White farmers refuse to give up land

HARARE, Zimbabwe--The deadlock between white farmers and theZimbabwean government, which has ordered them to abandon their land,showed no signs of breaking Sunday.

For a third straight day since the eviction deadline passed,farmers defying the order reported no official moves to forciblyremove them.

Nearly 3,000 white farmers were ordered to leave their property byFriday as part of a plan to seize white-owned lands and turn themover to blacks.

Several senior government officials have warned white farmers theyface arrest and possible imprisonment of up to two years if theycontinue to defy eviction orders.

Farming officials reported tension in some …

GM better get Europe back on track

GM Europe faces serious leadership problem, but one with a solution.

Lou Hughes has had a tough year. As president of General Motors International Operations he's supposed to make the automaker a global company. It's a directive from his two bosses, former GM chairman John Smale and current Chairman Jack Smith.

That formidable task put him at odds with executives at Opel and GM Europe. They claim Hughes is "bleeding" those operations, overworking its people and micromanaging to achieve his global goals. They might have a point. Earnings from GM Europe, which is made up of Opel and Vauxhall with the bulk of the money generated by Opel, dropped from $778 million in 1996 to …

Brazilian Football Results

Results from the 13th round of the Brazilian first-division football championship (home teams listed first):

Saturday's Games

Fluminense 1, Figueirense 0

Gremio 1, Cruzeiro 0

Ipatinga 4, Portuguesa 1

Sunday's Games

Goias 3, Palmeiras 2

Santos 1, Sport 0

Atletico Paranaense 3, Vasco 1

Nautico 1, Internacional 1

Flamengo 0, Vitoria 1

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Obituaries & News

Donald L. Barker

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Donald Lee "Sonny" Barker, 64, of Cleveland,formerly of Page, Fayette County, W.Va., died Monday, Jan. 31, 2000,at home after an apparent heart attack.

He retired from Ford Motor Co. with 31 years of service, was amember of Page Church of God and an Army veteran of the Korean War.

Surviving: wife, Irish Kirwood Barker; sons, Lee Allen, PaulDavid and Gary Junior of Cleveland, Ronald of Muncie, Ind., Tommy ofPage; daughters, Cindy Barker of Cleveland, Ronda Barker of Muncie;sisters, Shirley T. Hildebrand of Dixie, W.Va., Rosalee Willis ofCannelton, W.Va., Lilly M. Frazier of Kincaid, W.Va., CarolineNutter of West Salem, Susie M. …

Homegoing: La Doris J. Foster, Johnson Publishing Co. VP

Memorial services for LaDoris J. Foster, 71, vice president and director of human services at Johnson Publishing Company, parent company of Ebony and Jet, will be held Thursday at Unity Funeral Parlors, 4114 S. Michigan Ave., at 7 p.m. Visitation is at 5 p.m. A memorial will also be held in St. Paul, Minn.

Foster passed away Thursday from heart failure at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said her brother, Frank Foster.

A 47-year veteran, Foster, one of the company's most loyal and dedicated executives, was noted for her profound professionalism and compelling charm and wit. She connected well with employees despite being a no-nonsense professional committed to …

Capitals-Lightning Sums

Washington	1 1 1—3
Tampa Bay	1 2 2—5

First Period_1, Tampa Bay, Malone 3 (Lecavalier, St. Louis), 12:37 (pp). 2, Washington, Sturm 1 (Arnott, Ovechkin), 18:30 (pp). Penalties_Knuble, Was (goaltender interference), 8:59; Ovechkin, Was (charging), 11:14; Ohlund, TB (cross-checking), 15:13; Thompson, TB (goaltender interference), 17:30.

Second Period_3, Tampa Bay, Bergenheim 6 (Moore, Downie), 4:41. 4, Tampa Bay, Bergenheim 7 (Moore), 12:34. 5, Washington, Erskine 1, 13:40. Penalties_Schultz, Was (hooking), …

Bollywood star Salman Khan filming in Sri Lanka

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has begun shooting his latest film "Ready" in Sri Lanka, weeks after the Indian ocean island hosted the annual Bollywood awards that drew protests from South Indian film artists.

The film, directed by Anees Bazmee, also stars South Indian actress Asin Thottumkal and Paresh Rawal.

The story is woven around Prem (Khan), who falls for Sanjanna (Thottumkal) and tries to stop her two uncles from stealing her fortune.

Khan told reporters Wednesday that he was delighted to film in Sri Lanka because the country is close to India and its landscape is suitable for Indian productions.

The movie will be …