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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2001
Page
3
Palestinian gunmen fatally shot an Arab Israeli motorist traveling toward Tzofin outside a West Bank Jewish settlement. Israeli officials weigh whether the attack targeted him or was mistaken for a settler. Wael Ghanem named by Palestinian security sources as the victim.
Chinese authorities detained 15 people suspected of responsibility for the flooding of three tin mines in Nandan County Guangxi that trapped hundreds of workers and killed at least 81. The manager Li Dongming is in police custody for alleged cover up. The July 17 disaster was caused by drilling into a disused shaft and only drew attention after a Shanghai newspaper report.
In OHRID police killed five ethnic Albanian rebels and seized illegal weapons in a raid described by Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski as thwarting planned terrorist activities in Skopje. Peace talks resumed as NATO chief Lord Robertson reportedly guaranteed disarming the insurgents after a settlement is signed.
Pro-government forces reclaimed the southern port city of Kismayo after dawn assaults by the Middle Juba Valley Alliance against the Somali Reconciliation and Reconstruction Council. Col. Barre Hirale reported casualties and a large casualty toll amid fierce fighting. residents cited about 300 allied militiamen in the city with dozens of bodies and many wounded.
President Bush defers peace moves until violence ends in the region while saying high level contacts continue. He noted letters from Yasser Arafat and Nabil Shaath urging action and cited talks with Ariel Sharon and King Abdullah as efforts to sustain dialogue.
Arab Israelis and a small number of Palestinians bear yellow plates, complicating vehicle identity as gunmen target Israeli cars. The attack occurred minutes from Tehiya Bloomberg’s killing and follows Palestinian grenades and fire bombs at Israeli troops in southern Gaza where two youths, ages 12 and 13, were wounded in Rafah near Egypt.
Alaska officials report 35000 gallons of diesel spilled after a fishing boat sank 400 yards off shore in Prince William Sound. Cleanup is underway with 10000 gallons recovered by Monday night. The spill risks marine life and coincides with the summer pink salmon run.
Reformist lawmakers backed down under pressure from hard liners in the Iranian parliament on Tuesday to clear two Guardian Council seats. The move ends a standoff delaying Khatami's inauguration and cabinet, with hard-liner control over key political power. Tehran residents reacted with measured support for the reform program.
Gen Duong Van Minh once led South Vietnam for a few days in 1975 as Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces. In a wheelchair, he collapsed at his Pasadena home Sunday and died Monday night at Huntington Memorial Hospital. Minh began as one of 50 Vietnamese officers in the French colonial army in the 1940s.
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