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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

27 Aug 1998

Page 6

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Aug 27, 1998

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6

Flooding death toll climbs as Yangtze floods rage in China

Beijing reports 3004 dead from summer floods up from 2000 three weeks earlier. Wen Jiabao cites environmental neglect and upper Yangtze erosion linked to logging. Nationwide 5 million homes destroyed, 52 million acres swamped, losses exceed 20.2 billion dollars with 233 million people affected.

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Beijing China Wen Jiabao Yangtze River Wen Xinhua News Agency Yangtze Nen Songhua China Daily Ministry of Water Resources Zhou Wenzhi State Flood Control Headquarters Lindian Legal Daily
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Michigan mathematician solves 400 year old packing riddle

Thomas Hales of the University of Michigan solved the sphere packing puzzle after a decade of work using a 150 variable equation and 3 gigabytes of computer space. He found a pyramid stacking of spheres optimizes space to about 74 percent efficiency, versus just over 50 percent for cubic stacking.

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Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich Thomas Hales University of Michigan
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Congo war reaches Kinshasa with capital under fire

Artillery rocked Kinshasa as a three week civil war spilled into the capital. Hundreds wounded or killed as government and rebel forces clashed in the eastern suburbs. a curfew and stay indoors appeal followed while Ernest Wamba dia Wamba claimed rebels fight inside the city.

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Kinshasa Congo Laurent Kabila Kabila Didier Mumengi Ernest Wamba Dia Wamba Goma
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