Leftist Guerrilla Offensive Surges in El Salvador Clash
About 1 000 leftist guerrillas attacked government forces in Chalatenango province sparking heavy fighting as reinforcements rush in by air and ground. Officials dispute counts, with guerrilla groups claiming larger force and casualties vs military estimates of smaller numbers.
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Prominent Syrian ally Assassinated in Damascus
Darwich el Zouni a 56 year old member of the Progressive National Front led by Hafez Assad was shot outside his home in Damascus. The government blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for the killing as it pledged a hard response. This follows two prior Damascus killings in three weeks signaling renewed violence by Islamic militants.
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80 year old jailed for patient death in nursing home
An 80-year-old man Jose Villamor is jailed after tipping a fellow patient’s wheelchair, killing 92-year-old Larry Thomas at Westgate Convalescent Hospital. He is described as frail, unable to walk or talk well after strokes, with authorities seeking a guarded nursing home or state hospital as trials may be unlikely.
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Mount St Helens Quakes Puzzle Scientists Face
Small earthquakes up to six per hour shook Mount St Helens early Saturday near Vancouver Washington. UW geophysics experts said there is no clear origin or interpretation for the seismic activity, with quakes lasting under a minute and undetectable on the Richter scale.
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University of Washington Geophysics Center
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Government to close grim L'Asinara prison in Sardinia
Prime Minister Forlani announced plans to shut the fortress prison on L Asinara Island amid Red Brigades demands linked to the kidnapping of Judge Giovanni D Urso. He stressed the decision's autonomous character and described long preparation for the closure.
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L’asinara
Sardinia
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D’urso
American missionary kidnapped in Guatemala
An American medical missionary Laverle Osborne Cummings aged 50 was abducted on Christmas Day by unidentified gunmen at his Santa Lucia Milpas Altas home 23 miles southwest of Guatemala City. He ran a natural medicine clinic and reportedly had no political ties. A second U S citizen kidnapping in Guatemala within a month is noted amid political unrest.
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Guatemala
UPI
Laverle Osborne Cummings
Santa Lucia Milpas Altas
Soviet Nuclear Test Detected in Underground Blast
The U S government announced it had detected what appeared to be the 10th underground nuclear explosion this year in the Soviet Union Seismic signals were detected at 1109 p m EST Friday according to DOE spokesman Ben McCarty.
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