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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009 All THE OTTAWA CITIZEN wnrci 7 V7lilJ BREAKING NEWS AT OTTAVVACITIZEN.COM UNITED STATES Court halts alleged Nazi's deportation A U.S. appeals court halted the denortation of accused Art! WtA-''V 4 ii A convention commemorating state founder and 'Great Leader' Kim ll-Sung's April 15 birthday began on Tuesday in Pyongyang. The celebration came as North Korea said it would quit international nuclear disarmament talks and restart a plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium. North Korea raises nuclear spectre Regime's rhetoric ramps up following latest UN statement a nuclear warhead to targets as distant as the U.S. As such, it would have been prohibited under the terms of a 2006 Security Council resolution.

Past attempts to contain North Korea's nuclear ambitions have centred on protracted negotiations at the six-party talks, which brought together the U.S., China, Japan, Russia and South Korea. The suspension of activity at the Yongbyon facility came after a round of such talks in 2007, with North Korea receiving one million tonnes of oil in return. In Tuesday's statement, the North insisted that those talks were over. "There is no need for the six-party talks any more," it said. The strength of the reaction is in keeping with North Korea's rhetorical style and it does not necessarily mark the end of the negotiations nor the full resumption of the nu na but called for a blacklist of North Korean companies, as was agreed in a resolution three years ago.

A statement from North Korea's Foreign Ministry, carried on the state-run Korean Central News Agency, condemned the UN decision. "We have no choice but to further strengthen our nuclear deterrent to cope with additional military threats by hostile forces," the statement read. "We will take steps to restore disabled nuclear facilities and reprocess used fuel rods that came from experimental nuclear reactors." Pyongyang announced Tuesday that it was expelling inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the BYICJARpj.LOpRRY TOKYO North Korea threatened Tuesday to re-start its nuclear reactor, process more plutonium for nuclear weapons and withdraw permanently from international disarmament negotiations. The furious reaction came hours after the UN Security Council had issued a statement, unanimously agreed by its 15 members, condemning the launch of a long-range rocket by North Korea 10 days ago. The UN statement fell short of a formal resolution which was blocked by North Korea's former com munist allies, Russia and Chi 1 Nazi death'camp guard John DemjanjuK luesaayanane was freed from custody just hours after immigration agents carried him out of his Ohio home to send him to Germanv for trial.

Earlier. agents descended on his sub urban home, brought in a doctor and, after a check, loaded the retired auto worker into a van in his wheelchair as his weeping wife stood bv. He had been scheduled to be flown imme- diatelv to Munich, where he hces chnrees in the deaths of 7 29,000 Jews, but instead was taken to a federal building in downtpwn Cleveland. A Justice Department spokesman said it "will continue to litigate this matter in court." Prosecutors in Germany accuse him of being an accessory in 1943 killings at Sobi-jjor death camp, where he is alleged to have personally led Tews to the eas chambers at the camp in Polish territo ry then occupied by Nazi Germany. Boy, 13, accused of robbing bank A 13-year-old boy who police say was caught red-handed a block away was accused Tuesday of robbing a bank in Peoria, Illinois.

The unidentified boy was charged with felony armed robbery in juvenile court, accused of threatening a teller with a gun and demanding cash. He was found hiding a nearby garage about 30 minutes after Monday's robbery, stained red from a dye pack that had been placed in the bag of money. "It's the youngest person I can remember," said Sheriff Michael McCoy, a four-decade veteran of the sheriffs office. SRI LANKA Military resumes attack on Tamil Tigers Sri Lankan troops resumed their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the northeast at the end of a 48-hour ceasefire, the two sides said early today. A military spokesman said security forces restarted operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

The pro-rebel Tamilnet web- site said both sides began exchanging rocket and gunfire as the military's unilateral two-day ceasefire ended at midnight. After losing large swathes of territory they once controlled, the remaining guerrillas are now boxed into a narrow strip of jungle in the northeast, where they are vastly outnumbered. A rebel demand for a permanent truce was rejected by the government. i INDIA Trial of Mumbai terror suspect set to begin The trial of the only terror suspect captured by police during the Mumbai attacks begins today under heavy security in a specially reinforced courtroom. Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman, also known as Kasab, has not been seen in public since his arrest on Nov.

26 last year, soon after 10 gunmen began an assault that left more than 160 people dead and over 300 others injured. The 21-year-old Pakistani national, said to belong to the banned Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba faces a string of charges including "waging war" on India, murder, attempted murder and kidnapping. He faces the death penalty if convicted. PAKISTAN President approves sharia In Swat valley Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, under pressure from conservatives, has signed a regulation imposing Islamic law in the northwestern Swat valley as part of a deal to end Taliban violence. The White I louse voiced disappointment, saying the decision went against U.S.

goals of promoting democracy and human rights. Critics accuse Pakistan's government of demonstrating a lack of will to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Zardari signed the regulation late Monday after the National Assembly passed a resolution recommending he approve it. 1 iiii' Michael Jackson auction cancelled, exhibit continues ft. ji REUTERSKCNA clear program.

1 It does, however, indicate that the process of engagement with the North has taken a step back, after painstaking progress in the last two years of the Bush administra-tion. President Barack Obama called the Security Council statement "a clear and united message, that North Korea's action was unlawful and would result in real consequences." '1 The statement said that the committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea must report within ten days on companies, equipment and technologies that should be blacklisted under the 2006 sanctions resolution, which was never enforced. The Times, London TIMES NEWSPAPERS LTD. 2009 WITH FILES FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE exhibit closes. Tohme R.

