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THURSDAY, JULY 15 , 20216At midnight on Wednesday, Bangladesh Coast Guard Outpost Shahpuri conducted a specialoperation in Jalliapara area of Shahpuri Island under Teknaf Police Station and seized 482pieces (Andaman Gold and Justice) beer. The operation was conducted on the basis of secretinformation under the leadership of Station Commander Lt. Commander M Naimul Haque.During the operation, the Coast Guard members signaled to stop 2-3 persons whose movementwas suspected. At that time, the traffickers sensed the presence of the Coast Guard membersand fled inside Zhaoban. The Coast Guard then searched Zhaoban and seized 482 pieces of beer(Andaman Gold and Justice) in 05 plastic bags. The seized beer has been handed over to TeknafModel Police Station for further legal action.Photo : CourtesyRajshahi records total 70,257 Covid-19infections, 1,108 deaths so farRAJSHAHI : A total of 1,196 more people havetested positive for Covid-19 in all eight districtsin the division on Tuesday, taking the caseloadto 70,257 while 1,108 deaths were recordedhere so far since the pandemic began across thecountry.With 12 more fatalities from the diseasereported on the day, the death toll reached1,108, including 476 in Bogura, 199 in Rajshahiwith 108 in its city and 123 inChapainawabganj, said Dr Habibul AhsanTalukder, divisional director of Health.The new daily infection figure shows anescalating trend compared to the previousday's figure of 1,008, the health departmentsources said.Among the infected people, 47,842 have, sofar, been cured from the lethal virus with 602new recoveries found on the day.A total of 9,044 infected patients are nowundergoing treatment at different designatedhospitals here.Besides, all the positive cases for Covid-19have, so far, been brought under necessarytreatment while 16,047 were kept in isolationunits of different hospitals for institutionalsupervision. Of them, 10,780 have by now beenIgnoring the lockdown in Chilmari of Kurigram, cattle market is going on. Nobody is maintainingsocial distance and wear face mask even if there are a lot of people overflowing in the market.Photo : Golam MahbubKHULNA : A total of 1,621 morepeople tested positive for Covid-19while 36 people died of the lethalvirus in last 24 hours till 8 am onWednesday in the division, sourcessaid.With the new positive cases, thenumber of infected patients rose to76,401, they said.The total death toll of 1,725included the highest 452 in Khulna,followed by 370 in Kustia, 245 inJashore, 153 in Jhenidah, 127 inChuadanga, 103 in Bagerhat, 85 inMeherpur 79 in Satkhira, 71 in Narailand 40 in Magura, said Dr RashedaSultana, divisional director of Health,on Wednesday.Among the 36 new fatalities, 11 arein Kustia, nine in Khulna, seven inJhenidah, five in Jashore, two inMeherpur and one each inChuadanga and Satkhira in thereleased.On the other hand, 531 more people havebeen sent to home and institutional quarantineafresh while 437 others were released fromisolation during the last 24 hours till 8 am onWednesday.Of the total afresh positive cases, the highest376 were detected in Pabna followed by 277 inRajshahi, including 228 in its city, 192 inBogura, 138 in Sirajganj, 110 in Natore, 48 inChapainawabganj, 34 in Naogaon and 21 inJoypurhat and districts.With the newly detected patients, thedistrict-wise break-up of the total cases nowstands at 20,938 in Rajshahi, including 16,839in its city, 4,590 in Chapainawabganj, 5,382 inNaogaon, 5,347 in Natore, 3,921 in Joypurhat,16,370 in Bogura, 6,165 in Sirajganj and 7,544in Pabna.A total of 93,246 people have, so far, beenkept under quarantine since March 10 last yearto prevent the community transmission of thedeadly coronavirus (COVID-19).Of them, 82,527 have, by now, been releasedas they were given clearance certificates aftercompleting their respective 14-day quarantineperiod.36 die of Covid-19,1,621 test positivein Khulnadivision.The new daily infection figureshowed increase compared to theprevious day's figure of 1,588 said thehealth department sources."Among the infected people,48,867 have, so far, been cured fromlethal virus with 756 new recoveriesfound," said Dr Rasheda, adding thata total of 10,206 infected patients arenow undergoing treatment atdifferent designated hospitals here.Besides, all the positive cases forCovid-19 have, so far, been broughtunder necessary treatment while76,806 were kept in isolation units ofMobile courts fine85 for violatinglockdown inJamalpurJAMALPUR : District andupazila administrations inseparate mobile courts fined85 persons for violatinglockdown enforced to controlcovid-19 in the districtyesterday.District administrationsources said 16 mobile courtswere conducted and Tk1,15,350 from 85 persons whoviolated the health guidelinewere realized as fine.Nine mobile courts realizedTk 