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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1998
Page
4
Mass trials start with 54 suspects at Byumba court as Rwanda accelerates punishment for the 1994 genocide. The case targets former Hutu soldiers and militiamen accused of participating in the three month killings of over 500000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus after the 1994 power shift.
Libya and supporters will push for lifting U N sanctions tied to the 1988 Lockerbie bombing during a public Security Council debate. Victims’ relatives will attend to pressure Western nations, though no vote is planned and US Britain may veto any move. France to commission erotic films to promote condom use and HIV prevention on Canal Plus later this spring. Thousands of Iraqis cancel plans for Mecca pilgrimage after Baghdad and the U N fail to agree on funding under an oil-for-food scheme. Iraq sought 44 million from oil sales, but the sanctions committee refused and proposed routing funds via Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
At the UN International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development, Abu Zeid of the World Water Council warned that at least 5 million people die yearly from dirty drinking water and demand will rise. He noted 1.2 billion lack clean water, 300 million face severe shortages, and two thirds could by 2010.
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