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Turkey orders mosques to give messages against terrorism BY PAMELA SAMPSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISTANBUL, TURKEY - The Turkish government on Sunday ordered the nation’s mosques to deliver an anti-terrorism mes sage as authorities pieced to gether evidence to determine who was behind a string of sui cide bombings that killed 57 peo ple and wounded hundreds more. The Directorate for Religious Affairs, which controls all mosques in Turkey, said the anti terrorism sermon should be preached Tuesday, the first day of a three-day Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan. "Terrorism, violence and an archy have nothing to do with Islam,” the sermon reads. “Our duty is to love one another, and to live like brothers in unity.” Separately, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip-Erdogan suggest ed the attacks occurred in Turkey because the nation is a democracy with strong ties to the West. “It is meaningful that Turkey was targeted,” Erdogan told the British Broadcasting Corp. “Turkey is a model country that has merged the culture of Islam and democracy together.” The prime minister linked his country’s efforts to join the European Union with the fight against international terror, sug gesting it would improve the im age of the West among Muslims while aiding global law enforce ment. “Terrorism has an interna tional, a global structure and the fight against it should also be global and we must do it all to gether,” he said. Erdogan also said officials have not yet confirmed al-Qaida’s participation in the attacks, but believe the orders for the attacks came from abroad. “Unfortunately, four Turkish cit izens have been used in this in cident as part of this group, which has international connec tions,” Three groups with purported al-Qaida links have claimed re sponsibility for the bombings Thursday at the British Consulate and a London-based bank, which killed 30 victims and the two bombers. On Nov. 15, at tacks on two synagogues killed 23 victims and the two bombers. More than 100 people crowded into Istanbul’s tiny Anglican church Sunday for a memorial to those killed in the attacks on the consulate and the London-based bank, HSBC. The Rev. Ian Sherwood, the British consulate chaplain in Istanbul, said not enough Islamic leaders have condemned the at ' tacks. “I’m appalled that I’ve not re ceived any statements from a Muslim teacher anywhere in the world to express sorrow or rec onciliation. It’s a real weakness that has to be addressed,” he said after the service. Newspaper reports focused Sunday on reported failings by the intelligence services. “The state’s intelligence orga nizations had sufficient informa tion on hand to prevent these at tacks or at least to lessen the im pact of the damage,” columnist Murat Yetkin wrote in the news paper Radikal. “However, pre ventive measures could not be taken because piecemeal infor mation in the hands of the vari ous intelligence units could not be put together.” The Milliyet daily reported that the National Security Council on Friday agreed there had been shortcomings in coor dination and deficiencies in gath ering intelligence. The newspaper Hurriyet said Saturday that 18 people were tak en into custody late Thursday, just hours after the near-simul taneous attacks at the consulate and HSBC. Investigators have also iden tified the automobile dealership that sold pickup trucks used in the attacks, Hurriyet said. 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The bodies, found Saturday morning, could have been in the woods for seven months or pos sibly a year, Sheriff Tommy Mims said. The remains were clothed, but it was impossible to deter mine immediately the sex of the bodies, which will be sent to Newberry for forensics patho logical examinations on Monday. Mims said he doesn’t think the remains are of anyone the department has been inves tigating as missing. He said it is possible they are the bodies of migrant workers. 3 die in car chase with Highway patrol COLUMBIA (AP) - Three Monetta residents died in a car J accident during a police chase in Lexington County. Driver Isaac Cullum, 24, his girlfriend, Josephine Grant Thomas, 30, and his cousin Patrick Eugene Harris, 31, were killed Friday night when their ,1976 Chevrolet Nova hit an oak tree at an intersection. A Batesburg-Leesville officer noticed the car driving in the wrong lane, said state Highway Patrol spokesman Josef Robinson. The officer tried to pull the car over, but it sped off, authorities said. The chase reached speeds of 100 mph before the driver lost control of the car at the inter section. Officials question court decisions CHARLESTON (AP) - Local of ficials want to re-evaluate the county’s Mental Health Court following two incidents in which offenders released from jail for treatment met with tragic con sequences. The court, the first of its kind in South Carolina, started in January and allows people with mental disorders who are charged with nonviolent crimes to get treatment and avoid prison. The process, which can take two to six weeks, is coming into question following two cases in which the system failed and of fenders with mental disorders were accused of committing vi olent crimes soon after their re lease. State cuts 1,100 jobs, records show COLUMBIA (AP) - More than 1,100 state workers have lost per manent, full-time