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www.ntnews.com.au Tuesday, February 21, 2012. NT NEWS. 17 PUB: NT NE- WS- DA TE: 21-F GE: 17 C LO- R: C M Y K ntnews.com.aul l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l WORLD Posh ban takes gloss off paint AN op-shop selling cheap tins of luxury paint to help the needy has been beset by rich families keen to bag a bargain. The $85, five-litre tins of Farrow & Ball paint were being sold in the Tree of Life store in a run-down area of Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester for just £5 — $7.40. To try to stop home owners from one of Britain’s wealthiest areas, Wilmslow in nearby Cheshire, cashing in, the shop now insists customers provide proof they are on benefits. Kill accused demands cereal OLYMPIA: A woman charged with four murders has demanded she be allowed to eat Cocoa Puffs while incarcerated. Holly Grigsby, who has white- supremacist links, claims her constitutional rights are being denied by not having access to her favourite chocolate breakfast cereal. Lawyers for the 24-year- old Washington state resident demanded she also have access to candy bars and other snack foods while awaiting trial on murder charges. Argies back Scotland EDINBURGH: Argentina is reportedly trying to drum up support from Scotland for its claim to the Falkland Islands. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is considering sending representatives to join Scottish celebrations of the 700th anniversary of Robert the Bruce’s win over the English. First Minister Alex Salmond hopes to hold a referendum on Scottish independence in 2014. KEY NUCLEAR TALKS TEHRAN: A team of inspec- tors from the UN nuclear watchdog has arrived in Tehran for what are set to be key talks about Iran’s nu- clear program. The Internat- ional Atomic Energy Agency team arrived yesterday. This is the second IAEA visit to Tehran within a month. KILLER WINTER KABUL: More than 40 peo- ple have frozen to death in Afghanistan’s coldest win- ter in years, most of them children. The Government’s Health Ministry has re- corded 41 deaths from freezing in three provinces. All but three or four of those killed were children. JAIL GUN-BATTLE MANILA: Dozens of gunmen armed with grenades and bombs stormed a southern Philippines jail trying to free a detained comrade, but they were repulsed by pol- ice in a night battle that kil- led three people, officials say. Fifteen people were wounded, most of them civ- ilians, outside Kidapawan’s city hall compound. Former members of a Muslim rebel group have been blamed. AVALANCHE DEATHS WASHINGTON: Four people were killed yesterday after two avalanches struck, in- cluding a snowboarder who was swept off a cliff by loose snow. An avalanche near Stevens Pass, in the Cascade Mountains north- east of Seattle, buried three experienced skiers. The three victims were all all men in their 30s and 40s. Twelve skiers were caught in the avalanche. Mean- while, about 64km south at Snoqualmie Pass, a 41-year- old snowboarder died after being swept off a cliff when he triggered an avalanche. Obama under fire CUMMING, Georgia: Re- publican presidential con- tender Rick Santorum has accused Barack Obama of advocating a ‘‘world view’’ different from most Ameri- cans, as he back-pedalled from an attack on the US President’s Christianity. Mr Santorum, an op- ponent of abortion and gay rights, has surged past Mitt Romney in opinion polls of Republican voters after winning in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri. A day after telling an Ohio audience Mr Obama’s agenda is based on ‘‘some phony theology, not a the- ology based on the Bible’’, Santorum told CBS tele- vision: ‘‘I believe the Pre- sident’s Christian. I am talking about his world view, and the way he app- roaches problems in this country. I think they’re dif- ferent than how most peo- ple do in America.’’ Bali bomb mix role Umar Patek JAKARTA: Alleged terrorist Umar Patek has admitted to preparing the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bomb- ings but denies knowing the full extent of the plot that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. Patek’s lawyers told the West Jakarta District Court yesterday the 45-year-old does not deny mixing the ex- plosives used in a co-ordinated attack on two nightclubs in the tourist area of Kuta a decade ago. One bomb, a huge 700kg device, was loaded into a van and deton- ated outside the Sari Club on Jelan Legian near Kuta Beach, 20 seconds after a sui- cide bomber launched an at- tack on the same street at the nearby Paddy’s Bar. A third device was detonated near the US Consulate but did lit- tle damage. Patek is charged with pre- meditated mass murder for his alleged role in the Bali bombings. He could be sen- tenced to death if convicted. But defence lawyer Ainal, who goes by one name, told the court his client did not know the bombs, on which he put the finishing touches days before the October 12 at- tacks, were to be used to kill Western tourists. ‘‘The defendant was only invited by Imam Samudra to come and mix the bomb ma- terial,’’ Ainal told the court. ‘‘There is no legal argu- ment that could prove the de- fendant deliberately partici- pated in the plan to take lives. The person who car- ried the bombs to be ex- ploded was Ali Imron.’’ Samudra was executed in 2008 for his role in the Bali bombings, along with Am- rozi and Ali Ghufron. Imron is expected to testify against Patek. Teams throw oranges at each other during the traditional Battle of the Oranges, held during the carnival in Ivrea, near Turin, yesterday. The event marks the rebellion of the people against tyrannical lords who ruled the town in the Middle Ages, with the revellers on carts representing guards of the tyrants Rape captive marries Elizabeth Smart ELIZABETH Smart, the young Utah woman kidnapped at knifepoint at 14 and held captive for nine months by an itinerant street preacher, has married her Scottish fiance at a Mormon temple in Hawaii. A family spokesman said she married Matthew Gilmour, of Aberdeen, Scotland, on Oahu’s North Shore yesterday. Smart, 24, is in her last year at Brigham Young Uni- versity. She met Mr Gilmour while doing Mormon missionary work in Paris. Brian David Mitchell was convicted in 2010 of Smart’s 2002 kidnapping and sexual assault. He is serving a life sentence. South Korea drills SEOUL: South Korea has begun live- fire military drills from frontline is- lands near its disputed sea border with North Korea, despite Pyong- yang’s threat to attack. The drills, which were scheduled to last two hours, happened in an area that was the target of a North Korean artillery attack in 2010 that killed four South Koreans. South Korean military officials re- ported no immediate action by North Korea. Residents on those frontline islands were asked to go to underground shelters before the drills started, according to an officer at Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. North Korea called the drills a ‘‘premedi- tated military provocation’’ and warned it would retaliate. Dark day remembered John Key WELLINGTON: The earthquake that left 185 people dead in Christchurch last year will go down in history as one of New Zea- land’s darkest days, Prime Minister John Key says. Mr Key will visit Christchurch tomor- row with five of his senior min- isters. They will attend several services marking the first anniversary of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake. Uprising ‘lacks support’ Assad ALLEPO: A top US military adviser says it is premature to arm the Syrian opposition, reinforcing the belief of rebels the uprising is an ‘‘orphan revolut- ion’’ without any international support. It follows reports that at least 23 people died yester- day in at- tacks by Syrian forces, as President Bashar al- Assad’s regime hit out over the killings of an attorney-general and a judge. Monk torches himself BEIJING: A Tibetan monk has died after a self-immolation protest in China. Hundreds of monks and lay Tibetans pre- vented police from seizing the body of the monk after he set fire to himself in Sichuan province, the rights group International Campaign for Tibet said. The Buddhist monk had shouted his sup- port for Tibetan spiri- tual leader the Dalai Lama. It was the latest of about 20 such pro- tests in recent months.

