Iran names new Islamic Republican Party leader
In Beirut AP reports Hojatoleslam Ali Khamenei was elected secretary-general of the Islamic Republican Party after the assassination of Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar and amid a second murder. Parliament consultations proceed to choose a new prime minister, with an announcement expected in two or three days.
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Lebanon
Mohammad Javad Bahonar
Bahonar
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Hojatoleslam Ali Khamenei
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Islamic Revolution
Islamic Republican Party
Associated Press
Majlis
Father Charged In Nine Deaths In British Columbia
Clifford Robert Olson, 41, of Coquitlam, faces first degree murder charges in the slayings of five girls and three boys in British Columbia. Two children remain missing, nine bodies found in remote areas after disappearances began on Christmas Day. Olson also faces charges including gross indecency and sodomy relating to an alleged May incident involving an 18 year old woman.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Clifford Robert Olson
Coquitlam
Mounties
Olson
Surrey
John Hall
U S vetoes U N action over South Africa in Angola
U S veto blocks a Security Council resolution condemning South Africa's invasion of Angola. The U S cites not blaming Cuba and the Soviets amid Cuban troops and Soviet arms supporting anti-South African factions. Britain abstains. SWAPO bases cited by South Africa as target.
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United Nations
Security Council
South Africa
Angola
United States
Charles M. Lichenstein
Council
South-West Africa
Namibia
Richard Ovinnikov
Elisio de Figueiredo
U.S
South-West
Weather May Cut Thai Food Crops
Floods in Cambodia threaten rice harvests and Cambodia's push for self sufficiency in food next year. The Mekong river rise has flooded central provinces while four southern and eastern provinces face droughts making transplanting difficult and risking last year’s poor harvest.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Mekong
Rights Vote Asked On Ireland
Geneva AP reports British human rights expert Benjamin Whitaker would back a Northern Ireland referendum if the Soviet U N representative endorses a free Afghan vote. Whitaker said independent checks on NI and Soviet prisons would show where human rights truths lie. Sofinsky replied he cannot agree to an Afghan referendum.
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Switzerland
Northern Ireland
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Benjamin Whitaker
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Vsevolod N. Sofinsky
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