Poland weighs expelling Solidarity leaders amid martial law
Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski signaled possible expulsion of Solidarity figures and said he would accept their asylum in external states. Lech Walesa remains under house arrest as martial law continues, with reports of internees being released after guarantees against subversive activity.
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Belgium
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Common Market
Radio Warsaw
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Soviet Union
Europe
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Tindemans
Max van der Stoel
Moscow
Independent Labor Movement
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Soviets to Strengthen Force Holding Onto Afghanistan
New Delhi AP report says after over two years of fighting Afghan rebels the Soviet force around Kabul will nearly double to 150 000 by spring. Outside Kabul guerrilla ambushes persist with 20 000 more troops ordered in recent weeks.
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British Coal Strike Looms
The National Union of Mineworkers urged Britain's 230,000 miners to reject the state offer and vote to strike. Observers expect loyalty to push a strike threshold. the union seeks 12 percent pay rise, higher than the 9.5 percent offered. Weekly earnings range from 247 to 301 dollars. The 1973-74 strike had weakened Heath's government. a new walkout could endanger Thatcher's margin.
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National Union of Mineworkers
Britain
Edward Heath
Margaret Thatcher
China denies report on base near Lop Nor
Foreign Ministry rejected a Yomiuri Shimbun claim that the United States built a listening base near Lop Nor in Xinjiang to monitor Soviet missiles and other military activity. The ministry called the reports rumor mongering and noted past denials of U S listening posts in northwest China.
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Yomiuri Shimbun
Lop Nor
Xinjiang
New York Times
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Yomiuri
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Dalian
Foreign Ministry
Italian jails deemed vulnerable after Rovigo escape
A public outcry followed the Rovigo women's prison escape of four suspected left wing terrorists. A government spokesman said 90 percent of Italy's prisons were equally vulnerable. Police found no evidence the Red Brigades escape was an operation to divert manhunt for Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier. A police official suggested it might be a show of moral support from another group.
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Red Brigades
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James L. Dozier
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Violence rises in 1981 murder totals across major cities
A national look at 1981 homicide data shows 182 murders in San Antonio and rising totals in cities like New York 1 833 and Los Angeles down 898. FBI figures indicate about 10 murders per 100 000 nationwide with guns involved in over 60 percent of cases.
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Updike Novel Wins National Book Critics Circle Award
New York AP The National Book Critics Circle selects four category winners for 1981 books. John Updike's Rabbit Is Rich wins best novel, following Rabbit Run first appearing two decades earlier. Other winners include Stephen Jay Gould for The Mismeasure of Man and A Coast of Trees by A R Ammons. The ceremony is Jan 28 at the New York Public Library.
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National Book Critics Circle Award
National Book Critics Circle
Updike
Rabbit
New York Public Library
Young Americans Buy Most Life Insurance for Youth
Data shows 58 percent of standard life policies issued in 1980 were for individuals aged 15 to 44, indicating a strong market among younger adults. The figure reflects nationwide practice in ordinary life insurance purchases during that year.
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