jobs since the beginning of 2001, according to the State Budget and Control Board. Hundreds of other temporary workers also have been dis missed, but no statewide figures are available on those jobs. The 8.4 percent decline in the state’s permanent work force left workers searching for new work in an economy where the government is hemorrhaging jobs. NATION Groups protest FBI antiwar monitoring WASHINGTON (AP) - Civil liberties groups and politicians raised the prospect Sunday that FBI monitoring of antiwar protesters could stifle legitimate dissent and jeopardize people’s First Amendment right to speak their mind. “What is the chilling effect that will be felt by Americans all across the country if they think they will come under FBI scruti ny just by going to a protest?” said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. An FBI official on Sunday de nied any effort to collect intelli gence on people exercising their rights to free speech. Chi-Chi’s sued over hepatitis outbreak PITTSBURGH (AP) - Five law suits have already been filed against the Chi-Chi’s restaurant chain over a hepatitis A out break that has killed three peo ple and sickened nearly 600, and scores of other lawsuits are like ly to follow. But legal experts say two key issues facing the company could determine whether victims and their families get the settlements they seek: insurance and bankruptcy. The Mexican restaurant chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Oct. 8, citing cash flow problems, a month before the hepatitis out break was confirmed. Harvard leads pack of Rhodes scholars BOSTON (AP) - The newest class of Rhodes Scholars in cludes a soldier on his way to Iraq, a political science major who has worked with refugees in the Balkans and Afghanistan, and a national Frisbee champi on who was a contributing sci entist on a NASA Mars mission. As the winners were an nounced late Saturday and early Sunday, many of the finalists waited impatiently at ceremonies in cities around the country. Harvard led the class of 2004 — the 100th year of American Rhodes Scholars — with four of the 32 American scholars. The U.S. Military Academy, Stanford University, Boston College, Williams College and Washington University can each boast of two. The two from Boston CoEege are the school’s first. Jury hears Malvo’s taped testimony CHESAPEAKE, VA. (AP) - One jury heard hours of sniper sus pect Lee Boyd Malvo’s taped con fessions, punctuated by his gig gles and sound effects and proud descriptions of a paramilitary mission to extort money in the nation’s capital region. Another jury, looking for in sight into the mind of convicted sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad as they decide whether to recommend the death penalty, has seen little beyond old home movies of him playing with his chEdren, and his bizarre but short-lived attempt to represent himself at trial. WORLD 5 U.S. soldiers die in helicopter crash KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AP) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed and seven injured when their helicopter crashed Sunday near the American military head quarters north of the Afghan capital, U.S. Central Command said. The soldiers were involved in an ongoing U.S. military op eration, dubbed Mountain Resolve, taking place in the east of the country, the military said. It was not clear what caused the crash, and*the military said it was investigating. Bagram Air Base, just north of the capital, is home to most of the 11,600 coalition forces in Afghanistan. Georgian president quits amid protests TBILISI, GEORGIA (AP) - Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned Sunday as the opposition threatened to storm his residence. His fall sparked fireworks and dancing among tens of thousands of protesters and ended a political crisis aston ishing for its speed ana lack of violence in a blood-washed re gion. Shevardnadze’s resignation caps a political career during which he won admiration in the West by helping guide the Cold War to an end as Soviet foreign minister under Mikhail Gorbachev. But during 10 years as president of Georgia, he be came despised for rampant cor ruption. Shaton floats plan for unilateral steps JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whose popularity has slipped over his failure to end the conflict with the Palestinians, floated the idea of unilateral steps Sunday, with officials telling Israeli media this may include drawing a bor der and removing some settle ments. In the weekly Cabinet meet ing Sunday, Sharon said he re mains committed to the U.S. backed “road map” peace plan, which envisions a negotiated deal, with a Palestinian state as a centerpiece, by 2005. But Sharon added that he does not rule out unilateral steps. U.N. official warns of terrorist killings KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AP) - Terrorists will kill more of the humanitarian workers try ing to rebuild Afghanistan if in ternational forces don’t im prove security soon, a U.N. of ficial warned Sunday at the fu neral for a slain French aid worker. Kamel Morjane, the assistant high commissioner of the United Nations refugee agency, noted that anti-government militants pose an increasing threat throughout the country. He made the remarks at a memorial for Bettina Goislard, 29, who was shot on Nov. 16 in the southern city of Ghazni by suspected Taliban insurgents.;