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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1996
Page
4
Shoko Asahara, leader of the Aum Shinji Kyo cult, was re-arrested in Tokyo on charges linked to a May 1994 sarin attack on lawyer Taro Takimoto and the strangulation of a cult member, while already in custody for the March 1995 subway attack.
France’s Jeanne Calment, aged 120, plans to release Time's Mistress on her 121st birthday February 22. Her voice is mixed with rap and techno without her singing, with proceeds funding a minibus for nursing home outings to the shore in Arles.
The 95 year old Queen Mother Elizabeth attended a Westminster Abbey memorial service for Allied secret agents who died behind enemy lines in World War II. She unveiled a stone plaque for the 761 Special Operations Executive agents Tortured and executed. The congregation included 230 surviving agents among the 7,000 sent to occupied Europe.
Malaysia celebrated the completion of the shell for 88 story twin towers shaped like eight pointed Islamic stars. When crowned in April they rise to 1,483 feet, surpassing the Sears Tower. Petronas towers cost 1.6 billion dollars and hold 18 million square yards of floor space. China and Australia announce higher ambitions.
Washington AP reports that ahead of Russia's June 16 presidential vote Boris Yeltsin trails Communist rival Gennady Zyuganov in public support, with the Chechnya war and economic reforms cited as core issues. A Mneme poll of 1,039 Muscovites shows broad desire for troop withdrawal and Chechen independence.
FRANKFURT Germany AP The last Nazi war crimes trial in Germany has probably occurred because remaining suspects may be too old or sick to face trial A Jewish leader disputed that contention saying many authorities did not want more trials and had dragged their feet Four elderly Germans have been charged but not tried in local courts Alfred Streim chief prosecutor says charges filed some time ago include mistreatment of concentration camp inmates resulting in deaths Michel Friedman says age does not justify dropping prosecution and would still pursue charges if an 80 year old today killed someone
In Furubira Japan residents watched rescuers struggle to topple a massive boulder trapping 20 people after a weekend rockslide. Officials faced repeated blasts while citizens flooded government offices and NHK with ideas from rope pulls to gas heaters in a bid to free the stalled victims.
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