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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1996
Page
1
A Tokyo area express train carrying about 150 passengers derailed after striking a boulder about 10 feet in diameter near a tunnel in Gero town. Fourteen people were injured as two of five cars overturned. Five inches of rain fell in the prior two days, weather officials reported.
The United States and Russia appealed to international whaling regulators on Tuesday to permit small whale hunts by the American Indian tribe and Russia's Chukotka people. They seek authorization to kill 50 minke whales in the North Pacific this year to ease hardship in whaling communities despite the 1986 global moratorium. The summit of East African leaders aimed at Burundi violence offers little expectation for a quick end to the conflict as refugees spill over borders. Western neighbors fear mass slaughter after the Rwanda genocide, which left over 1 million refugees in the region.
President Boris Yeltsin dismissed seven top generals in a Kremlin power move led by security chief Alexander Lebed. Lebed, named head of the Security Council with control over armed forces, accused the officers of plotting a coup as Yeltsin also ordered a withdrawal of troops from Chechnya, though pace depends on peace progress before the July 3 runoff with Gennady Zyuganov.
Radovan Karadzic signaled he may step down as Bosnian Serb leader amid July 1 ultimatum from Bosnia's top civilian official and threats from Yugoslavia. International officials set a September 14 election date. Karadzic could still rule via proxies until trial at The Hague if not removed. Milosevic shifts to a more moderate approach seeking rapprochement with the international community.
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