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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1988
Page
4
Desert capital Khartoum reels from renewed heavy rains that flood streets, leave 2 million homeless, shut the airport, and risk Nile overflow. International aid is deemed insufficient by a cabinet minister amid ongoing disaster and displacement.
Parliament will choose a successor to Amin Gemayel in a Thursday election announced by House Speaker Hussein Husseini after a six-member secretariat meeting. Gemayel’s six-year term ends September 23 and he cannot seek a second term under the constitution.
West German protesters hurled tomatoes and eggs at East German guards as the Berlin Wall’s 27th anniversary was marked. East German youths were hauled away by police, while wreaths were laid at memorials for the 77 killed attempting to flee to the West. West German papers denounced the barrier as a monstrosity.
Israeli forces killed one Palestinian and wounded nine in stone-throwing incidents in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. An Arab who allegedly collaborated with Israeli authorities shot and wounded three Palestinians in Beitin, according to Arab hospital officials and Israeli radio.
A Navy board faulted the operations officer for misinterpreting data that led the USS Vincennes to shoot down an Iranian passenger jet on July 3, killing 290. The panel recommended a non-filed letter of reprimand for the officer, with other officers receiving no disciplinary action.
Reports from Radio Kabul monitored in Islamabad say about 50,000 of the 100,000 Soviet troops have withdrawn halfway toward the Feb 15 Geneva accord deadline. Maj. Gen. Rauli Helminen of Finland confirms the withdrawal is proceeding on schedule.
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