76350 from 58 persons indistrict headquarter while twomobile courts realized Tk12000 from 10 persons inMelandah upazila, two mobilecourts realized Tk 7200 from6 persons in Madarganjupazila, two mobile courtsrealized Tk 5500 from 6persons in Sarishabari upazilaand one mobile court realizedTk 14300 from 5 persons inBakshiganj upazila.different hospitals for institutionalsupervision. Of them, 50,093 havebeen released so far.On the other hand, 571 more peoplehave been sent to home andinstitutional quarantine afresh while500 others were released fromisolation during the last 24 hours.Of the total new positive cases, thehighest 375 were detected in Khulna,followed by 325 in Kustia, 227 inJashore, 164 in Meherpur, 155 inBagerhat, 111 in Chuadanga, 96 inNarail, 87 in Jhenidah, 47 in Magura,34 in Satkhira.The total covid-19 patients nowstands at 19,823 in Khulna, 16,206 inJashore, 11,197 in Kustia, 5,945 inJhenidah, 5,015 in Bagerhat, 4,924 inChuadanga, 4,621 in Satkhira, 3,581in Narail, 2,818 in Meherpur and2,271 in Magura in the division.34 more testpositive forCovid-19 inNaogaonNAOGAON : A number of 34more people were diagnosedwith COVID-19 positive in the24 hours in the district aftertesting 279 samples atRajshahi Medical CollegeHospital COVID-19 PCRlaboratory and Naogaon 250-bed Modern Sadar HospitalCOVID-19 rapid antigentesting centers.The infection rate is about12.18 percent in the district,deputy civil surgeon of thedistrict Dr. Manjur-A-Morshed, told BSS.The total number ofinfected persons in the districtstood at 5,348 and thenumber of recovery casesstood at 4,428.Meanwhile, 67 patientsrecovered from COVID-19 inthe 24 hours in the district.A total of 107 persons haveso far died of COVID-19 in thedistrict, he added.Dr. Manjur-A-Morshed said48 infected persons are nowundergoing treatment atvarious hospitals in thedistrict and rest of the infectedpersons are now undergoingtreatment at home quarantineunder the supervision ofdoctors from their respectiveupazila health complexes.25 more die in RMCHCovid-19 unitRAJSHAHI, July 14, 2021(BSS) - A number of 25more people, including tenfemale, died at Covid-19unit of Rajshahi MedicalCollege and Hospital(RMCH) during the last 24hours till 6 am onWednesday, taking thedeath toll to 248, so far, thismonth.RMCH Director Brig GenShamim Yazdani toldnewsmen that 12 of thosewere the residents ofRajshahi, three fromChapainawabganj, Natoreand Pabna each, two fromNaogaon and one eachfrom Kustia and Jashoredistricts. They were agedbetween 21 and 65, he said.Among the deaths, seventested positive for Covid-19,14 had its symptoms andfour others died afterbecoming negative forCovid-19, he said, addingthat yesterday's fatalityfigure was 19.Yazdani said the hospitalalso had counted 25fatalities caused by Covid-19 on June 29 last since thepandemic began.Some 72 more patientswere admitted to thedesignated wards of thehospital afresh during thetime, taking its number to500, including 232 testedpositive for Covid-19.Another 20 patients areundergoing treatment inthe Intensive Care Unit(ICU) of the hospital.There are 454 beds in 14wards dedicated for theCovid-19 patients in thehospital. Two more wardswith central oxygen supplysystems have been added tothe corona unit recently tocope with the graduallymounting pressure.Demand for oxygen hasgradually been rising forthe last couple of months inthe wake of escalation ofpatients in the hospital.At present, over 8,000liters of oxygen are beingsupplied to the Covid-19patients every day on anaverage in the hospital butthe daily oxygen demandwas only 2,500 liters inaround two months back.But, the oxygen demandhas gone up by around3,000 liters, particularly inthe last one month.Yazdani opined over 60percent of the new Covid-19patients admitted to theCovid-19 unit of RMCH arefrom villages, reiteratingthat awareness among thevillagers is less compared tothe urban people.Despite symptoms theyhesitate to go for tests."Only they are coming tothe hospital when they feelworse. Then we havenothing to do for them, theyare dying," he continued.He said utmost attentionshould be given to thevillages along with urbanareas as the fatality rateamong the villagers is moreand the grave situation isaggravating day-by-daythere.Apart from theadministration and healthworkers,publicrepresentatives, politicalactivists and volunteersshould come forward andwork together, otherwise,the situation may be furthermore alarming, hementioned.Doa mahfil was held at Sarishabari in Jamalpur on the occasion of the first death anniversary of NurulIslam Babul, chairman of Jamuna Group and daily Jugantar. The program was held at Press ClubMilayatan on Wednesday afternoon at the initiative of Sarishabari Press Club.Photo : MA RoufOne more diesof COVID-19,48 infected inC'nawabganjCHAPAINAWABGANJ :One more person died ofCovid-19 and 48 werediagnosed positive