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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1998
Page
4
In Moscow Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov defended the 1999 draft budget amid plans to print about 1.7 billion rubles to cover a deficit near 5 billion dollars. He argued paying workers on time matters more than propping up the ruble, as the ruble trades around 20 per dollar after Russia’s crisis.
A rocket barrage struck Kabul on Sunday killing at least 17 people and wounding 80 others. The attack, coming from the north where Ahmed Shah Massood loyalists are based, hit a crowded bus near a northern neighborhood as fighters clash with the Taliban who control most of Afghanistan.
Private El Watan reports about 110 decomposed bodies recovered from a 230 foot deep well south of Algiers used as a mass grave during the insurgency. Police counted femurs as the tally and note the violence tied to ongoing unrest since 1992 with tens of thousands killed.
IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch pledged to purge corrupt officials and review host city selection amid a bribery scandal roiling the organization. He ruled out stripping Salt Lake City from the 2002 Games, while accusing senior aides and Marc Hodler of stirring disputes. A panel will study the allegations and possible expulsions if guilt is proven.
Five dissidents have been found dead in Iran within a month raising fears of an extrajudicial killings campaign to defend Islamic rule. Mohammed Jafar Pouyandeh was identified after vanishing last week. his body showed strangling signs. Other victims include poet Mohammed Mokhtari and Majid Sharif, with Dariush Farahar and his wife Parvanjeh later killed. The government urged calm while critics warn of a campaign to suppress reformist forces under President Khatami.
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