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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1998
Page
9
A 12 year old girl pregnant by her teenage brother is barred from leaving Michigan for an abortion until psychological testing is completed. Probate Judge Pamela Gilbert O'Sullivan ordered tests within two weeks, with another hearing in 30 to 40 days.
Nelson Mandela wed Gra ce Machel the widow of Mozambican president Samora Machel in a private ceremony in Johannesburg. Desmond Tutu officiated alongside a magistrate as relatives and friends attended, marking Mandela’s birthday with a union seen as personal love rather than political alliance.
In Coeur d Alene Idaho hundreds of police in riot gear blocked a one mile march by Aryan Nations members as demonstrators shouted Nazis go home. About 90 marchers carried US European and Confederate flags while protesters rallied against the racist group. Police reported 10 to 12 arrests including four for concealed weapons investigations.
In Liagqatabad, central Karachi, snipers darken streets while gunfire from Mohajir Qami Movement factions drives residents into fear. Police fear entry as militants target police, rivals, and civilians in a struggle over jobs, university access, and state resources.
Monsoon floods across Bangladesh leave at least 72 dead over more than a week as snakes forced from flooded lairs bite six children in Cox's Bazar and Gaibandha. Rising waters displace and destroy crops and homes for more than 3 million, with the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna rivers breaching banks and driving people to embankments and high ground.
In Lassing Austria a massive mud slide tore the elevator cable trapping 10 rescuers and a trapped miner. A prior Friday slide left another miner 60 yards underground. A camera revealed flooding in the area and rescue teams feared dead as homes were swallowed by the crater.
A 6.2 magnitude quake in southern Taiwan triggered rock slides and cave-ins injuring 27 people and blocking highways. Officials evacuated about 1,000 stranded residents in Nantou and hotel evacuees in Alishan, with efforts continuing Saturday to clear roads and rescue others.
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