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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 2002
Page
4
Cuba plans the release of Vladimiro Roca, a prominent dissident, a week before former President Carter arrives for a five day visit. Roca, 59, has served a five year sentence due to end July 14. his release is seen as a government goodwill gesture amid human rights concerns.
The Defense Ministry reported security forces killed at least 350 Maoist guerrillas in western Nepal, in what would be the bloodiest combat yet in the six year insurgency to unseat the constitutional monarchy. The deaths come ahead of Prime Minister Deuba's trip to Washington to discuss the conflict with President Bush as the U S seeks 20 million dollars in aid.
Pakistan's president stated the killers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl must face punishment in Pakistan despite the U S extradition request. Gen Musharraf vowed to resist pressure to extradite Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the chief defendant in the trial related to Pearl's murder after Pearl disappeared in January in Karachi.
An EAS Airlines jet with 76 aboard crashed during takeoff in Kano, ripping through mosques and homes, scattering charred bodies and wreckage. Survivors include a male passenger and a female crew member. numbers of total casualties remain uncertain. Rescue workers describe a scene of devastation with roofs torn off and debris everywhere. Authorities seek the black box to determine causes.
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