6JUN98 - Local herdsmen try to salvage twisted pieces of metal June 6 from the burned wreckage of an Eritrean jet shot down by Ethiopian anti-aircraft fire as it was approaching a cement factory on the outskirts of the Tigrian capital Mekele. The border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea escalated dramatically yesterday after negotiations by the United States and Rwanda failed. cd/Photo by Corinne Dufka REUTERS