Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 11, 1995 TAG: 9510110071
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A4 EDITION: METRO
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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea marked the 50th anniversary Tuesday of its ruling party's founding with a huge military parade and a march of 1 million people - but no clear sign of an impending power succession.
The reclusive communist country's de facto leader, Kim Jong Il, reviewed Tuesday's ceremonies, North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said. But Kim, 53, did not take advantage of the occasion to assume the titles of his late father, Kim Il Sung, as South Korean media had speculated.
- Associated Press
Leaning Tower trembles in quake
LA SPEZIA, Italy - A minor earthquake shook Florence and other cities in northern Italy early Tuesday. The Leaning Tower of Pisa trembled but did not shift position, officials said.
No injuries were reported from the quake, and damage was confined to a few old houses.
The temblor, which had a preliminary magnitude of 4.7, began at 7:55 a.m. in the area between La Spezia and Massa Carrara. Schools in La Spezia and neighboring towns were evacuated.
- Associated Press
`Sundance' treaty headed for change
WASHINGTON - Butch and Sundance are long gone, but there's a new treaty under consideration to permit the United States to extradite modern-day lawbreakers from Bolivia.
President Clinton sent the pact to the Senate for ratification Tuesday, calling it ``an important step in combatting narcotics trafficking and terrorism.'' It provides for the mandatory extradition of citizens of each country for a broad range of serious criminal charges.
The targets of the 1900 agreement were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who had fled lawmen in the United States to inaugurate a new bank-robbing career in Bolivia.
- Associated Press
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