Iraqi airstrike hits three Hormuz Strait oil tankers
Iraqi warplanes attacked Sarak island oil terminal in the Strait of Hormuz, burning three storage mothership vessels. Executives report extensive damage with unspecified casualties, citing no immediate confirmation from Baghdad or Tehran. The raids end a three day lull in the tanker war.
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Manama
Bahrain
Iran
Sarak Island
Strait of Hormuz
Iraq
Persian Gulf
North and Poindexter Attend Bush Christmas Party
Former White House aide Lt. Col Oliver North and retired Rear Adm John Poindexter were guests at a Bush Christmas party. A spokesman said Bush maintains long term relations with both men and would not exclude them. Both testified last summer on Iran Contra weapons sales and diversion profits to the Contras and are targets of independent counsel Walsh's investigation.
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Washington
White House
Oliver North
John Poindexter
George Bush
Steve Hart
Bush
Poindexter
North
Iran
Nicaragua
Lawrence Walsh
Leaders May Exchange Greetings In New Year Message
President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev may exchange greetings again this year. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the 1980s tradition could be a written message. The Reagans will visit Los Angeles and Palm Springs over the holidays.
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Washington
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Voice of America
Fitzwater
Nancy Reagan
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Defector Reunited With Family After 31 Years
Anatoly Michelson a 69 year old retiree living in Naples Florida welcomed his wife Galina Glotzman Michelson daughter Olga and his grandson Anatoly at Washington Dulles Airport 24 hours after leaving Moscow The family had been separated since 1956 when Michelson defected in Austria and later became a US citizen He spent 31 years lobbying to secure immigration visas for his relatives The National Gallery of Art will host over 100 works from Sweden's royal family in an exhibit opening April 13 and traveling to Minneapolis later in 1989
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Washington
Anatoly Michelson
Michelson
Naples
Fla
Galina Glotzman Michelson
Olga Michelson
Washington Dulles International Airport
Moscow
Austria
West Germany
United States
Soviet Union
National Gallery of Art
Sweden
Karl Gustaf XVI
Silvia
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Icahn Increases Texaco Stake To 12.3 Percent
Carl Icahn designs a larger Texaco holding delivering 12.3 percent of shares and prompting questions about his plans for the company. Trans World Airlines and ACF Industries join to buy the remaining 24 million shares of Robert Holmes a Court for 37 dollars a share, totaling 447.5 million. Icahn previously gained voting control of the block by purchasing half the Texaco stake for 29 dollars per share, 348 million overall. The initial deal could have stripped voting rights on the rest if he refused Holmes a Court’s sale.
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New York
Carl Icahn
Texaco Inc
Texaco
Trans World Airlines Inc
ACF Industries Inc
Robert Holmes
Icahn
TWA
ACF
Holmes A Court
Texaco Holding
14 Killed When Helicopter Crashes Into Oil Rig
A helicopter taking 15 workers to a Gulf oil rig crashed after hitting a rig leg and exploded. Fourteen men were killed. one survivor was critically burned. Authorities plan a joint Coast Guard FAA and NTSB investigation amid unclear causes and weather conditions.
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Lafayette
Gulf of Mexico
Dabney Forestall
Forestall
Coast Guard
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Glenn S. Lamont
New Orleans
Villarreal
Haiti Guerrilla Attack Blamed on Soldiers At Service
In Port au Prince a memorial service for 34 killed by gangs on Nov 29 was interrupted when three men in a car fired on mourners. Political leader Eddy Volel identified attackers as soldiers from the nearby Dessalines barracks. At least two others were wounded, and a witness described frantic escapes as shots rang out near Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Eddy Volel
Dessalines
Elec
Notre Dame Cathedral
Christian Democratic Party
Four Year Old Survivor Found on Debris After Ship Collision
A 4-year-old boy was found floating on a piece of lumber two days after the Dona Paz struck the oil tanker Victor and sank with 1,529 missing. Officials say the boy’s father placed him on debris before vanishing in fiery waters. President Aquino called it a national tragedy and promised aid and a relief fund.
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Manila
Philippines
Mindoro
Danny Soriano
Oriental Mindoro
Dona Paz
Philippine Coast Guard
Jose Dino
Associated Press
Dino
Coast Guard
Soriano
Corazon Aquino
Bernie Cabigon
Sulpicio Shipping Lines
Peace Talks Ended as Contra Rebels Break Off Negotiations
U S backed Contra rebels halted indirect talks with Nicaragua's Sandinista government demanding government officials join their negotiating team. The Sandinistas refused direct talks, insisting on dialogue only with U S officials. Cardinal Obando y Bravo mediated as Morales Carazo blamed the impasse on Nicaraguan opposition.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
U.S
Miguel Obando Y Bravo
Jaime Morales Carazo
Contra
Morales
Contras Attack Key Rama Road Amid Mining Assaults
In Nicaragua the Contras launched large offensives around the Rama Road linking Managua to Bluefields and attacked mining towns in the east. Casualties were reported by both sides as fighting spread, with the U.S. funded rebels and Sandinistas citing deaths but withholding full figures.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Bluefields
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Defense Ministry
U.S
Congress
Roberto Calderon
Chontales
Rama Road
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