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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 2002
Page
4
A fire at a Holmes County mobile home in Tchula killed six children aged 12 or younger. No adults were present at 1:43 a.m. Investigators suspect a candle the children lit started the blaze. Authorities described two sets of three siblings among the victims.
A Vermont conference reports a California study of 116 patients who ate more than two fish meals weekly found 89 percent with mercury above safety limits. Among them 63 had over twice, 19 over four times, and four tenfold the recommended level, with results to be published in Environmental Health Perspectives.
A car bomb exploded outside a southwest Moscow McDonald’s during lunch, injuring at least seven people including a 5 year old girl. Officials differed on whether the blast was terrorist in nature.
Incarcerated Real IRA chiefs led by founder Michael McKevitt say the splinter faction is dissolving and urge remaining outside prisoners to stand down amid criminal rackets. They acknowledge Omagh bombing and its impact on the Good Friday Agreement while noting renewed prospects for peace.
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian welcomed Beijing's overture to negotiate cross-strait transportation ties. Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen urged talks to end the ban on ships and planes crossing the Taiwan Strait, a rule in force since 1949. The move signals rare progress amid decades of tension.
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