Mediators Seek Breakthrough in IRA Hunger Strike
Roman Catholic mediators met IRA Maze Prison leaders three times over the weekend amid rising hopes of ending the strike. Brendan MacFarland, the prisoners' leader, will decide on a possible settlement. Hunger striker Joe McDonnell, 30, nears death as talks center on granting political prisoner status and jail privileges.
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Gromyko Returns Amid Polish Reform Debates at Kremlin
Gromyko's return follows two days of talks with Polish leaders over Moscow's concerns about Poland's party congress. The expected reforms include self management for industry, economic decentralization, and democratic steps led by Solidarity, the bloc’s first independent union. Western fear of Soviet intervention mirrors 1968 Czechoslovakia. Kanin reassures control over the reform drive.
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Gunmen Kill Iranian Governor in Caspian Province
Two gunmen on motorcycles assassinated Engineer Ansari the governor general of Gilan while he drove to his Resht office. His undersecretary Nurani was badly wounded. Witnesses reported Uzi fire and no killers identified.
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Tehran
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