SOUTH KOREA'S opposition leader Kim Dae jung demanded an apology yesterday from President Kim Young sam over an arms scandal, as state prosecutors questioned the former defence minister Lee Yang ho for the second day over allegations he took bribes in an arms deal.
Surveyed by the Emnid Institute for the television network N-TV, 79 per cent of Germans said Chancellor Helmut Kohl's main achievement had been pushing for European integration. A slightly smaller number, 74 per cent, said Kohl's effort to unite East and West Germany in 1990 would go down in history as his main success after 14 years in office.
Astronaut Shannon Lucid said the effects of her record breaking stay in space were gone and she was savouring ordinary aspects of daily life.
A month after her return last month from 188 days aboard the Russian space station Mir, Lucid said she had new appreciation for such things as being able to run out to buy a new book or pick up fresh fruit at the grocery store.
Danielle House (20), the reigning Miss Canada, has been charged with allegedly punching a woman in a Newfoundland university bar last week.