Relief efforts in Nigeria and Biafra face threats
Relief operations in Nigeria and the Breakaway Biafra region are endangered as Federal Nigerian authorities demand withdrawal of Red Cross head Drust Lindt and ICRC officials. Lagos accuses foreign misinformation and endangering Dahomean-Nigerian relations, with avenues to continue aid under review.
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Lagos
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Shadow Cabinet Report Shocks Saigon Crisis
Reports from Paris and Saigon say militant Buddhist and neutralist leaders formed a shadow cabinet to challenge President Thieu and seek peace negotiations. A key activist denied the claim, while Cambodia recognised the revolutionary government allied with the Vietcong.
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AAP - Reuter
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Aap-Reuter
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National Liberation Front
Vietcong
Tribesmen trapped by rebels in Thai mountain villages
About 200 Communist-trained Meo rebels trap 4,000 government loyalists in villages in Petchaboon Province, 250 miles north of Bangkok. Authorities plan a relief push while helicopters reportedly drop supplies to rebels and nearby areas. Government trains locals to form a defense force. twenty have begun training, with forty more planned soon.
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Aap-Reuter
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Rhodesia Voters Warn Over Rights in New Constitution
Rhodesia's Constitutional Council, seven days before a referendum, said the proposed constitution would not effectively protect individual rights. The 11 member advisory body warned approval could grant unchecked legislative power to amend entrenched rights.
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Aap-Reuter
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Constitutional Council
Rhodesian sanctions drive pushes for sterner action
UN committee urged tougher measures to end the white Rhodesian rebellion. It said South Africa and Portugal failed to comply and Rhodesia traded with other states, estimated at about 44 million sterling in 1968. Britain pressed for condemnation of the proposed Rhodesian constitution and a referendum while seeking regional consultation after any vote.
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South Africa
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Security Council
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Caradon
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Pompidou set for victory in French presidency vote
France votes in a runoff between Gaullist Pompidou and Centrist Poher after General de Gaulle’s resignation. Polls show Pompidou leading, with polling stations open for a 12 hour tally. Police oversight follows Communist calls to monitor voting amid fraud concerns.
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Reuter
France
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Francois Mitterrand
Thirst Drives Czechoslovaks Across Border for Wine
Three Czechoslovaks illegally rode a tractor with Czechoslovak plates to an Austrian Kadolz wine cellar to drink after a hot day. A gendarme questioned asylum claims. they denied seeking political refuge. They were jailed 36 hours before returning home.
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Austria
Kadolz
Czechoslovakia
UK man dies three times and lives to tell tale
Frederick Priest, 56, a van driver from Upper Gornal Dudley, was reported by doctors at Burton Road Hospital Dudley to have died on three successive days and had his heart stop on 195 occasions before making a remarkable recovery described as a unique miracle by the Sunday Telegraph.
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Sunday Telegraph
Frederick Priest
Upper Gornal
Dudley
Worcestershire
Burton Road Hospital
Britain Commons approves sweeping divorce reform bill
The House of Commons passed a controversial divorce reform bill by 109 to 55, calling for irretrievable breakdown as the sole ground and setting two year or five year separation paths. Lords may delay for a year. Critics call it casanova’s charter. supporters say it relieves distress in divorce courts.
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House of Commons
House of Lords
Britain
Edith Summerskill
Labour
Peter Mahon
Soviet and Arab demands on Israel in Cairo communique
The Soviet Union and the United Arab Republic urged Israel to withdraw from all occupied territories in any settlement and demanded full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 242. The joint communique also called for resolving the Palestine refugee issue, ending belligerency, and free navigation in regional waterways including the Suez Canal. Moscow backed Arab efforts to erase 1967 war traces while Egypt thanked Moscow for aid.
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Israel
Middle East
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UN Security Council
Suez Canal
Egypt
Israel denounces Soviet Egypt communique as hostile
Israel denounced the Soviet Egyptian communique as a deplorable document fostering hostility. Foreign Minister Eban called it a blow to peace and blamed the UAR and Soviet Union for immobility and tension. Egyptian and Israeli forces exchanged mortar and small arms fire along the Suez Canal, wounding four Israeli soldiers in the Mitla region.
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Aap-Reuter
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UAR
Soviet Union
Israel
Suez Canal
Mitla
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