Somali fighting widens as Ethiopia battles Somali insurgents
In Kenya, Ethiopian government troops press a clash with Somali guerrillas, with Western Somalia Liberation Front claiming capture of several Bale province villages and destruction of tanks, warplanes, and hundreds of troops. Ethiopia reports repelling Somali forces and downing additional planes as observers note broader spread.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Ethiopia
Western
Somalia Liberation Front
Bale
el Kare
Harag-Ghelle
Shakisa
Hila-Madobe
God- Osbo
Goddher
Burhosh
Bilaley
Ban-Gol
Ka-Yeris
el Kura
Dhagahbur
Ogaden
Liberation Front
Werder
Dharor
Pipeline flaw halts Trans-Alaska flow near terminal
The Trans-Alaska pipeline shut down again about 3 p.m. Wednesday as crews repair a faulty weld near the terminal, with restart uncertain and estimates ranging from 24 to 48 hours. The 800-mile route has faced prior disruptions, bombings, and damage while authorities arrest several suspects in connection with attacks on the line.
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Valdez, Alaska
UPI
North Slope
Trans-Alaska
Beverly Ward
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Inc
Anchorage
Alyeska
Valdez
Fairbanks
William Freeman
Donald Drum
Larry Wertz
H.E. Crutchfield
Wertz
Roy Wilkins Leaves NAACP After 22 Years Leader
Roy Wilkins retires as head of the NAACP after 22 years guiding the civil rights group through the 1960s and enduring financial and internal disputes. Benjamin Hooks will assume leadership, with Wilkins staying as a consultant for three years. Hooks leaves the FCC to take the post, formal tenure starting Aug. 1.
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New York
UPI
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Benjamin L. Hooks
Hooks
Memphis
Tenn
Federal Communications Commission
The
Martin Luther King
Mississippi
Port Gibson
Miss
Six Die in Miami Area Mass Slaying by Impostor Inspectors
In Carol City three gunmen posing as Florida Power & Light inspectors entered a suburban home and bound eight occupants before shooting six men to death. A woman and a man survived with nonfatal injuries, the motive unclear. The gunmen fled in a Ford Thunderbird rented by the homeowner. Police hunt for suspects and the car as detectives describe the scene as grisly and chaotic.
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Miami
UPI
Power Company
Dade County
Margaret Wooden
Florida Power & Light Co
Miss Wooden
Livingston Stocker
Carol City
Tom Lawley
Lawley
Johnnie Hall
Joyce Campbell
Egypt Egypt Libya talks amid border tension cease-fire holds
Egypt agreed to high level talks with Libya and to halt propaganda for a peace plan aimed at stabilizing the cease-fire along the 650 mile border. Al Ahram noted a possible meeting in Algiers or Kuwait without Khadafy present. Announcement of the plan was delayed.
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Egypt
Libya
Cairo
al Ahram
Anwar Sadat
Algiers
Kuwait
Yasser Arafat
Sabah Al-Ahmed
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