2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 20, 2006 NATION/WORLD Filipino 1 Only two dozen people out of 1,800 missing rescued from debris from landslide GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) -Standing in a light drizzle, the handful of mourners didn't know any of the 30 people laid side by side in a mass grave yesterday as work- ers began burying the few victims recovered since a mudslide wiped out this farming village. Anyone who could have identi- fied the bodies was likely under a carpet of muck up to 30 feet deep, and hopes all but evaporated that more survivors would be found. Only about two dozen, battered, dazed people have been rescued from the debris left by Friday's disaster, which left some 1,800 peo- ple missing and presumed dead. Weary search teams found more than a dozen bodies yesterday, and today the number of confirmed deaths rose to 74. With no one left to claim the dead and bodies quickly starting to decompose in the tropi- cal heat, officials ordered them bur- ied in mass graves. At a cemetery five miles from Guinsaugon, a Roman Catholic priest sprinkled holy water on 30 bodies, some wrapped in bags, oth- ers in cheap wooden coffins, then said a prayer through a mask worn to filter out the stench. Volunteers lowered the bodies to men who placed them side by side at the bottom of the grave. The only witnesses were local health officials, the provincial gov- ernor, some of her staff and a few ictims buried in mass grave NEWS IN BRIEF HEADLA'NES MA UDTE L ........... . U.S. Marines during their first drop off of the day that continued rescue and reconstruction efforts in the devas- tated landslide area, early today in Guinsaugon village in Leyte, southeast of Manila, Philippines. nearby residents. Some evacuees from the landslide watched from the window of a nearby Catholic school. Twenty more bodies were to be buried there today. In the capital, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said yesterday that "all the efforts of our govern- ment continue and will not stop while there is hope to find survi- vors." But those hopes faded each hour - no survivors have been found since Friday. Yesterday, dozens of haggard U.S. Marines and Philippine soldiers resumed digging in the sea of mud covering the village. A woman who escaped the destruction said the first inkling of the disaster was a mild shaking of the ground, followed by a loud I ~ I II D7omDFAST Document Delivery Service L'niversi tv of Michigani* University Library nx PF Credit cards are now accepte when you place your order! 7-Fast: -d online fee ests 24/7 y service * Delivers to Web * Charges only a modestf * Enhances research * Provides satus of requ * Delivers to your office * Provide.1s RUSH deliver f zalcf=---x I I Place requests at: hIct:;/www.iib. inibed uief astI! Send qucstion s n to: 7-IASTfd ,minCh.ed ATTENTION FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, AND JUNIORS V V , :.. boom and a roar that sounded like many airplanes. "I looked up to the mountain and I saw the ground and boulders rush- ing down," Alicia Miravalles said yesterday. She said she ran across her fam- ily's rice field ahead of the wall of mud and boulders. "I thought I was dead. If the landslide did not stop, I would really be dead now." Mexican coal miners trapped Eight miners found near exit have been rescued and hospitalized SAN JUAN DE SABINAS, Mexico (AP) - A gas buildup in a northern Mexico coal mine trig- gered a pre-dawn explosion yester- day, trapping at least 65 coal miners underground with a limited supply of oxygen. Emergency officials were tunneling through the debris to res- cue them. At least eight miners who had been near the mine's exit when the explosion occurred were rescued and hospitalized with burns and bro- ken bones. Union and company officials said they believed there were 65 miners trapped in various places throughout the mine, near the town of San Juan de Sabinas, 135 kilometers 85 miles southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas. Res- cue officials had not been able to make contact with the trapped miners. Juan Rebolledo, vice president of international affairs for mining giant Grupo Mexico, which owns the mine, said several rescue teams were taking turns carefully remov- ing debris that had clogged the steep shaft. "It's slow work because of the quantity of debris," he said. Rebolledo said officials were unaware of the miners' conditions. He said oxygen tanks were scat- tered throughout the mine, but it was impossible to know if the trapped miners had access to them or how long they could survive before res- cue workers reached them. The explosion occurred at about 2:30 a.m. yesterday. Coahuila Gov. Humberto Moreira Valdes, who was at the site over- seeing the rescue operation, told Televisa network that the mine's ventilation system was still working. The mine was about 985 feet below the ground. Officials had cordoned off the area, and family members waited outside the security zone for infor- mation. As night fell, many built bon- fires and wrapped themselves in donated blankets to guard against the cold. Daniel Romo, a spokesman for Coahuila state's emergency ser- vices, said authorities did not know how long it would take to reach the ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Government arrests cartoon protesters Pakistani security forces arrested hundreds of Islamic hard-liners, virtually sealed off the capital and used gunfire and tear gas yesterday to quell protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Pakistan had banned protests after riots killed five people in two cities last week. Elsewhere in the Muslim world yesterday, demonstrators with wooden staves and stones tried unsuccessfully to storm the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia, while tens of thou- sands rallied in the Turkish city of Istanbul and complained about negative Western perceptions of Islam. Troops patrolled the deserted streets of the northern Nigerian town of Maiduguri, where thousands of Muslims attacked Christians and burned churches Saturday, killing at least 15 people during a protest over the cartoons. Most of the victims were beaten to death by rioters. In Saudi Arabia, newspapers ran full-page apologies by Jyllands- Posten, the Danish newspaper that first ran the caricatures in September. The newspaper's Web site said businesses placed the ad on their own initiative, using an apology issued by the newspaper late last month. Moscow Russia to host talks on Iran nudear program The spotlight on Tehran's nuclear program shifts today to Moscow, where Iranian officials are to hold talks on a proposal to move their ura- nium enrichment to Russia ina bid to ease fears the Islamic republic will develop atomic weapons. Iran said yesterday it will consider Moscow's proposal if certain provisions are met, giving new hope for what is seen as an eleventh-hour chance to avert confronta- tion ahead of a crucial meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, which could start a process leading to sanctions. "At the moment there's only one diplomatic door left open, and it's open a crack," said Rose Gottemoeller, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. "So I think this set of talks on Monday is very important for the future of the diplomatic approach." For Russia, the talks are an opportunity to stave off the threat of action against a country in which it has strong interests and to win prestige by helping find a solution to a conflict in which it was long seen as part of the problem. JERUSALEM Israel its payments to Palestinian government Israel branded the Palestinian government a "terrorist authority" yesterday and halted the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax money after Hamas took control of the Palestinian parliament. But the Israeli government held off on adopting even more drastic measures rec- ommended by security officials, mindful of possible international reaction. The sanctions came as the Palestinian militant group worked to consolidate its power and form a government, nominating one of its more pragmatic leaders, Ismail Haniyeh, to be the new prime minister. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, was scheduled to meet with Haniyeh in Gaza today and formally ask him to assemble a Cabinet. Haniyeh said Hamas would begin talks with possible coalition partners today. VIENNA, Austria Coach at center of doping probe crashes car The banned Austrian ski coach at the center of a doping investigation at the Turin Olympics crashed his car into a police roadblock yesterday evening after leading authorities on a bizarre chase. Walter Mayer was slightly injured in the accident, in which he struck an unoccupied police car set up as an impromptu barrier in the town of Pater- nion in the southwestern province of Carinthia, about 15 miles from the Ital- ian frontier and some 250 miles from Turin, police said. He was taken into protective custody. CORRECTiONS Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michigandaily.com. 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com .9 0 DoNN M. 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