Lampedusa Coast Guard base under guard after Libyan missiles
The U S Coast Guard base on Lampedusa is closed to the public with concertina wire after Libyan missiles targeted the station shortly after a U S airstrike on Tripoli and Benghazi. Italian paratroopers operate from the island hospital as tensions rise between Italy and Libya.
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Lampedusa
Italy
U.S. Coast Guard
Mediterranean
Lamipedusa
Libya
U.S
Tripoli
Benghazi
Coast Guard
Libyan report: wreckage from U S bomber found on coast
Libyan state news agency JANA says wreckage from an American F-111 bomber involved in the April 15 raid washed ashore on the Libyan coast. The dispatch identifies the aircraft as F-111 serial R G F701, built in 1985, and condemns the attack as barbaric aggression.
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Tripoli
Libya
U.S
JANA
Reagan Administration
Stolen cars claim vast share of U.S. thefts
Minneapolis based AP report cites National Car Rental saying a car is stolen every 29 seconds in the United States. About half of stolen vehicles are recovered, leaving many unreturned cars and ongoing security concerns nationwide.
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Minneapolis
United States
National Car Rental
Chernobyl Bosses Fired Over Nuclear Accident Fallout
Soviet Pravda reports the Chernobyl plant director and senior officials dismissed for irresponsible handling of April 26 disaster. It names five top managers and key union and youth leaders as criticized, notes workers who fled remain on the run. Death toll stands at least 26 with mass evacuations and a large cleanup underway. Pozdyshev named to replace Bryukhanov as station director.
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Chernobyl
Communist Party
Pravda
Komsomol
Ukraine
Kiev
Byelorussia
V. Bryukhanov
N. Fomin
Communist Party and Youth League
Pripyat
E. Pozdyshev
Bryukanov
Bishop Desmond Tutu Calls for Restraint in Soweto Mass
In EVATON, South Africa, Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu led an outdoor Mass as troops encircled the church yard on the eve of the Soweto riots anniversary. He urged restraint and peace while noting nearly 2,000 activists detained since a nationwide state of emergency. Soldiers patrolled nearby as riot police watched.
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Evaton
South Africa
Desmond Tutu
Tutu
Johannesburg
Roller coaster derailment at West Edmonton Mall
A car derailed on a triple loop roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall injuring riders and killing three people as the rear car wheels came off. Police reported twelve riders on the multi car train were aboard when the incident occurred while the train was upside down in a loop.
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Edmonton
Alberta
West Edmonton
Circus tiger mauls man in Aurillac injury under investigation
In Aurillac France a circus tiger outside the tent attacked a visitor Raymond Petit 35 of Aurillac as he reached into the cage while the show paused Police said Petit was in serious condition at a local hospital The incident occurred about 8 p m Saturday with no witnesses and circus staff alerted by his cries
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Aurillac
France
Raymond Petit
Petit
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