Baghdad claims control of Kirkuk amid northern fighting
Iraq said it had restored control of Kirkuk and ordered workers back to duty while Kurdish rebels claimed to hold the city after fierce clashes. Foreign reporters were allowed into Baghdad, and Brent Scowcroft's return to Washington was confirmed as the White House pressed Saddam Hussein's ouster. Thousands fled the north as reports of massacres and battles circulated, with Iran said to have captured Iraqi soldiers and helicopters conducting air sorties against rebels.
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Mark Trail Returns To Washington Post After 40 Weekday Hiatus
The Washington Post revived Mark Trail after an absence of 40 weekdays. Readers urged the return with signs and calls, as editors explained the comics reshaping. Trail’s comeback included 40 missing strips while readers complained about shrinking pages and new additions.
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Three hanged in caste retribution case in Mehrana
In Mehrana village 100 miles south of New Delhi two young men and a 16 year old girl were hanged after a village council ruled they violated caste taboos by eloping with a landowning caste member s daughter and associating with outcasts. Police have arrested 16 people and search for 21 others per the Hindustan Times.
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Doomed Philippine boat capsizes off Seminara island
A boat carrying 48 aboard capsized in rough seas off Seminara island 100 miles south of Manila. At least 15 died including seven children. Survivors clung to the hull for 30 hours before rescue by an oil tanker which saved 30 of the 42 passengers and six crew members. The skipper and two others remained missing. Survivors were brought to Manila.
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Arab motorist shoots 3 Marines near Al Jubail
Three U S Marines were wounded when an Arab motorist fired on their convoy on a highway near Al Jubail in eastern Saudi Arabia. Two Marines were uninjured, the attack occurred around 10 20 p m Thursday, part of a string of incidents since American troops were deployed after Iraq inva Kuwait.
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Krishna leader jailed in Snoopy bootleg ring case
Kirtanananda Bhaktpada head of a Hare Krishna offshoot was convicted of six counts of mail fraud and three counts of racketeering for steering a business selling bootleg Snoopy caps and other logos. Co defendants Terry Sheldon and Steven Fitzpatrick also convicted. jurors did not reach verdict on two racketeering counts tied to a murder in the group.
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Schwarzkopf denies Saudi disgruntled bears in Iraq war talk
Gen. H Norman Schwarzkopf, amid a media flap over Gulf War conduct, says there were no disgruntled bears in Saudi Arabia, apologizes to President Bush for comments and backs him 100 percent. He defended the cease fire decision and said history will judge Bush's cease fire as revealing.
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