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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1999
Page
4
Leftist ELN rebels released eight of the passengers seized in an April domestic flight hijack in Bolivar. They still hold 16 people including the five crew members. Observers received the freed group as ELN continues hostage negotiations with ransoms sought for some captives.
Abdul Ghani Abdulghafur of the ruling party tells a delegation of Russian lawmakers that the conditional suspension proposal only prolongs the embargo. Britain and the Netherlands suggest lifting sanctions after Iraq answers questions on weapons of mass destruction. U.S. officials support the proposal as the UN council seeks renewed ties with Baghdad after inspectors left before airstrikes.
The Financial Times says a decimal comma in an international contract for Lockheed Martins C 130 Hercules caused a $70 million pricing error. The misplacement affected the inflation adjustment, with Lockheed citing the error and a customer unnamed but holding to the price.
The set from Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, the world’s longest running play, sold at a charity auction for an undisclosed sum. A new set will appear for Monday’s performance, the 19 832nd show, to replace the worn 47 year old scenery donated to Denville Hall for elderly actors. The sale supports the Actors’ Charitable Trust and the old set will be removed at London’s St Martin’s Theatre after today’s shows. Scenic pieces date back to November 25 1952.
Prince Edward wed Sophie Rhys-Jones in a small ceremony at St George's Chapel Windsor with a televised, celebrity‑tinged atmosphere. The event drew 6,000 invited guests while TV cameras surrounded the castle. Poet laureate Andrew Motion completed his first verse since Ted Hughes, with publication slated for wedding day.
Thousands of demonstrators clashed with police in central London during a protest against capitalism timed with the G8 meeting in Cologne. About 46 people went to hospital, including four officers. 15 arrests were made as 4,000 protesters damaged property and a McDonald’s restaurant.
In Sri Lanka, grieving relatives gathered at a police station as two skeletons were displayed to verify if they belonged to about 300 people who vanished in army custody since 1996. The remains from Jaffna, one tied and blindfolded, were found with notes of Tamil disappearances.
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