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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1986
Page
4
A Finnish kidnapper holding 13 captives died as his getaway car exploded at a rural Mikkeli blockade after police fired through the windshield. Two teenage hostages escaped moments before the explosion amid a 14 hour crisis that began at a Helsinki bank.
About 3,500 demonstrators marched through Berlin to oppose the barrier as U.S. Ambassador Richard Burt predicted it would become history's bad memory. Police detained three for firecracker incidents. 1,100 grouped along the wall to form a human chain.
A Moscow newspaper quoted Vitaly Yurchenko saying he is alive, well, and back at his old job, dismissing Western rumors of his execution. He blamed Western media for false reports and noted a December 1985 to March 1986 health recovery before resuming work, unspecified.
Misamis Oriental governor Vicente Emano says the Communist Party and New People's Army agreed to a cease-fire in a six province Mindanao area and that regional military commanders halted operations while talks with Manila proceed. He warned hostilities could resume if the offer is rejected within a week.
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