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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1998
Page
3
Rescue workers recovered 20 bodies of coal miners after a methane blast at the 19th Communist Party Congress mine in Luhansk. Four more are believed trapped as teams search blocked areas. Four miners survived and are hospitalized with burns. About 200 miners have died this year in Ukraine.
Nepalese government bans all bottled beverages in the Everest region to curb litter. About 200,000 bottles of water beer and other drinks are left yearly by trekkers. Only aluminum cans will be allowed as they are easier to carry back.
Japanese police arrested Hitoshi Ogasawara and Mamoru Arai on suspicion of extorting 155000 dollars from Japan Airlines. They allegedly secured smooth shareholder meetings for the airline, while the paper notes Sokaiya racketeers are used to silence hostile investors. JAL says payments were part of a business contract and regrets the corporate ethics lapse.
Mazatlan authorities quarantine at least 12 neighborhoods after 15 dengue cases are found. The move aims to curb mosquito borne transmission as the rainy season begins. Health officials warn of a potentially severe form of dengue with muscle pain skin lesions internal bleeding and possible death amid outbreaks in San Luis Potosi Tamaulipas Hidalgo Veracruz and Nuevo Leon with nearly 1500 total cases reported.
Laurent Kabila tours Lubumbashi after brief Kinshasa return, appealing to Angola Namibia and Cuba for troops and arms to bolster his army. Rebels within 125 miles of Kinshasa have seized Inga and a power plant near Nzongo, while Kabila denounces the attackers and warns of a decisive 24 hours.
The Nen floods breach a major dike near Daqing oil wells in Heilongjiang as 10,000 more troops join flood relief. Yangtze reaches record height in Shashi, prompting mass evacuations in Hubei. Rescuers relocate 52 Siberian tigers as Songhua River crest nears Harbin, marking severe regional inundation and disruption to oil output.
After three days of questioning a suspect in the twin U S embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam has not admitted responsibility or named co conspirators. The FBI and Kenyan police say Mohammed Saddiq Odeh denied guilt while Pakistani authorities say he was returned to Nairobi linked to the attacks. Investigators analyze evidence including possible Semtex residues as Albright planned visits to reassure victims and pressure foreign aid and reconstruction.
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