Pakistan jails opposition to halt Lahore rally
Pakistani authorities arrested hundreds of opposition leaders nationwide and barred Benazir Bhutto from entering Punjab for five days as police cracked down on planned Independence Day events. Riot police used tear gas and canes in Karachi and Faisalabad while protesters attacked buses.
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Punjab
Faisalabad
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Gazette subscription rates and details from Cedar Rapids
The notice lists daily publication details and pricing for Cedar Rapids Iowa, with Morning Editions Sunday issues priced at 9 sates per week and annual rates of 10.40 for 4 weeks or 110.00 for 52 weeks. It also notes US and territorial rates, carrier service restrictions, and AP republication rights.
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Texas fossils claim oldest known bird reshapes evolution
Texas Tech paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee led a team that identified 225 million year old mudstone bones as two crow sized Protoavis. The find, dating 75 million years earlier than Archaeopteryx, challenges bird origin timelines and dismisses the earlier fossil as a side branch.
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NEW York
Texas
Sankar Chatterjee
Chatterjee
Protoavis
Archaeopteryx
U.S. reverses stance on Botha meeting proposal
State Department said Reagan based on early, inaccurate Durban remarks and there was no formal Botha proposal for regional talks. Officials noted U.S. readiness to help dismantle apartheid, while any meeting would focus on apartheid. In Durban, blacks may vote only for a national advisory council.
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Pieter W. Botha
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Talks in Washington Follow-Up To Moscow Arms Talks
Soviet and U S arms negotiators will meet again soon to follow up on the just concluded Moscow talks. The Reagan administration calls it a good step but not a breakthrough. Speakes said the next round will likely be in Washington with the same negotiators who spent 11 hours over two days in Moscow.
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Moscow
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White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
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Refugees Granted Status Amid Immigration Probe
Police investigate if 152 Sri Lankan refugees rescued near Newfoundland were en route from West Germany to Canada to evade immigration laws. Ottawa minister Benoit Bouchard confirms all 152 Tamils are approved for refugee status, allowing them to remain at least a year and likely permanently. Reports place refugees in a Hamburg detention camp.
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ST. John's
Canada
Newfoundland
West Germany
Benoit Bouchard
Ottawa
Hamburg
Gazette Wire Services
House blocks nerve gas tests and ASAT weapons production
The House split along party lines approving an anti satellite weapons ban 222 to 197 while voting 210 to 209 to bar nerve gas weapon production next year. The vote keeps the Pentagon budget in flux amid White House opposition and potential veto threats.
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House
Reagan
Pentagon
U.S
Drug ring smashed across Puerto Rico and U S
Police and federal agents arrested 28 alleged traffickers in a sweep across Puerto Rico as they broke up an international drug ring moving heroin cocaine and marijuana from South America to the United States. The operation involved 320 officers and officials described the arrests as a major disruption.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
South America
United States
U.S
Daniel Lopez-Romo
Hamilton! campaign fails to rename city officially
Hamilton Ohio, a southwestern city, sought to add an exclamation point to its name but the U S Board on Geographic Names and Rand McNally declined. City Manager Jack Becker said the campaign still raised attention for the city.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Jack Becker
U.S. Board On Geographic Names
U.S. Geological Survey
Rand McNally & Co
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