Mali and Burkina Faso clash over long border dispute
Mali announced a vast offensive against Burkina Faso over a 25 year border feud in the Agacher region. Burkina Faso claimed raids killed civilians and destroyed Malian tanks, while Bamako denied casualties. Both sides cited state radio reports with no independent verification.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Mali
Burkina Faso
Bamako
Niger
Togo
Algeria
ANAD
Upper Volta
Africa
Agacher
Peggy Lee Recovery After Double Bypass Surgery
Peggy Lee, 65, remains hospital bound 12 weeks after double bypass surgery with infection complications. Nursing supervisor says she shows satisfactory progress and should be home soon after New Year.
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Peggy Lee
Maureen Freudinguer
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Calif
Lee
New Orleans
Donna Reed
Lebanese Jew slain in revenge for shelling of Muslim villages
The body of kidnapped Lebanese Jew Chaim Cohen Halala was found in West Beirut near a church after a militant group claimed he was killed in retaliation for the shelling of Shiite villages in south Lebanon. Police say Halala was 39 and identified by his parents through the Red Cross. The group threatened to kill three more hostages if shelling continues.
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Beirut
Lebanon
West Beirut
Chaim Cohen Halala
Riad Solh
Halala
Wadi Abu Jamil
International Red Cross
Organization of the Oppressed On Earth
an-Nahar
South Lebanon
Yater
Kafra
Israel
Iran
Isaac Sasson
Isaac Tarrab
Elie Srour
Interior Ministry
Four Hijackers Detained After Soviet Plane Forced to China
Four hijackers who forced a Soviet Antonov 24 to land in Heilungkiang province remain in Chinese custody. The plane with about 50 passengers landed near Hailai on December 21 after departing from an internal Soviet flight. All aboard reportedly returned to the Soviet Union. the hijackers face life imprisonment.
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Samantha
Soviet Union
Samantha Smith
Maine
Yuri Andropov
Andropov
Moscow
Vechernyaya Moskva
Peking
China
Foreign Ministry
Hailai
Pirates kill 50 Vietnamese refugees in savage attack
UNHCR spokesman recounts a four day voyage from Ho Chi Minh City to Malaysia where pirates boarded the Vietnamese boat killing all men over 17 and raping the women. About 28 women and children survived after drifting and rejoining a ferryboat voyage.
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Geneva
South China Sea
U.N. High Commissioner For
Leon Davico
U.N
Kuala Lumpur
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
Malaysia
Davico
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Philippines
Imelda Marcos
Manila
Sally Field
Murphy
James Garner
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Marion
McDonald’s
Cedar Rapids & Marion
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Heilungkiang
Vietnam
Eastern Iowa College
Cedar Rapids Area
Roosevelt Hotel
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