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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 2000

Page

5

Global sanitation urged as 3 billion lack proper facilities

A U N report says about 3 billion people lack access to sanitation and 5 000 children daily die from dirty water diseases. It urges cost effective local projects and community driven action within 25 years, noting 80 percent of India's 800 million population still defecates in the open.

Geneva U.N Brian Appleton World Health Organization Richard Jolly Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council U.N. Health Agency India

Russia claims capture of Chechen rebel Salman Raduyev

Russia said Salman Raduyev, a senior Chechen commander who once raided Russia and seized rail stations, has been captured and brought to Moscow. He faces terrorism charges carrying up to 50 years in prison. officials tout the arrest as proof rebels are being defeated.

Urus-Martan Russia Salman Raduyev Moscow Isian Vladimir Pu Chechnya Komsoye Alskoye

Genocide trial opens for Serb commander at Srebrenica

U N prosecutors show grisly footage as Bosnian Serb Gen Radislav Krstic faces genocide charges at The Hague court. Evidence depicts mass graves from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre where an estimated 7,500 Muslim men and boys died. Forensics specialist Jean Rene Ruez testifies on refugees moved to their deaths.

Hague Netherlands U.N Radislav Krstic Europe Srebrenica Mark Harmon U.S. Justice Department Bosnia Jean Rene Ruez U.N. War Crimes Tribunal

U S Steps Up Aid Missions to Africa

U S aid operations expand in Mozambique and surrounding regions as 700 Air Force personnel and 15 aircraft join international relief efforts. The mission includes airlifted civilians, rescue from flood zones, and satellite capable C 130 asset to locate displaced people and assess infrastructure.

Maputo Mozambique Africa U.S Joseph Wehrle U.S. Air Force Britain Cameroon Tom Dolney Indian Ocean Beira South Africa

Major historical anniversaries and milestones listed

A retrospective timeline notes events from March 14 across years. Highlights include the first town meeting at Faneuil Hall in 1743, Eli Whitney’s cotton gin patent in 1794, the Gold Standard Act ratified in 1900, Harding’s income tax filing in 1923, Czechoslovakia’s dissolution in 1939, UN forces recapturing Seoul in 1951, Jack Ruby’s 1964 Oswald murder conviction, Israel West Germany ties in 1965, Kennedy’s Arlington burial move in 1967, the 1980 Warsaw airliner crash, Gorbachev’s 1990 presidency, and Norman Thagard’s 1995 spaceflight.

America Faneuil Hall Boston Eli Whitney Harding Republic of Czechoslovakia U.N Seoul Dallas Jack Ruby Lee Harvey Oswald Kennedy Israel West Germany Arlington National Cemetery Warsaw U.S Mikhail S. Gorbachev Norman Thagard

Rebels celebrate gains in El Salvador elections

In El Salvador the FMLN won mayoral control in the capital and beat ARENA for the National Assembly, signaling a leftist rebound while the rightist bloc maintained a narrow congressional majority. In Detroit a verdict reached in the death case tied to GHB with a separate jury deliberating a fourth defendant. Chinese trade minister warns Congress rejection of normal trade relations could delay U.S. access to China for a generation as Beijing seeks WTO entry.

San Salvador el Salvador Congress Hector Silva Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front Republican Alliance National Assembly FMLN Francisco Flores Alliance ARENA Detroit Beijing China World Trade Organization United States WTO U.S

Explosions Rip Through Argentina Industrial Park

A powerful blast at an Argentinian industrial complex in USHUAIA injures at least 35 and triggers a second explosion. Fires spread across nearby factories, blowing out windows in homes within 500 yards and forcing school evacuation. Firefighters and responders suffer minor injuries.

Ushuaia Argentina

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