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DJ, Dutch teenager's father released from jail in Aruba
By wire services
Published June 27, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - The father of a Dutch suspect arrested in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager was freed from jail on Sunday, hours after a judge ordered the release of a party boat DJ also held in the case.
Paul van der Sloot, a high-ranking justice official studying to be a judge on the Dutch Caribbean island, had been arrested Thursday as a suspect for collaborating in a crime with his 17-year-old son, according to his lawyer. A reason for his release was not given.
Earlier Sunday, a judge also ordered police to release DJ Steven Gregory Croes, saying authorities did not have enough evidence against him, the man's lawyer said.
Croes, 26, was one of five people held in the case of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway, who was last seen May 30. No one has been charged, including the last person reportedly seen with her, 17-year-old Joran van der Sloot.
Searches for Holloway have been fruitless.
Still jailed are the young van der Sloot and his friends, Surinamese brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18. A judge on Sunday ordered their detention extended another week.
Poisonous alcohol kills 49 people in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya - A black market alcoholic brew laced with poisonous methanol has caused the deaths of 49 people in Kenya, medical workers said Sunday, while police searched for a woman suspected of distributing the drink to local bars.
More than 174 people were hospitalized after drinking the brew containing methanol, a toxic wood alcohol added to the drink to give it more kick.
"Two people have gone completely blind, and another eight have reduced vision of varying degree," said Simon Mueke, medical superintendent at Machakos General Hospital, about 35 miles southeast of Nairobi.
Socialists likely to win Bulgaria's Parliament
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria's opposition Socialists looked set to unseat the governing party in parliamentary elections, but fell short of winning an outright majority, according to nearly complete results released Sunday.
With 99.61 percent of votes counted, the Socialists had 31 percent, while the party of Prime Minister Simeon Saxcoburggotski had 19.88 percent, the Central Electoral Commission said. Final results were expected today.
Socialist leader Sergei Stanishev claimed victory.
Elsewhere ...
WEAPONS EXPLOSION: An apparently accidental explosion Saturday at a weapons dump in northern Takhar province in Afghanistan killed five Afghans and two German soldiers, the International Security Assistance Force said Sunday. Some of the weapons were being transported for destruction.
ZIMBABWE CAMPAIGN: An envoy for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Zimbabwe on Sunday to investigate a government-sponsored campaign that has destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans.
JAPANESE BULLET TRAIN: Japan's largest railway company began a test run for a new bullet train, which it eventually aims to operate at a record-breaking 223 miles per hour - faster than many propeller airplanes. The Fastech 360S, developed by the East Japan Railway Co., made its first test run at a more leisurely 170 mph, Kyodo News agency reported Sunday.
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