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Moroccans mourn king
; RABAT, Morocco
(AP) Shops reopened and business activity quietly
resumed Monday as Moroccans, whoburied their king
the day before, continued to quietly mourn him.
Afterthe funeral, Moroccoentered a 40-day period of
mourning for King Hassan 11.
Flags flew at half-staff. An official statement asked
Moroccanstocancel any private ceremoniesduringthe
mourning period but to continue commercial activities
“in a normal way.” |
A “golden book” to receive condolence messages was
set up on the Internet.
Hassan, whoruled for 38 years, died with the Middle
East and North Africa headed down promising new
paths. But the battered Moroccan economy faces new
pressures of debt, drought and crippling unemploy
ment. ;
King Mohamed VI, whogrew upin the shadow ofhis
father, assumed the throne shortly after Hassan’s
death Friday of a heart attack.
“] am profoundly convinced” that Hassan “hasleft ...
- a successor who will add to his glories other noble
glories,” Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was
quoted by the official MAP news agency as writing to
Hassan’s youngest son, Prince Moulay Rachid.
The message had particular impact coming from
Algeria,whichhashad tenserelations with Morocco for
twodecadesbecauseofadispute over Western Sahara.
Congofighting continues
. BUKAVU, Congo
{AP) Government troops exchanged artillery fire
with rebels advancing through Congo’s northern for
ests, arebel leadersaid Tuesday,inafresh signthat the
yearlong civil war was nowhere near ending.
Thereported fightingcame as South Africalaunched
~ an effort to get the rebels’ signature on a July 10 peace
- agreement signed by Congo President Laurent Kabila
- and thetwo countries backing therebels, Rwanda and
- Uganda.
‘Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose 10,000 troops continue
their fight to topple Kabila, said his forces came under
heavy shellingMondayin Djomboand Lusengo, about
620 miles northeast of the capital, Kinshasa.
Bemba said his forces fired artillery rounds in re
sponse, killing 21 government soldiers in an ambush
onaroad near Djomboin northern Equateur Province.
S.C. hoycott
From page one
the Capitol dome to a monument
on the statehouse grounds. Each
move has been blocked by flag
supportersinthe General Assem
bly.
“The governor doesn’t believe
the legislators’ will on that issue
has changed,” Brook said.
Former Gov. David Beasley en
countered heavy opposition when
he proposed removing the flag,
and efforts to have the black lib
eration flag flown at the state
house have failed.
State Sen. Robert Ford,an SCLC
member who has worked for years
to remove the Confederate flag
from the statehouse, said he
couldn’t support the move.
“A boycott means somebody is
going to be hurt,” he said.
Also, leaders of South Carolina’s
African Methodist Episcopal
churches said the group will relo
cate its statewide youth confer
ence from Columbia, S.C.,to Char
lotte, N.C., because of the flag
controversy.
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Sierraleone’s President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah (L), Nigerian President Olusegun
Obasanjo (€) and Liberian President Charles Taylor (R) witness the symbolic
destruction of guns Monday, July 26, at the main military barracks in Monrovia,
Liberia. Taylor's government set fire to more than 1,000 guns Monday on a
symbolic pyre intended to show the world Liberia is ready to lay to rest its
violent past, three years after its brutal civil war ended. (AP Photo/Clement Ntaye)
MONROVIA, Liberia
(AP) Former fighters in Liberia’s brutal
civil warlaughed and jumped around a sym
bolic pyre, as 1,500 guns were burned in a
gestureintended toshowthe world this West
African country is ready to lay to rest its
violent past.
TheceremonyMonday at Monrovia’s main
military barracks came threeyearsafter the
warended and was timed tocoincide with the
152nd anniversary of the country’sindepen
dence.
Former faction fighters — now members
of the national army — posed for picturesin
front of the burning pile of weapons as thick
smoke billowed up, and a group of children
released white doves.
“Wehaveagreed thatthisweaponry, which
could have been used by the reconstructed
armed forces, must be destroyed,” President
Charles Taylor told the gathering, which
included Nigerian President Olusegun
Obasanjo, Sierra Leone’s president, Ahmed
Tejan Kabbah, and other regional leaders.
“We destroy these weapons because of our
passionfor peaceand ourundyingdesireto...
close this dark period of national tragedy.”