Tohme, Jackson's spokesman, said in a joint statement with Julien the two groups "are pleased" with the agreement and that it "allows Michael Jackson to retain ownership of the CollectifA of Michael Jackson." Julien signed agreements with Tohme and removed hundreds of items from Jackson's shuttered and sold Nev-erland Ranch for the sale, which was expected to fetch about $10 million. It would have been the largest authorized auction of items associated with the self-styled King of Pop, who has been a virtual recluse since his 2005 acquittal on charges of sexual assault. Tuesday's statement suggested the items would find a permanent public home in the future, but gave no details. "There was so much interest from so many of Jackson's fans that instead of putting the items in the hands of private collectors, Dr. Tohme and Julien's Auction House have made arrangements that will allow the collection to be shared with and enjoyed by Jackson's fans for many years to come," the statement said.

REUTERS they wouldn't let us," she added. Despite the historical inaccuracy, spectators enjoyed the event, said Riley. 6. "A giggle ran around the crowd they would have liked it better if wc could have gone bang. It is just one of those things that happens." THE DAILY TELEGRAPH UN's nuclear watchdog.

Hours after the North's announcement, the IAEA said its inspectors had been ordered out. North Korea "informed IAEA inspectors in the Yong-byon facility that it is immediately ceasing all co-operation with the IAEA," Marc Vidricaire, spokesman for the IAEA, told reporters. North Korea suspended activity last summer at its Yong-byon nuclear power plant, where it is believed to have extracted plutonium from spent fuel rods for use in the manufacture of about six nuclear warheads. Pyongyang claims the recent rocket launch was part of its civilian space program, aimed at putting a communications satellite in orbit. The United States believes the launch was an illicit test of intercontinental ballistic technology, designed to carry HOANG OINH NAM.

AFPGETTY IMAGES Around midday, about 2,000 remaining demonstrators were seen leaving an area in front of the prime minister's office where they had camped out for weeks. Protest leaders had encouraged their supporters, who had at times numbered 100,000, to disperse peacefully. Their appeals came just hours after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva took to the airwaves to reassure Thais his government would continue to take a moderate line with the protesters, but that it was now imperative to restore peace and order. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WITH FILES FROM CANWEST NEWS SERVICE noise down. There was also concern that cannon fire could startle patients at a nearby hospital.

The regiment had been invited to put on a display as part of a "living history" event at the council-run hall. The group eventually agreed to use silent rounds which produce a puff of smoke but no noise. The only real bang A worker cleans the street next to soldiers as protesters, faced with a military offensive, abandoned the site of the anti-government rally in Bangkok on Tuesday. Troops stay on Bangkok streets ivrf "The situation is under control. The government will keep watching the situation and monitor the movements of leaders who are not in detention," said Panitan Wat-tanayagorn.

"The prime minister wants to lift the state of emergency as soon as he can because he does not want to affect business." The demonstrations had disrupted Bangkok for 19 days, left two dead and at least 123 wounded and forced the collapse of the ASEAN leaders summit. The deaths of two civilians on Monday night appeared to fix the resolve of both the government and the protesters to end the standoff before anyone else was hurt. the English Civil War Society, hoped to provide as realistic a display as possible for crowds at an Easter event at Clarke Hall in Wakefield. But as they prepared their replica weapons, council stall at the 17th Century house, who feared that explosions could shatter the building's original lead-lined windows, asked if they could keep the 1 tfv. State of emergency remains, protesters end demonstration BYTHANAPORN PROMYAMYAI BANGKOK Thailand maintained a state of emergency across Bangkok to ensure security today, a day after soldiers quelled anti- government protests.

The government said troops would remain on the streets despite arresting three protest leaders and issuing warrants for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and other leaders over tne bloody street battles. Statement suggests collection could remain public BY JILL SERJEANT BEVERLY HILLS, California A huge auction of Michael Jackson memorabilia scheduled for next week was cancelled Tuesday and auctioneers agreed to return all the items to the singer. Auctioneer Darren Julien told Reuters the cancellation of the planned April 22-25 sale was the result of an agreement with Jackson, who fded a lawsuit in March demanding the return of certain items. A public exhibit of the 1400 lots that opened Tuesday in Beverly Hills will continue until April 25. "The auction isn't going to take place.

We wanted to reach an agreement (with Jackson) and we have reached one today that is mutually acceptable and beneficial," Julien said. The auctioneer said all the items including a single crystal white glove worn in the singer's Billiejecm performances and the gates to his Nevcrland Ranch would be returned to Jackson when the came during the "execution" by firing squad of a local brigand as part of the display. Sue Riley, one of the organizers, admitted that the artillery can "go off with quite a good crack" but she said that the group had never cracked a window before. "We know what we are doing. We tried to ask them if we could make a bang quietly, but English Civil War Society told to keep a lid on cannon fire BY JOHN BINGHAM A group of English Civil War enthusiasts were asked to shout "bang" instead of firing their cannons in a mock bat tle in Yorkshire over Easter because of fears they might shatter windows.

Members of Sir Thomas Regiment of Footc, part of the Royalist section of.