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Published: April 2, 2008 at 5:00 PM
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Missing Utah child found dead; five held

SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 2 (UPI) -- Police announced the arrest of five men on suspicion of murder in the disappearance of a suburban Salt Lake City child.

The body of 7-year-old Hser Nay Moo was found Tuesday night in the bathtub of an apartment in the South Salt Lake City building where she lived with her family, ABC News reported.

The girl had been missing since Monday afternoon when she went outside after an argument with her brother.

Police said FBI agents taking part in the massive search noticed something that led them to look in the bathroom where they found the girl's body.

ABC News said police are saying only that some evidence of trauma was seen. The names of the individuals being questioned and their relationship to the family weren't revealed.


Israel warns Hezbollah: Don't test us!

JERUSALEM, April 2 (UPI) -- Israel is concerned Syria has transferred chemical weapons to Hezbollah, while Syria has braced for an invasion, analysts said.

Israeli officials decided Wednesday to redistribute biochemical masks on intelligence suggesting Syrian officials might transfer biological or chemical weapons to the military wing of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Jerusalem intelligence reporting bureau, DEBKAfile said.

The Arabic-language al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper based in London quoted officials in Damascus as claiming the Israeli military is preparing for a large-scale attack on Syria, prompting the call-up of Syrian reservists and various other military preparations, Ynetnews reported Wednesday.

Israeli officials called for nationwide security exercises during April 6-10 and the Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, said Tuesday that Hezbollah should not "test us" following reports of a "great deal of activity" along Israel's northern border with Lebanon.

The DEBKAfile report says Damascus fortified the highway from Beirut to Damascus for fear of an Israeli invasion, though the al-Quds piece says Hezbollah decided against escalations over the alleged killing of Imad Mughniyeh, a top Hezbollah security official, for fear of provoking Israel.


John Paul II had 'supernatural qualities'

VATICAN CITY, April 2 (UPI) -- Speculation regarding the sainthood of the Pope John Paul II escalated Wednesday as Pope Benedict XVI attributed the late pontiff with "supernatural qualities."

Eulogizing at a mass commemorating the third anniversary of John Paul's death, Benedict said ''among his many human and supernatural qualities, (John Paul) also had an exceptional spiritual and humanistic sensibility,'' the Italian news agency, ANSA, said.

The head of the Roman Catholic diocese in Rome, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, closed the first steps of the beatification process at a similar mass last year.

Beatification is a phase on the way to full sainthood. Full sainthood requires evidence of a variety of theological qualifications, including evidence of miracles.

A French nun says she recovered from Parkinson's disease when she prayed for John Paul's intercession and claims of miracles attributed to the late pope arrive in Rome every week, Vatican officials said.

Vatican watchers expect a quick sainthood for John Paul II and some speculate the beatification date will be Oct. 16, the 30th anniversary of his election as pope, ANSA said. After that, if a second miracle it attributed to the beatified, that person would be canonized as a saint.


Anti-abortion activists slam Obama comment

PHILADELPHIA, April 2 (UPI) -- Abortion opponents say remarks by Sen. Barack Obama suggesting pregnancy is a punishment may hurt his chances to win the U.S presidency.

Obama, a Democratic contender and Illinois senator, told a town-hall meeting in Pennsylvania Sunday he would advocate sex education in response to a question about AIDS.

"I've got two daughters -- 9 years old and 6 years old," Obama said. "I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. ... So it doesn't make sense to not give them information."

Anti-abortion activists say those statements and his past record on abortion cast him in a negative light against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, The Washington Times said Wednesday.

"He would want his own grandchild aborted. It shows a real callous disregard for human life," said the executive director of National Right to Life, David Osteen.

Tommy Vietor, an Obama spokesman, said, "Senator Obama believes we can all agree that we should be taking steps to reduce the number of teen pregnancies and abortions in this country," adding that Obama's comments did not advocate abortion.


Jury in Diana inquest weighing verdict

LONDON, April 2 (UPI) -- A London coroner's jury retired Wednesday to begin considering six months of testimony on the 1997 car crash that killed Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed.

Lord Justice Scott Baker completed his summing up Wednesday morning, The Daily Telegraph reported. He told jurors they have no evidence the princess was deliberately killed.

Mohammed al-Fayed, owner of the Paris Ritz and Harrods Department Store, contends the crash in Paris was engineered by British intelligence to keep Diana from marrying his son. The inquest was convened partly to put his claims and other conspiracy theories to rest.

The jury has several options. Jurors could find that Diana was unlawfully killed by the photographers who were trailing her, by Henri Paul, the Fayed security officer driving the car who died in the crash, or both. They could also reach a verdict of accidental death or an open verdict.

In his summation, Baker also attacked the credibility of Diana's butler, Paul Burrell, saying that he gave misleading testimony.



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