Rebuilding Begins For Armenians In Leninakan
One month after Armenia's devastating quake, the foundation stone for a new apartment building was laid in Leninakan to start reconstruction. Authorities pledge to rebuild within two years in Leninakan and other towns leveled by the Dec. 7 disaster that killed tens of thousands and left over 500,000 homeless. Prime Minister Ryzhkov says a government commission will review building regulations on the nine-story structures in a seismic region.
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Nikolai I. Ryzhkov
Drowning Exodus of Dominican Boat People Reaches Puerto Rico
U S coast guard and border patrol say Dominicans flee poverty aboard fragile boats across a 9 to 12 mile Caribbean passage to Puerto Rico, seeking flights to New York. Many perish or disappear, while survivors evade immigration by posing as Puerto Ricans.
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William A. Caster
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Vengeful Sikh Militants Retaliate For Hangings
In Punjab militants killed 14 Hindus in Badawal and Sarai Amant Khan amid rising violence after the hangings of Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh for Indira Gandhi's assassination. Police say four others died in separate incidents as a railway station burned and a patrol was attacked.
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Satwant Singh
Kehar Singh
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Sarai Amant Khan
Suresh Arora
Pakistan
Links The Pan Am Crash To IRA Bombing Claims
Western and British papers quote U S intelligence alleging Iranian terrorists with Libyan aid sabotaged the Pan Am crash. Hamburg’s Bild am Sonntag and London papers cite possible IRA involvement with Libyan and Palestinian help. Four hundred security personnel scour Lockerbie for remains as bodies still missing.
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Iran Hangs 19 Drug Traffickers in Nationwide Crackdown
Iran conducted a broad anti-drug drive with more than 1,000 arrests and at least 19 hangings, some public, following the Aug. 20 cease-fire with Iraq. Reports place executions in Tehran and other cities including Mashhad Kerman and Zahedan as state media cite trials for trafficking, weapons, clashes with security forces, and large opium and heroin seizures.
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