Cannes winners honor American cinema at festival
At Cannes American moviemakers dominated the top prizes as "Apocalypse Now" and "The China Syndrome" shared the best film award with Volker Schlondorff's The Tin Drum. Jack Lemmon won best actor for The China Syndrome and Terrence Malick earned best director for Days of Heaven while Sally Field took best actress for Norma Rae.
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Germany
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Francoise Sagan
State of siege declared in El Salvador amid protests
President Romero imposed a 30 day siege to crush protests after guerrillas fatally wounded education minister Herrera Rebollo. The measure grants arrests without charge, searches without warrants, curfew, censorship, mail tapping and movement limits as clashes persist with the Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Forces and other groups.
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Virus linked to childhood diabetes discovery
Researchers at the National Institute of Dental Research and National Naval Medical Center report a case where a variation of Coxsackie virus B4 caused juvenile diabetes in a 10 year old. The finding suggests some childhood diabetes may be virus triggered, though its role across cases remains uncertain.
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New England Journal of Medicine
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