Police seize Mandela's wife in Soweto standoff
In Johannesburg area, Winnie Mandela was dragged from her Soweto home at gunpoint by police after she refused a government order to leave. A witness described a pistol aimed at her neck as she was forced into a police car while resisting by gripping doors. Police said she was released and not in custody, while a security guard at a nearby hotel reported her arrival and quick return to Soweto. Law and Order Minister Le Grange said her banishing order was relaxed but still barred her from staying in the Johannesburg area. Riot police and armored vehicles surrounded the house after a several hour standoff.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Soweto
Po- Mandela Ficeman
Mandela
Airport Holiday Inn
Durban van explosion wounds shoppers as fear stirs
A mine blew apart a white family's passenger van on a busy Durban street injuring eight people during Christmas shopping. Police said a parcel was placed under the minibus and exploded. The attack occurred amid ANC threats to escalate anti white rule actions. Two children, Vanessa de Jongh 10 and Delmarie 4, suffered cuts.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Durban
African National Congress
Vanessa de Jongh
Delmarie
Fire rages at oil facility in wake of explosion
An explosion at an AGIP petroleum storage depot in Naples triggered a nightlong blaze. Three killed, about 160 injured, 19 hospitalized, and 142 treated for injuries. Dozens of tanks, emergency crews, and air foam efforts limited spread as authorities evacuated nearby homes and investigated the blast timing during a loading operation.
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Naples
Italy
Renato Profili
Giuseppe Zamberletti
Bay of
Anna Maria Greco
Civil Protection Ministry
AGIP
Paolo Giordano
Giordano
AGI
St. Erasmo
Campania
ANSA
Giuseppe Bossa
Associated Press
Paola Roselli
Giovanni Morelli
Non-aligned Yugoslavia in the middle of a U S PLO flap
Belgrade based report notes Yugoslavia seeks neutrality in East West disputes while denouncing terrorism and maintaining ties with the PLO and Israel. It recounts Abbas’s stay, U S pressure to hand over a hijacking suspect, and Yugoslavia’s delicate diplomacy amid debt and security concerns.
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Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Mohammed Abbas
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.S
Italy
PLO
United States
Achille Lauro
Abbas
Raif Dizdarevic
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Leon Klinghoffer
New York City
Israel
Bus wreck in Brazil leaves up to 30 dead
A Cometa Transport Co bus veered off a southern Brazil road and plunged into a reservoir near Pirai, about 60 miles from Rio de Janeiro. Police say 20 to 30 may have died with over 40 aboard. about 15 survived by escaping through windows, while divers search for additional victims. The crash occurred around 5 a.m. en route from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, with a company lawyer attributing the cause to an oncoming truck forcing the bus off the road.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Leitao
Pirai
Cometa Transport Co
Rio
Sao Paulo
Antonio Ferreira da Silva
Radio Jornal Do Brasil
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Claypool Hill Mall
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