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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1999

Page

5

World Briefs: Local and Global Updates

Short notice roundup featuring world events and brief reports. Names, places, and dates are included as readable from the source, with concise facts and period tone. The items reflect rapid, skimmable summaries of international and domestic developments.

King Hussein Returns Home to Massive Amman Welcome

King Hussein lands at Marka Military Base aboard a jet after six months of cancer treatment at Mayo Clinic and recovery in Britain. A crowd of over 100000 braves cold rain as dignitaries greet him, camels and sheep are slaughtered, gunfire erupts in celebration, and Hussein prays upon touchdown.

Amman Jordan Hussein Mayo Clinic Marka Milita Base Iam PLO Yasser Arafat Yemen Qatar Noor al-Arab al- Yaw Newspeer Rochester King Hussein of Marka

British court debates Pinochet immunity in torture case

London judges hear Britain and Spain push to uphold arrest of Augusto Pinochet for murder kidnapping and torture. Lawyers cite the 1988 Torture Convention and Chilean constitutional ban on torture while clashing over state immunity for former heads of state.

London Augusto ‘Pinochet Chile Dewey Britain Spain Alan Jones House of Lords Christopher Greenwood Pinochet Salvador Allende Greenwood Augusto Pinochet

Romanian coal miners march on Bucharest amid wage revolt

Thousands of Romanian miners clash with police while marching toward Bucharest to demand a 35 percent wage hike and severance pay. The 10 000 strong protest blocks roads and rail, with leaders threatening further action and government officials meeting to plan a response.

Tarcu Fiu Romania Jiu Bucharest Tasslu Milan Cozma Cozma Industry Justice Emil Constantinescu AP Prieto Pétrasani

Brazil weighs pension cuts as budget battle rages

Brazil's Congress faced a split vote on a financial transactions tax expected to raise 9.6 billion annually while a separate pension-cut proposal sought up to 25 percent reductions for civil servants. The real has fallen about 24 percent amid broader fiscal crisis and IMF conditions.

Brass Brazil Congress Senate Chamber of Deputies Silvio Camargo Banco Fator Sao Paulo International Monetary Fund

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