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Page 6 NATION&WORLD luesday June 13,2ft THE BATTALION Two Rhode Island students shot JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) —Jason Burgeson's fami ly spent part of the weekend picking out his casket, the finality almost too much to bear. "We can't make sense of it," Kellie Surdis, £6, said .Sunday of her brother's slaying. "We're just com pletely shocked." What began as a night of dancing for the 20- year-old college student and his friend ended with the pair kidnapped from downtown Providence, then taken to a golf course in Johnston and shot in the head. The slayings were the first in this community of 26,500 in five years. , "You can read about it happening elsewhere but when it comes in your backyard, it frightens you," said Johnston Mayor William Macera. Burgeson, of Lakeville, Mass., and Amy Shute, 21, of Coventry, were forced at gunpoint into Burgeson's sports utility vehicle early Friday morning. The car- jackers took the victims to the golf course under con struction, then argued about whether to kill the pair. Burgeson was shot twice; Shute once. Workers discovered the bodies later that day. They were together in a "semi-sitting position," said Police Chief Richard Tamburini. An engagement ring that belonged to Shute was found at the scene by investigators. "She removed it in an attempt to hide it from the assailants," Tamburini said. The victims, who were not engaged, were robbed of a small amount of cash. Five suspects have been charged with murder, kidnapping and carjacking and were scheduled to be arraigned Monday, police said. One suspect was stopped by police while riding in Burgeson's vehicle less than an hour after the investigation began. The others were arrested Saturday. Burgeson's family said they would push for the death penalty under a federal carjacking statute. The statute allows for the death penalty if the crime re sults in murder. 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In South Korea, television showed images of President Kim Dae-jung strolling with hi§ wife Monday in the gardens of the presidential Blue House. Government officials mingled with jour nalists at a press cen ter in a Seoul hotel. In the North, by contrast, there were no official pro nouncements on the summit. Offi cials in the South at tributed the summit secrecy, at least in part, to concerns over the security of North Korean leader Kim Jong II. The South wants , • _ a, _ Information aid from its traditional roes, SoulW I p r0 vided at rea, Japan and the United Stas , r* 11 1 Dallas i Reuni fication, the stated^oa/of b' nations, is likely to be a lengthy proaj QttcJCK* There are a host of touchy issues® ,. , s ■ „ I KENEDY (/ resolve, among them ^ ort h Kore: g missile and nuclear programs, andt: jy e sday, s U.S. military presence in South Kort thanaweekor South Korea's Kim will "broad' n jally Unit of tl understanding by saying everyth^ he wants to say," Park Joon-Youn) the chief presidential spokesperson of Criminal Ju: Officer Scol rting inmate e noon meal He will agree first on the easiest and most practical said Monday. "Hew six times by a agree first on theea-[inch metal roc est and most practu |6ned to a poir Spokesperson X “i issues. issues. _ r- i a- • , l “The office Seoul of6aab»| nd|antiash( quick to downpl. [ se | f) thars wh( North Korea's weeke lperficial stab v to delay t® The guard, —r— Park Joon-Younq ai the North to agree to reunions of separated fami lies, a summit sequel in Seoul and oth er conciliatory gestures in exchange for resources to rebuild the commu nist nation's ravaged economy. North Korea, which suffered a deadly famine in the late 1990s, relies on food request summit by a day,un®h for about Tuesday. They Md4 ea ‘ edatthe ; ; then was mo\ nor technicalprobleifm|_ The injur held up the schedule ered life-threi One Blue Hu Whs expectec official said glitch-leased, Todd a test-run satellite transmission® The inmate chief presidentia spokesperson television images from Pyongyafi|| n ^ Uadon Ty to Seoul was responsible, ^ other government officials 5^^ jn admj there were no problems. an d undergoir The North's failure to clearly expiahal affairs invr the delay prompted a flurry of specUB The entin ifeced on lo I'soners are Judge bon in South Korean media. ush ^chool of government & imblic Service Texas A&M University International Business, Government Policy and the World Economy With a litrle more than a months intense commitment, y<* li could acquire vital knowledge about global business. 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