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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1995
Page
5
A Russian army major sticks his tongue out at a photographer during a May 9 Victory Day parade practice in St. Petersburg. The date marks the 50th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.
The Mormon Church reached an agreement with five Jewish groups to end posthumous baptisms of Holocaust victims. The decision follows earlier church rulings and ongoing complaints from Holocaust survivors and advocacy groups about honoring deceased relatives through the ritual.
The Interior Ministry ban cites two army informants for the sect behind the nerve gas attack in Tokyo. French Muslims familiar with the book say it is a religious work with no overt political content, offering a code of conduct for devout Muslims.
Reported Friday a military source said a soldier admitted staging a firebomb attack on the Aum Shinri Kyo headquarters to hinder an investigation into subway killings. In Romania 67 people were hospitalized after drinking contaminated water and residents were told to avoid tap water in Costanta. German parliament heard Polish foreign minister urge Western support for Poland to join NATO and the EU amid Russian opposition. France banned sale of Youssef Qaradawi book for anti Western content fearing public disorder.
Ottawa opens deportation proceedings against Helmut Oberlander a German immigrant accused of hiding his service with the Nazi death squad Einsatzkommando and participation in the execution of civilians. The claim cites his role with the German security police and the Einsatzkommando in occupied territories.
Linda Barloon travels from Amman toward Baghdad to visit her husband William Barloon and Daliberti, both longtime U.S. detainees in Abu Ghraib. The two, jailed after crossing into Iraq, are serving eight-year terms. visas and Iraqi approval stalled amid regional tensions.
Chen Xitong, Beijing Communist Party head and a top Chinese official, resigns and is replaced by Wei Jianxing, head of the party anti corruption office. The change signals the leadership's push to root out corruption and strengthens Jiang Zemin as Deng Xiaoping’s successor amid Deng’s frail condition. Wei, allied with Qiao Shi, is a rising anti graft figure in the leadership.
In Taegu South Korea a massive underground gas explosion killed 98 people including about 60 middle school students. Dozens were injured or missing as rescuers faced debris strewn with heavy steel sheets and vehicles tossed into the air.
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