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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1998
Page
2
A 6.2 magnitude quake near Alishan caused rock slides and road blockages as officials evacuated about 1000 people stranded in Nantou and 50 from a hotel, with 27 injured and five killed.
A Rwandan court convicted Euphrasie Kamatama and Romar Habyarimana of organizing killings during the 1994 genocide in Kigali. They were sentenced to death. two others received life terms for aiding the killings including drawing up death lists and arming squads. The case ties to attacks on Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
In Johannesburg Nelson Mandela, age 80, married Grace Machel the Mozambican president widow and UN children's advocate. Desmond Tutu and others attended as Mandela praised love over years of imprisonment and racial justice. The ceremony featured a cream and gold dress for Machel and a black and gold shirt for Mandela and included a traditional cattle bride payment rumor.
Yugoslav forces shelled villages along a key gunrunning route used by ethnic Albanian guerrillas as the Kosovo Liberation Army claimed major offensives. A Yugoslav army statement said 30 rebels were killed as 1,000 fighters allegedly crossed from Albania to Kosovo, while Albanian border guards reported dozens of wounded and civilians among evacuees.
Four teenagers were arrested after the July 5 gunfire at Trang Dai Vietnamese restaurant and karaoke bar in Tacoma that killed five and wounded five. The suspects, Asian males ages 16 to 19, were jailed for investigation of five counts of first degree murder and five counts of first degree assault.
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