Israel Attacks Palestinian Targets in Southern Lebanon
Israeli air sea and ground forces struck Palestinian positions in southern Lebanon amid rising cross border violence that has left hundreds dead across Lebanon and Israel. The PLO claimed exchanges near Nabatiyeh and Nascent attacks from the Beaufort Castle area, while Israel reported casualties among its troops.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
U.S
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Galilee
Beaufort Castle
Zipora Yisad
Misgav Am
Zaharani River
Mediterranean
PLO
Nabatiyeh
U.N
Israel-Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Philip Habib
Truck Overturns Kill 11 Pupils Near Filabus Zimbabwe
An armored military truck carrying 15 to 18 year old pupils from Singwango School overturned on a gravel road near Filabus, Bulawayo region. Eleven students were killed and 61 injured. headmaster Andrew Nkomo and the driver among the injured. Authorities seek cause amid reports the vehicle was crowded and top heavy.
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Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Inter-African
Singwango
Filabus
Andrew Nkomo
Navy rescues 29 Vietnamese boat people in South China Sea
A U S Navy frigate picked up 29 starving Vietnamese refugees about 300 miles east of Ho Chi Minh City after a six week voyage. Officials report 57 fellow refugees died at sea, the highest toll in two years of rescues. Surivors were weak and dehydrated.
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Manila
Philippines
U.S. Navy
South China Sea
Glenn Jochum
U.S. 7Th Fleet Public Affairs Office
Subic Bay Naval Base
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
Fanning
Vietnam
U.S
United States
Jochum
Yangtze Flood Crest Diminishes After Dam Pass
The Yangtze flood crest was reported diminishing after bypassing China's largest dam and moving through a flood area last year. Upstream in Sichuan 500,000 homeless survivors live in shelters as authorities rush relief. The three day downpour killed 3,000 to 4,000 in the province, the worst since 1960.
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Peking
Yangtze
China
Sichuan
Bangladesh
Xinhua
Polish Premier Warns of Firm Action Amid Unrest
Poland's premier Wojciech Jaruzelski vowed firm measures if labor unrest continues as Solidarity plans dock and airline strikes after the Communist Party congress. Dockworkers in Baltic ports and LOT airline staff threaten actions, while a new Politburo includes four workers and a female Solidarity member.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity Labor Federation
Communist Party Congress
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
LOT
Communist Party
Stanislaw Kanin
Zofia Grzyb
Solidarity
Iranian presidential candidate wounded in Tehran assassination attempt
Iran's Pars news agency reports Habibollah Asgarowladi Musulman and one bodyguard wounded in an attack on Iran Street. One attacker killed, another wounded and captured. Musulman among four candidates approved to run on July 24. Pars also reports a high school girl among five leftists executed in Babel for clashes with teachers and links to Mujahedeen Khalq.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Habibollah Asgarowladi
Musulman
Iran
Tehran
Pars
Iran Street
Council of Guardians
Abolhassan Bani Sadi
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Republican Party
Bani Sadr
Caspian
Babel
Mujahedeen Khalq
Paton Returns With New Novel Ah But Your Land Is Beautiful
Alan Paton at 78 completes his first novel in 28 years Ah But Your Land Is Beautiful tracing 1952 to 1958 apartheid buildup through intertwined lives of an Indian family a white Afrikaner and an African family The book notes both good and bad Afrikaners and criticizes intensified black alienation under Verwoerd while reflecting on apartheid's history and Paton's reformist views.
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Paton
South Africa
Verwoerd
Hendrik Verwoerd
Europe
United States
National Party
D.F. Malan
Mrs. Malan
Liberal Party
Alan Paton
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Albin Siwak
Reform
Walt Disney Pki
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Outer Space
SAT
SUN
Joe B. Babb
Chesterfield Street
NIASE
National Institute For Automotive Service Excellence
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