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- ^ ~^*<^*»#w»,ksv* v*~ a* *»*'*»•« -«»» « — w”™~" ™ Eleven dead after Greek earthquake by Brian Murphy Associated Press / vTHBC, Greece —The strongest earth uake to hit Athens in nearly a century toppled buildings Tuesday afternoon, send ing hundreds of thousands of terrified peo ple into debris-littered streets. At least 11 people died, and nearly 100 were reported missing. Dozens of people were injured by f illing glass, concrete and marble slabs haken loose by the 10-second quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9. State television reported at least 11 people dead, most crushed and a few suf fering fatal heart attacks. The exact num ber of missing was not known, but state media said about two dozen people were trapped in flattened apartment buildings and about 70 workers were unaccounted for at a collapsed foam products factory north of Athens. More than 100 buildings crumbled, including multistory apartment houses and older stone dwellings, state media said. The most serious damage was in the Menidi district and other immigrant and working-class areas north of central Athens. There was no apparent damage to an cient sites, including the Acropolis and the towering columns of the Temple of Zeus. A series of aftershocks, as strong as 4.5, swayed buildings and kept people outdoors. Many Athenians have ances tral homes in other parts in the quake prone nation and have memories of dev astating temblors. The strongest quake in the Athens area this century was a magnitude 6 in 1914, said Vasilis Papzahos, one of the leading earthquake experts in the region. Chunks of concrete and marble fell from buildings, landing on cars and burst ing on streets and sidewalks. Windows shattered and sprayed glass shards onto • 11 1 1 sobbing crowds. People at an afternoon concert at a central Athens auditorium screamed and raced for the exits. Power and telephone service were out in many places of this city of more than 5 million. According to the Athens Seismolog ical Institute, the 2:56 p.m. quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 and was centered about 12 miles north of Athens. The epicenter was between Menidi and Earthquake see page 8 •. i • i N.J. death row inmate killed in prison fight ; ny Thomas Martello associated Press Trenton, N.J. — Convicted cop killer Robert “Mudman” Simon was killed in prison in a fight with anoth er death row inmate, a spokeswoman said today. .Simon, a motorcycle gang mem ber who was one of the state’s most notorious prisoners, was pronounced dead after being involved in the fight with Ambrose Harris, corrections sjiokeswoman Mary Ellen Bolton said Bolton had no further details, in cluding precisely when the fight hap pened or how the 48-year-old Simon died The two were housed in the death row section of the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. Both inmates remained on death row pending appeals. Harris was convicted in February 19% for the 1992 carjacking, rape and murder of Kristin Huggins, 22, of Low er Makefield Pa. Huggins disappeared Inmute seepages Khmer Kouge guerrilla charged witn genocide by'Ker Munthit Associated Press Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Cambo dia’s military court charged Khmer Rouge guerrilla chief Ta Mok with genocide Tuesday, two days before the expiration of detention limits that would have al lowed him to go free. Ta Mok’s lawyer, Benson Samay, said his client neither responded nor showed any emotion after hearing of the official chaige. “I went to show hint the charge this morning,” he said. “He showed no re action and said nothing.” Although Cambodia is a signatory to international conventions on crimes against humanity, its legislature never rat ified the convention or added genocide to the national criminal code. Court officials couldn’t be reached for comment Tuesday. Benson Samay said Ta Mok was being charged under a new law that was specifically Written to keep jailed Khmer Rouge leaders behind bars without trial for longer than the usual six month limit. The law allows courts to hold sus pects in detention for up to three years if they are charged with genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity. Cambodia and the United Nations are debating legislation that would create a• jointly administered tribunal for surviv ing Khmer Rouge leaders, blamed for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million peo ple during the group’s 1975-79 rule. The two sides remain far apart on key aspects of the proposed court, with each insisting it must have majority control of the proceedings. The United Nations, fearful that Cam * bodia’s underdeveloped and politicized courts can’t provide a fair trial, has warned that it will not participate in a Cambo dian-dominated trial. Some critics suggest that neither Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party nor the junior coalition party FUNCINPEC wants to see major Khmer Rouge figures face trial because it might expose embar rassing details of the guerrillas’ past re lationships with both parties. World Briefs Intruder bursts into BBC newsroom, threatens staff London (AP) — A man who eluded security guards burst into the British Broadcasting Corp.’s main newsroom Tuesday and threatened to kill staff mem bers before being overpowered by two BBC employees, police said. The BBC said the man threw a small table through a glass window to get into the newsroom, where about 100 people were working. He then tossed computer and television monitors around the room. No injuries were reported, and the „ man was subdued by two members of the BBC news staff and held until police ar rived, the BBC said. / NYPD officer wakes in subway tunnel New York (AP) — An off-duty police officer insists he doesn’t know how he ended up deep inside a subway tunnel with a broken ankle covered with soot. Service on three subway lines in low er Manhattan was interrupted for near ly four hours Monday after Officer David Mercado shot out a train signal to get someone to rescue him. He told investigators he boarded a northbound train around 4:30 a.m. Mon day, but doesn’t remember anything else until he awoke in the subway tunnel with his ankle broken in two places. He was finally found at about 8 a.m. after he attracted the attention of a sub way motorman by shooting out the sig nal. Mercado was suspended from duty pending an investigation, according to Officer Kevin Tyrell. . «* Pick up the phone, not the tab. 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