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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1996
Page
3
Heavy fighting between rival militiamen in south Mogadishu left 13 dead and 33 wounded Wednesday. Militias loyal to Gen. Mohammed Farrah Aidid and Osman Hassan Ali, known as Atto, battled in the Bosnia area near the port once plagued by snipers.
In Sabah, Malaysia, about 900 of Telekom Malaysia 3,500 pay phones were stolen for use as electronic fishing bait. Fishermen connect cut handsets to high voltage batteries, lowering them into water to emit sounds that attract fish. An Italian manufacturer was puzzled by the thefts. Meanwhile, 27 passengers, six crew, and two pilots from an Air Zanre flight ended up in Rwanda after a mistaken landing in Cyangugu. The Boeing 737 landed safely but couldn’t take off. dispute over returning the aircraft ensued with passengers housed in a nearby military barracks.
Shoko Asahara faces trial on charges of organizing the nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway last year. He refused to plead, claimed to seek “ultimate happiness,” wore a blue sweatsuit, and did not show remorse as security forces kept watch with more than 2,000 officers deployed.
Beth Jones, 51, plans to bear her daughter Suzanne’s child via implanted embryos from Suzanne and her husband Chris Langston. If successful, she would be Britain’s first surrogate grandmother. Jones funded a 5350 IVF cycle and awaits a heartbeat scan around May 8.
James McGregor, Dow Jones China representative and head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, visited Washington to press Congress on liberalizing China. He discovered Beijing officials intend to tighten control over foreign news services, risking Dow Jones’s China business and highlighting the clash between old and new China amid U S policy debates.
In Manila, AP reports four children drowned when floodwaters from heavy rains overflowed a river clogged with Mount Pinatubo debris. Disaster officials say the downpour also damaged part of a dike under construction in Pampanga province, where children swam near the embankment when the river rose suddenly.
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