Beirut under fire as Syria targets peace effort
Beirut and surrounding towns suffer heavy shelling as Syrian backed forces clash with Lebanese Christians and Muslims. Amid the 13 month civil war a political vacuum grows with a session to elect a new president under pressure from leftist leaders and Damascus.
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Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Damascus
al- Baath
Baath Socialist Party
Ford
L. Dean Brown
Brown
Aia
United
Sates
Hafez Assad
Suleiman Franjieh
Kamal Jumblatt
Kissinger plane crammed with trip souvenirs
Secretary Kissinger’s Africa trip souvenirs overload the cargo hold forcing two refueling stops home. Secret Service teams will prepare Crete for a 15 minute stop. Gifts valued under 50 dollars rule noted. Kissinger made light of tribal gifts and Rhodesia visit while in Africa.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Henry A. Kissinger
Africa
Secret Service
Crete
Victoria Falls
Kissinger
Israelis Tighten Security After Jerusalem Bombing
Police civil defense and security forces were on maximum alert in Jerusalem after a booby trapped scooter injured 30 near the Wailing Wall memorial. The blast followed violent clashes as Jewish youths attacked Arab areas. 90 suspects were detained and seven held for questioning.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Zion Square
Olice
Shlomo Hillel
Constantin Prevedourakis
West Bank
Tulkarm
Nablus
Egypt
United Nations Security Council
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Al-Baath
United States
U.S
UPI
Cers
PLO
Yasir Arafat
Chuck Roast
Hamburg
U.S. No
Maine
Iss
Texas
Coleslaw
Shurfine
Chase & Sanborn
Dakar
Senegal
sub-Sahara
Assane Seck
Rhodesia
Liberia
Vai
William P. Rogers
Vai Porkwai
Lise’s Beauty Salon
Lucy's Beauty Salon
Lindale Ave
Biddeford
Lise Bertrand
Proprietress
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