4 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 19, 2003 NATION/WORLD 124 die in Korean subway arson NEWS IN BRIEF l Suspect accused of setting the blaze has history of mental illness DAEGU, South Korea (AP) - Kim Ho-keun, a 68-year-old grandfather, was about to get off the crowded sub- way when an explosion knocked him to the floor. He awoke in darkness minutes later, gasping for breath and desperate to escape a fiery attack that killed at least 124 people on yesterday. Struggling to call for help, Kim feared the worst until he heard a rescue worker's voice. "I couldn't see him, but I saw his flashlight, so I grabbed his hand," Kim said from his hospital bed, tubes supplying him with oxygen. "It was then that I thought to myself: I'm going to live." Kim was one of the fortunate in Daegu, South Korea's third-largest city. The fire started about 10 a.m. when a man lit a container of flammable liq- uid and tossed it. The blaze incinerated two six-car subway trains, killed at least 124 people and injured 145, one- third of them seriously. Today, authorities said about 300 people were also reported missing but added that the number was greatly inflated. "That doesn't mean that all of them were killed yesterday," said disas- ter official Koo Bon-kun. "People just report their family members who did not return home." Also today, forensic experts gath- ered scorched human remains for iden- tification as rescuers returned for one last effort to search for the missing. "People could have hidden to escape the smoke, last night we did a final search but we have found nothing," Daegu Mayor Cho Hae-nyoung told reporters. - A suspect who police say has a histo- ry of mental illness was under interroga- tion. Police said they did not know what motivated the attack or what substance the attacker used to start the blaze. The fire began in one train at a sta- tion, igniting seats and spreading to another train as it pulled in, officials said. More people died in the second train because many of the doors failed to open, trapping passengers. YTN TV news channel reported the second train arrived four minutes after the fire started. It was not clear why the second train was not warned of the fire or diverted from the station. Many bodies were burned beyond recognition. Officials said they would have to wait for DNA tests to confirm the number of dead, which could take weeks. Other people died of asphyxiation on the train platform. One man said his missing daughter called by mobile phone to say there was a fire and the subway door wasn't opening. Firefighters gave horrifying accounts of the scene underground. Many bodies were found on the sub- way stairs, where people apparently suffocated as they tried to escape. On the platform and in the trains were the ashen bones of those trapped in the flames. Chung Sook-jae, 54, rushed to the scene after her daughter, 26-year-old Min Shim-eun, telephoned her hus- band to say she was choking. Then the line went dead. "She never caused any problems. She was a good kid. Why does this have to happen to her?" Chung cried. "If she's not out by now, she's probably dead. What am I going to do if her body is all burned out of recognition?" Officials said that the fire was put r3 rMAYO CLINIC Nur sin Embark NursingnmAdventure Mayo Clinic Nursing offe'rs unparalleled opportunities for career mobility and growth. At Mayo Clinic, you have the opportunity to practice your profession in a world-renowned medical center with a reputation for high standards, where nursing practice is closely integrated with advanced education and research programs. Our hospitals are acute- care, teaching facilities where quality nursing is our tradition and mission. Mayo Clinic Nursing has received the Magnet Hospital Recognition Status for Excellence in Nursing Service. 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Authorities and witnesses said the attacker took out the carton and tried to light it with a cigarette lighter. Pas- sengers moved to stop him and a scuf- fle broke out. He finally lit the box, and it exploded into flames. YTN aired footage of the frantic scene inside a hospital, showing nurses attending to a man who reportedly was the suspect. The man sat frowning on a bed wearing a hospital smock, his face and hands smudged with soot. Police Sgt. Yu Heung-soo said Kim had been burned on both legs and the right wrist. But a doctor told YTN that the man's only injury was from smoke inhalation. U.N. takes inventory of Iraq missiles BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.N. weapons inspectors visited five sites involved in the production of a banned missile yesterday as rockets became a new flashpoint in the Iraq crisis. The United Nations is deciding whether to insist that Iraq modify the missiles or destroy them - a demand Saddam Hussein would likely find hard to meet. Iraq's foreign minister, Naji Sabri, was asked yesterday night what Iraq would do if told to destroy the missiles. He refused to answer, saying the ques- tion was too hypothetical. The U.N. inspectors said yesterday they have put identification tags on components of dozens of Al Samoud 2 missiles, but wouldn't say how many more remain to be inventoried. It remained unclear what they will do with the missiles they find. "We are waiting for further instruc- tion from New York," said a spokesman for the inspection teams in Bagdad, Hiro Ueki. U.N. officials have banned the missiles because they have been tested at ranges greater than the 94- mile limit imposed on Iraq by U.N. resolutions adopted at the end of the 1991 Gulf War. Giving up the Al Samoud 2 would mean sacrificing an important part of Iraq's defenses just as tens of thou- sands of U.S. and British troops mass on its southern border. But refusing to do so could give Iraq's enemies argu- ments to launch a war. During a visit to Baghdad in Janu- ary, chief inspector Hans Blix said the Iraqis suggested that when they fitted guidance and control systems and other devices to the missiles, they would be weighed down and fly within the legal distance. IRAQ Continued from Page 1 possible war. But he said it was up to the Security Council to decide if the inspections had gone on long enough. France, with support from Russia and China, does not accept the U.S. view that the Security Council effec- tively endorsed force as an option to disarm Iraq in an earlier resolution that warned of "serious consequences" if Saddam persisted in defying U.N. demands. With some 50 countries lined up