Drifters End Two Month Pacific Ordeal
Twelve Kiribati islanders aboard a 20 foot cabin cruiser drifted 1,300 miles over two months after engine failure. They subsisted on rainwater and raw fish including a shark, with nine deaths from dehydration. Survivors were rescued by the Tifaimoana crew and taken to Truk Island near Guam.
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Mr Defense Vinson Dies After 50 Years in House
Carl Vinson died at 97 in Milledgeville Georgia after a 50 year House career. He earned the nickname Mr Defense for pushing a strong military and chaired the Armed Services Committee for decades. Services planned at First United Methodist Church with his wife predeceasing him.
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PLO official slain in Belgium in Brussels suburb
Naim Khader 41, PLO representative in Belgium, was shot five times as he left his Ixelles home at 9 am. He died before aid arrived. Witnesses pursued the gunman but could not catch him. Khader had led the Brussels office since 1976 and dealt with the EC and Belgian authorities.
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IRA claims two latest Belfast killings
The IRA said it carried out the hospital shooting of a part time policeman Colin Dunlop 30 and the bombing death of bomb expert Sgt Maj Michael O Neill 34 near Newry. The attacks raise Northern Ireland death toll to 2118.
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Lawyer seeks press ban as Lennon killer trial set
Jonathan Marks for Mark David Chapman asks a judge to bar press and public from jury selection citing a survey showing 53 percent of New York County residents view Chapman as guilty or probably guilty. Justice Edwards will rule June 11. Chapman pleads innocent by reason of insanity. trial slated for June 22.
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Algerian Foreign Minister Slightly Hurt in Plane Crash
Foreign Minister Mohammed Benyahia who negotiated for the freedom of 52 American hostages was injured when his government plane crashed in a storm near Mali. Algerian radio corrected an earlier report saying no one survived. number aboard was not known.
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Barbara Ward economist and peer dies after long illness
Barbara Ward 67 renowned advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson died at her Lodsworth home after a lengthy illness. A life peer since 1976 as Lady Barbara Jackson of Lodsworth she was an Economist editor, BBC governor and Catholic social thinker. Her works include The International Share-Out 1938 and Progress for a Planet 1980.
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Cuba to free hijacked jetliner and 69 aboard
Report states Cuba will release the hijacked jetliner along with all 69 passengers and crew. Authorities have not disclosed conditions or timing for the handover. The incident prompted international concern as negotiations continued.
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