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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1997
Page
3
Antoinette Distilio, a 51 year old AIDS hospice resident and former bank clerk, won a Quebec provincial lottery drawing, receiving a $7.3 million check. She expressed relief and hope, mentioning possible travel to the United States for treatment. Her family joined her at the news conference.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan aims to make the UN more open and less male dominated. Spokesman Fred Eckhard notes staff complaints that the previous head restricted access to a few aides. Annan seeks gender equality at senior levels, reviewing every opening with that goal in mind.
A Siberian cold front grips Europe driving more than 200 deaths, halting rail traffic from France to Bordeaux, freezing the River Thames at Marlow for the first time since WWII, and pushing pets and wildlife into frozen distress. A Dutch 124 mile cross country race and Eleven Towns Tour draw roughly 1 million spectators as forecasters warn of more bitter cold next week.
Belgrade acknowledged that the opposition coalition won elections in three provinces and nine Belgrade municipalities while insisting gains fall short of decisive concessions to end weeks of protests. OSCE officials rejected the response as inadequate, and protests continued as opposition leaders pledged to press on.
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