to speak to the council in a session that could go over until today, early action by the United States and its close ally, Britain, was not expected. Diplomats at the U.N. said a draft resolution could be circulated later today. As for the protests around the world by millions of people opposed to war with Iraq, Bush said they were irrelevant to his duty to protect America. "Size of protest, it's like deciding, 'Well I'm going to decide policy based up on a focus group.' The role of a leader is to decide policy based upon the security - in this case - security of the people," he said. "Democracy is a beautiful thing, and that people are allowed to .rnro.c thair nnininn " ha unid BOSTON East Coast recovers from winter storm The Northeast struggled to dig out yesterday from a paralyzing storm that unloaded up to 4 feet of snow, busted city snow-removal budgets and strand- ed thousands of people at airports up and down the East Coast. The storm, blamed for 37 deaths, finally headed out to sea after taking a parting shot at Boston, which got an all-time record of 27.5 inches by the time the snow stopped falling yesterday morning. Homeowners and motorists dug out their cars and doorways and toiled to reopen driveways that had been sealed shut by passing snowplows. "What can you do?" said 38-year-old Brian Shipley of Rockville, Md., stand- ing waist-deep in the mini-canyon he had shoveled in the path to his door. "You dig out and you get ready for tomorrow" A few blocks away, acupuncturist Cindy Clark foresaw a lot of sore backs. "There's going to be more work than I can handle for a long time," she said. WASHINGTON Bush turns to faith in difficult times President Bush, often portrayed as using a strict good-and-evil compass to navigate national issues, has always peppered his speeches with exhorta- tions to moral and civic duty. With war, tragedy and terrorism confronting him now, his allusions to spirituality and morality seem to be increasing. "I welcome faith to help solve the HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Israelis kill 11 in West Bank incursion Backed by helicopter gunfire, dozens of Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza City late yesterday, setting off clashes that left 11 Palestinians dead and 20 wounded, Pales- tinian hospital officials said. The incursion, the second in Gaza in as many days, led to the highest death toll in an Israeli operation since Jan. 26, when 12 Palestinians were killed in another part of Gaza City. The Israeli action was part of a crackdown after the militant Islamic group Hamas blew up a tank over the weekend, killing four soldiers. Hamas claimed today that once again, it destroyed a tank, this time with a suicide bomber. The Israeli military said it knew nothing about an attack on its tank and would only say that the incursion was limited in nature, not an invasion of Gaza. The violence followed an Israeli decision to lift a quarantine on the West Bank and Gaza that had idled thousands of Palestinians who work in Israel, as Palestinian offi- cials appealed for huge amounts of aid to rescue their conflict-battered economy. Witnesses said about 40 Israeli tanks converged on the Shajaiyeh neighborhood from three directions residents said, and several tanks also surrounded a Hamas elementary school in the nearby Tufah section. Soldiers blew up a metal work- shop, one of the largest in the city, Palestinians said. Israel charges that Palestini- ans use such workshops to produce weapons. CHICAGO Club owner faces charges after stampede A day after 21 people were killed in a nightclub stampede, Chicago officials asked a judge yesterday to jail the owner for at least a year for allegedly operating the place in defiance of a shutdown order. The city asked Cook County Circuit Judge Daniel Lynch to impose the criminal contempt of court sentence on Dwain Kyles, saying he ignored the judge's previ- ous order to shut down because of building code violations that included failing to provide enough exits. "You don't have a right to disobey a court order until someone catches you or until a disaster happens," Mayor Richard Daley said. The owners of the E2 nightclub contended they had a deal to stay open, despite the building code violations. The city sought immediate action on its petition to hold Kyles in criminal contempt, but Lynch told city attorneys that Kyles had not yet been served with the papers. The judge also said he would give the two com- panies 10 days to answer. The city also asked the judge to fine Kyles and his com- pany, Le Mirage Inc., which owned the nightclub, and to fine a second company, Lesly Motors Inc., which owns the building. nation's deepest problems," Bush told a conventionof religioustbroadcasters last week. Referring to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he said, "We carried our grief to the Lord Almighty in prayer." Earlier, in his State of the Union address, he said, "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." Hours after the shuttle Columbia dis- integrated, Bush turned to religion and a quote from the book of Isaiah to help console the nation. MIAMI Probation violation lands Canseco in jail Jose Canseco was sent to jail yesterday #after violating his probation for a 2001 nightclub brawl. The former major league slugger could be held until a scheduled March 17 hearing, Judge Leonard Glick ruled. "I understand that I have to take responsibility," Canseco said. "I ask for the mercy and understanding of the court." Shortly after, Glick ordered Canseco into custody. "No bond," Glick said. Wearing a dark double-breasted suit, the 38-year-old Canseco handed his wal- let and a thick silver necklace to his lawyer before being led out of the court- room, his hands cuffed behind his back. Glick issued a warrant for Canseco's arrest Friday after being told the six-time All-Star had failed to begin anger control classes and community service, and had left Florida for longer than 30 days. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. Sarah Tennant Sales Team Leader, Bloomberg (Archery Champion) 91 O~tic~i~tt ailU door hI I Bloomberg wants to meet the real you. Our unbelievable recruitment village makes a stop at the Sports Coliseum at University of Michigan on Wednesday, March 12, 2003. We've rounded up the most popular snacks in the world, the funkiest furniture, and one cool bar (of information), Bloomberg representatives are interested in learning about you. 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