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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1995
Page
2
AFL-CIO President-designate Thoma R. Donahue inherits a frail movement after 16 years as secretary-treasurer. He assumes leadership this week to revive the federation, with a three month window to establish his mark amid internal battles and declining union power.
Seven establishments were firebombed in Germany marking a fifth straight night of Turkish property attacks. Police arrested five Kurds suspected of links to the PKK, a group seeking an autonomous Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq. The PKK has spurred violence to pressure Turkey over human rights and autonomy.
In Cologne a Israeli gunman held 24 elderly travelers on a Rhine river bus for hours. He killed a 64 year old German woman after learning her nationality and wounded others before police fatally shot him. Eleven Germans, four Americans, four Austrians, two Japanese, plus an Argentine, a Turk and an Israeli were aboard.
The Electoral Council elected Pierre Michel Sajous, a dentist allied to Aristide, as new president amid opposition claims the move won t end election flaws. Makeup polls for over 100,000 voters remain set for August 6, with critics vowing continued boycott and calls to dismiss the council and annul results.
In Croatia fighting worsens as Bosnian Serbs ask Yugoslavia to defend them in the name of ethnic ties. UN and Croatian leaders urge restraint while Yugoslav authorities meet to review the military situation as Croatia masses forces for a possible strike on the Serb capital in Croatia.
Cairo reports the government has detained at least 200 Brotherhood activists in what officials call the largest crackdown yet. Security rounded up 180 in Alexandria and 20 in Menoufia as critics warn the move may backfire and boost militant support. Fahmi Howeidi of al Ahram cautions that peaceful options seem to be vanishing.
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