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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1998
Page
5
Russian soldiers carry coffins containing the remains of Czar Nicholas II and his family after a church service in Yekaterinburg. The coffins were flown to St. Petersburg for burial today in Peter and Paul Cathedral.
The State Duma backed a nationwide sales tax as part of an austerity package amid IMF bailout plans. Earlier the chamber rejected the tax and a land tax, while IMF officials in Washington pressed for passage before disbursal of 17 billion dollars. Communists and nationalists oppose spending cuts and tax hikes.
Serb police stormed the Democratic League of Kosovo offices in Pristina after the self-styled Kosovo parliament swore in Ibrahim Rugova as president. A two hour gunbattle occurred south of Pristina between Serb forces and Albanian militants. State Department condemned the raid as repressive.
In Tokyo a leadership contest within Japan's ruling party escalates as Seijiro Kajiyama moves to block Keizo Obuchi. The vote date shifts from July 21 to July 24 to allow Kajiyama time to rally support among young MPs and businessmen.
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