Four Canadian teens killed in Nice Paris train derailment
A derailment at Barbentane on the Nice to Paris express killed four Ottawa region teenagers and injured 24 others as two sleeping cars toppled after a suspected axle fault. Rescue workers, doctors, and ambulances swarmed the scene while operations paused on the main line and diversions affected other routes.
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France
Nice
Paris
Avignon
Paris- Nice
Ottawa
Patricia Paquin
Marie Basile
Carol Robin Powell
Leanne Jones
Colinda
Joseph
Marseille
Citizen
Edmond Routhier
Sir Robert Borden High School
Gunmen attack Hebron college kill three students
Masked gunmen using grenades and submachine guns killed three Arab students at the Islamic College in Hebron and wounded about 30 others, prompting an Israeli army alert, curfews, and reinforcements as clashes sparked across the West Bank. A Palestinian girl was later killed in Nablus during protests.
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Gazette Wire Services
Jerusalem
Islamic College
Hebron
Nablus
West Bank
Jordan River
Halhoul
Soviet Lets Five Ministries Experiment With Economic Reforms
The Soviet Union announced five ministries will implement economic experiments starting January 1 to loosen central control and boost production. The plan, described in Pravda, aims to introduce self-support, freer worker rewards, and reinvested profits, signaling gradual reform under Andropov.
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Soviet Union
Yuri Andropov
Communist Party
Pravda
Ministry of Heavy and Transport Machinery
Ministry of Electrotechnical Industry
Ministry of Food Industry
Ministry of Light Industry
Ministry of Local Industry
AIDS link eyed in infant transfusion deaths in Los Angeles
Medical officials said three Los Angeles County infants who died after transfusions may have AIDS acquired during the procedure. Pediatrician Joseph Church said he is 95 percent sure AIDS caused the deaths, or at least an unseen immune deficiency.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Joseph Church
Los Angeles Children's Hospital
Church
Poland moves to tighten censorship and protests law
The government plans new laws to curb anti-government activities despite objections from the Roman Catholic Church. Spokesman Jerzy Urban said parliament will likely approve the measures Thursday after lifting martial law last week. Cardinal Glemp urged reconsideration last week.
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Warsaw
Poland
Jerzy Urban
Jozef Glemp
Riots In Sri Lanka Prompt Curfew Across Island
Colombo remains tense as troops patrol after communal rioting leaves more than 100 dead. A curfew began 6 p.m. Monday in Colombo and was extended Tuesday to include the entire island nation off India's southwest tip.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
India
Shoplifter Kills Wife and Daughter in West Germany
A 42-year-old post office clerk in Augsburg bludgeoned his wife and 16 year old daughter to death to spare them embarrassment after his shoplifting arrest. Police say the family was beaten with an iron bar as they slept Monday night.
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Augsburg
West Germany
U S vows to keep Persian Gulf open
The State Department warned the United States would use force if needed to prevent Iran from shutting down oil shipments through the Persian Gulf. The Carl Vinson carrier group and other ships monitor the region as tensions rise in the Iran Iraq war.
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State Department
United States
Persian Gulf
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Indian Ocean
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Iraq
Tehran
Strait of Hormuz
Gulf
John Hughes
Afghanistan
Jimmy Carter
United States of America
Reagan
Ranger
Western Pacific
Pacific
el Salvador
Central America
J.A. Garrow
Navy
Shultz seeks Jaffe release from Florida prison
U S Secretary of State George Shultz asks Florida to release Canadian businessman Sidney Jaffe, saying his imprisonment harms U S Canada relations. Canada says two U S bounty hunters abducted Jaffe in 1981 and he was convicted of land sales violations and bond jumping, sentenced to 35 years.
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Fla
U.S
George Shultz
Florida
Sidney Jaffe
U.s.-Canada
Shultz
Florida Parole and Probation Commission
Canada
Jaffe
U.S. Justice Department
Anabel
Panda cub dies from prenatal pneumonia at National Zoo
Ling Ling the panda cub died three hours after birth from acute prenatal bronchopneumonia. Officials monitor Ling Ling for signs of infection as microscopic exams show the lung infection intensified two days before birth. The mother shows no illness and continues maternal behavior.
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Panda Cub
Washington
Ling- Ling
National Zoo
Zoo
Michael Morgan
Morgan
Ling-Ling
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