While the arms-burning in Monrovia was
asymbolic act, the real weapons destruction
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is taking place over several days at an
abandoned iron ore mine about 40 miles
northwest of the capital. There, the first
boxes of ammunition were exploded Sun
day in metal incinerators.
In the streets outside the barracks Mon
day, people sang and danced.
“For us to live to see this wonderful day,
it makes us so happy,” said Wonderfum
Kreh,a3l-year-old motheroftwowhosang
hymns and beat the lid of a pot with ametal
spoon in front of her crumbling, bullet
marked home.
Others were more skeptical.
“I don’t think it makes any difference,
because even if they destroy these weap
ons, there are still more out there,” said
CeciliaJallah,a39-year-old school teacher.
Awayfromthebarracks,thestreetswere
quiet. Some said they were put off by the
presence of armed soldiers throughout the
city, and the trafficjams that created. Oth
ers said they simply didn’t have the money
to attend the celebration.
Liberia’s 1989-96 civil war ravaged this
country,whichwasfounded byfreedslaves.
The war killed 200,000 people, forced half
the nation’s 2.6 million inhabitants from
theirhomesand reduced Monroviatorubble.
CBS defends record
on multiracial tv show
By Lynn Elber
AP Television Writer
PASADENA, Calif.
CBS has worked harder than
other networks to put minorities
initsfall lineup, with ethnic char
acters featured in 12 of 19 series,
executive Leslie Moonves said.
“We can, we will do more ... but
CBS stands alone as the No. 1
network aware of its responsibil
ity in this area,” Moonves said
Sunday, July 25, during the sum
mer meeting of the Television
Critics Association.
CBS is the home of Bill Cosby,
Cheech Marin (Nash Bridges),
Della Reese (Touched by an An
gel) and others, Moonves said.
The major networks have come
under fire from the NAACP and
others for fielding a nearly all
white lineup of new fall shows.
CBS is not exempt from the
criticism but will meet with the
NAACP within the next month to
discuss the issue, Moonves said.
CBS boasted about two new
shows: the fall series Now and
Again,featuringblack actor Den
nis Haysbert as a scientist, and
CityofAngels,amidseason hospi
tal drama with a predominantly
African-American cast.
The latter, from veteran pro
ducer Steven Bochco (Hill Street
Blues, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue),
stars Vivica A. Fox, Blair
Underwood and Michael Warren.
A major reason for doing the
series was to use the many black
actors, writers and directors who
areignored by theindustry, Bochco
said.
“There’s this extraordinary tal
ent pool underutilized in our busi
‘ness, both in New York and Los
'Angeles,” he said.
Warren, who played police Of
ficer Bobby Hill in “Hill Street
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Blues,” lamented television’s lack
of progress since a two-decade-old
study on the lack of racial inclu
siveness. :
“If you're asking the same ques
tion that was asked 22 years ago,
something needs to be done,” he
said.
Paris Barclay, the black co-cre
ator and co-executive producer of
City of Angels, blamed the dearth
of minorities on TV producers liv
ingin upscale white enclaves such
as Malibu, Brentwood and Bel-
Air. They don’t know blacks and
feel uncomfortable working with
them, he argued.
Bochco called the lack of mi
norities on TV a function of eco
nomics rather than racism.
Ifaudiences fail to watch shows
such as Paris, a drama Bochco
produced a decade ago starring
James Earl Jones, or the failed
1995 family drama Under One
Roof, networks don’t want to take
the risk again, he said.
City of Angels carries the bur
den of proving a largely black cast
can appeal to all viewers, Bochco
acknowledged.
“I'm very conscious of the sig
nificance of the show,” he said,
adding: “I hope I'm not being na
ive that if we make a good show,
the color of the characters will
recede in importance.”
Moonves also touched on the
hot-button issue of violence, say
ing the new mob drama Falcone
had some “over the top” scenes
and would face editing.
The show’s debut was delayed
by CBS until midseason because
of concerns following the Colum
bine High School shootings. But
its appeal to the network has in
creased with the dominant Emmy
showing by HBO’s mob drama
The Sopranos, Moonves said.
glary and one count of kidnaping
for attacking the teenager. He
remains behind bars at the Rich
mond County Law Enforcement
Center,4ol Walton Way. All three
attacks occurred near
Georgetown, Glenn Hillsand Ter
race Manor sections of south Au
gusta, police said. Major Autrey
said additional charges are pend
ing against Palmer wholives near
his alleged victims.
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