Belfast killings mark early 1988 terror toll in NI
In Belfast two killings are tied to the year’s first terror incidents. A Catholic man sleeping at home was shot dead and a British soldier walking with his girlfriend was killed. A third shooting near Coalisland left a soldier seriously wounded.
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Northern Ireland
Coalisland
Timothy David Armstrong
Ulster Defense Regiment
Armstrong
Robert McNamee
Billy Kane
Philippine Military On Election Alert
Manila reports the military went on full alert for Mondays local elections. Officials said three more election related slayings raised the campaign death toll to at least 78. Soldiers police and cadets will guard over 100000 voting stations nationwide as 160000 candidates compete for 16000 posts.
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Manila
Philippines
Renato de Villa
Alexander Aguirre
Soviet Plans Radical Environmental Overhaul Aimed at Citizen Involvement
The Tass agency announced inadequate current anti pollution measures and a forthcoming environmental protection law next year. Citizens will form groups under an officially sanctioned umbrella and a related publishing house will be created. Details were sparse on concrete changes or negligence examples.
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Moscow
Tass
Tanker Dead In Water After Gunboat Raid
Iranian gunboats attacked the Japanese operated Rainbow in the Strait of Hormuz setting it ablaze and leaving it dead in the water. Korean crew abandoned the 12 467 ton vessel and later returned as firefighters finished the blaze. French destroyer Dupleix and minehunter Orion rescued the crew, with Oman Navy boats taking them aboard. The incident follows a wave of attacks amid Iran Iraq tensions and U S escort for tankers reflagged with the Stars and Stripes.
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Oman
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Paris
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Orion
Iran
Iraq
U.S
Forsyth County March Returns With No Incidents
About 250 civil rights marchers from black and white communities completed a march through Forsyth County with no incidents. State and county police estimated 425 officers provided security while counter demonstrators gathered on private property nearby.
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Forsyth County
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
GBI
Robbie Hamrick
Forsyth County Defense League
Forsythe County
Georgia
General Strike Shuts Haiti Ahead of Election
Haitians observed a broad strike on the eve of a military-led election in Port-au-Prince. Armored vehicles patrolled main streets while only Quality Apparel A. remained open at the industrial park, with 15 000 to 17 000 workers usual on a weekday. Most candidates urged a boycott of the Sunday vote.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Quality Apparel.a
United States
U N official narrowly escapes crowd as Israelis disperse camp
Israeli troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas near Balata refugee camp as U N Undersecretary General Marrack Goulding toured the West Bank. Hundreds of Palestinians gathered to speak with Goulding leading to a curfew and scattered clashes. U S Consul Morris Draper urged easing restrictions to let people breathe.
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Marrack Goulding
Balata
West Bank
Goulding
Bill Lee
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Jerusalem
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The
Cambodian official offers 80 U S service remains for repatriation
A Cambodian official told three U S congressmen that 80 American service members’ remains exist and could be released to U S authorities. The envoy Tep Henn, Cambodia’s ambassador to Vietnam, said the remains would be handed over with no recognition or payment requested. The visit also covered the detention of Sterling Brian Bono of Las Animas Colorado since May 2 1987.
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Hafez Assad
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Robert C. Smith
R-N.h
John G. Rowland
R-Conn
Frank McCloskey
D-Ind
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