Sun for all the news that matters to you! The Jackson Sun First in News. jacksonsun.com To subscribe call 800-244-3225 or visit us online at jacksonsum.com Cloned dog owner leaves S. Korea By HYUNG-JIN KIM The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea The American woman who made global headlines for commissioning has clones left of South her Korea without the puppies, the biotech firm that carried out the work said Friday.

Bernann McKinney was in South Korea this month to see the five dogs duplicated from her dead pit bull "Booger" by Seoul-based RNL Bio. But the publicity led to her being identified as a woman who faced charges in the 1970s of abduction and unlawful imprisonment of a Mormon missionary in Britain as well as a more recent charge in the U.S. of criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary. Kim Yoon, a spokeswoman for RNL Bio, said McKinney left South Korea last week to go back to the United States as scheduled and did not take the puppies. Kim said she did not know whether McKinney would return to collect the animals.

She did not say where McKinney went in the United Briefly Pakistani president feeling the heat ISLAMABAD, Pakistan With impeachment proceedings looming, the pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to quit built Friday as both his rivals and allies confirmed talks were under way that could ease him out. Musharraf's spokesman said reports the former army chief's. resignation was imminent were "baseless," but it was clear he has little support. The last of Pakistan's four provincial assemblies passed a resolution against him, and a key ally acknowledged the president lacks the support to survive a vote in parliament. The political uncertainty adds to an already volatile situation in Pakistan.

Officials said Friday that 10 days of fighting in a tribal region near the Afghan border have killed hundreds and displaced more than 200,000. was States. Ra Jeong-chan, who heads RNL Bio, told The Associated Press earlier this month that McKinney would return to South Korea around late November to take back some of the dogs. Ra said the puppies had to be inoculated against rabies but that they were still too young to receive the injections. Calls to Ra went unanswered Friday, a national holiday in South Korea.

Police in Britain identified McKinney as Joyce McKinney, who faced charges in the 1970s of abduction and unlawful imprisonment of the Mormon missionary. She jumped bail and was never brought to justice. After initial denials, McKinney admitted she was indeed the person previously known as Joyce McKinney. London police have said that due to the age of the abduction case, they will not seek McKinney's extradition. Separately, a defense attorney and prosecutors in Tennessee said this week that McKinney is wanted there on charges she plotted a burglary in 2004.

one of the bloodiest episodes since Pakistan deployed troops along the border in support of the war on terror nearly seven years ago. Reclusive N. Korea hosts global party PYONGYANG, North Korea Call it skateboard diplomacy. For 16 hours this week, the reclusive North Koreans opened their doors to a raucous gang of skateboarders, dot com moguls, actors, fashion designers, Middle Eastern sheiks and a Playboy Playmate, and let them party. The e-trotting crew from Gumball 3000, a glitzy road rally VIP party, sang karaoke, skateboarded and generally enjoyed themselves.

The founder of the mile rally that marked its 10th anniversary this year said the North's decision to allow them in was a sign that the authoritarian country was loosening up. The Associated Press.