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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1996
Page
5
Experts concluded that newly uncovered remains at Lambach 140 miles west of Vienna belong to men aged 18 to 22 with good teeth, suggesting soldiers rather than Holocaust victims. The mass grave was found by workers building a hydroelectric plant, halting construction.
An unexploded World War II bomb weighing about 110 pounds and four feet long was located in an ornamental lake in a South Norwood park. Army disposal experts removed the live German weapon after police ordered evacuations and cordoned off the area following the find yesterday.
A man wanted for three murders detonated a bomb on a bus in Johvi Estonia injuring 14 and killing himself. Police identified the dead man as 22 year old Alexei Safronov a suspect in the slayings. Witnesses said the device appeared to explode from his pocket. Local police and Baltic News Service reported the incident occurred about 90 miles from Tallinn.
A terrorist cell used two hazardous devices to strike Colombo in a deadly attack at the Central Bank and nearby offices. Police say two suspects tied to an ethnic separatist group were captured after fleeing by three wheeler taxi. Rescue teams cleared debris as six bodies were recovered, with the Central Bank vault reportedly intact.
Rome reports President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro named Anto nio Maccanico 71 a former cabinet minister and civil servant to lead Italy s 55th postwar government. The move seeks to avert early elections and push through constitutional reforms to stabilize Italy s political system after Lamberto Dini s resignation.
Partial reforms after 1990s corruption scandals fail to stabilize Italy as a center-right coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi collapses amid fierce party squabbling. With no clear majorities, governments like Dini's become fragile as Parliament grows more than two dozen parties, evenly split between right and left.
In Tel Aviv, judge orders Yigal Amir to undergo a psychiatric evaluation without request from either side. A court screening of the killing video shows Amir smiling and leaning forward as the shooting moment unfolds, with police saying he held a gun after Rabin’s death. Amir claims the act aimed to stop government policy on West Bank land. He pleads not guilty. defense has not argued insanity.
The Cambodian government advertises a ten thousand dollar reward to any soldier who destroys a Khmer Rouge tank. Khmer Rouge forces used tanks to deter a major assault on Pailin, a key rebel stronghold 220 miles northwest of Phnom Penh, where the guerrillas trade timber and gems to fund weapons. Government troops close in, with some within ten miles of the town.
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