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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1996
Page
4
Haaretz cites World Jewish Congress study showing 13 million Jews worldwide, about 5 million in Israel, with the United States home to roughly 5.8 million Jews amid assimilation and low birth rates. The report notes Israel could become the largest Jewish population center in the next ten years.
Chechen sympathizers who seized a ferry released their weapons and surrendered after a four day stand off near Istanbul. About 240 hostages, mostly Russians, remained aboard the Avrasya Eurasia as authorities confirmed the end of the crisis with no injuries reported.
AP reports failed efforts to restrict land mine use amid objections from countries including China. Talks sought technical measures to limit mine lifespan and aid to detectability, with April regrouping and watered-down proposals by Johan Molander. U.N. agencies urge bold political action while mine casualties rise.
In Port au Prince, Haitians react with anger as priest president Jean-Bertrand Aristide marries Mildred Trouillot, a light-skinned Haitian-American from New York. Critics say the union distances Aristide from his rural base, questioning loyalty and class divides while Radio Quisqueya receives upset calls. Trouillot, 33, born in New York to Haitian professionals, trained as a lawyer and grew up in the United States while speaking Creole and French.
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