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' U.N. puts sanctions on Afghanistan by Amir Shah Associated PRess Kabul, Afghanistan —The United Nations im posed sanctions on Afghanistan on Sunday for re fusing to hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden, prompting thousands of protesters into the streets of Kabul shouting “Death to America” and stoning the empty U.S. Embassy. The sanctions took effect at midnight EST fol lowing last-minute pleas from the ruling Taliban ^ militia. They’re intended to press the Taliban to de liver the Saudi exile to the United States or a third country to stand trial on chaiges of terrorism. Protesters in the streets of the Afghan capital burned U.S. flags and shouted anti-American slo gans. They accused the United Nations of being a “puppet” of the United States. One young Taliban soldier shouted “long live Osama” — the man the United States believes mas terminded last year’s bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. The mob of men tried to storm a World Food Program office but was stopped by Taliban soldiers who fired automatic rifles into the air. Others threw stones at the U.S. Embassy, which has been empty for 20 years. Taliban soldiers stood guard, preventing them from entering the grounds. In a statement Saturday, the Taliban Foreign Min istry uiged the United Nations either to abandon sanctions or postpone them “to give time for the so lution of this problem.” The statement said the Taliban was ready for talks with the United States. Washington has re peatedly rejected Taliban offers for talks or alterna tives to surrendering bin Laden. The U.N. sanctions order all states to freeze the Taliban’s oveiseas assets and ban flights owned, leased or operated by the Taliban from taking off or land ing. An exemption to the flight ban would be per milted for humanitarian reasons or to allow the Is lamic pilgrimage to Mecca. The sanctions are more modest than those im posed by Washington earlier this year banning U.S. trade and investment with the Taliban. The Taliban have refused to hand over bin Laden, saying that they have no extradition treaty with the United States and that Afghan culture and tradition make it impossible to turn a guest over to his ene mies. Residents in Kabul who spoke to The Associ ated Press complained bitterly about the sanctions, the United Nations and the United States. “The Afghan people are dying.... It is an unfair decision for the Afghan people,” said high school teacher Mohammed Ibrahim. His family home was destroyed by relentless fighting between rival Is lamic factions that took control of Kabul from the former communists. About 70 percent of the capital lies in ruins, rav aged by four years of factional fighting that ended in 1996 when the Taliban army threw ouU coali tion of Islamic parties headed by former president Burhanuddin Rabbani’s government. The United Nations recognizes Rabbani’s gov ernment, which now operates in barely 10 percent of Afghanistan. The Taliban, who espouse a harsh brand of Islamic law, rule the remaining 90 percent of the country. Food prices have already begun to climb in Kab ul and the Afghan currency has dropped sharply. On Saturday, the Afghani had plummeted to 51,000 to the dollar, from a previous 43,000. Bin Laden has been living in Afghanistan since May 1996, when Rabbani ruled. Since Rabbani’s ouster, bin Laden has found refuge with the Taliban Islamic militia. He is listed on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list. 1 Flight recorder found Special to The Gamecock A cooler containing the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAIr Flight 900 Is carried off a Navy helicopter after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base on Sunday. Right-to-die conference shows off do-it-yourself 'suicide devices' by Laurence Cruz Associated Press Seattle — Righl-to-die activists from around the world convened here Satur day to discuss and demonstrate do-it-your self suicide devices — such as the “ex pirator” and the “debreather” — that bypass doctors and legislatures. Moderates in the right-to-die movement boycotted the two-day meet ing, saying assisted suicide should remain within medical and legal bounds. “We do consider these groups on the extreme of the movement as opposed to our advocacy, which is very much on a medical and legal model,” said Barbara Coombs Lee, executive director of the Compassion in Dying Federation in Port land, Ore. But Faye Girsh, president of Hem lock Society USA, said she attended the conference and found it very worthwhile. The invitation-only event was closed to most news reporters and the public. “What surprised me is how many peo ple are working on this from how many places,” she said in a telephone interview. “There is tremendous ingenuity.... This was a wonderful forum to be able to ex change ideas on the subject.” The conference was organized by Junction City, Ore.-based Euthanasia Re search & Guidance Council, ERGO for short, a group started by Derek Humphry, author of the 1991 best-selling suicide how-to book, “Final Exit,” and founder of the Hemlock Society. Humphry did not respond to re peated phone calls from The Associat ed Press seeking comment and access . to the meeting. All the suicide devices on display at the two-day conference involve breath ing deadly gas, from caibon monoxide to helium. They can be assembled at home, using readily available parts.. The expirator delivers a fatal dose of nitrogen gas. The debreather — a mask based on scuba technology — recycles air, grad ually removing oxygen until the user blacks out and then suffocates. The body does not feel distressed because nitrogen continues to fill the lungs. Also on the agenda was a still-in-the works “suicide pill” eagerly awaited by some activists. “That’s what people want,” Girsh said. “1 think for most people that would RIQHT-TO-DIE see pact 6 World Briefs ■ Investigators reach 3-year-old wreckage Dorchester, NJH. (AP) — Investiga tors on Saturday pulled a cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed three years ago in for est so dense that authorities had diffi culty standing. Among the debris, spread over about 150 yards, were the two seats containing the remains of Johan Schwartz, 31, and Patrick Hayes, 30. They were found about 20 feet from the Learjet’s scorched fuse lage. , Officials didn’t know Saturday whether the voice recorder would be in any condition to provide clues about the crash. The two Connecticut men had been trying to land in rain and fog at Lebanon Ai/port on Christmas Eve 1996 when their plane dropped oil radar. Their disappearance prompted the largest official search in slate history and drew hundreds of volunteers over the years to the rugged, mountainous lemiin of western New Hampshire. A forester found the wreckage Thurs day while surveying the sleep and thick ly forested private land. The landowner said he was a few hundred yards from the site several weeks ago but never saw the plane. ■ Coast Guard captures 1.5 tons of narcotics Charlotte Amale, US. Vrgm Islamjs (AP) —Authorities in the U.S. Virgin Is lands on Sunday began unloading more than 3,000 pounds of heroin and cocaine from a ship seized last week in the Caribbean Sea The U.S. Coast Guard stopped the freighter for a routine check as it passed near Trinidad, off Venezuela’s coast, of ficials said. The ship had come from Bar ranquilla Colombia and was carrying sug ar. After discovering the drugs, U.S. au thorities arrested tire ship’s 13 crew mem ben, then took the vessel to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Officials said they were still uncovering drugs Sunday. “Wfe don’t have a final count, but right now it’s about 1.5 tons,” said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Jeffrey Murphy. Need Some Cash? ^ Help Sera Tec Help Others by Donating Life Saving Plasma New donors or anyone who has not donated in 6 months can earn. $25 - First Donation $40 - Second Donation ' Regular donors can earn $40 _per calendar week. 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