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200 arrested in parade protest

DENVER — About 200 American Indians and supporters were arrested yesterday in downtown Denver for standing in the path of a Columbus Day parade that commemorates the Italian explorer they blame for the genocide of indigenous peoples.

Carrying signs that read: “Columbus: America’s first terrorist” and “We were here first,” about 300 opponents of the parade stood in its path. Police stopped the parade a block before it reached the protesters and told them to move. About 200 refused and were arrested.

Earthquake activity up at Mount St. Helens

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. — Earthquake activity has increased at Mount St. Helens, but scientists said yesterday there was no reason to raise the volcano’s alert level.

Scientists said earthquake activity had been low until Friday, indicating molten rock was moving upward with little resistance. Yesterday, however, quakes of magnitude 2.4 were occurring every one to two minutes, they said.

“It’s at levels equal to or higher than the Oct. 5 steam and ash eruption,” said Jeff Wynn, the U.S. Geological Survey’s chief scientist for volcano hazards at Vancouver.

Nazi guard says he was forced into job

SHARON, Pa. — A man facing deportation because he served as a guard at two Nazi concentration camps said he was forced to join the unit that guarded the camps or face death.

The U.S. Department of Justice wants to revoke the citizenship of Anton Geiser, 79, a retired Pennsylvania steelworker who was born in Croatia. The department said Mr. Geiser hid his service in the Waffen SS from U.S. officials when he immigrated in 1956.

The department said Mr. Geiser was an armed guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin from January to November 1943 before being transferred to the concentration camp at Buchenwald.

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