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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2004
Page
4
The official count reported by The Associated Press shows 1,883 deaths from six weeks of floods in South Asia, up from six weeks earlier. More than 1,000 deaths are in India, largely from drownings, mudslides and waterborne diseases.
Prosecutor says Reza Khan faces trial for the slaying of four foreign reporters halted en route to Kabul after the Taliban collapse. He confessed to the crimes in a state television interview. Victims include Harry Burton of Australia, Azizullah Haidari of Reuters, Maria Grazia Utull of La Repubblica, and Julio Fuentes of El Mundo.
Clouds of locusts swarm Nouakchott as the sub-Saharan invasion moves up to 60 miles daily. Burning tires and trash mark attempts to halt the crop-eaters, with the FAO estimating 200 000 locusts per acre. Homes and streets are covered, residents describe the invasion as both spectacular and disastrous.
Israeli bulldozers moved on a West Bank hill to gauge a rough road for a government plan to attach the Maaleh Adumim settlement to Jerusalem. Officials expect thousands of homes along the route despite Palestinian and U S objections. Israel also allows Palestinian police to carry weapons again to bolster Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia’s standing.
Police found more than 50 corpses and body parts in 20 shrines tied to a secretive cult near Okija. Two religious leaders and 28 others were arrested after victims possibly died from poison ingestion to prove innocence. Investigators continue searching the forest for more remains.
Heavy rains inundate western India up to 24 deaths as houses collapse and lines wash away while 10 more bodies are found in Bihar as floodwaters recede. In Bangladesh, 22 people die from drowning, diarrhea, dysentery and snakebites amid ongoing monsoon floods.
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