with thelethal virus during the 24hours till Wednesdaymorning, sources said,reports BSS.With the new fatalityreportedfromChapainawabganj sadarupazila, the death tollclimbed to 123 in the district,they said.The fatality included 83 ofSadar, 26 of Shibganj, eightof Gomostapur, four ofNachole and two of Bholahatupazilas.On the other hand, thenumber of Covid-19 casesclimbed to 4,557 as 48 morepeople were detectedpositive after testing 396samples during the 24 hoursin the district while theinfection rate is 12.12percent, Civil Surgeon Officesources confirmed. Amongthe newly detected patients,38 are from sadar upazila,one from Shibganj upazila,seven from Gomostapurupazila and two fromBholahat upazila.Of the total detectedpatients, 2,538 are fromSadar, 783 from Shibganj,594 from Gomostapur, 356from Nachole and 286 fromBholahat upazilas.At present, there are 569Covid-affected patients inthe district and of them, 65are undergoing treatment indedicated Covid hospitaland others at home.Meanwhile, 3,866 patientshave recovered from thedisease here, the sourcesadded.RMP distributes relief to1,000 more jobless peopleRAJSHAHI : Rajshahi Metropolitan Police(RMP) has provided humanitarianassistance to 1,000 more jobless and otherdistressed people aimed at ensuring theirfood security amid the strict lockdownenforced to contain the Covid-19 spread.Each of the recipients was given a 24.5-kilogram food package containing rice, flour,potato, salt and edible oil so that they canmeet their food demand.As part of its continuous humanitarianassistance, the RMP authorities distributedthe food items at Rajshahi Collegiate Schoolplayground on Tuesday afternoon throughmaintaining health rules to contain Covid-19spread.Rajshahi Mayor AHM KhairuzzamanLiton attended the distribution programmeas the chief guest with RMP CommissionerAbu Kalam Siddique in the chair.RMP Additional Commissioners SuzayetIslam and Mazid Ali and DeputyCommissioners Rashidul Hassan, SazidHossain and Saifuddin Saheen were presenton the occasion.Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Litonexpressed his gratitude to the RMP forstanding beside the jobless people and urgedmore other government, non-governmentand volunteer organizations to remain by theworst-affected people amid the pandemic.He said the present government under thedynamic and visionary leadership of PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina has been workingrelentlessly to support the hand-to-mouthpeople during the global pandemic.Liton said all the worst-affected people arebeing brought under humanitarian supportso that they can lead their life throughmitigating their financial constraint beingcaused by the pandemic.He, however, urged the recipients to followhealth rules strictly to contain the spread ofthe deadly virus.Md. Shah Alam, Parliament member of Barisal-2 constituency distributed thecorrugated iron sheets among the destitute and helpless families affected byvarious natural calamities. Banaripara Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ripon KumarSaha presided over the distribution ceremony at the Upazila Parishad auditoriumon Tuesday.Photo : S Mizanul Islam
ThUrSDAY, JUlY 15, 20217Malaysia shut down a mass vaccination center in its worst-hit state Tuesday after more than 200medical staff and volunteers tested positive for the coronavirus.Photo : APMalaysia shuts vaccination centerafter 204 staff infectedKUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia shutdown a mass vaccination center in itsworst-hit state Tuesday after more than200 medical staff and volunteers testedpositive for the coronavirus.The closure was the first of avaccination center and came as thecountry's new confirmed infectionsbreached five figures Tuesday, hitting arecord 11,079.Science Minister Khairy Jamaluddinstressed that swift government actionhad contained the cluster at the IdealConvention Center in central Selangorstate.Khairy, who is in charge of the nationalimmunization program, said heordered the testing of all 453 workers atthe center after two volunteers wereconfirmed to have the virus. Khairysaid the 204 whose results werepositive had low viral loads, meaningthe amount of virus in their bodies wassmall.This could be because 88% or 400 ofthe workers have already beenvaccinated, he said.The center was shut for deepNEW YORK : The COVID-19 curve in theU.S. is rising again after months of decline,with the number of new cases per daydoubling over the past three weeks, driven bythe fast-spreading delta variant, laggingvaccination rates and Fourth of Julygatherings.Confirmed infections climbed to an averageof about 23,600 a day on Monday, up from11,300 on June 23, according to JohnsHopkins University data. And all but twostates - Maine and South Dakota - reportedthat case numbers have gone up over thepast two weeks."It is certainly