Memorial service held for pilot of Flight 587

Memorial service heldfor pilot of Flight 587
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Friends and relatives packed Trinity Church on Saturday to remember Edward Anthony States, the American Airlines pilot who died when his jetliner plunged into a New York neighborhood last week.
Family members said he considered flying his "dream career."
The memorial service was so crowded that many who attended watched on two television screens set up in another church building.
States' wife, Mary, described him as a dedicated family man who coached Little League and was a precise and accomplished carpenter. He and his 10-year-old son, Bradley, recently built a dozen desks for the church.
The couple met in the Air Force.
"He stood like a pillar with the strength of a giant," she said. "He was a great husband and my best friend."
States retired from the Air Force in the late 1980s with the rank of captain. As a reservist, he flew cargo missions during Operation Desert Storm.
Flight 587 was en route from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to the Dominican Republic when it crashed shortly after takeoff. All 260 people aboard the plane and five on the ground were killed.
Major obstacle removedto food sales to Cuba
HAVANA -- Fidel Castro removed a major obstacle to the first American food sales to Cuba in 40 years, saying Saturday that U.S. ships or vessels from other countries can bring the goods to the communist island.
In a 41/2-hour speech that began late Friday night, Castro said he would abandon his insistence that the food be shipped on Cuban vessels. The United States had rejected that proposal.
Castro said the American products could be picked up by boats from other countries -- including the United States -- and added that "we are pursuing the rest of the paperwork for the purchases."
Cuba's plans to buy American food are certain to please U.S. agricultural companies, which have been lobbying the government here to make a symbolic purchase under a U.S. law passed last year. The United States does not have diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Congress approved food exports to Cuba in 2000, easing a trade embargo imposed in 1961 -- but watered down the measure by prohibiting the U.S. financing of such transactions.
Archaeologists discovertwo Egyptian tombs
CAIRO, Egypt -- Archaeologists have uncovered two tombs dating back more than 2,500 years in a part of Cairo where the ancient city of Heliopolis once stood, Egyptian antiquity authorities said Saturday.
One of the limestone tombs contained a sarcophagus and 16 statuettes, said the chief state archaeologist for the Cairo-Giza area, Zahi Hawass.
The 26th dynasty (664-625 BC) tombs were discovered during an archaeological inspection of an empty plot of land in the Ein Shams, a district of northeastern Cairo. The landowner was seeking construction rights and, by law, building cannot begin without a permit certifying that a site has no historical importance.
Hawass said in a statement the tombs were found in a residential area, about 10 feet below the ground. It is believed the tombs have not been raided by grave robbers, but they have been damaged by leaking sewage water.
The one tomb belonged to Waja-Hur, a builder. His name was engraved on the statuettes, which the ancient Egyptians placed in tombs, said the statement.
Egyptian archaeologists planned to open the second tomb today.
Anniversary of revolt
ATHENS, Greece -- Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators Saturday after a march on the U.S. Embassy to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising that helped bring down Greece's military rulers.
Anarchist demonstrators hurled stones and wooden clubs at hundreds of police officers standing outside the embassy in Athens. Police responded with tear gas. No one was injured authorities said.
About 10,000 people took part in the annual march to honor students killed in a 1973 revolt that helped bring down a military dictatorship the following year.
Demonstrators also burned an American flag and chanted slogans against the U.S. military action in Afghanistan. "We're not with Bush or the Taliban, we want peace in Afghanistan," one group shouted.
The trouble was started by anarchist youths -- who don't belong to any particular protest group and have no group allegiance -- after the rally ended peacefully. The U.S. Embassy is the focus of the march because of American backing for the junta, which took power in 1967.
Associated Press