Contras claim Sandinistas cornered in Honduras near Palmerola
In Tegucigalpa anti Sandinista rebels said about 1,500 Nicaraguan soldiers were surrounded in southern Honduras and could not escape. U.S. helicopters airlifted 600 Honduran troops to join 3,000 soldiers near the border as reporting noted journalists kept away.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
U.S
Nicaragua
Frank Arana
Nicaragua Democratic Front
Palmerola
Senate Likely To Pass Contra Aid After Bipartisan Talks
The Senate, controlled by Republicans, remains likely to approve President Reagan's $100 million aid package to the Contras. Amendments to kill, require peace talks, or delay aid were expected before final passage and return to a Democratic House that defeated the proposal 222-210 last week.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
U.s.-Nicaragua
House
Two More Blacks Die in South Africa Riots
In a wave of anti apartheid unrest near Cape Town and Pretoria police killed two blacks during a riot at a slum auto attack, bringing two day fatalities to thirty. Reports say 2,500 blacks were arrested at a mass rally in Bophuthatswana, while violence spread to Kwazakele and Crossroads with dozens more shot or wounded.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Bophuthatswana
Lucas Mangope
Rowan Cronje
Winterveld
Pretoria
Kwazakele
Port Elizabeth
Cape
Israeli Jets Attack Sidon Camps Killing 10 and Wounding 22
Israeli aircraft struck Palestinian refugee camps near Sidon Lebanon killing 10 and injuring 22 in a raid tied to rocket fire from southern Lebanon. Guerrillas inside Ein el Hilweh Mieh Meih and Shoubieh launched SAM-7 missiles while a two story Fatah building near Mieh Meih was destroyed. Seven civilians died nearby as smoke rose from burning structures.
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Sidon
Lebanon
Ein el-Hilweh
Mieh-Mieh
Shoubieh
Israel
Kiryat Shmona
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Fatah
Badi Abu-Suleiman
Beirut
Car Bomb Injures 21 at Melbourne Police Headquarters
A car bomb exploded in front of Melbourne police headquarters injuring 21, including 11 officers. Five smaller blasts followed. detonation fears led to block evacuation. A woman officer suffered burns over 80 percent. two other officers seriously hurt, plus 10 pedestrians. No claim of responsibility. reports mention an alleged neo Nazi suspect. Witness saw a woman catch fire.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bob Hawke
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Cold Creek
Hitchcock Parkway
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