Syrian forces seize Mashgara amid fierce house to house battles
Pro-Syrian militiamen stormed the Bekaa Valley town of Mashgara and seized most of it in house to house fighting with Shiite zealots. Nine were killed and 37 wounded, police said. Cardinal John O Connor in Lebanon urged leaders to convey support to hostages. In Damascus, a cease fire was declared to halt fighting over Beirut refugee camps after 27 days of clashes. At least 127 dead and 613 wounded since last month.
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New York
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Syria
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Party of God
Denver arrests during NOW parade mark day of extremes
AP report details three anti abortion protesters arrested in Denver during NOW March for Women's Lives, while a nearby suburb faced arson damage to an abortion clinic and Indianapolis seen five protesters halted at an abortion center. Joseph Schedler led a prayer outside Boulder clinic with eight followers.
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St. Louis
Organization For Women
National
Right To Life Committee
Indianapolis
Joseph Scheidler
Pro-Life Action League
Boulder
Guinness heir Olivia Channon dies amid alcohol use and heroin charges
In London Olivia Channon, 22, died at Oxford University soon after exams. Her lawyer said death was not by own action. A three month old letter was called a red herring. Cousin Sebastian Guinness and Rose Johnston, both 22, face heroin supply charges. four others arrested. A separate Istanbul case sees Ahmet Altan charged for publishing pornography from his novel Trace in the Water. Trial set for July 22.
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Guinness
Olivia Channon
Oxford University
John Humphries
Paul Channon
Sebastian Guinness
Rose Johnston
Istanbul
Turkey
Ahmet Altan
Sudaki
Mother dies after flood rescue attempt in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin woman Marcia L. Davis, 30, died in hospital after leaping into a flood swollen culvert to rescue her 10 year old son Paul Davis. The boy died earlier the same week as both were swept through culverts into a ditch.
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St. Agnes Hospital
Marcia L. Davis
Paul Davis
U.S. Intel Leaks to Israel Highlight Spy Link
The Washington Post reports that in 1983 an Israeli embassy official learned from a U.S. senator of a plan to fund a Jordanian military force to respond to Gulf crises. The disclosure fed the Israeli press and died in Congress, illustrating a pattern of nonofficial U.S. sources sharing secrets with Israel.
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U.S
Persian Gulf
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Israel
Navy
Jonathan Jay Pollard
Pollard
United States
Middle East
CIA
Convertible weapons eyed as potential nuclear tools
The Reagan administration weighs clip-in warheads that allow converting conventional weapons to nuclear ones. Lawrence Livermore researchers say insertable components could fit many weapons, with Navy torpedoes or short range missiles as likely targets. Critics warn it blurs lines with nuclear arms and harms controls. Perle argues it could reduce total nuclear warheads needed and save transport.
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Navy
Federal Lab
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Brown
Richard Perle
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