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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1998
Page
2
Beijing reports more than 2000 deaths from floods in the summer season. The government raised the toll by 700, with over 90 percent killed by landslides and mud flows. Yangtze flood level reaches its highest since 1954, marking the worst summer floods since 1991.
In two eastern Congolese cities artillery fire flared as President Laurent Kabila faces a fresh mutiny by former allies. Mutineer leader Arthur Z Ahidi Ngoma denied Rwanda's involvement via a captured rebel radio, calling it a struggle of the Congolese people.
Iraq blocked a United Nations inspection team from searches for banned weapons in Baghdad. The move follows Saddam Hussein's suspension of cooperation with the UN and threatens to revive a crisis that nearly sparked war earlier this year.
Tokyo reports a sharp Dow drop eroding annual gains and prompting widespread Asian market declines. Fed data link U S slowdown to drought and Asia's crisis, with economists warning a deeper U S downturn would worsen Asia's export outlook and recovery prospects.
A Nature journal study based on Eastern Seaboard data shows Saturdays absorb 22 percent more precipitation than Mondays, with weekend storms amplified by weekday car emissions. Researchers trace weather back to 1946, linking rainfall to pollution and human activity.
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