Aquino widow to run against Marcos in Feb election
Corazon Aquino, widow of Benigno Aquino, announced she will run against Ferdinand Marcos in the February 7 special election. Demonstrators protested the court verdict acquitting 25 soldiers and a civilian in Aquino's assassination, which Marcos allies framed as a military conspiracy.
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Manila
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Benigno Aquino
Marcos
Fabian C. Ver
Armed Forces
Aquino
U.S
Rolando Galman
Galman
Makati
Funeral draws 50 000 mourners in Mamelodi stadium
In Mamelodi Pretoria, up to 50 000 mourners attended the funeral for 12 blacks killed during three days of rioting. President Botha lifted emergency restrictions in eight districts as Winnie Mandela defied a banning order to speak to the crowd. Diplomats from 11 nations attended. The service honored victims Magdalene Mlombo and baby Tracia Ndlovu among others.
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Mamelodi
South Africa
Pretoria
P.W. Botha
U.S
Tim Carney
Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Brandfort
African National Congress
Pitjie Stadium
Magdalene Mlombo
Tracia Ndlovu
Israeli tanks raid Palestinian base in south Lebanon
Israeli tanks troops and helicopter gunships battled Palestinians for eight hours near Hasbaya in the Bekaa Valley about 12 miles north of the border. Lebanese and Palestinian sources report five guerrillas killed several captured and ten Palestinians plus Druse militiamen and a Lebanese sergeant wounded.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
Israel
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Hasbaya
Damascus
Syria
Housh
Tel Aviv
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