PLO Cease-Fire Arranged by Syrians and Saudis
Syrian and Saudi mediators announced a cease-fire in the PLO civil war around Tripoli Lebanon with a two week evacuation of rebels and Arafat loyalists. Arafat adviser Khaled Al Hassan said fighters would depart but arrangements depend on Saudi Arabia and Syria. The rebels will keep camps near Tripoli while refugees in Baddawi and Nahr El-Bared remain.
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Lebanon
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Damascus
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Arafat
Khaled Al-Hassan
Fatah
al- Hassan
Radio Monte Carlo
Rashid Karami
Al-Hassan
Abu Khaled Al-Omlah
Al-Omlah
International Red Cross
Israel
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
Prince Saud al-Faisal
Mideast
Winter storm heads toward Iowa in western watch
A major winter storm approaching Iowa triggers a National Weather Service watch for western counties. The system developing in Colorado is expected to hit Iowa tonight, echoing Tuesday's deadly pass through the region that left 14 dead.
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Associated Press
Iowa
National Weather Service
Colorado
Mason City
Decorah
Rathbun Reservoir
Ames
Atlantic
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Sioux City
Spencer
Maine
Bangor
Old Town
North Carolina
Wright Brothers Memorial
National Park Service
Reagan
Santa Barbara
Calif
New York
Washington, D.C
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Gulf of Please
Iowans’ Healthy Habits Dimmed by Car Risks
The CDC reports Iowa residents show strong health metrics like lower high blood pressure and higher activity but rank worst for seat belt use and drunk driving. The third quarterly state health risk survey covers seven states plus DC, with Iowa at 21.9 percent overweight and 2.0 percent uncontrolled hypertension, highlighting regional patterns across Arizona Iowa Michigan New Hampshire New Mexico Tennessee and Texas.
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Atlanta
Iowa
Southeast
Florida
West
CDC
Dennis Tolsma
District of Columbia
Arizona
Michigan
New
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Texas
New Mexico
Unscheduled Pan Am jet lands in Chicago over asylum request
A Pan American 747 diverted to O Hare after a Chinese courier aboard sought political asylum in the United States. Federal and immigration officials questioned him for about two hours while negotiators persuaded him to exit the plane without a diplomatic pouch. A second courier did not seek asylum.
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Gazette Wire Services
Chicago
United States
Immigration
FBI
State Department
San Francisco
New York
Gerald Dion
Federal Aviation Administration
O’hare International Airport
Steve Bo
Sunnyvale
Calif
White House
Washington
Vito Montana
Nuclear balance changing warned by Pentagon official
Assistant Defense Secretary Richard Perle warned the strategic nuclear balance could shift if the Soviets deploy submarine based cruise missiles to hit U S bomber bases. He noted mobile SS 22 missiles in Eastern Europe could extend target coverage in Western Europe while ruling out Cuban deployment.
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Gazette Wire Service
Washington
Pentagon
United States
Defense
Richard Perle
Yuri Andropov
Soviet Union
Andropov
U.S
Boy Sent to Store Becomes Congressman in Time
A brief anecdote traces a boy who repeatedly forgot his errand at a store, later growing up to serve as a congressman. The piece emphasizes memory lapses and the surprising arc to public life.
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SWAT
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Cuba
Marion
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