no coincidence that we arelooking at exactly the time that we wouldexpect cases to be occurring after the JulyFourth weekend," said Dr. Bill Powderly, codirectorof the infectious-disease division atWashington University's School of Medicinein St. Louis.At the same time, parts of the country arerunning up against deep vaccine resistance,while the highly contagious mutant versionof the coronavirus that was first detected inIndia is accounting for an ever-larger shareof infections.Nationally, 55.6% of all Americans havereceived at least one COVID-19 shot,sanitization and all its workers arebeing isolated. Khairy said it willreopen Wednesday with a new team ofmedical workers.He urged people who were vaccinatedat the center since Friday to isolatethemselves for 10 days and be tested ifthey develop symptoms. He declined tosay how many people had visited thecenter since Friday. It has the capacityto deliver up to 6,000 shots a day."This is the first time we had to shutdown a (vaccination center) because ofpositive cases but we acted fast. Byshutting it down today and by takingcorrective measures ... we hope thedisruption is only one day and that thiswill not hamper the vaccinationprocess," Khairy said.He said it would be safe to visit thecenter starting Wednesday forvaccinations.Khairy said health measures at all othervaccination centers will be tightened,but didn't order other workers to betested. Selangor, the country's richeststate bordering Kuala Lumpur, is theworst hit by the pandemic. It accountedUS COVID-19 casesrising again, doublingover three weeksaccording to the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention. The five states with thebiggest two-week jump in cases per capita allhad lower vaccination rates: Missouri,45.9%; Arkansas, 43%; Nevada, 50.9%;Louisiana, 39.2%; and Utah, 49.5%.Even with the latest surge, cases in the U.S.are nowhere near their peak of a quartermillionper day in January. And deaths arerunning at under 260 per day on averageafter topping out at more than 3,400 overthe winter - a testament to how effectivelythe vaccine can prevent serious illness anddeath in those who happen to becomeinfected.Still, amid the rise, health authorities inplaces such as Los Angeles County and St.Louis are begging even immunized people toresume wearing masks in public. AndChicago officials announced Tuesday thatunvaccinated travelers from Missouri andArkansas must either quarantine for 10 daysor have a negative COVID-19 test.Meanwhile, the Health Department inMississippi, which ranks dead last nationallyfor vaccinations, began blocking posts aboutCOVID-19 on its Facebook page because of a"rise of misinformation" about the virus andthe vaccine.The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, withthe number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, drivenby the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates andFourth of July gatherings.Photo : APfor nearly half of Tuesday's new cases,partly because of increased virusscreening amid a tight lockdown.The government has struggled tocontain the pandemic, which hasworsened despite a lockdown sinceJune 1. Total confirmed cases havesoared by 50% since June 1 to 855,949,while deaths have more than doubledto over 6,200.Hospitals especially in Selangor havebeen overwhelmed, with some patientsreportedly being treated on the floordue to a lack of beds, and corpses pilingup in mortuaries.Vaccinations have picked up, with 11%of the population now fully inoculated.At least a quarter of the country's 32million people have received at leastone dose of vaccine.The daily vaccination rate surpassed420,000 doses on Monday, thenational Bernama news agency quotedPrime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin assaying,He expressed confidence that the fastpace of vaccination would help stemthe outbreak.Power vacuumrattles Haiti in wakeof president's killingPORT-AU-PRINCE :Pressure is mounting on theman who claims to be Haiti'sleader in the aftermath of thepresident's assassination,with at least two other officialsclaiming to be the legitimatehead of government amid arace to fill the political powervacuum, reports UNB.Interim Prime MinisterClaude Joseph, who is rulingHaiti with the backing of leanpolice and military forces, haspledged to work with theopposition and allies ofPresident Jovenel Moise, whowas killed Wednesday at hisprivate residence.He faces two rivals: ArielHenry, whom Moisedesignated as prime ministera day before he was killed, andJoseph Lambert, the head ofHaiti's dismantled Senate,who was recently chosen by agroup of well-knownpoliticians to be provisionalpresident.Meanwhile, a coalition ofmain opposition partiescalled the Democratic andPopular Sector presented itsown proposal Tuesday for thecreation of what it called theIndependent MoralAuthority. It would be madeup of human