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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 2002
Page
10
China begins a 10 year program costing about 10 billion dollars to plant 170000 square miles of trees. The plan, the largest reforestation effort, aims to curb desertification droughts and floods while protecting pandas Tibetan antelopes and rare orchids.
In Hyderabad, four Islamic militants accused of kidnapping and killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl watched a graphic three minute video of his beheading in court. Defense lawyers called the tape fake while prosecutors offered no comment.
Lithuania's Health Ministry dropped a Soviet era rule requiring women to undergo gynecological exams to qualify for a driver's license. An ombudsman cited discrimination since men face no equivalent test. The ministry said the five month study led to the rule's removal.
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