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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1998
Page
6
Carole Buckland told President Clinton and Vice President Gore at the White House that Binghamton New York faces a dire water shortage. The ceremony announced 155 million dollars in federal loans and grants to improve drinking water in rural areas.
The State Department rejected links to Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles who said his anti Castro campaign funded by a Miami group included violent acts. Rubin stressed no current ties and noted U.S. condemnation of violence against Cuba. Posada claimed he organized year’s bombings at hotels discos and restaurants in Cuba, killing an Italian tourist in September.
President Clinton voiced disappointment at China's tightening of controls on dissidents but maintained that China will gradually open up. A White House spokesman said Washington will persist in urging broader political reforms while noting nine dissidents were detained in Zhejiang province, with four released, two still in custody and three formally arrested.
A 3-year-old named Lateef Wise fell from a third-floor window in Philadelphia after pushing out a screen. He bounced off an air conditioner from a second-floor window, landed on grass, then walked to a curb where a neighbor found him crying. Police said he was left unsupervised due to a mix-up between his mother and her boyfriend and sustained only minor cuts and bruises.
Three men used snakes to threaten a woman in a New Delhi taxi seeking money and jewelry in a Saturday assault. The victim, identified as Roshni, surrendered her valuables after the encounter reported by the Times of India.
Two dozen Inuit hunters armed with explosive tipped harpoons plan a bowhead whale hunt off Baffin Island, aiming to revive a centuries old tradition. Critics warn the hunt threatens an endangered species while supporters say it affirms culture as Nunavut nears self government. the 1996 Repulse Bay hunt was the last licensed effort.
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto announced his resignation after the Liberal Democratic Party won only 44 of 126 seats in the upper house, triggering a scramble for a successor. Japan faces its worst postwar recession as party officials jockey for power amid the setback.
In Belfast and across Northern Ireland Protestant Orangemen avoided confrontation amid sorrow over three Catholic boys killed by a Ballymoney firebomb. Some clashes over route arose as Catholics held black flags and both sides paused for a moment of silence. Police questioned suspects as violence spiked last week, and plans for future parades and political transitions drew attention to enduring sectarian tensions.
Moscow based STAR Tass reports the death toll from a week of floods in a mountainous Central Asian region has risen to 92. Heavy glacier runoff increased river levels after a dam failure on Kuban Kel lake near the Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan border inundating homes.
A Stabilnoye laundry in southern Russia refused to return washed linen to soldiers until the military pays several months of cleaning bills. The Star Tass agency said the business cannot cover wages, electricity, or water costs and has halted clothing for troops not current on payments as cash shortages affect the army and other institutions.
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