rights activists,religious leaders, academicsand others who would becharged with reviewing andmerging all proposals.Also on Tuesday, membersof Haiti's civil societyannounced that they wereworking on a proposal for asmooth transition anddeclined to say whether itsupports a specific person tolead Haiti."We don't want them toreduce us to who should dowhat," said Magalie Georges,a teacher and union leader.Lambert was supposed tobe sworn in Sunday as asymbolic act, but the eventwas canceled at the lastminute because he said not allhis supporters could bepresent.Bezos' Blue Origingets OK to send him,3 others to spaceFLORIDA : Jeff Bezos' rocketcompany has gottengovernment approval tolaunch people into space,himself included, reportsUNB.The Amazon founder willclimb atop his New Shepardrocket next Tuesday in WestTexas, joined by his brother,an 82-year-old femaleaviation pioneer and a $28million auction winner. It willbe the first launch withpassengers for Blue Origin,which like Richard Branson'sVirgin Galactic plans to startflying paying customers in themonths ahead.The Federal AviationAdministration issued its OKon Monday. The license isgood through August. OnSunday, Virgin Galactic'sbillionaire founder RichardBranson rode his own rocketplane to space, accompaniedby five company employees. Aspecially designed aircraftcarried the winged ship aloftover New Mexico. The spaceplane dropped away, fired itsrocket motor and soared to53.5 miles (86 kilometers),before gliding to a runwaytouchdown.Death toll rises to 92 in blazeat coronavirus ward in IraqNASIRIYAH : The death toll from a fire thatswept through a hospital coronavirus wardclimbed to 92 on Tuesday, Iraq's state newsagency reported, as anguished relativesburied their loved ones and lashed out at thegovernment over the country's second suchdisaster in less than three months.Health officials said scores of others wereinjured in the blaze that erupted Monday atal-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriyah,reports UNB.The tragedy cast a spotlight on what manyhave decried as widespread negligence andmismanagement in Iraq's hospitals afterdecades of war and sanctions.Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimiconvened an emergency meeting andordered the suspension and arrest of thehealth director in Dhi Qar provice, thehospital director and the city's civil defensechief. The government also launched aninvestigation.The prime minister called the catastrophe"a deep wound in the consciousness of allIraqis."Two Iraqi health officials, speaking oncondition of anonymity in line withregulations, disputed the reported death toll,saying 88 had been killed.Authorities at one point said the fire wascaused by a short circuit. Another officialsaid the blaze erupted when an oxygencylinder exploded. The officials were notauthorized to talk to the news media andspoke on condition of anonymity.In April, at least 82 people - many of themcoronavirus patients or their relatives - werekilled in a fire at a Baghdad hospital thatbroke out when an oxygen tank exploded.Iraq's health minister resigned over thedisaster.In the holy city of Najaf, the dead fromNasiriyah were laid to rest. Mourningfamilies stood over the coffins at a mosque tosay one last prayer.Their tears were tinged with anger, withsome saying the disaster could have beenprevented. They blamed both the provincialgovernment and the central government inBaghdad.Ahmed Resan, who witnessed the blaze,said it began with smoke. "But everyone ranaway - the workers and even the police. A fewminutes later there was an explosion," hesaid. He said firefighters arrived an hourlater."The whole state system has collapsed, andwho paid the price? The people inside here.These people have paid the price," Haidar al-Askari seethed at the scene.Overnight, firefighters and rescuers - manyholding flashlights and using blankets tosmother small fires - searched through theward. As dawn broke, bodies covered withsheets could be seen laid out on the groundoutside the hospital. Distraught relativessearched for traces of their loved ones amidcharred blankets and belongings.Ali Khalid, 20, a volunteer who dashed tothe scene.The death toll from a fire that swept through a hospital coronavirus ward climbed to 92 on Tuesday,Iraq's state news agency reported, as anguished relatives buried their loved ones and lashed out atthe government over the country's second such disaster in less than three months. Photo : APIn Seoul center, NorthKorean defectors findsolace with localsSEOUL : A small group of North Koreandefectors gather at a sleek seven-storybuilding in Seoul. Together with SouthKorean residents, they play the accordion,make ornaments and learn how to growplants. Later, some go out for coffee."South and North Koreans gather here,smile and talk to each other. They ask eachother about their