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Posh ban takes gloss off paint

AN op-shop selling cheap tins of luxury paint to helpthe needy has been beset by rich families keen to baga bargain. The $85, five-litre tins of Farrow&Ballpaint were being sold in the Tree of Life store in arun-down area ofWythenshawe, Greater Manchesterfor just £5 — $7.40. To try to stop home owners fromone of Britain’s wealthiest areas, Wilmslow in nearbyCheshire, cashing in, the shop now insists customersprovide proof they are on benefits.

Kill accused demands cereal

OLYMPIA: Awoman chargedwith four murders hasdemanded she be allowed to eat Cocoa Puffs whileincarcerated. Holly Grigsby, who haswhite-supremacist links, claims her constitutional rights arebeing denied by not having access to her favouritechocolate breakfast cereal. Lawyers for the 24-year-oldWashington state resident demanded she alsohave access to candy bars and other snack foodswhile awaiting trial onmurder charges.

Argies back Scotland

EDINBURGH: Argentina is reportedlytrying to drum up support from Scotlandfor its claim to the Falkland Islands.Argentine President Cristina Fernandezde Kirchner is considering sending representatives tojoin Scottish celebrations of the 700th anniversary ofRobert the Bruce’s win over the English. First MinisterAlex Salmond hopes to hold a referendum on Scottishindependence in 2014.

KEYNUCLEARTALKSTEHRAN: A team of inspec-tors from the UN nuclearwatchdog has arrived inTehran for what are set tobe key talks about Iran’s nu-clear program. The Internat-ional Atomic Energy Agencyteam arrived yesterday. Thisis the second IAEA visit toTehranwithin amonth.

KILLERWINTERKABUL: More than 40 peo-ple have frozen to death inAfghanistan’s coldest win-ter in years, most of themchildren. The Government’sHealth Ministry has re-corded 41 deaths fromfreezing in three provinces.All but three or four of thosekilledwere children.

JAIL GUN-BATTLEMANILA: Dozens of gunmenarmed with grenades andbombs stormed a southernPhilippines jail trying to freea detained comrade, butthey were repulsed by pol-ice in a night battle that kil-led three people, officialssay. Fifteen people werewounded, most of them civ-ilians, outside Kidapawan’scity hall compound. Formermembers of a Muslim rebelgroup have been blamed.

AVALANCHEDEATHSWASHINGTON: Four peoplewere killed yesterday aftertwo avalanches struck, in-cluding a snowboarder whowas swept off a cliff byloose snow. An avalanchenear Stevens Pass, in theCascade Mountains north-east of Seattle, buried threeexperienced skiers. Thethree victims were all allmen in their 30s and 40s.Twelve skiers were caughtin the avalanche. Mean-while, about 64km south atSnoqualmie Pass, a 41-year-old snowboarder died afterbeing swept off a cliff whenhe triggered an avalanche.

