Tankers burn after Iraq attacks Iranian oil island
Iraqi fighter bombers pounded Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal and two National Iranian Tanker Co ships B 316379-ton Avaj and 253837-ton Sanandaj burned in the Persian Gulf. Iran said it shot down three Iraqi warplanes and both sides traded missiles and artillery across the front.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Iran
Persian Gulf
Tehran
Kharg Island
Iraq
Kharg
National Iranian Tanker Co
Caucasus Leaders Seek Union With Armenia Amid Riots
In Nagorno Karabakh the regional party committee called for joining Armenia, signaling the will of Armenian residents and Communist leaders. The action follows protests in Yerevan and deadly riots in Sumgait that left at least 32 dead.
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Moscow
Caucasus
Armenia
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous
Soviet Azerbaijan
Delaware
Azerbaijan
Sovietsky Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh
Stepanakert
Auton
Omous
Yerevan
Sumgait
Salvadoran voters urged to vote amid guerrilla threats
The government and military appealed for turnout as clashes with leftist rebels left eight guerrillas dead and a rebel traffic ban paralyzed the country. Armed forces chief Gen. Adolfo Blandon urged Salvadorans to vote to show patriotism while transport aid was offered to move up to 1.6 million voters to polling stations for 60 National Assembly seats and 262 mayoralties.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Armed Forces
Adolfo Blandon
National Assembly
Honduran jets strike Nicaraguan positions near Coco River border
Honduran air forces attacked Nicaraguan forces along the Coco River border with claims of strikes on Sandinista positions. U.S. and Honduran sources gave conflicting details on locations and casualties as American troops prepared for joint exercises near Jamastran.
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Washington Post
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Coco River
U.S
Nicaragua
Managua
Defense Ministry
San Andres de Bocay
Jose Azcona
82Nd Airborne Division
Jamastran
Pentagon
Dukakis Wins Kansas Democratic Caucuses in 39 Percent Share
Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis leads with 39 percent of local delegates from 112 of 117 caucus sites. Jesse Jackson second with 27 percent, Gore 17 percent, Gephardt 2 percent, while 15 percent remain uncommitted. Jackson carried Wyandotte and Shawnee counties. Dukakis led Johnson County.
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Topeka
Kan
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Kansas
Jesse Jackson
Dukakis
Jackson
Tennessee
Albert Gore
Missouri
Richard Gephardt
Illinois
Paul Simon
Leslie Dach
Johnson County
Kansas City
Gore
Shawnee County
Wyandotte County
Reno
Hutchinson
Derailment in Minnesota prompts town evacuation
Twenty railroad cars derailed in Annandale Minnesota including nine carrying chemicals. The incident forced evacuation of all 1700 residents after two leaking methanol cars and a damaged sulfur dioxide tanker were discovered. Power lines were knocked down and one empty building burned but no injuries reported. Hazardous waste crews investigated.
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Miller
Val Lawler
State Patrol
Minneapolis
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
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U.S. Army
Paul Feleciano
Minnesota
Oshkosh
B’gosh
OshKosh B’gosh
USA
Towa
Armstrong Workwear
ARIMV
Trongy
Cedar Rapids
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