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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1997
Page
3
Cambodia launches an investigation into a grenade attack that killed 16 and wounded 118 at a rally meant to assassinate opposition leader Sam Rainsy. The blast raises doubts about November 1998 elections as 2,000 Interior Ministry personnel probe.
Israeli bulldozers tore down the home of Moussa Ghneimat in Zurif, a Palestinian village, after a March bombing at a Tel Aviv cafe that killed two Israeli women and himself. The demolition followed Palestinian rioting over Israel upgrades in East Jerusalem. Israeli troops tightened curfews and checkpoints amid clashes.
Women's advocates scrutinize the Delmar Simpson court martial at Aberdeen Proving Ground as a test of military willingness to punish rape and sexual misconduct. Pretrial motions start today with trial set for April 7, amid prior Aberdeen cases where charges were dropped or defendants acquitted and investigations widen to 10 charged at Aberdeen and other Army bases.
In Belfast a car bomb outside Sinn Fein offices was defused after a Sinn Fein accusation of Protestant paramilitary groups behind the attempt. A policeman was shot in County Armagh, a 1,000 pound IRA bomb near an army base in County Down was also defused, and an IRA training camp was found near Scotstown in the Republic. Protestant loyalist groups maintain the cease-fire, while talks on Northern Ireland proceed with Sinn Fein excluded as the IRA ended its cease-fire in February 1996.
President Alberto Fujimori again refused to free jailed rebels amid reports of possible talks. Tupac Amaru leader Nestor Cerpa said the standoff at the Japanese ambassador's residence would continue while captives remain behind bars. Fujimori claimed talks neared completion on some points despite Cerpa denying a nearing resolution.
Police recovered 1,273 stolen works including a Madonna and Child attributed to Bartolomeo della Porta and many bronze candlesticks, paintings, furniture, and relics from churches. Valued at 4.2 million dollars, arrests included a prominent Rome restorer and a priest with 35 others under investigation amid probes of clandestine markets in Japan and the United States.
A father opened fire outside Al-Tallai private high school in Sana a and inside, killing seven people including three children and a teacher. The shooter Hassan Ali al Baadani then fled to Moussa bin Nussahr High School, killing another teacher Mohammed Ali al Ouailfi.
SAN DIEGO AP Two ex followers say the Heaven's Gate deaths were not mass suicide. Nick Cooke’s wife Suzanne was among the 39 dead at Rancho Santa Fe. They claim members shed their bodies for a spaceship with leader Marshall Applewhite. Cooke and another ex member, Sawyer, say many faithful remain and view deaths as souls departing, not dead bodies.
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