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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1998
Page
4
Xinhua reported widespread poisoning from tainted liquor in central China during the Lunar New Year. Investigators traced the illegal adulteration to Wenshui county in Shanxi, where methyl alcohol was added to licit spirits, then sold through a private Shuozhou shop near Beijing.
In Cucuta at Madero prison, a fight between rival gangs with homemade grenades firearms and knives killed six inmates and injured 37 while a guard was hurt. Riot began when 60 inmates in one cellblock tried to move to a larger area. Four attackers died when a grenade exploded.
Israeli progress on two housing plans faces rejection amid Palestinian concern. Prime Minister Netanyahu's adviser says there will be no construction in Ras al-Amad, amid pressures tied to Irving Moskowitz backed projects in east Jerusalem. A second plan proposes 1,020 homes for Arab residents, highlighting the ongoing city division.
In Bergen-Belsen Anne Frank faced loss and fading spirit as typhus claimed her life. Hannah Goslar Pick recalls their farewell in February 1945, their barbed wire separation, and Anne’s once lively personality. The book and Pick’s memories challenge sanitized views of the Holocaust icon.
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