Police clash with Africans in Nanking
In Nanking China police attacked about 140 African students with truncheons and cattle prods during five hours of unrest near a guest house. They arrested a Ghanaian student over a Christmas Eve campus brawl, dispersed the group by college, and forced dozens back to their campuses amid injuries and fear for safety.
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Nanking
China
Ghana
Alex Dzabaku Dosoo
Hehai University
Congo
Hehai
Nanking Polytechnic Institute
Two Palestinians killed on eve of Fatah Day clashes
Israeli troops killed two Palestinians as Arabs marked Fatah Day. A funeral clash left a boy dead and nine others wounded. more than a dozen hurt in Gaza and the West Bank amid curfews, strikes, and protests. A 22 year old was fatally shot in Nablus as soldiers opened fire near his home.
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Jerusalem
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Palestine Liberation Organization
Fatah
Gaza City
Bethlehem
Nablus
Saki Teeti
Teeti
al Ittihad Hospital
Arab East Jerusalem
Anwar Buhti
Shuweikah
Mukassed
Buhti
Beit Rima
Ramallah
India and Pakistan sign no attack pact and trade talks begin
India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other’s nuclear facilities and pledge cultural exchanges and to end double taxation. Prime Ministers Bhutto and Gandhi call it a momentum for peace and the first accords since 1972. They note hope for a new generation of leaders to ease tensions.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
India
Benazir Bhutto
Rajiv Gandhi
Bhutto
Gandhi
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Indira Gandhi
Reagan and Bush challenge subpoenas in North trial
White House and Justice Department prepare court filings to quash subpoenas forcing President Reagan and Vice President Bush to testify in Oliver North's Iran Contra trial. Officials expect executive privilege and national security arguments, with potential videotaped depositions as alternatives.
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New York Times
Washington
White House
Justice Department
Reagan
George Bush
Oliver North
Administration
North
George Shultz
Edwin Meese
National Security Agency
CIA
William Webster
Bush
United States
U.S
Iran
Executive Branch
Pentagon eyes laser shift to attack satellites
After internal debate the Pentagon would modify the giant ground based laser to target satellites, a move that would require White House approval and could raise an arms race concern. Experts say tests at White Sands could occur in 1989, marking a US first in anti satellite activity.
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New York Times
Pentagon
U.S
White House
White Sands
New Mexico
United States
Man killed in game of chicken with Amtrak train
In Oceanside California Shawn James Schultz 21 Escondido lay on tracks with friends watching the Amtrak engine moving 30 to 40 mph from Los Angeles to San Diego. Police said Schultz appeared to be playing chicken and was killed instantly when the train ran over his head. The friends did not intervene.
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Oceanside
Calif
Amtrak
Shawn James Schultz
Escondido
Schultz
Los Angeles
San Diego
Richard Derouen
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