IRA Hunger Striker Dies Sparks Northern Ireland Riots
Martin Hurson aged 27, an IRA guerrilla, died after a 45 day hunger strike in Maze Prison near Belfast. His death follows seven other IRA activists fasting, triggering protests by Catholics and threats of further clashes as Protestant marches in memory of William of Orange approach.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
William of Orange
James II
Martin Hurson
Irish Republican Army
Maze
IRA
Hurson
West Belfast
Fasters
Catholic Irish Commission For Justice and Peace
Sinn Fein
Thatcher Makes Surprise Liverpool Visit Amid Urban Unrest
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrived in Liverpool to inspect the city amid a two week wave of urban violence. Police reported riot activity spreading from London to six cities and Scotland with incidents in Dundee including incendiary devices and arson as crowds clashed in low income districts.
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Liverpool
England
Margaret Thatcher
Dundee
Menzieshill
Thatcher
London
Southall
Brixton
Toxteth
Bay Area braces for Malathi spray as shelters prepare
Emergency shelters were readied near San Jose as helicopters are set to spray 117 square miles with malathion to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly. Officials urged pregnant women and nursing mothers to leave, while Red Cross shelters prepared for unknown numbers of refugees beyond 2 a.m. Tuesday.
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San Jose
Calif
San Francisco
Bruce Allen
Santa Clara County
Zoe Lofgren
Santa Clara
Red Cross
China Chairman Hu Yaobang Lives Near Ordinary Neighbors
AP describes Hu Yaobang's quiet residence in a gray hutong near a busy market. Hu, newly elected chairman, is shown as an energetic reformer with a pragmatic, blunt streak, who has endured Cultural Revolution purges and returned to power.
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Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Hu Yaobang
Youth League
Mao Tse-tung
Deng Xiaoping
China
Hunan
Hong Kong Airport to reopen under plan from two dailies
Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po report Hong Kong's Kao Chi airport near Amoy in Fuxian province may reopen in 1983 after 32 years. Upgrading could cost 15 to 25 million dollars and restore an air link to Hong Kong Manila and other Southeast Asian cities. The reasons for reopening at this time were not stated.
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Hong Kong
Taiwan Straits
Communist Party
Ta Kung Pao
Wen Wei Po
Kao Chi
Amoy
Fuxian
Manila
Warning Brought To Polish War WarSAW Congress
The Central Committee report warns Soviet bloc neighbors fear signs of anarchy in Poland and cites a major defection from the Polish party. Solidarity in Kutno threatens a two hour warning strike over food supplies while federation branches last week shut Baltic ports and public transport in a major northwest city. Observers say unrest may push Kania to take a harder line or resign at the congress.
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Poland
Communist Party Central Committee
Solidarity Union
Kutno
Solidarity Federation
Baltic
Communist Party
Stanislaw Kania
Kania
Solidarity
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