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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1998
Page
5
The Justice Department says a record 3.9 million Americans were under probation or parole at end of 1997, with 110,000 added in the year, a 2.9 percent rise. The average annual increase since 1990 stands at about 3 percent as the system grows.
In Lucknow two Indian states suffered numerous flood deaths as torrential rains swelled rivers. Bihar reports 4 dead and 9 million affected across 6,000 villages. Uttar Pradesh saw at least 10 more fatalities. Separately in Lome, Ghana border shelling prompted a government indoor warning with troops deployed. no casualties reported.
Hundreds of earthquakes rattled Japan's central region early Sunday with one quake at magnitude 5.2 near Nagano. Since midnight Saturday, more than 500 earthquakes, including 15 felt by people, jolted the area. No casualties were reported. A landslide from the tremors damaged an outdoor spa in Gifu.
Thousands flee Anzaoyuan village in Hunan province after the Songzi River dike leaks and ruptures, creating a lakelike flood. Some 185000 residents evacuate to remaining high ground as relief work begins under government supervision.
In Sunda Sur province tens of thousands flee amidst renewed clashes between UNITA and government troops. Two government soldiers killed in a recent firefight, bodies and spent ordnance dot the scene. Renewed land mine use and conscription push push factors, as relief work stalls and the war threatens a wider collapse.
Pakistan handed over Mohammad Howaida to Kenyan authorities in Nairobi as FBI investigators press for new evidence. Howaida, arrested Aug 7 at Karachi airport after the Nairobi and Dar es Salaam embassy bombings, allegedly confessed to involvement and named co conspirators in interrogations. The move comes as U.S. officials declined to comment while coordinating with Kenyan colleagues.
A methane blast at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine killed 17 miners and left six missing. The explosion occurred about 2,000 feet underground in a Luhansk mine, as officials confirmed amid ongoing search efforts.
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