Berlin an Island Of Democracy
West Berlin, a city of nearly two million, remains an island of relative prosperity and freedom amid East German rule. The article notes Allied presence, the Wall, and daily life under occupation while contrasting attitudes of older and younger Germans and the differing futures for West and East Berlin.
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West Berlin
France
England
United States
East Berlin
Ulrich Schurmann
Schurmann
Berlin
Chicago
Germany
Warsaw
NATO
West Germany
Switzerland
Soviet Union
Federal Republic of Germany
Bundestag
Helmut Kohl
Russia
East Germany
East
German Democratic Republic
West
Cothran
Krohn Goes On Trial For Trying To Kill Pope
A diary attributed to Rev. Juan Maria Fernandez Krohn describes a planned papal assassination during John Paul II's Fatima visit. He watched Sadat's assassination and claimed the pope betrayed the church by aligning with Soviet blocs in a diary to be published by Dr. Anibal Paradela. The trial opens in Vila Nova d'Ourem with a potential 26 year sentence.
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Lisbon
Portugal
John Paul II
Anwar Sadat
Juan Maria Fernandez Krohn
John Paul
Fatima
Fernandez Krohn
Vila Nova d’Ourem
Our Lady of Fatima
Vatican
St. Peter’s Square
Jose Lopes Perdigao
France
Anibal Paradela
Inter
Paradela
Egypt
Sadat
Cairo
Northern Ireland Votes for New Assembly Amid Tense Security
In Belfast, with over 25,000 troops and police on duty, Northern Ireland voters elect a provincial assembly as Britain seeks to unite Protestants and Catholics. Despite hopes, experts doubt a peace blueprint will emerge after 13 years of conflict between about 1 million Protestants and 500,000 Catholics. Early voters brave a windy chilly morning.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Israel Begins Massacre Probe Witness Heads Beirut Inquiry
Former Mossad chief Yitzhak Hofi testified before a closed judicial panel in Jerusalem as the first witness in Israel's Beirut massacre probe. The hearings could influence the fate of Prime Minister Menachem Begin's government.
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Jerusalem
Yitzhak Hofi
Mossad Intelligence Agency
Israel
Beirut
Menachem Begin
Palace Intruder Cues Patient at Mental Hospital
Park Lane maximum security mental hospital staff say Michael Fagan used a pool cue to club fellow patient Philip Baxter to the ground. Baxter, 21, was admitted last year after attacking two elderly men with an axe.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Michael Fagan
Press Association
Park Lane
Liverpool
England
Fagan
Philip Baxter
58 Feared Dead as Boat Sinks Off Borneo Coast
Rescuers saved 31 of 89 aboard the 401 ton Ms Karya after it sank off Borneo on Monday. Antara News Agency reported the incident and the fears of drowning among the passengers remain.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Borneo
Antara
Karya
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