Violence surges in Assam with four dead and 100 homes torched
Fresh clashes across Assam killed four people and left hundreds homeless as terrorists attacked 11 sites and mobs burned more than 100 homes in Gauhati and surrounding districts. Renewed violence intensified sectarian tensions as authorities reported multiple blasts and arson in Kamrup and Darrang, with widespread destruction and no arrests.
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New Delhi
UPI
Assam
Gauhati
Press Trust of India
Karianir Giapori
Darrang
Bangladesh
Dibai
Press Trust
Brahmaputra
Karachi Violence Surges as Army, Police Arrest 128
Karachi authorities imposed a curfew after a two day wave of sectarian violence left five dead and 71 injured. Shiite and Sunni groups clashed near Liquatabad, while Sunnis attacked a movie house and damaged Shiite homes and shops. Police set up checkpoints and hunted an assassin amid unclear motives.
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Karachi
Liquatabad
Demonstrators Arrested at Downing Street Protest
Police in London detained 58 animal rights protesters on Downing Street on Saturday. One woman chained herself to a railing near Prime Minister Thatcher's residence. The group protested what it called the government's insufficient protections for animals used in laboratory experiments.
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London
Downing Street
Margaret Thatcher
Zimbabwe killings blamed on Nkomo followers in farmer family killings
Harare accuses Joshua Nkomo supporters of a terrorist style execution in a raid that tied up taunted and killed a white farmer his wife and two granddaughters with single head shots. Nkomo in Britain could not be reached for comment.
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Harare
Zimbabwe
Joshua Nkomo
Nkomo
Britain
Robert Mugabe
Greek publisher shot dead in Athens attack
A gunman in Athens fatally shot George Athanassiades, 71, publisher of Vrathyni, a leading Greek opposition publication, after a Saturday shooting.
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Athens
Greece
George Athanassiades
Vrathyni
Eastern Airlines union rejects final contract offer
The largest union at Eastern Airlines votes down a 32 percent pay hike over three years by about three to one, pushing management back to bargaining. A strike deadline is set for 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Pittsburgh offers 170 emergency city cleanup jobs in rain
At least 3,000 unemployed queued through wind driven rain for 170 temporary cleanup positions under an emergency jobs program in Pittsburgh. The city faces 15.5 percent unemployment in Allegheny County as steel plant closures weigh on the area.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pandas Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing Fail to Mate at Zoo
Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing did not mate after a brief scuffle and slept. National Zoo officials said Ling Ling would undergo artificial insemination Saturday night using semen flown in from London.
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Washington
Ling Ling
Hsing Hsing
National
London
Methanol Fuel Sees Growing Use In U S Says Lundberg Letter
The Lundberg Letter reports methanol from natural gas is increasingly mixed with gasoline in the United States. It notes ethanol gasoline blends are rising in popularity but suggests straight methanol could soon appear at every pump island.
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Los Angeles
United States
Lundberg
Oil Industry
Drought Strikes South India Leaves Wells Dry
The government reports over 260 million people in southern India face severe drought hardship. In Tamil Nadu’s Madras water supplies fall to critical lows with women and children queuing for water on alternate days as wells run dry per The Times of India.
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New Delhi
India
Madras
Tamil Nadu
Times of India
Peasants Block Entrance to Pemex Refinery in Comalcalco
Mexican troops surrounded 2000 peasants who blocked the Pemex refinery entrance at Comalcalco 360 miles southeast of Mexico City. The protest halted the only road to the facility for five days as workers demand 27 million dollars in damages for alleged cooperative land destruction.
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Comalcalco
Mexico
Petroleos Mexicanos
Mexico City
Rome Peace March Opposes NATO Missile Plan in Sicily
More than 15 000 people marched through Rome on Saturday chanting against NATO plans to install 112 cruise missiles in Comiso Sicily. They protested the deployment tied to stalled Geneva talks on nuclear arms between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Rome
U.S
Sicily
NATO
Comiso
Geneva
Switzerland
New nuclear submarine USS Minneapolis-St. Paul launches in Groton
The 360-foot submarine minneapolis-st. paul slides into the Thames River at Groton during launching ceremonies. The 6,900-ton nuclear powered craft can carry nuclear tipped torpedoes and cruise missiles. Senator David Durenberger asserts superior U.S. submarines save lives in war.
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America
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Thames River
Groton
Conn
David Durenberger
R-Minn
U.S
Japan protest expected over Enterprise return to Sasebo
Police anticipate about 10000 demonstrators in Sasebo on Monday to protest the nuclear powered U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise in a visit seen as signaling stronger U.S. military presence in the Far East.
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Tokyo
U.S
Enterprise
Yasuhiro Nakasone
United States
Japan
Sasebo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Edwin O. Reischauer
Mike Mansfield
Shintaro Abe
Far East
Washington
China Seeks to Curb Agricultural Imports Chinese Policy Watch
A government economist says China aims to halt growth of agricultural imports and possibly import less. The plan hinges on domestic production and grain demand, with lawmakers noting the policy remains conservative. Under a 1984 end treaty, China buys up to 9 million metric tons of U S wheat and corn annually.
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Associated Press
Washington
China
Frederic M. Surls
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Roger W. Jepsen
Iowa
Lee H. Hamilton
D-Ind
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