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Wednesday, June 9. 1993
Illegal aliens' dreams may end with boat grounding
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — When aship carrying 300 Chinese ran aground early Sunday, eight people died after jumping into the cold, pounding surf in a scramble to reach land. Six others remained hospitalized Monday. All but five others — who escaped — were sent to detention centers to await hearings.
The captain, Amir Humunal Lumban Tobing, 10 crew members, and the smuggler's alleged contact, Kin Sin Lee, were charged Monday with conspiring to smuggle aliens.
The passengers were sent to detention sites in New York City and Pennsylvania. Most expressed hope of being released during the process than can take up to 18 months.
They may have a good chance. Many Chinese who seek asylum are coached to say they are trying to
escape their country's strict birth control policy, which can lead to forced sterilizations and abortions. U.S. courts have granted asylum on those grounds, based on a policy established by the Reagan administration.
Arnold Witte of Donjon Marine, the salvage company that towed the boat, described it as filthy and rat-infested.
A Coast Guard photo showed makeshift bedding strewn about the hold. A series of buckets lined against a wall apparently served as a sanitation system. Wires and ropes hanging from rusted beams were used as clotheslines.
AIDS conference requests money for prevention
In February, while off Thailand,
about 90 Chinese boarded the ship for
the United States. Around March 28,
199 more Chinese boarded off Kenya.
They shared a single toilet and meager rations: rice, spoiled peanuts,
sometimes vegetables.
The Associated Press
BERLIN — The number of new AIDS cases in developing countries could be cut in half by the year 2000 if an additional $3 billion were spent annually there on prevention programs, the head of the World Health Organization AIDS program said.
Dr. Michael Merson, speaking Monday at the ninth International Conference on AIDS, said the cost translates into a soft drink for every person in the world.
"So many lives could be saved, so much suffering averted," he said at the week-long gathering of 15,000 scientists, activists and people with AIDS. He suggested that both the developed and developing countries and private sources contribute the money.
The proposal to spend more on AIDS was endorsed by World Bank
economist Dean T. Jamison, who warned that the disease could undo the gains made in extending the life expectancy in developing countries.
Fourteen million people are infected with the human immunodeficiency syndrome that causes AIDS, according to WHO estimates. Without the extra money, that number will rise to 30 million by the year 2000, with the money, the number of new adult infections could be reduced to 10 million. Merson said.
WHO estimated that by the end of 1992, 7.5 million people were infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, 2 million in the Americas, more than 1.5 million in southeast Asia and 500,000 in western Europe.
In a separate report, researchers said needle exchange programs have spread to 33 American cities and have proven dramatically effective in preventing AIDS in drug abusers.
Nebraska statute further restricts abortions; governor expected to sign within the week
The Associated Press
Similar laws are on the books in eleven states
LINCOLN, Neb. — State lawmakers yesterday adopted tight restrictions on abortion, requiring women to wait 24 hours and receive information about fetal development after requesting the procedure.
Gov. Ben Nelson was expected to sign the measure within the week, which passed 30-8 on the last day of this year's legislative session.
The Nebraska measure was modeled after a Pennsylvania law passed in 1989, which has yet to be enforced. The Pennsylvania statute remains tied up in federal court, though it was largely upheld last June by the U.S.
Supreme Court
Nebraska currently only requires parents to be notified when someone younger than 18 seeks an abortion.
Jule Lostroh, head of the anti-abortion group, Nebraska Right to Life said she was excited about the strength of the vote adopting the measure.
"We got some support we hadn't counted on," Lostroh said.
Susan Hale, jobbyst for the state chapter of Planned Parenthood, said the bill's passage was expected.
"We still have some concerns about the bill, and we'll come back with some suggested changes next year" she said.
Compiled from Associated Press reports
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