Joint Church Aid folds up amid Nigeria relief crisis
The relief network that airlifted about 5300 loads to secessionist Nigeria has dissolved. JCA officials warn stranded supplies on Sao Tome could reach the starving areas, while others prepare to hand over aid to groups with access. Authorities report a fragile calm and continued international relief efforts in Lagos, London, and Lisbon.
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Viggo Mollerup
Sao Tome
Mollerup
New York Times
Runwily
United States
Ahrlift
Atlantic Island
Thaiand
Anthony Byrne
Church Aid
Copenhagen
Sue Tome
Nigeria
Biafra
Lagos
Ibos
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Caritas
Holy Rosary
French Red Cross
London
Reief
Hercules Air
Stansted
Clifton
John Bulmer
Sunday Times
Jom Clare
The
Times
Max Hastings
Evening Standard
Bulmer
Accra
Port Harcourt
Alred Diette-Spiff
Gowon
Lisbon
Portugal
Tnday
San Tome
Dissent group appeals to UN over Soviet persecution
Moscow dissidents accuse the Soviet authorities of persecuting 62 dissenters last year in a letter to the UN Human Rights Commission. Signatories include former Major-General Pyotr Grigorenko, poet Natalia Gorbanevskaya, and writer Anatoly Sevilin-Krasnov, all currently detained.
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Aap-Reuter
United Nations
LN Human Rights Commission
Pyotr Grigorenko
Natalia Gorbanevskaya
Anatoly Sevilin-Krasnov
Riots over prices end in Indonesian capital
In Jakarta three days of student protests over oil price rises ended as Foreign Minister Malik sought to ease public anxiety. Soldiers remained at government offices and Pertamina as the government defended a price increase. Kerosene prices doubled and petrol rose 50 percent.
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Malik
Pertamina Oil Company
McMalik
Indonesia
Oronsay Typhoid Cruise Sees Passengers Quarantined Abroad
The liner Oronsay sails on a one day cruise to entertain 1,300 quarantined passengers as officials hunt the typhoid source aboard the ship. About 40 people, mostly crew, are hospitalized with suspected or confirmed typhoid. The PL & shipping line ordered inoculations for 7,000 crewmen and London experts plus 75 bacteriologists work in Vancouver to identify the outbreak source. The voyage proceeds amid films, dances and games, with no decision yet on resuming the longer Loo-Juli to Australian cruise.
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Oronsay
Associated Press
London
Gulfy Islands
Georgia Strait
Lono- Juli
Caribbean
Port Everglades
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Powell urges Britain to cut aid to towns with large minority populations
Britain's leading immigration opponent Enoch Powell urged the government to reduce financial aid to towns with big coloured populations. The Sunday Telegraph reported his Scarborough speech advocating halting new immigration and making life harder to force the rest to leave, while also criticizing measures aiding absorption as harmful. The report noted the speech shocked Conservative leaders despite central office distribution.
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Aap-Reuter
Enoch Powell
Britain
Sunday Telegraph
Powell
Scarborough
England
Mc Powell
Bombs Explode Outside British Property in Cyprus
Three bombs exploded near British property outside Nicosia with no casualties or damage. The National Front Organisation, which pushes for union with Greece, is blamed for a series of bombings and shootings across Cyprus over the past year.
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Aap-Reuter
Nic‘asia
National Front Organisation
Greece
Cyprus
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