Widespread confusion mars Haitian election run by junta
In Port au Prince turnout was low as fear and boycotts kept many Haitians from polls. Soldiers blocked streets, a general strike pressed on, and opposition candidates urged fraud warnings while voters reported bribery and violence at voting centers. Official results expected next week.
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Reagan seeks more contra aid despite Ortega peace talks
President Reagan plans to request additional aid for the Nicaraguan rebels despite Sandinista leader Ortega lifting the emergency and opening cease-fire talks. White House spokesman Popadnik indicated a formal request to Congress for more aid would come January 26, the day after the State of the Union.
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Explosion Targets Mormon Polygamist Widow Home in Utah
Police ring the Marion residence of Vickie Singer after an explosion damaged a recreation room and chapel and a spear with a note bearing John Singer’s name and the date January 18, 1979 was found outside. Addam Swapp, son-in-law, is being sought for negotiation as authorities pursue leads in the case.
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Man sentenced for biting off friend's finger in Dubai
Dubai Criminal Court sentenced Sita Ram Raju to 20 days in jail and fined him 135 for biting off his roommate Hiralal K s finger after a noise dispute. Raju claimed he asked for quiet so he could drink with a friend.
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Rebels clash with loyal troops in Argentine mutiny drive
Troops loyal to the civilian government surrounded a northern army compound where Lt. Col. Aldo Rico and about 100 supporters seized the regimental HQ. A separate uprising at a southern base was quelled in five hours with 13 officers captured. The government denied wider spread, while tanks supported operations as 2,000 soldiers were mobilized to neutralize the situation.
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Soviet Worried by Gorbachev Shift as Shevardnadze Arrives
Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrived in Bonn for a three day visit seen as a sign of a Kremlin shift toward West Germany after missile disputes. He called growing contacts between Soviet and Western leaders positive evidence of a new era. In Poland Eli Wiesel met Lech Walesa at Auschwitz Birkenau and praised Nobel laureates gathering as a call for human rights, marking a symbolic start to a four day Nobel event in Paris with about 80 laureates.
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Renowned South African Editor Percy Qoboza Dies at 80
Percy Qoboza, award-winning black journalist and longtime editor of City Press since 1985, died on his 80th birthday after a heart attack. He previously edited the World and the Post, two black publications shut down by the government, and died at Rand Clinic in Johannesburg.
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Two-headed baby reported in Cape Town hospital
A Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town announced a woman gave birth to a two-headed girl. A nurse noted two sets of vertebrae in one torso, while Dr. Marie Potgieter said the infant has two heads and one body. The mother is a 21-year-old unmarried woman, reportedly doing reasonably well.
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