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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 2000
Page
5
Belgium's prime minister publicly took blame for the world’s failure to act during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. At a memorial ceremony near Kigali, Guy Verhofstadt admitted negligence and hesitation aided the slaughter that left more than half a million dead.
Demonstrators at Miami airport retreated after Attorney General Janet Reno said Elian Gonzalez would be evaluated by psychiatrists before any return to his father. Reno set a plan for the boy to be handed to his father with instructions next week and urged the relatives to meet with experts. Cuban-Americans continued to voice strong feelings as the city waited for legal resolution and space for goodwill.
Universal interest surrounds Greta Garbo's private correspondence to Mercedes de Acosta. The 55 letters 17 cards 15 telegrams will be opened April 15 per donation terms, then exhibited April 18 to June 4 at the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia.
A Miami jury ordered the tobacco industry to pay two smokers 6.9 million and awarded 5.8 million to a third, in a landmark class action involving roughly 500,000 sick Florida smokers. The verdict sets up a potential punitive damages phase that could reach billions. The judge will determine handling of the disputed award for one plaintiff as the case moves toward punitive damages.
The red wolf roaming between Goat Island and Isle of Palms was captured and sent Thursday to Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge near Manteo North Carolina. Biologist Jennifer Gilbreath said the wolf was trapped using a fresh deer carcass as bait near the Harbor Course at Wild Dunes. The male had abandoned his pregnant mate on Bull's Island a week earlier and spent time near Goat Island and the course. The female will stay on Bull's Island until her pups are born.
Dozens of bureaucrats fill a crowded room in Date Japan as Mount Usu nears eruption. Central government staff, police, firefighters, and troops mobilize to evacuate residents and brace for a possible major blast within two weeks. Officials discuss fissures, shelters, and pet care as ash and rock plume from the volcano.
Jimmy Crawford and two teens, all white, face charges in racially motivated vandalism at two mostly black churches. A firebomb failed to ignite at St Paul AME after crosses burned at Goodwill Presbyterian. Crawford supplied kerosene and encouraged the acts. involved investigations consider hate crime links and possible federal charges.
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