[Carol Lin, Cnn Anchor, Cnn Live Saturday:] ... trouble, actually arrested in Maryland. Claude Allen was arrested this week for allegedly scamming two department stores to the tune of more than $5,000. Allen resigned from the White House staff last month without explanation. The U.S. Agriculture Department is checking into a possible case of mad cow disease. That's after a routine test in Iowa indicated a possible infection. A USDA official said such inconclusive tests happen from time to time. But they're going to know the results in a few days. And a 28-car pileup near the Golden Gate Bridge. Two people were killed in a crash on highway 101 at about 2:30 this morning; 12 other people were hurt. An unusual snowstorm blanketed the Bay Area with about three inches of snow overnight. The world will never know how one of the most important war crimes trials in history would have ended. That's after the death of the defendant. A former president, a hero to many, the Butcher of the Balkan to many others, Slobodan Milosevic died earlier today in his bed in a Dutch detention center. He was Yugoslav's president when the Balkan civil war began and allegedly orchestrated a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing throughout the Balkans, including the conflict in Kosovo. After the initial reaction to his death, the question now is what now? CNN's Paula Newton at the Hague Paula.
[Paula Newton, Cnn Int'l. Correspodent:] Carol, it's going to be very few controversial days here in The Hague. Just a few hours ago the body of Slobodan Milosevic was taken from the detention center, where he was being held for almost five years, and to a morgue. There it will go undergo an autopsy sometime tomorrow. It will be the Dutch officials carrying out that autopsy. But very couldn't very controversially there will be some Serbian authorities there. Right now, already, in Serbia, tomorrow's newspapers are blaring that he was murdered, that he was poisoned. And right now the credibility of the war crimes tribunal is on the line. Slobodan Milosevic had been complaining about his health, had made a petition to go to Russia for specialized treatment, although, that appeal was denied. The reason, Carol, was that here at the war crimes tribunal, they had said after consulting with doctors, that there was really no need for him to go to Russia, that he was getting all the medical care that he needed right here. It's highly controversial right now. And the person on the hot seat is war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte. She, of course, was his legal adversary for so many years. And she says that she felt she was very, very close to getting a conviction. Of course, when she heard of his death, she really couldn't have been more shocked.
[Carla Del Ponte, U.n. Tribunal Chief Prosecutor:] I was informed about the death of Milosevic half an hour after he was found dead in his cell. I regret deeply what happened. First of all, because after more than three years trials, we are reaching the end of the trials by the beginning of this summer. And, I think, although that it is regrettable for all witnesses, for all survivors, for all victims that are expecting justice, but we must expect now the result of the autopsy to see what is the cause of death. It will be much more clear in the next days.
[Newton:] That will take several days, though, to really know the results of that autopsy. They could have preliminary results a lot sooner than that. Really, Carla del Ponte is in a bit of a fix right now. She's always said Slobodan Milosevic had used his medical condition and that it was a convenient excuse for him not to attend trial. It was a very big controversy about whether or not he was even taking the high blood pressure medication that he was on Carol.
[Lin:] Paula Newton, live for us at The Hague. Thank you. Now, Milosevic got the label butcher of the Balkans for his alleged brutal leadership during the break-up of Yugoslavia. He is suspected of ordering death squads to go across the countryside and rape and kill women, and children, and young men and boys. Now, it led to his indictment at the International War Crimes Tribunal. And that was a first for a sitting head of state. The strongest charge against him revolved around incidents that happened in Kosovo, where more than 10,000 people, mostly ethnic Albanians, died at the hands of Serbian troops. Dreadful news from Iraq and the last thing a Virginia family wanted to hear about a long held American hostage. Tom Fox, Christian Peace activist, kidnapped in November; he is dead. His body was found in a western Baghdad neighborhood. He had been shot. With more on reaction to the death of Tom Fox, CNN's Gary Nurenberg joins me from Washington. Gary, such sad news.
[Gary Nurenberg, Cnn Correspondent:] Oh, it is especially when you talk to his friends, Carol. You know, Tom Fox, today is being remembered as a man of peace, who believed he was doing God's work.
[Nurenberg:] Tom Fox was part of a Christian Peace team that was investigating possible human rights violations and helping Iraqi families find missing loved ones.
[Dave Boynton, Friend Of Tom Fox:] He was a man who listened to what God had to say, and then did it.
[Nurenberg:] Fox and three others were kidnapped in November by a group that threatened to kill them if prisoners held by the United States and the Iraqi government were not released. He was last seen in a video provided by his kidnappers in December. But he did not appear Tuesday in a new video showing the three other hostages. His body was discovered Thursday in a garbage dump, shot in the head with indications of torture. Fox knew the dangers, and wrote a statement in 2004 read Saturday by an old friend.
