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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1997
Page
6
A Kobe 14-year-old is arrested for allegedly killing an 11-year-old neighbor and displaying a decapitated head. In Tokyo a 20-year-old man is jailed for randomly assaulting dozens of young women, and two men in their 20s are charged in grisly July murders. Armored car heists, a Bathtub Killing, and copycat attacks heighten fear.
Ex-president F W de Klerk steps down from the party that created apartheid citing a need to regroup before 1999 elections. He will stay until a new leader is chosen on Sept 9 while Nelson Mandela praises his role in ending apartheid.
Cali Mayor Mauricio Guzman surrendered after prosecutors ordered his arrest for allegedly taking 200000 from a cartel front to fund his campaign. The 42 year old testified in Bogota last month as investigators widen the drug corruption scandal.
In Bethlehem West Bank Palestinian girls rushed from classrooms as tear gas canisters aimed at rioters landed in a schoolyard. About a dozen third and fourth graders were treated for tear gas inhalation during the incident.
The World Bank reports poverty declined fastest in Asia due to strong growth, yet nearly 1 billion people from Mongolia to India live on less than $1 a day. The study warns of rising inequality as economic gains may not reach all groups, with rural areas most affected.
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