Nationalisation of 175 private colleges amid Christian protests
RAWALPINDI Sunday. Pakistan government nationalised 175 private colleges on Friday as arrests of Christians continue after protests. Police report over 1,100 Christians detained in Islamabad with five Gordon College professors among detainees. Sanitation workers strike persists. protests followed a Wednesday clash in which police fired on a procession of Christian women, killing three and injuring more than 60. Authorities pledge compensation for families of the dead and wounded.
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AAP - Reuter
Francis Lobo
Pakistan Christian League
Pakistan
Inyat Masih
Lahore
Gordon College
Francis Chichester Buried After Thousands Attend
Sir Francis Chichester, renowned yachtsman, was laid to rest in a quiet country churchyard near Barnstaple on Friday after thousands paid last respects. He died last Saturday at the age of 70.
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Barnstaple
England
Francia Chichester
Britain
Francis
Security fight for drug ring suspect
Joseph Ricord, 61, extradited from Paraguay, arrived in New York under tight guard amid fears of retaliation from accomplices. US Secretary of State Rogers hailed the transfer as a major step in fighting illicit drug trafficking, alleging Ricord masterminded operations moving over 500 percent purity heroin into the United States with a street value around 145 million dollars.
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New York
Joseph Ricord
Rogers
Ricord
Lee wins all 65 seats as PAP sweeps Singapore election
Singapore Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew secures a landslide victory for the People's Action Party winning all 65 seats with about 69.1 percent of the votes amid a 30 percent protest vote. Opposition parties performed weakly, except the Workers' Party challenging on alleged authoritarianism while the Singapore Malays National Organisation gains roughly 40 percent in Malay majority constituencies.
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Singapore
Aap-Reuter
Lee
People's Action Party
Workers’ Party
Mr Lee
Singapore Malays National Organisation
Loch Ness Monster photographed again in Scotland
A former greengrocer, Frank Searle, spent three years in a tent beside Loch Ness and photographed two black humps and a fin on the loch, adding to the ongoing mystery of the famed creature.
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Loch Ness
Scotland
Reuter
Loch New
Frank Searle
Malaysia bans entry for foreign hippies amid new rules
Kuala Lumpur orders a ban on all foreign hippies and issues immigration guidelines to detect noncompliers. Officers to sniff out unbathed entrants and bar those with long hair or dirty clothes as part of tightening controls. In other items Jakarta reports a three day trip to Bangladesh by the Indonesian foreign minister. Copenhagen notes a Soviet embassy secretary left Denmark amid spy allegations involving two other diplomats.
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Malaysia
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Jakarta
Reuter
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Bangladesh
Copenhagen
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Copenh
Denmark
Uganda Asians deportation toll halves estimates
Britain may have to house about 25,000 Uganda Asians expelled by Amin, far below initial 50,000 estimates. Diplomas and leaders say actual expulsions could range from 24,000 to 30,000, with many awaiting Ugandan citizenship screening to determine liability and potential stateless status for those losing nationality.
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Leaders Agree on Closer Ties in Bucharest Meet
In Bucharest on Friday, Romanian and Yugoslav leaders agreed to build closer ties with communist blocs across political, economic, and technical fields, signaling a push for stronger regional cooperation.
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Bucharest
Pai
Montreal nightclub fire leaves 36 dead
Police hold four men for questioning after the Blue Bird Cafe fire that killed 36 and injured 54. Three are to be released, one remains in custody. Investigators seek two men believed present. Fire began when inflammable material was tossed on a stairway near the entrance. Flames engulfed the building in minutes trapping patrons.
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Montreal
Aap-Reuter
Blue Bird Cafe
South Korean Red Cross delegation leaves Pyongyang
A South Korean Red Cross delegation departed Pyongyang after meetings with North Korean Red Cross officials about reuniting divided families and relatives.
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Sfoul
AAP
Reuter
Red Cross
Pyongyang
Nigeria launches nationwide crackdown on mob violence
Patrolling soldiers and police moved through major Nigerian cities on Friday to deter crime and threaten to shoot lawbreakers in a broad crackdown aimed at reducing mob violence nationwide.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Patice
Cies
Bremer appeals conviction over Wallace assassination charge
In Marlboro Maryland on Friday attorney for Arthur Bremer filed an appeal challenging his conviction for participating in the assassination plot against Governor George Wallace. The filing follows a lengthy legal process and outlines grounds for overturning the verdict.
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Maryland
Arthur Bremer
Bremer
Wallace
Disabled man’s family awarded near 54 million in suit
The family of Keith Bush, left paralyzed from the neck and almost blind after an industrial accident in Overton in 1969, has won about 3.4 million dollars in compensation. The case was reported from Reno Nevada.
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Reno
Nevada
Keith Bush
Over
Ter
Trudeau calls Canadian election after dock strike ends
Prime Minister Trudeau tests Liberal popularity by calling a general election for October 30 after Parliament ends a 24 day dockers strike in British Columbia. The stoppage halted Pacific coast port activity and delayed about 30 million bushels of grain shipments abroad.
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Trudeau
British Columbia
Pacific
Vancouver
British Columbian
Simple Ceremony Buries Prince William of Gloucester
Prince William of Gloucester, ninth in line to the throne, was buried at Windsor in a simple service at St George's Chapel. Members of the Royal Family attended. Nicole Sieff sent a wreath. Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck did not attend due to illness. Queen Elizabeth II and other royals traveled from various engagements to Windsor.
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Prince William of Gloucester
Windsor
St George's Chapel
Nicole
Prince
Para Sieff
Australia
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Prince of Wales
Queen Mother
Princess Margaret
Balmoral
Scotland
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Anne
Chile riot disrupts Chile's 1st President Allende tribute
In Santiago hundreds of present and supporters of Chile's first president Allende clash with police during a public tribute. Demonstrators wave flags and shout slogans as security efforts attempt to cordon the crowd. The confrontation interrupts ceremonies and authorities urge calm.
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Chile
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