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Clinton's May tour ends: ’resident Bill I Clinton arrived in Washington from Barbados Monday following a six-day tour of Central America and the Caribbean, AFP reports from Washington.
As he stepped off a helicopter at the White House, Clinton was leaning on a cane, no longer using the crutches he had relied on since undergoing knee surgery on March 14. Last week in the town of Tlaxcala, Mexico, Clinton was given two wooden canes, prompting him to say he hoped to use them soon.
Strong quake jolts Philippines: a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 shook several central Philippine provinces, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries, officials said Tuesday. AP reports from Manila.
The earthquake struck the provinces of Antique. Negros Oriental. Aklan and Cebu at 9:45 pm (1345 GMT) Monday, said Prudencio Belo of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
It was centred at sea about 56 kilometres (35 miles) southwest of the sparsely populated fishing town of Anini-y in Antique, and was triggered by movements of the Negros trench at a depth of 50 kilometrs (30 miles). Belo said. The earthquake was not expected to cause tsunami waves.
China floods death toll rises to 111: At least six people were reported yesterday to have killed in floods in Guangxi province, taking the toll from last week's heavy .rainstorms in southern China to 111. AFP reports from Hong
file six deaths, mostly In Beiliu last Thursday, followed more than 110 millimetres of rain which flooded 80.000 hectares in Guarnxi, the China-backed Wen Wei Po said. In neighbouring Guangdong province 105 people were reported Sunday to have died in the floods.
Finnish PM meets Russian PM: The prime ministers of Russia and Finland held talks Monday on expanding economic ties between their countries and signed a border agreement, a Russian news agency reported. AP reports from Moscow.
Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen held a private meeting with Russian premier Viktor Chernomyrdin during which the two discussed Russian gas exports to Finland and other economic issues. There are no problems in relations between Russia and Finland which would have to be resolved at the political level, and this is very important.” Chernomyrdin said, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency.
Akihito to visit Britain in '98: Japan's I Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are to visit Britain next year. Jiji press said yesterday, quoting British diplomatic sources. AFP reports from Tokyo.
i Queen Elizabeth II is expected to announce their visit on Wednesday, the sources said. It would be the first visit by a Japanese emperor to Britain since Emperor Hirohito visited in 1971.
Tornado hits Miami: tornado swept I through Miami on Monday, uprooting trees, sweeping a cloud of debris into the air and narrowly missing the city's busy downtown business district. Reuter reports from Miami.
The spectacular funnel cloud moved across the northern edge of downtown Miami and into Biscayne Bay, tracking close to the Venetian and MaCarthur causeways, roadways linking Miami to Miami Beach. Local media reports said trees were uprooted and tossed around by the tornado, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries.
Palermo theatre reopens in Italy: It had to be one of the longest intermissions in theatre history.
Twenty-three years and three months after Palermo's Massimo Theatre closed for what was supposed to be a brief period to improve the electrical system and do other repairs, the city's pride and joy reopened to the public Monday night, AP reports from Palermo.
Political squabbling and bureaucratic snafus kept the Massimo’s Murano glass windows dark for all those years. The long closure of the theater, with its art nouveau touches, became a symbol of frustration for the city which has been laboring to undo its reputation as the capital of the Sicilian Mafia. Playing opera songs by Verdi, whose music filled the hall during its last performance in 1974. Sicily's symphony orchestra was the gala night's warmup.
Strong quake rocks Japan: An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale nit southern Japan yesterday, the Meteorological Agency said. AFP reports from Tokyo.