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US Launches new rocket:
The us Space Agpncy lunched a rocket from the north coast of Puerto Rico on Monday night as part of a programme to study radio waves in the Ionosphere, reports Reuter from San Juan.
The launch, at 7:55 P M EDT (2355 GMT), had been scheduled for May 18, but was delayed seven times because of bad weather and changing atmospheric conditions. .
The rocket is one of eight scheduled to be launched from Vega Baja. about 20 miles (32 km) from San Juan, over the next two months.
The rockets, which will go about 200 miles (320 km) into the atmosphere before falling into the ocean, will release chemicals that will help scientists study the effects of high frequency radio waves tn the Ionosphere.
28 Vietnamese killed in bus fire:
Twenty-eight people were killed and IO Injured when a bus caught fire in Nghean province, 300 kilometres (180 miles) south of the Vietnamese capital, a newspaper reported here Monday. AFP says from Hanoi.
The Quan Do Nhan Dan said that the bus. carrying 40 passengers. caught fire while crossing a bridge during a heavy storm.
The army newspaper said two passengers escaped unharmed.
Mojaddedi to visit Pakistan:
interim Afghan President Sibgatullah Mojaddedi said Monday he would Jeave for Pakistan this week to meet President Ghulam ^2 than and Premier Nawaz Sharif, reports AFP from I "I will meet the President and the Prime Minister to personally thank them for the assistance they gave us during our 13 years of Jehad ( holy war)." he said, adding he would leave Tuesday
Mojaddedi said he was going personally because the Pakistani Premier visited Kabul after the April 28 transfer of power to his Islamic interim administration following the ouster of the Communist regime of President Najibullah.
Quake hits Cuba:
An earthquake registering I 6 9 on the Richter scale struck on Monday off Ihe southeastern coast of Cuba, the National Earthquake Information Service said. AP reports from Golden
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damages. the agency said
The U.S Geological Survey's earthquake reporting service said the quake was centered about 375 miles (600 kilome ters) southeast of Havana.
The Hong Kong Observatory also reported a strong earthquake in the same area. It said In a statement that ihe quake measure 6.9 on the Richter scale and struck at about 17.41 GMT about 110 miles (180 kilometers) west of Santiago. Cuba on the southeastern end of the island.
Israelis stab an Arab:
Israel aslant, stabbed and seriously injured an Arab man Monday, apparently in retribution for the killing of a Jewish teen-age. a radio station reported,. AP says from Jerusalem.
Israel Radio reported that ten Jewish youths attacked the Arab as he stood alone at a building site in Rishon Lczion. a' southern suburb of Tel Aviv.
Police detained five Israelis. The victim, a resident of Nazareth whose name was not immediately available, was in serious condition.
Thousands of Israelis attended a funeral for Helena Rapp, the 15-year-old victim of Sunday s attack.
Four shot dead in Philippine:
Four plantation workers have been shot to death and two others wounded in a suspected flare-up of sectarian violence near this southern town, police and local officials said. Tuesday. AFT reports from Kauswagan.
Unidentified men opened fire on the workers on Monday as they harvested coconut a plantation owned by former town mayor Maximo Amada, a wealthy Christian landowner, chief police Inspector Geronimo Baritollni told reporters.
He said the attack was most likely perpetrated by followers of a Muslim landlord, but said no arrests have been made.
Kauswagan is situated In the center of the large southern Island of Mldanao, the scene of a bloody rebellion by the large Muslim minority In the 1970's.