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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1993
Page
2
A truck overturned near Udachny in Yakutia spilling thorium and uranium ore into the Taldyn River. Authorities say containers leak fast enough to threaten the environment and retrieval is uncertain due to high river levels.
Chaos gripped Mogadishu as UN peacekeepers and American troops fought Somali loyalists of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. At least 28 people died, including Pakistani soldiers, with 130 wounded amid heavy gunfire and explosions across the city. Italian forces reported rescuing wounded Pakistanis and surrounding snipers without casualties among Italians.
Bosnian Serbs battered Gorazde one of the U.N. declared safe havens as more than 40 villages reportedly vanished. A U.N. plan to deploy up to 10,000 troops faces criticism as Muslim officials call the areas concentration camps while Serb leader Karadzic praises the resolution.
President Boris Yeltsin opened a convention to draft a post Communist constitution in Moscow. Rival Ian Khasburatov and about 50 delegates walked out after a denied microphone, but Yeltsin said work would continue in the Kremlin. He urged elections by October for a new bicameral parliament.
Whitney Houston returned to the public stage with a charity performance at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, raising about 120 million dollars for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. Pamela Golum reported the event. Waylon Jennings discussed his new children’s album Cowboys Sisters Rascals Dirt. Jennings, father of seven, drew inspiration from family and childhood. Lauren Bacall attacked Hollywood for prioritizing money over creativity at the Troia Film Festival, receiving the Golden Dolphin for lifetime achievement.
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