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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1998
Page
4
Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri was re-elected speaker of Iran's Majlis with 165 of 258 votes for a third one year term. The hard-line opposition, aligned against President Mohammad Khatami, controls the Majlis to hinder pro-democracy reforms and continues to shape legislative action.
Lebanon’s second round of nationwide municipal elections pits rival tickets backed by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and former PM Omar Karami in Tripoli. The vote fills 10000 posts nationwide with results due today, and marks major right wing Christian group participation since the civil war era.
Tamil rebels say they repelled government troops from a key Jaffna Peninsula town, claiming 59 fighters killed. The Voice of Tigers Radio reported rebels seized 14,000 rounds of rifle ammo and 20 RPGs as 50 soldiers and nine rebels died since Friday. No independent confirmation. In Ecuador, voters chose a new president amid consolidation after Bucaram's ouster. interim leader Alarcon faces unclear final results.
In Tokyo's Sanya district thousands of jobless men seek daily work as Japan sinks deeper into a severe recession. Construction layoffs shrink the day labor market, elderly unemployed, squatters and aid handouts rise, while welfare limits bite.
Indonesia faces a shaky transition as Habibie moves to reform the political system. He sacks Suharto allies, frees some prisoners, and promises parliamentary elections in 1999. Inflation and unemployment threaten millions while media gains open coverage after decades of censorship.
Dodi Fayed’s butler Rene Delorm recounts in a book serializing in the Sunday Mirror that Dodi planned to propose to Princess Diana that fateful night after dinner in Paris. He describes a diamond ring worth about 205000 dollars and says the couple left for dinner at the Ritz before the fatal crash.
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