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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1997
Page
5
Torrential storms dump a month's rain in days across southeastern Brazil. At least 68 people die and over 34,000 are forced from their homes as mudslides strike Ouro Preto, a Baroque city of art and architecture. Rescue teams pull victims from red mud amid widespread flooding and destruction.
Thierry Dubois clung to a life raft after his cap sized yacht foundered at 52 degrees south near Antarctica during the Vendee Globe race. An Australian air force plane dropped the raft to him as another rescue plane spotted Tony Bullimore’s yacht and both men radioed for help.
Kremlin reports President Boris Yeltsin has influenza a bad cold two weeks after returning to work. He canceled meetings rested at his country home and officials said his condition should return to normal by week’s end. Yeltsin remains opposed to NATO expansion in recent talks with Viktor Chernomyrdin.
About 200000 opponents of President Milosevic marched in Belgrade on Orthodox Christmas Eve defying a police ban. The army pledged neutrality and nonintervention as riot police confronted demonstrators near St Sava Cathedral. An explosion near the Communist Party headquarters caused minor damage, under investigation.
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