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your quick guide to news from around the world Restaurant fire kills 29 in Chinese hotel 1 SHENZHEN, China — Thick, black smoke from a restaurant fire in southern China spread to an upstairs hotel, killing 29 peo ple — some suffocating and oth ers leaping to their deaths trying to escape. Another 13 people were in jured, at least two seriously, said Li Xiaogan, a local government spokesman in Shenzhen, a boom ing city near the Hong Kong bor der and the scene of some of mainland China’s worst fires. The fire started just before 2 a.m. in the Fatty Hotpot City restaurant on the second floor of a nine-story building. Floods surge in midwest 2DENISON, Iowa — Motel guests and residents scurried for higher ground early today af ter as much as 10 inches of rain caused flooding in western Iowa. Rain tapered off after dawn, but a flash flood warning re mained in effect for parts of the area. Both the Boyer and East Boyer rivers rose out of their banks after a wave of heavy thunderstorms rolled in from Nebraska. Overnight rainfall amounts were generally 5 to 6 inches, with 10.2 inches at Charter Oak, the Na tional Weather Service said. About 75 to 100 people were evacuated from 45 homes and the Park Motel in Denison. r Boy, 13, charged with killing girl 3 LIVERPOOL, England — A 13 year-old boy charged with killing a 9-year-old girl appeared briefly in court Wednesday and was ordered detained pending further proceedings. The boy, who cannot be iden tified for legal reasons, spoke only to confirm his name. But his attorney, Frank Dillon, said afterwards that the boy has denied the charge. The body of Jade Matthews was found July 8 on a railway line. Police said she had been beaten to death. 1 Politics in Bosnia still on shaky terms 4BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — A top U.S. envoy trying to force Radovan Karadzic from power in Bosnia took his mission Wednes day to Serbia’s president — the one Balkan politician who could do the job but has so far avoided it. Richard Holbrooke negotiated the agreement last year that brought peace and a 50,000-sol dier, NATO-led force to Bosnia. Now, he’s reportedly armed with a threat to reimpose economic sanctions if Serbian President Slobodan ’ Milosevic doesn’t deliver Karadzic, his former pro tege. Army investigates red swastikas on doors 5FORT BRAGG, N.C. — In the latest evidence of racism at Fort Bragg, red swastikas were painted in an Army barracks where black soldiers live. Swastikas were found spray painted Tuesday on eight doors inside a barracks for enlisted men and noncommissioned officers with the 950-man 7th Special Forces Group. Black soldiers live in six of the vandalized rooms; the other two rooms are vacant. Army investigators were trying to determine whether the vandal ism was racially motivated, and if someone outside the unit could have entered the building. OJ Simpson civic trial gets second judge 6SANTA MONICA, Calif.— The judge who has heard pre trial motions in the civil wrong ful death suit against O.J. Simp son was removed from the case Wednesday, one day after he was appointed to preside at the trial. Superior Court Judge Alan Haber of Santa Monica was re moved because the defense did n’t like him. “Each party gets one pre-emp tive challenge on a judge,” said Rosie Ruiz, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Superior Court public information office. A challenge filed by Simpson lawyer Robert Baker said Simp son believes he “cannot have a fair and impartial trial before” Haber. Guard tries to break into Stallone estate 7MIAMI — A night watchman at Sylvester Stallone’s $8 mil lion estate was stabbed and shot early Wednesday in what police believe was a foiled break-in attempt by another security guard. Responding to a 911 call just after 5 a.m., police found a blood ied Corey Wade, 22, walking away from the compound in the trendy Coconut Grove area on Biscayne Bay. Wade, who was due at work at 7 a.m., told officers he had been in a fight with a fellow guard and had shot and stabbed him. Emerald P.0 BOX 3159. EUGENE. OREGON 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emer ald operates independently of the University with offices at Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. 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(AP) — A boy who wanted to sleep rather than mow the lawn received a rude awakening when his father started up the mower in his bedroom. Rickey Worthley woke up his son Michael at 6 a.m. Saturday to mow the lawn, but the 17-year-old told him to go away, saying it was too early. His father returned, this time with the mower. He pushed it through the door and started it up, cutting clumps from the bed room carpet, said police Sgt. Randy Scott. Michael threw a fan at the mower and his father left. The boy called police, who ar rested Worthley and charged him with as sault. No one was injured. Airsickness bags used to prevent crash MEDFORD (AP)— A quick-thinking pilot used airsickness bags to help avert an acci THAN FICTION dent after his plane’s electrical system and radio died. Daryl Dickerson scrawled notes on the white bags and tossed them from the small plane to people below as he and instructor Ray Keough flew over the Grants Pass air port in Merlin. “Is our gear down and locked?” Dicker son wrote. He asked people to cross their arms if the wheels weren’t down. “About 10 people crossed their arms,” he said. “We knew we were in trouble.” But Dickerson, 44, didn’t panic. He even sent down a joke: “Send the bags back, we might need them.” He then headed for Rogue Valley Intema tional-Medford Airport, which is equipped to deal with emergency landings. On the way, Dickerson and Keough dropped the wheels manually. They saw a steady green light at the air port, giving them the OK to land. They land ed safely Monday morning. Sculptor depicts nude politicians ESSEX, Conn. — If President Clinton and Bob Dole take time from their campaign schedules to view a sculpture show, they might find an issue they could agree on — restoring the fig leaf. 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