pasts. Some (SouthKoreans) say their parents also originallycame from North Korea," said Ko Jeong Hee,60, a defector who teaches accordion at theInter-Korean Cultural Integration Center."The atmosphere is really good here."The center, which opened last year, isSouth Korea's first government-run facilityto bring together North Korean defectorsand local residents to get to know each otherthrough cultural activities and fun. It's meantto support defectors' often difficultresettlement in the South, but also aims atstudying the possible blending of the rivals'cultures should they unify, reports UNB.Unification is a cherished part of the politicalrhetoric of both Koreas, but the difficulties ofcreating a single Korea comprised of thefantastically rich and successful South andthe poor, authoritarian North make thereality of such a plan deeply complicated.A Korean unification in the near futureseems highly unlikely. The North, despitedecades of poverty and mistrust of theoutside world, is not politically unstable, andthere have been no meaningful recent talkson unification between the Koreas.Exchange programs between the Koreas -singers, art troupes and basketball matches -are frozen in the midst of a dispute overNorth Korea's continued accumulation ofnuclear weapons. There are also questionsover just how useful the center will be, andwhether many defectors, suffering economichardship, will join in events that offer nochance of profit.About 34,000 North Koreans haveresettled in South Korea after fleeing povertyand political oppression at home, mostly inthe last 20 years or so. That's about 0.06% ofSouth Korea's 52 million people. Upon theirarrival in South Korea, defectors are givencitizenship, apartments, resettlementmoney, three months of social orientationcourses and other benefits.But they come from an extremelyrepressive, nominally socialist countrywhose estimated nominal gross domesticproduct was only one-54th of South Korea'sin 2019. Many are often discriminatedagainst in the South and struggle to adjust totheir new brutally competitive, capitalisticlives.Last year, official data showed defectors'monthly average wage was about 80% ofSouth Koreans'. They stuck with a job for31.6 months on average, less than half thetime spent by South Koreans; and theirschool dropout rate was nearly three timeshigher. A 2019 survey showed only 9.4% ofSouth Korean respondents would acceptdefectors marrying into their families.The plight of defectors in the South raisesquestions about what would happen if SouthKorea had to handle a sudden influx of NorthKorea's 26 million people in the event of aunification on South Korean terms."This country has been unable to embracethose who voluntarily flee North Korea, butmany are shouting for an integration ofSouth and North Koreans and a unification,"said defector Son Jung Hoon, who worked asa human rights activist in South Korea foryears. "That's hypocrisy."Even the center's establishment has beencontentious. Its opening was delayed forseveral years because of protests by localresidents, who worried it would tarnish theirneighborhood's image and lower housingprices. Center officials say there are no suchcomplaints any longer.Churches and civic groups have previouslyoffered activities involving defectors, oftenenticing them with cash. They included achorus, camping trips and soccer games withSouth Korea-born residents.Western wildfiresthreatening AmericanIndian tribal landsBLY : Fierce wildfires in thenorthwest are threateningAmerican Indian tribal landsthat already are struggling toconserve water and preservetraditional hunting groundsin the face of a Westerndrought.Blazes in Oregon andWashington were amongsome 60 large, active wildfiresthat have destroyed homesand burned through close to amillion acres (1,562 squaremiles, 4,047 squarekilometers) in a dozen mostlyWestern states, according tothe National Interagency FireCenter.I n n o r t h - c e n t r a lWashington, hundreds ofpeople in the town ofNespelem on the ColvilleIndian Agency were orderedto leave because of "imminentand life-threatening" dangeras the largest of five wildfirescaused by dozens of Mondaynight lightning strikes torethrough grass, sagebrush andtimber.Seven homes burned butfour were vacant and theentire town evacuated safelybefore the fire arrived, saidAndrew Joseph Jr., chairmanof the Confederated Tribes ofthe Colville Reservation thatincludes more than 9,000descendants of a dozen tribes.Monte Piatote and his wifegrabbed their pets andmanaged to flee but watchedthe fire burn the home wherehe'd lived since he was a child."I told my wife, I told her,'Watch.' Then boom, there itwas," Piatote told KREM-TV.The confederation declareda state of emergency Tuesdayand said the reservation wasclosed to the public and toindustrial activity.
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