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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 2001
Page
5
Five Falun Gong followers in Beijing were sentenced to up to 13 years for organizing gatherings of the banned group, part of a broader campaign by Chinese authorities against Falun Gong begun in 1999. The Beijing Daily notes other related sentences, including four for planning a Tiananmen Square self immolation attempt on January 23.
President Mohammad Khatami urged reluctant reformists in parliament to approve his 20 member cabinet amid opposition from hardliners and some allies who called the lineup too weak. Khatami, re-elected in June, defended the nominations as essential to push reforms and freedoms.
Cape Town AP report says South Africa’s foreign minister confirms the UN conference on racism will cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and slavery reparations. The United States threatens boycott over references in the draft convention. Also from AP Ali Ahmed briefs reporters from a mountain hideout, offering rebels’ weapons to NATO for peace in Macedonia. Omar el Bashir urges African leaders in Kampala to boost political stability to attract investment amid civil war.
A methane and coal dust explosion at the Zasiadko mine in Donetsk region killed 36 miners and injured 44 as more than 250 worked underground. Officials warned of many missing, and rescue teams battled a continuing fire amid a chaotic scene with relatives awaiting updates. Deputy PM Semynozhenko called for modernization of Ukraine s coal industry and pledged help for families.
In Gaza City a 24 year old condemned by the security tribunal faces firing squad for aiding Israel. Khaled al Oukka joins six others on death row as about 100 accused collaborators await trial. Israel uses hundreds of informers amid a surge in targeted killings, while human rights groups decry rushed trials and lack of legal representation.
Military intelligence agents arrested Habib Younis, a senior editor at Al Hayat, at his home in Jbeil near Beirut. The detention marks the second against a Christian journalist in three days as Pope John Paul II critiqued Lebanon’s crackdown on Christian critics of Syria. Younis was told he was being detained to be asked questions.
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