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Voice of America, 99-08-21Voice of America: Selected Articles Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Voice of America <gopher://gopher.voa.gov>CONTENTS
[01] TURKEY EARTHQUAKE ONITER (S&L) BY LAURIE KASSMAN (ISTANBUL)DATE=8/21/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-252990 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Turkey's death toll has surpassed 12-thousand (EDS. UPDATE PLS) and is expected to rise as more bodies are pulled from wreckage left by Tuesday's massive earthquake. More than 35-thousand are still missing and believed buried under the rubble. Correspondent Laurie Kassman reports from Istanbul on the rescue and relief efforts. TEXT: Rescue workers on Saturday managed to pull out at least six more survivors from collapsed buildings near Izmet, in western Turkey. Israeli rescue crews pulled a ten-year-old Israeli girl nearly 100 hours after she had been trapped by the earthquake in a vacation home. Turkish rescuers dug out a 95- year-old woman from her home. But the focus now is on the health of those who escaped death or injury. Doctors are warning of a health crisis because of contaminated water supplies, unsanitary conditions in makeshift camps, and the searing heat. Doctors fear the spread of dysentery, typhoid, cholera and hepatitis. Turkish and international aid groups are setting up tent villages to shelter those left homeless by the earthquake. A U-N field officer told V-O-A Turkey will need about 20 thousand tents. He expects the international community to provide about three- quarters of them. Three camps are being set up in Izmet and four more should be up and running by next week. ///Cut here for short version ///NNNN Source: Voice of America [02] TURKEY HEALTH RISKS / L-O BY LAURIE KASSMAN (ADAPAZARI)DATE=8/21/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-252980 INTERNET=YES CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Four days after an earthquake devastated western Turkey, health officials and international medical teams are focusing on the looming health crisis. Unsanitary conditions, contaminated water wells and decaying bodies all are creating conditions ripe for the spread of disease. V-O-A Correspondent Laurie Kassman reports from Adapazari on what's being done to prevent an epidemic. TEXT: International health specialists say water from Izmit's main supply lines is safe to drink. However, the pipes are cut in many of the heavy-hit areas and outlying villages. That means people are drawing their water from contaminated wells. Health specialist Dixon Chanda of the international aid group, Doctors without Borders, says public officials are warning people to stay away from the wells. ///CHANDA ACTUALITY//////END ACTUALITY//////CHANDA ACTUALITY/////END ACTUALITY//////JENNINGS ACTUALITY//////END ACTUALITY///NNNN Source: Voice of America [03] TURKEY-FIRE L-O BY LAURIE KASSMAN (IZMIT, TURKEY)DATE=8/21/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-252986 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Four days after a massive oil refinery fire erupted in the northwestern Turkish city of Izmit, officials announced it was finally extinguished. But then, to their embarrassment, the tanks re-ignited even as they were talking to reporters. Correspondent Laurie Kassman reports the fire was caused by Tuesday's massive earthquake. TEXT: Officials at Izmit's oil refinery called a news conference to announce that the oil fire had been extinguished at 4:30 Saturday morning. But as the chairman of the board, Ismail Alakoc, was making the announcement, flames and thick black smoke could be seen through the window behind him as the tank fire re-ignited. Mr. Alakoc, clearly stunned, tried to explain that the fire was still under control. ///Alokoc Act//////end act///NNNN Source: Voice of America [04] CLINTON / NORTHERN IRELAND (L) BY DEBORAH TATE (MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA.)DATE=8/20/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-252978 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: President Clinton is appealing to the leaders of the Northern Ireland peace process to put aside any mistrust and implement of the Good Friday Accord. Mr. Clinton took a break from his vacation in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, late Friday, to attend a fundraising event for a Northern Ireland charity. Correspondent Deborah Tate reports from Martha's Vineyard. Text: Mr. Clinton -- who has made peace in Northern Ireland a top foreign policy objective -- expressed concern about a dispute over disarmament which threatens last year's landmark Good Friday accord. Speaking in Nantucket -- an island not far from Martha's Vineyard -- Mr. Clinton urged the parties to put aside any mistrust of one another. // CLINTON ACTUALITY //// END ACTUALITY //NNNN Source: Voice of America [05] RUSSIA / DAGESTAN (L-O) BY GUY CHAZAN (MOSCOW)DATE=8/21/1999TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-252982 CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Fighting continues in southern Russia, where government troops are battling Muslim insurgents holding a cluster of mountain villages in Dagestan. The Russian military command claims its forces have killed up to 100 rebels in just one day of fighting. Guy Chazan reports from Moscow: TEXT: Russian Defense Ministry bulletins continue
to claim headway is being made against the
rebels. But, so far, there is little evidence of
that on the ground. The insurgents -- adherents
of the radical Wahhabi Islamic sect -- continue
to hold six villages, close to the border with
Chechnya.
Despite a relentless bombardment by Russian
aircraft and heavy artillery, the rebels have
yielded little ground. Moscow says 100 militants
were killed in a single day of fighting, but
there has been no independent verification.
Most military analysts in Moscow think reports of
rebel losses are greatly exaggerated. The defense
ministry says its forces have destroyed rebel
ammunition dumps and knocked out a number of
vehicles bringing reinforcements and supplies.
However, it is clear the tide in the fighting
will only turn once government troops capture the
strategic heights around the small mountain-top
village, Tondo. Tondo controls a crucial
mountain pass through which the rebels are
bringing in men and material from Chechnya. So
far, all attempts to take the village have
failed. A ground assault, earlier this week, left
Russia with heavy casualties.
Russia has tremendous superiority in firepower
and has thousands of troops and plenty of heavy
weaponry in Dagestan.
But the rebels -- many of them veterans of the
Chechen War -- are determined and well-trained
fighters who are experts at digging in and
holding their positions. (signed)
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21-Aug-1999 07:25 AM LOC (21-Aug-1999 1125 UTC)
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