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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 2000
Page
6
In Bombay the hill above a slum collapsed during monsoon rain, crushing tin and mud huts. Officials say at least 42 died and 38 injured after rescuers took four hours to reach the scene amid flooded roads and overcrowded hospitals.
Rebels released the hostage group ending a two month standoff in Fiji. Coup leader George Speight and Mahendra Chaudhry hugged as hostages were moved to trucks for medical checks at the Fiji Red Cross Society building amid unrest and resort seizures.
Raymond Torricelli, 20, of New Rochelle, allegedly hacked into two NASA computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. He used his personal PC to access a satellite design computer and created an Internet chat room devoted to hacking.
After days of shuttle diplomacy between Israelis and Palestinians, President Clinton temporarily hands over summit duties to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. He will attend commitments in Baltimore and Washington while the White House sticks to saying no progress claims are warranted.
Drew Barrymore, 25, has officially become engaged to Tom Green, 28, after a brief proposal window in the last 10 days. Publicist Eddie Michaels said no wedding date is set and exact timing of the proposal could not be confirmed.
Washington reports say US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky and Vietnam Trade Minister Vu Khoan have resolved final differences toward a broad trade pact. A signing could occur this week or next with hopes for reduced tariffs and investment guarantees, aided by congressional approval and a Jackson-Vanik waiver.
In New York Brooklyn two bodies were recovered from rubble after a pair of residential buildings collapsed. A white man in his 70s was identified among the deceased. Authorities suspect a gas explosion. a missing elderly couple and a co owner were last seen entering after smelling gas.
A Southern courtesy drives unexpectedly close ties as Tasmanian Premier Jim Bacon RSVP s to a high school invitation. Katie Bell, a 15 year old Blacksburg High sophomore, arranged a one hour talk and Tasmanian goodies for students who return during summer break to her geography class.
A new law broadens eligibility for up to 100000 dollars to uranium miners and nuclear test downwinders with related cancers. It adds more cancers, widens eligible groups, streamlines applications, and covers open pit miners and transporters, with an estimated five year cost of 750 million dollars.
South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon says he will keep reviewing laws on boycotts as the NAACP expands sanctions over the Confederate flag issue. The group broadened its campaign to target tourism, film, sports, and corporate entities while the flag’s move from the Statehouse complicates potential legal action.
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