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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1997
Page
5
A passenger train collided with a bus at a railroad crossing in Holguin province eastern Cuba killing 56 and injuring six. Bus driver Juan Carlos Santos disobeyed a stop signal. Santos among the dead. Most victims were Holguin residents, one Havana resident among the bus passengers.
Britain will bar animal testing for cosmetics and tighten research laws. Home Secretary Lord Williams said great apes will be protected and no current tests involve chimpanzees, gorillas, or orangutans. About 2,800 cosmetic tests last year accounted for 0.01 percent of total experiments, prompting campaigners’ long protests.
German judges sent back a Baden Wuerttemberg case on whether the Stuttgart mission operates as a not for profit spiritual advisement group or a money making business. Religion was deemed irrelevant and no new trial date was set.
Heavy rains caused devastating floods across the Iberian Peninsula. At least 31 people dead in Spain and Portugal, with towns blacked out and phone lines down. In Portugal the Guadiana overflowed inundating Pomeral and nearby towns, rescue teams flown in by helicopter. Across the border in Spain at least 21 people drowned, including 18 in Badajoz along the Guadiana. In Extremadura floodwaters halted rail service and disrupted electricity and communications.
French truckers remain on a weeks long strike outside a Somes shipping complex south of Paris. Union leaders press for higher pay and downtime compensation, arguing real earnings do not reflect hours worked. They warn they will stay out until demands are met as EU deregulation looms.
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