Obamaunder fireCUMMING, Georgia: Re-publican presidential con-tender Rick Santorum hasaccused Barack Obama ofadvocating a ‘‘world view’’different from most Ameri-cans, as he back-pedalledfrom an attack on the USPresident’s Christianity.

Mr Santorum, an op-ponent of abortion and gayrights, has surged past MittRomney in opinion polls ofRepublican voters afterwinning in Minnesota,Colorado and Missouri.

A day after telling anOhio audience Mr Obama’sagenda is based on ‘‘somephony theology, not a the-ology based on the Bible’’,Santorum told CBS tele-vision: ‘‘I believe the Pre-sident’s Christian. I amtalking about his worldview, and the way he app-roaches problems in thiscountry. I think they’re dif-ferent than how most peo-ple do in America.’’

Bali bomb mix role

Umar Patek

JAKARTA: Alleged terroristUmar Patek has admitted topreparing the explosivesused in the 2002 Bali bomb-ings but denies knowing thefull extent of the plot thatkilled 202 people, including88 Australians.

Patek’s lawyers told theWest Jakarta District Courtyesterday the 45-year-olddoes not deny mixing the ex-

plosives used ina co-ordinatedattack on twonightclubs inthe tourist areaof Kuta a decadeago. One bomb,

a huge 700kg device, wasloaded into a van and deton-ated outside the Sari Club onJelan Legian near KutaBeach, 20 seconds after a sui-

cide bomber launched an at-tack on the same street at thenearby Paddy’s Bar. A thirddevice was detonated nearthe US Consulate but did lit-tle damage.

Patek is charged with pre-meditated mass murder forhis alleged role in the Balibombings. He could be sen-tenced to death if convicted.

But defence lawyer Ainal,

who goes by one name, toldthe court his client did notknow the bombs, on whichhe put the finishing touchesdays before the October 12 at-tacks, were to be used to killWestern tourists.

‘‘The defendant was onlyinvited by Imam Samudra tocome and mix the bomb ma-terial,’’ Ainal told the court.

‘‘There is no legal argu-

ment that could prove the de-fendant deliberately partici-pated in the plan to takelives. The person who car-ried the bombs to be ex-ploded was Ali Imron.’’

Samudra was executed in2008 for his role in the Balibombings, along with Am-rozi and Ali Ghufron.

Imron is expected to testifyagainst Patek.

Teams throw oranges at each other during the traditional Battle of the Oranges, held during the carnival in Ivrea, near Turin, yesterday. The event marksthe rebellion of the people against tyrannical lords who ruled the town in the Middle Ages, with the revellers on carts representing guards of the tyrants

Rape captive marries

Elizabeth Smart

ELIZABETH Smart, the young Utahwoman kidnapped at knifepoint at14 and held captive for nine monthsby an itinerant street preacher, hasmarried her Scottish fiance at aMormon temple in Hawaii.

A family spokesman said shemarried Matthew Gilmour, ofAberdeen, Scotland, on Oahu’sNorth Shore yesterday. Smart, 24, is

in her last year atBrigham Young Uni-versity. She met MrGilmour while doingMormon missionarywork in Paris. Brian

David Mitchell was convicted in2010 of Smart’s 2002 kidnapping andsexual assault.

He is serving a life sentence.

South Korea drillsSEOUL: South Korea has begun live-fire military drills from frontline is-lands near its disputed sea borderwith North Korea, despite Pyong-yang’s threat to attack.

The drills, which were scheduledto last two hours, happened in anarea that was the target of a NorthKorean artillery attack in 2010 thatkilled four South Koreans.

South Korean military officials re-ported no immediate action byNorth Korea. Residents on thosefrontline islands were asked to go tounderground shelters before thedrills started, according to an officerat Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. NorthKorea called the drills a ‘‘premedi-tated military provocation’’ andwarned it would retaliate.

Dark day remembered

John Key

WELLINGTON: Theearthquake that left185 people dead inChristchurch last yearwill go down in historyas one of New Zea-land’s darkest days,Prime Minister JohnKey says.

Mr Key will visitChristchurch tomor-

row withfive of hissenior min-isters. Theywill attendseveral

services marking thefirst anniversary ofthe 6.3 magnitudeearthquake.

Uprising ‘lacks support’

Assad

ALLEPO: A top USmilitary adviser saysit is premature to armthe Syrian opposition,reinforcing the beliefof rebels the uprisingis an ‘‘orphan revolut-ion’’ without anyinternational support.

It follows reportsthat at least 23 people

died yester-day in at-tacks bySyrianforces, asPresidentBashar al-

Assad’s regime hit outover the killings of anattorney-general anda judge.

Monk torches himselfBEIJING: A Tibetanmonk has died after aself-immolationprotest in China.

Hundreds of monksand lay Tibetans pre-vented police fromseizing the body of themonk after he set fireto himself in Sichuanprovince, the rights

group InternationalCampaign for Tibetsaid.

The Buddhist monkhad shouted his sup-port for Tibetan spiri-tual leader the DalaiLama. It was the latestof about 20 such pro-tests in recentmonths.