[Isabella Bates, Friend Of Tom Fox:] We reject the use of violent force to save our lives should we be kidnapped, held hostage or caught in the middle of violent conflict situation. We also reject violence to punish anyone who harms us.
[Nurenberg:] Fox taught for years at this Quaker meeting house in McLean, Virginia, where former students said his lessons will remain with them for life.
[Sean Wilner, Fox's Former Student:] There are plenty of people out there in the world who are willing to die for war; but there are so few who are willing to die for peace.
[Nurenberger:] Representatives of the local Muslim community visited his church Saturday to say they had prayed for his release.
[Frahanahz Ellis, Local Muslim Society:] We are mourning also because it feels like we have lost one of our own.
[Nurenberg:] His friends say Tom Fox took the risk because of a strong belief.
[Marge Epstein, Friend Of Tom Fox:] The direct action of connecting to people, one human being, and one heart at a time, is what we're all called to do if we ever expect to get out of this cycle of violence.
[Nurenberg:] Friends said what he would want most now is to have his work continue, and those friends vowed, Carol, to continue that work.
[Lin:] Indeed. Thanks very much, Gary. Wrapping up some other world news as well. Spain marks the two year anniversary of the Madrid train bombings. Schoolchildren laid a wreath at a city park and 191 trees are planted there, one for each person killed; 116 people have been charged with the attacks. And Condoleezza Rice was at today's inauguration of Chile's first woman president. Rice says the election of socialist Michelle Bachelet shows that democracy triumphed over Chile's troubled history. The former health and defense minister was jailed and tortured under dictator Augusto Pinochet. President Bush calls remote control bombs the greatest threat to troops in Iraq but he says he's optimistic things will improve under Iraq's new government. Monday he begins a series of speeches on Iraq. He was a top white house aide. In fact, when he resigned earlier this year, President Bush called Claude Allen a trusted advisor. Well, now Allen faces felony charges for allegedly scamming a pair of department stores. White House Correspondent Elaine Quijano has more on Allen's arrest.
[Elaine Quijano, Cnn White House Correspodent:] President Bush says he was shocked to learn through media reports that a former trusted aide, Claude Allen, had been arrested in Maryland for retail theft.
[George W. Bush, President Of The United States:] If the allegations are true, something went wrong in Claude Allen's life, and that is really sad.
[Quijano:] Allen served as deputy Health & Human Services secretary, then became the president's domestic policy advisor for a year, until he resigned last month. Allen's lawyer says his client is determined to prove his innocence.
[Mallon Snyder, Allen's Attorney:] It's disheartening to have these types of allegations made against you, especially when it's wrong.
[Quijano:] Police in Montgomery County, Maryland say they began investigating him after a manager at this Target store alleged he saw Allen make a fraudulent return on unpaid merchandise on January 2nd. Allen was stopped, police were called, and later that night, according to McClellan, Allan called White House Chief of Staff Andy Card to report the matter. The next day McClellan says Allen told Card and White House Counsel Harriet Miers, the incident was a misunderstanding. That there was confusion over his credit card because he had moved several times. McClellan says because he had undergone extensive background checks as a White House staffer, and as a one-time federal appeals court nominee he was given a benefit of a doubt. Just a few days later he told the White House he wanted to resign, citing family reasons. In court documents obtained by CNN, police allege their investigation found Allen had been conducting refunds in an amount over $5,000 during 2005, that there were approximately 25 known refunds crediting Allen's American Express or Visa Card. He is facing one count of theft by scheme, and one count of theft over $500. Allen could not be reached for comment, but his attorney denies the allegations.
[Snyder:] He's confident that the confusion is going to be explained and that everything is going to work out and the charges will be dropped.
[Quijano:] Now, Allen was released on his own recognizance. Meantime, President Bush says if the allegations are true, then Allen did not tell officials here the truth. The president said he felt disappointed and added he also felt sadness for Claude Allen's family Carol.
[Lin:] Thanks very much, Elaine. Yet another embarrassment for the president. And in the wake of the fight over the ports deal with Dubai, Republican leaders say the party is still behind President Bush. Privately, some congressional Republicans believe members will put some distance between themselves and the White House before this fall's election. They point to record low public approval of the president. Now, in the latest CNN"USA Today"Gallup poll, 38 percent of Americans approve of the way President Bush is doing his job, while 60 percent disapprove. The Democrats aren't done with criticism over port security either. Party Chairman Howard Dean delivered the party's weekly radio address saying the controversy wasn't about the government behind Dubai Ports World but about the people in charge here.
[Howard Dean, Chairman, Democratic National Cmte:] We need to do more to ensure the security of our ports. It's unacceptable that five years after 91111 mindset when it comes to closing the gaps in security in our ports. Democrats will continue to fight
[Lin:] John McCain heads to Memphis and so do a lot of other Republican big shots as presidential wannabes strut their stuff down south.
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