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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 2001
Page
7
Washington AP The State Department says Cuban Interests Section officials in Washington must give 72 hours notice to travel outside a 273 square mile zone around the capital. The new rules tighten restrictions for diplomats stationed in the area.
Police in Madrid and four nearby towns detained three alleged ETA members as raids yielded a broad cache of explosives. The Basque separatist group aims to gain independence, intensifying counterterrorism operations across the region.
In Nairobi a Kenyan court sentenced Augustine Azubuike Nwanga to seven years for abducting three Americans in April and holding them for ransom. The victims were Rev. William Daniel Marrow of Norfolk Virginia James Edwards Harrel of San Diego and Jurgen Robert Ahlmann of Escondido California.
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Two members of the Muslim vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs were given 30 year totals after bombing Landsdowne police station three years ago. Faizel Waggie and Ismael Edwards received 15 years for the bombing and 15 years for attempted murder.
Critics from Mexico's left lash out over an exclusive Elton John show set for Sunday at Chapultepec Castle, a national monument with ties to former presidents and a view over Mexico City. In Africa, Yahya Jammeh is declared winner of The Gambian elections, labeled free and fair by observers, though past fraud allegations linger.
From Shanghai, China abolishes dozens of rules affecting a wide economy to back a new global trade talks round ahead of the WTO meeting. EU officials resist farm subsidy phasing and rifts linger among rich and developing nations including Malaysia and Thailand.
Israeli forces launched a major incursion into Bethlehem and Beit Jalla with about 30 tanks and armored vehicles. Tanks fortified positions atop two Bethlehem hotels as Palestinians mourned militants killed in a Thursday blast. The violence follows the assassination of Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi and a broader crackdown on Palestinian areas, prompting charges of a renewed war policy and halted contacts with the Palestinian Authority.
The Dutch Cabinet backed a bill to allow pharmacies to fill doctor prescribed marijuana and for the government to fund it. Parliament may vote soon to add medicinal cannabis to health care. The law would require government tested pharmaceutical quality marijuana and public funding for patient prescriptions.
Dennis Yates, 58, was jailed 10 months at Aylesbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to handling the stolen Enigma 6312 from Bletchley Park. The machine, valued at 144000 dollars, disappeared during an open house and was later returned after ransom demands and a return arranged by a British TV journalist.
The State Department urged Israel to stop incursions into Palestinian held areas and restraint in response to the Jerusalem assassination. On Friday Israeli forces moved into Bethlehem, seizing two hotels as command posts, while Washington warned such actions risk derailing peace efforts.
Emilie Schindler, widow of Oskar Schindler, was buried in Waldkraiburg Bavaria after dying at 93 in Strausberg near Berlin. Officials praised her role in saving Jews during the Holocaust, noting that her deeds were sometimes overshadowed by her husband’s.
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