Democrats replace elder Mel Price as arms panel chief
In a secret balloting shift, Democrats oust 80 year old Mel Price of Illinois from the Armed Services Committee chair, elevating Les Aspin of Wisconsin to its top post. The caucus also named William Gray to head the Budget Committee while defending the seniority tradition amid concerns over Price health and leadership.
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Soviet apologize over stray unarmed missile incident
The Soviet Union apologized after an old unarmed cruise missile used as a target drone strayed during Barents Sea firing exercises and possibly crossed Finnish and Norwegian airspace. Norway's foreign minister said the apology improves East West relations and the case is now closed.
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Ethiopian government denounces Israeli Ethiopian Jew airlift
Ethiopian officials condemn Israel's airlift of Ethiopian Jews as illegal trafficking and gross interference. They urge a halt to the operation after Israel confirmed moving about 10 000 Ethiopians to Israel in recent years.
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Negligence Alleged in Bhopal Gas Leak Claims
Dr. S Varadarajan of India's CSIR says Union Carbide caused the disaster by producing methylene isocyanate gas without proper safety or leak contingency. The Bhopal plant incident killed over 2000 people and left about 60000 injured according to Indian media reports.
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Powell undergoes prostate cancer surgery at Minnesota hospital
Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, 77, had prostate cancer surgery Friday in a Minnesota hospital and is in fair condition. He is expected to be hospitalized 10 to 14 days and to return to the bench in February, per a court spokeswoman.
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Senate Republicans draft their own budget plan
Senate Republicans vow to craft an independent deficit reduction plan before Reagan submits his February budget. They propose an across the board spending freeze and deeper cuts to domestic programs to push the 1988 deficit below 100 billion dollars. Leadership aims to curb defense growth and may affect Social Security increases. Ted Stevens notes nothing is off limits.
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Polish officer testifies about 'good guys' in priest murder probe
Waldemar Chmielewski testified in a trial over the murder of Jerzy Popieluszko that he was told investigators were "the good guys." He named Gen. Zenon Platek and Gen. Zbigniew Jablonski as among those overseeing the probe, while expressing fear of reprisals and describing the long, tearful hours of testimony.
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