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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1996
Page
5
Rescue workers continue to search for victims after an avalanche of flash floods in the Pyrenees swept away campers near Biescas. At least 70 dead, about 20 still missing, while authorities face accusations of government negligence from the Green Group over campsite licensing.
In McAlester Oklahoma a state senator and survivor of a 1979 family murder watched Steven Keith Hatch die by injection after Hatch was executed for the killing. Douglass and his sister Leslie Frizzell and three uncles witnessed the life ending act. Hatch accused lawmakers of lies as he faced the sentence.
Tokyo AP A government spokesman apologized Friday for insulting Koreans, the latest gaffe by a Japanese leader disparaging victims of the country’s aggression in World War II. Seiroku Kajiyama had predicted Thursday that Koreans would react with anger to the remarks.
Divers from Italy and Russia report a wooden ninth or tenth century Viking trading ship unearthed off Vyborg near St. Petersburg. The find includes ceramic remains, clothing bits, and sailing gear, suggesting a merchant craft rather than a warship.
Rwanda cuts air and road links to Burundi as Tanzania Kenya and Uganda follow with sanctions. Zaire closed its border earlier and the U.S. urges citizens to depart while Kigali presses for the restoration of constitutional order under a regional peace plan. Maj. Buyoya seized power last month and Ntibantungan ya seeks refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Bujumbura.
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