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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1987
Page
3
Riot police withdrew after five days surrounding Seoul's Myongdong Cathedral as students holding the compound insisted on remaining. With government pressure to surrender and end anti-government activity, priests invited talks while leaders planned a meeting, denying amnesty offers and demanding the release of all prisoners linked to the unrest.
Iraq fights Kurdish guerrillas in northeast Kurdistan diverting 50,000 troops from the Persian Gulf war front to confront 20,000 Iranian backed fighters. Western sources say Kurdistan now hosts about 10,000 square miles under guerrilla control with over 2,000 Iraqi casualties and growing aid to hold back government advances.
Pope John Paul II concluded his weeklong homeland pilgrimage with a triumphant Warsaw march and a firm lecture on human rights to General Jaruzelski. Jaruzelski warned Poland must solve its problems itself as the pontiff praised Solidarity and pressed for truth amid foreign bias claims.
Sikh militants killed 25 people over the weekend in New Delhi and Punjab. In New Delhi 12 were killed and 20 wounded at a private birthday party for Bharat Behl. Thirteen more were shot dead in Punjab. Ethiopian elections: Mengistu Haile Mariam runs unopposed as 20 million voters chosen by ruling party. Liberal leader David Steele seeks merger with Social Democrats after election setback. Hans-Jochen Vogel elected as chairman of the Social Democrats in Germany.
The Manila Chronicle, citing an unnamed Cabinet source, reports that Armed Forces chief Gen. Fidel V. Ramos offered to resign last week to President Corazon Aquino. It remains unclear whether Aquino would accept the move amid his role in fending off at least six coup attempts against her government.
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