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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1998
Page
4
Floodwaters from overflowing rivers and cross border rainwater have stranded about 10 million people in Bangladesh. Officials report at least 103 deaths with relief teams treating waterborne illnesses and distributing purification tablets nationwide.
Moscow reports reveal the Russian military accepts diseased conscripts including mentally ill and HIV positive individuals to fill ranks. A mentally ill soldier guarding a former prime minister fired outside his residence in a kept secret incident. Moscow military prosecutor Gen. Mikhail Kislitsyn cites checks showing 128 HIV infected soldiers in two years, 111 already ill before service. Most draftees dodge and only about 20 percent actually join, amid delayed pay, low morale and hazing.
Myanmar students in Yangon and Mandalay will take final exams for the 1996 97 year on August 18 off campus following a two year shutdown due to student unrest. Classes were halted in December 1996 and have partially resumed in recent months.
In Vanimo and ParuA New Guinea rescuers cope with a 23 foot tsunami that killed and left 6,000 missing. Officials fear deaths may exceed 3,000 as corpses rot in heat and scavengers attack. Prime Minister Skate considers evacuations while medics treat trauma and gangrene.
Russia's government vows to push through austerity measures including spending cuts and tax reforms by decree if needed after an IMF approved loan of 11.2 billion dollars. Prime Minister Kiriyenko faces a resistant State Duma while vows to balance the budget and improve tax collection amid market volatility and a battered economy.
Nigeria's president Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar vowed a transition to civilian rule with elections next year and a May 1999 return to democracy. He said political detainees would be released and charges dropped, earning cautious praise from world leaders yet skepticism at home. The pledge follows Abacha's death and a six week rule by Abubakar promising a representative government and united peaceful Nigeria.
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