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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1999
Page
4
Namibian medical authorities confirm bubonic plague outbreak in the north central region. Three deaths among 73 cases reflect a dangerous infectious outbreak. The disease spreads via fleas from rats and can be fatal if untreated, though modern antibiotics are effective.
A bombing suspect in the U S Embassy attack in Dar es Salaam said he would fast and boycott court hearings to protest repeated trial delays. Mustapha Mahmoud Said Ahmed and Rashid Salehe Hemed face 11 counts of murder for the August 7 blasts that killed 11 in Tanzania, with Nairobi attacks killing 213 and injuring over 5,000.
Huh Pan-young, 73, arrived in Seoul after nearly five decades in North Korea where he was forced to work in a coal mine following capture in 1950. Officials gave few details, noting he had lived in a third country since escaping last year. he is the seventh South Korean POW to return.
One week before elections, Prime Minister Netanyahu orders closure of three Orient House offices in Jerusalem after failed compromise talks with Palestinian officials and Avigdor Kahalani. Palestinians fear riots. Israelis expect police action unlikely this week. US appeals for restraint.
President Nelson Mandela said he will retire on June 16 after South Africa's June 2 election and step down with a clear conscience. He wished to live in obscurity in his village Qunu and would consider only broad peace work, not lengthy mediation.
President Kwasniewski signed a law creating a 100 yard protected zone around Auschwitz and other former camps including Majdanek Sobibor Belzec Treblinka Gross Rosen Sztutowo and Chelmno. The measure enables lease termination of Catholic crosses erected outside camps and aims to remove controversial memorials ahead of visits by Pope John Paul II.
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