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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1998
Page
6
Government figures show alcohol related traffic fatalities dropped to 16,189 in 1997, 38.6 percent of total deaths, down from 40.9 percent in 1996. The trend supports zero tolerance and other measures as alcohol related deaths remain a major share of auto fatalities.
President Boris Yeltsin dismissed Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko amid Russia's worst economic crisis since 1991 and devaluation of the ruble. He named former premier Viktor Chernomyrdin acting PM, a move critics call chaotic and risky for policy cohesion.
Secretary of Defense William Cohen said the United States would not regret bin Ladens death if he were killed in ongoing actions against al Qaeda. U S missiles targeted camps in Afghanistan and a Sudan drug factory as part of a broader counterterrorism phase led by officials.
Angolan forces with Kinshasa aid capture Kitona near the Atlantic coast and threaten rebel routes to Kinshasa. Rebels also claim Kisangani fall while warning of a regional proxy war expanding with Zimbabwean, Rwandan, and Ugandan involvement and warnings to withdraw.
Supertyphoon rains trigger a massive avalanche in the Himalayas killing at least 239 people, including dancer Protima Guari Bedi and 60 Hindu pilgrims. Rescue teams recover bodies as helicopters search the mud filled slopes near Malpa.
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