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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1995
Page
5
In south China Hunan endures its worst floods in four decades with 387 dead and 160000 homes ruined after two weeks of torrential rain. Rivers and lakes overflow record highs and infrastructure including roads and lines are severed. A province wide emergency is in effect and helicopters deliver food medicine and first aid.
Doctors Without Borders says about 1,000 prisoners in Gitarama have died since September as overcrowding grows. The facility, built for 400, now holds 7,000, forcing inmates outdoors day and night with 41 percent suffering infected feet and 38 percent wounded from fights.
Two Israeli security guards for an electric company were found dead in northern Israel amid police investigations into possible political motive. The killings occurred hours after Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat reported progress on extending Palestinian self rule to the West Bank.
In San Andres Larrainzar Mexico the Zapatista National Liberation Army backs deeper democracy and end to repression. Subcomandante Marcos signs a June 30 statement accusing the presidency party of fraud crime and militarization as peace talks enter their fourth round with a government response seeking focus on Chiapas Indian concerns.
Chinese Premier Li Peng used Henry Kissinger's visit to express Beijing's displeasure with the Clinton administration. Taiwan concerns and trade, human rights disputes have strained ties, with China withdrawing its ambassador and canceling technology talks while urging concrete steps to repair relations.
In London the Imperial War Museum opens a permanent gallery titled Secret War outlining Britain's secret service origins from 1909, with more than 700 relics including a Mauser pistol once owned by Norwegian MI6 recruit Oluf Reed Olsen, a life of covert operations, and coded messages hidden in cigars. The display also features Olsen's wartime gadgets and photos of the 1922 assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.
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