Saudi minister warns war could threaten Israel
Beirut reports quote Saudi defense minister as saying a new Middle East war could spell the end of Israel. AFLP member Ahmed Yamani issues a communique seeking to liberate all Palestine, not just lands captured since 1967. UN officials in Beirut plan talks with Yasser Arafat on the fragile cease-fire.
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Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Israel
Ahmed Yamani
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Palestine
U.N
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Canadian Olympian Recovering After Puerto Rico Sailors Rescue
A 27 year old Olympic canoeist from Canada survived after being rescued from a small rubber raft off Puerto Rico. His companion Alvin Brien, 25, of Dartmouth Nova Scotia, died. They left San Juan on January 14 aboard a 36 foot yawl en route to Miami via the Bahamas.
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Puerto Rico
Canada
Pickens Gantt
Phil Hepburn
Toronto
Hepburn
Alvin Brien
Dartmouth
Nova Scotia
Brien
Miami
Bahamas
Jan Fjeld Hansen
Journalists Face Rising Dangers in Thailand
Bangkok reports 26 journalists killed in three years with nearly a dozen attacked. Sumon Chungchua was shot while riding home in southern Thailand. The Committee of the Federation of Thai Journalists issued a protest after his death and noted Sumon's recent reporting on paramilitary Rangers in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Sumon Chungchua
Committee of the Confederation of Thai Journalists
Sumon
Nakhon Si Thammarat
First Snowfall Freezes Jerusalem and Israel
First snowfall of the dry winter blankets Jerusalem with drifts up to three feet causing traffic disruption. Mount Hermon and northern Israel also see snow. City officials urge calm as police and army tow stranded vehicles on the capital’s streets.
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Israel
Jerusalem
Teddy Kollek
State Radio
State Meteorological Institute
Hermon
Golan Heights
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