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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 2001
Page
4
Emergency officials said at least 45 people died as fans surged into Ellis Park for a Kaizer Chiefs versus Orlando Pirates game. About 25 were transported by bus and others by helicopter. officials blamed oversold tickets and crowd crush near barbed wire.
U S millionaire Dennis Tito won formal approval from Russian space officials to join the next mission to the International Space Station with a launch set for April 28. Tito will pay about $20 million for the trip and says he aims to prove space travel can progress, despite NASA objections.
Across sub Saharan Africa six countries have deals with Western drug makers to provide HIV treatment for about two dollars a day per patient but only a few thousand people would gain access. Governments report budgets cannot cover more than one to two percent of HIV positive patients, with Mali and Ivory Coast aiming to treat a few thousand next year.
Israeli forces entered the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza with tanks and bulldozers in a ground assault, firing on gunmen and razing 28 houses. Three helicopters fired rockets as clashes wounded about 40 Palestinians and left a village blackout. one Palestinian police officer and one civilian were killed.
In Ankara hundreds of thousands demonstrated across Turkey amid one of the worst economic crises. Police used gas and water cannons to disperse crowds near Parliament as protesters urged Prime Minister Ecevit to resign. Job losses rise, lira value slides, and markets fall.
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