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Press, 6 October 1987, Page 10

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Aftershock One person died and at least 50 others were injured in a powerful earthquake aftershock which shook Los Angeles. The aftershock set off scattered fires and sent chunks of masonry crashing from structures damaged in last week’s earthquake. A 66-year-old woman who suffered a heart attack during the four-second aftershock later died, fire officials said. They said the‘injuries suffered by others were not serious and included broken limbs, cuts and bruises. — Los Angeles. ,-i Wealth promise The Japanese Finance Minister, Klichi Miyazawa, one of the three main contenders to succeed Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, has announced his candidacy formally and said he would launch a plan to double the wealth of Japanese by the end of the century. Mlyazawa said his platform called for the building of Japan into “a 21st century nation” by doubling the people’s assets and implementing peaceful and cooperative diplomacy. — Tokyo. Brain damage West German Siamese twins separated in Baltimore suffered some brain damage and could remain in hospital for as long as six months, doctors said. Benjamin and Patrick

Binder — who were joined at the head at birth — have experienced a variety of complications since the 22-hour operation to separate them on September 6, said Dr Benjamin Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon at the John Hopkins Hospital. — Baltimore. Troops kill 200 The Ugandan Army has scored a victory over followers of a young woman priestess who believe they are immune to bullets, in the bigggest battle between the Army and rebels for several weeks. A statement by the Defence Ministry gave no details of casualties but reporters who visited the scene of the battle at Kayiti on Friday counted more than 200 dead guerrillas. The Government’s National Resistance Army appeared to have lost only about 20 soldiers, they said. — Kampala. Explosion Two occupants of a car containing dynamite had been killed and a third wounded when it had exploded near the office of a communist newspaper. The car blew up on a suburban street about 10m from the office of “El Dlario.” The newspaper later said that the blast was an attack on its office by a Right-wing death squad. The Peru Government considers the daily newspaper an organ for the Mao-inspired Shining Path guerrilla group. — Lima.