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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1998
Page
2
Reports say fighting began shortly before Kinshasa's dusk to dawn curfew end with bullets heard near the French Embassy and gunfire uncertain in origin as residents brace for a potential rebel assault.
Billy Joel announces postponement of the fall leg of his world tour because recurring throat problems. He had earlier canceled several U S and European dates including a show with Elton John due to an upper respiratory infection.
Moscow reports a deepening financial crisis with the ruble sliding and the Central Bank canceling planned dollar sales for the first time since reforms began. Imperial Bank collapses amid a debt plan backlash while Viktor and IMF officials rush to Kyiv. Markets fall as traders decry the debt swap terms.
Scott Ritter resigns from the United Nations weapons inspection team citing a mockery of inspections in Iraq. He accuses the Security Council, the United States, and Kofi Annan of surrendering to Baghdad and failing to secure unrestricted access to suspected weapons sites.
National roundup reports the Rio Grande flooding toward Laredo outskirts with evacuation urged for El Cenizo and Rio Bravo as 7,000 residents face rising waters. Del Rio had earlier flood deaths estimated at 14 with hundreds missing.
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