Eight indicted over Taeyongak Hotel fire in Seoul
Seoul prosecutors formally indict eight people including the hotel owner five employees and two former city officials in connection with the Christmas Day Taeyongak Hotel blaze, the worst hotel disaster. In Venezuela four bandits tied a bank manager to a railway line before a tram approached, but a passerby driver halted a 40 wagon train just feet away.
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Taeyongak Hotel
San Felix
Venezuela
Ohe
Clean diesel promise from Tokyo engineer
A Japanese engineer said on Friday he developed a cleaner diesel engine than conventional models. In Quito Ecuador police arrested three US fishers within 74 hours after talks on the Tuna war. South American navies seized boats allegedly inside Ecuador's 200 mile exclusive zone. Jakarta Health Department denied a report of cholera deaths in South Celebes. Mexico City police freed a wealthy high school director held by gunmen while a kidnapped girl appeared at home.
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Aapreuter
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Fouader
Reuter
Ecuador
United States
Washington
Jenin
Jakarta
Indonesian Health Department
Celebes
Menico City
Taxi drivers endure long 1970 in New York turmoil
In 1970 New York taxi drivers faced fatal violence with seven killed while the city grapples with safety issues. A separate brutal murder in Malaysia near Kuala Lumpur involved a teacher and three cafeteria workers found stabbed in a shack, described by police as one of the region’s most brutal killings.
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New York
Reuter
Heise
Spears
Rauwh
Kuala Lumpur
Nuclear breeder reactor planned by US Atomic Energy Commission
The US Atomic Energy Commission announced plans on Friday to build its first nuclear breeder reactor. The agency said the facility would provide energy for thousands of years and would expand the nation s nuclear power capabilities.
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Washington
US Atomic Energy Commission
Arrest blocks counter coup in Ghana under new rulers
In Accra Lt General Afrifa and allies were arrested for conspiring to march on Accra to restore the Busia government after the National Redemption Council seized power last Thursday. Col Akyeampong led officers in a city march as borders stay closed and international flights halt while the regime consolidates rule by decree.
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AAP - Reuter
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National Redemption Council
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Ir Kofi Busia
London
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Acera
Busit
Irifu
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Ashanti
Maxwell Ohwusu
Busia
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Dr Busia
Dr Ausia
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Kumasi
Cihanas
Hhe
Ivory Coast
Republic of Togo
Four Pets Hanged in Forest Hills District Murder Case
San Francisco police said they arrested a 46 year old woman suspected as the sadistic hangman killer behind four pet deaths in the Forest Hills area. The animals were found dangling from trees, prompting a cross city hunt for the suspect.
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Forest Hills
Bomb blast in Buenos Aires kills four police experts
A left wing guerrilla group claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in Buenos Aires yesterday. Four police explosive experts were killed while attempting to defuse the device.
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Bufnos
Aires
Aap-Reuter
Carbun
Long Cheng siege and Pakse fall in Laos drive
News reports detail North Vietnamese forces surrounding Long Cheng Meo base near Vientiane and seizing Ban Gumik Siflage near Pakse after a four day battle. Southern Laos battles spread near Tuy Hoa in Phu Yen province as Saigon high command cites heavy clashes and shifting military pressure. In Phnom Penh, a purge targets province chiefs and army leaders amid corruption cleanups.
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Long Cheng
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Pakse
Phu Yen
Saigon High Command
Wichong
Croatia forms new government amid purge of judiciary
In Zagreb a new Croatian government was submitted for approval as Croatia undertakes a purge of the judiciary and party structures after charges of counter revolutionary activity. The cabinet includes changes in three vacancies, with Justice Minister Mir Perisa among those ousted, and parliament resignation among senior officials. Reports say 358 cases of minor offences linked to hostile and counter revolutionary activity were filed last month.
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Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Republic of Croatia
Tanjug
Mir Paski Perisa
Croatia
Miners Press in Britain Strike With National Action
London reports the National Union of Mineworkers mounting a five day national stoppage with 780 pits idle and coal movement disrupted. Power workers, truck drivers, and dockers joined the action, halting deliveries and port imports as talks on conciliation were anticipated the day before Parliament debates the strike.
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London
Aap-Reuter
Britain
National Union of Mineworkers
Sheik Mujibur Rahman warns Bhutto over Bangladesh
Reports from Dacca quote Sheik Mujibur Rahman threatening to seize West Pakistan and make it Bangladesh if Bhutto blocks Bangladesh's Commonwealth entry. In his first post return press conference he signs for a moderate foreign policy and acceptance of aid. Bhutto admits army brutality in Bangladesh and vows action against implicated officers. Caritas says Pakistani forces raped thousands in the conflict and Theresa and nuns plan aid.
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Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Today
West Pakistan
Bhutto
Bangla Desh
Dacca
the Observer
Commonwealth
Bangladesh
Pakistan
West
United States
Sheik Mujib
Parwer
New Delhi
Press Trust of India
Radio Pakistan
Sheik Mujih
Peshawar University
Moonshine Seller Released Then Arrested on Busin ess Sale Claim
Lester Taylor, 49, out on bail for selling moonshine in Knoville Tennessee, told Federal officers overlooked two cases in court. He staged a “going out of business sale” and was arrested again. He received 12 months probation.
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Knomville
Tennessee
Reuter
Lester Taylor
Kissinger Favoured Arms For Pakistan Says Anderson
A document circulated by columnist Anderson quotes Henry Kissinger as proposing arms sales to Pakistan during the Indo Pakistan war. Deputy Defense Secretary Packard urged avoiding involvement unless it could influence the outcome. Packard later resigned citing financial reasons, with no stated link to policy stance.
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The
Times
Anderson
Washington
Wsaci
Kissinger
Pakistan
Packard
America
Suspects Held After Double Homicide At Houston Airport
Two men aged 21 and 28 accused of hacking to death an elderly antique dealer and drowning her three year old granddaughter. They surrendered to Texas Rangers at Houston International Airport on Friday.
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