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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1998

Page

5

Rebels offer to negotiate truce in Congo

Rebels led by Bizima Karaha in Goma announced a willingness to negotiate a cease-fire with President Laurent Kabila. The shift follows regional backing for Kabila from four southern African nations and Zimbabwe’s plan to send troops, while Kinshasa rejects talks with Rwandan and Ugandan instruments.

Congo Goma. Congo Laurent Kabila Kabila Bizima Karaha Goma Karaha Didier Mumengi Uganda Rwanda Mumengi Kinshasa Zimbabwe Ethiopia Organization of African Unity

Polish Polish pathologists aid in returning Holocaust victims to Israel

Zvi Kamionka, a Polish Israeli, seeks to repatriate bones of relatives buried in Kalushin Poland. Polish pathologists agreed to help identify remains, a move described as a humanitarian turning point by Dr. Yehuda Hiss of Israel's Institute of Forensic Medicine. Kamionka fears relatives will be forgotten and hopes for dignified burial in Israel.

Holon Israel Poland Zvi Kamionka Kamionka Tel Aviv Zamionka Kalushin Yehuda Hiss Institute of Forensic Medicine Forensic Medicine Warsaw Aleksander Dobrzynski Hiss Israeli Institute of Forensic Medicine Russia Kamienka

Ozone destroying chemical shows smaller increase

German researchers report that CFC-12 in the upper atmosphere is rising more slowly after 1990, indicating Montreal Protocol effects. CFC-12, once common in refrigerators and AC systems, harms the ozone layer protecting against UV radiation, with Antarctic ozone depletion heightening concerns.

Washington Geophysical Research Letters Antarctic

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