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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1998

Page

2

Congo Leader Kabila Departed Kinshasa to Rally Africa

President Laurent Kabila left the volatile capital to seek support from African leaders as a rebel push grows. Loyal troops looted shops in Kinshasa amid ethnic tensions after battles at two army barracks. He planned to meet a South African delegation in Lubumbashi, 900 miles southeast.

Kinshasa Congo Laurent Kabila Kabila Lubumbashi

Yangtze flood barriers and dike threat loom in China

Flood fears rise along the Yangtze as officials set to open floodgates and consider dike blasts to divert waters. In Tokyo Keizo Obuchi pledges tax cuts to revive the economy amid market skepticism and a slipping yen. In Nanaimo activists celebrate renewed anti-logging efforts after MacMillan Bloedel's plan to end clear-cutting within five years. In Beijing, Lin Hui, dissident linked to Clinton's visit, is released from detention as a broader crackdown eases. most detainees freed except one still held.

China Beijing Yangtze River Nanaimo British Columbia Clayoquot Sound Canada MacMillan Bloedel Greenpeace Tom Stephens Communist Party Clinton Lin Hui Hangzhou Wang Bingzhang Chinese Democracy and Justice Party Lin Wang Youcai

Barriers and guards still fail to stop overseas attacks

U.S. embassies rely on concrete barriers metal detectors and armed guards but Friday’s bombings in Kenya and Tanzania show attackers can breach security. Officials note tightened measures follow Beirut and Lebanon attacks with 1983 1984 bombings, and local authorities aiding protection worldwide.

Washington U.S Kenya Tanania Lawrence Snowden Beirut Tanzania Smith Hempstone Clinton Cairo U.S. Agency For International Development Kampala Parliament Gene Bigler Rome London Grosvenor Square Lebanon America

DNA testing and its power in high profile cases

An overview explains DNA as a unique code in human cells and its use in forensics and investigations. It notes its reliability, methods to extract and analyze DNA from stains, blood, hair, or semen, and how sequences are compared to identify individuals.

Washington Russia United States Clinton Monica Lewinsky Ms. Lewinsky FBI Dr. Simpson Wayne W. Grady DNA Diagnostics Laboratory University of California, Los Angeles Grady

Explosion at Batavia propane firm wounds six in Ohio

A series of blasts at Auxier Gas Co in Batavia Ohio injured six men aged 17 to 52. Four workers escaped with burns as firefighters rushed to the scene. Hospital officials said all victims were in fair to critical condition but expected to survive. Local witnesses described a large black smoke plume and a loud boom.

Batavia Ohio Auxier Gas Co Jamie Scherzinger University Hospital Cincinnati Yolanda James Angela Sweet

Nixon tapes to be cut up and returned to estate

The National Archives, after a long court fight, will begin dividing the Watergate era tapes on Monday. About 820 hours of private material will be removed from public view and sent to Richard Nixon's estate, ending decades of custody by the government.

Nixon Washington Richard Nixon National Archives Supreme Court

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