African group seeks UN sanctions on South Africa over Namibia
The 50 nation Africa group urged the UN Security Council to impose economic and military sanctions and an oil embargo on South Africa for refusing to relinquish South-West Africa. Niger and Uganda drafted four resolutions. Western powers likely to veto.
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United Nations
U.N. Africa
U.N. Security Council
South Africa
South-West Africa
Niger
Uganda
Council
United States
Britain
France
Permanent Council
U.S
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
London
Appeals court halts Cuban detainee release in landmark case
In Denver a 10th Circuit ruling blocked the release of 48 year old Pedro Rodriguez and postponed a major decision affecting about 1,500 Cubans held in federal prisons as legal questions about detention and entry to the United States proceed.
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Topeka
Kan
U.S
James Buchele
U.S. 10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Pedro Rodriguez
Richard Rogers
Freedom Flotilla
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Zahle Ceasefire Reached as Lebanese Fighting Persists
Syrian troops and rightist forces in Zahle reached a compromise to halt fighting though sniper fire continued in Beirut. The Lebanese government reported at least 375 dead since April 1 and noted cease-fire violations amid a new Lebanon wide truce interrupted by sporadic exchanges.
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Zahle Beirut
Lebanon
Zahle
Beirut
Forces Crush Four Day Algeria Army Revolt
Forces loyal to General de Gaulle crushed a four day army revolt in Algeria, ending a tense challenge to French authority. The crackdown restored control and signaled a decisive turn in the crisis.
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de Gaulle
Algeria
Haig calls Soviets greatest danger to world peace
Secretary of State Haig, hours after Reagan lifted the grain embargo on the Soviet Union, branded the USSR as the world’s top threat to peace. He backed lifting the embargo but warned Moscow remains ready to use force and proxy wars, praising allied restraint over Poland.
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Reagan
Interior
James Watt
Alexander Haig
Defense
Frank Carlucci
Joseph Wright
Washington
Soviet Union
America
Moscow
Haig
State Department
American Society of Newspaper Editors
White House
United States
Afghanistan
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Poland
Jobless man blows up Shanghai employment office
A man upset over denied work detonated a device at a Shanghai employment office, killing himself and between nine and 15 others. Diplomats citing travelers said the blast occurred after repeated job refusals and that unemployment in Shanghai remains high with thousands of youths seeking work.
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Peking
UPI
Shanghai
China
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Morris
Ajram
Armar
Marion
Iowa
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Ilten’s
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