U S ambassador accuses El Salvador of shielding killers
U S Ambassador Thomas Pickering criticized Salvadoran authorities for not cracking down on right wing death squads. He said officials knew who led the assassination teams and warned the faltering democracy risks, calling the squads fascists serving a communist cause. The remarks were in a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in San Salvador.
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Wasmagton
San Salvador
el Salvador
U.S
Thomas Pickering
Pickering
American Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Britain plans to expel large number of diplomats
Britain proposed a plan to expel an unprecedented number of Soviet and other Communist bloc diplomats found to be involved in espionage. The United States urged tougher action, while West Germany hesitates to act, fearing strong Moscow repercussions.
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Bonn
West Germany
Britain
Moscow
Peking protests U.S. move on Taiwan role in ADB
China lodges a strong protest over a congressional measure urging Taiwan to stay seated in the Asian Development Bank even if China joins. It marks the second protest in a week amid a shift in U.S.-China relations and follows plans for next year visits by President Reagan and Premier Zhao Ziyang. In Rome, Jesuit leader Rev Peter-Hans Kolvenbach urges members to avoid partisan politics while pursuing social justice, amid past papal criticism of Jesuit political involvement.
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Peking
China
U.S
Taiwan
Asian Development Bank
Congress
U.s.-China
Reagan
Zhao Ziyang
Rome
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach
Chad factions set for Addis Ababa peace talks
A Chad government communique says President Habre agreed to a reconciliation meeting with all factions in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. The talks, the first since fighting renewed in June, follow a Libyan-backed rebel offensive that has left the north under rebel control.
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N'Djamena
Chad
Ethiopia
Hissene Habre
Habre
Addis Ababa
Goukouni Oueddei
Gazette Wire Services
Saudis pledge 3 year oil price freeze says Hodel
U S energy chief Donald Hodel reports Saudi Arabia will keep world oil prices at 29 dollars a barrel for at least three years. Yamani intends to prevent price rises or declines amid OPEC pressure while Geneva ministers plan their 1984 strategy.
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Washington
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Donald Hodel
Congress
Hodel
Middle East
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
OPEC
Yamani
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United States
Soviet Union
Iran
Venezuela
Geneva
Woman and son gun down robbers in Miami store
In Miami a woman and her 18 year old son fired at three armed robbers during an attempted hold up at a neighborhood grocery. Two suspects were wounded and later captured. a third fled with a shoulder wound as bystanders were injured by stray bullets.
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Miami
Edgar Macias
Macias
Isabel
Maciases
Sober-Meter Breathalyzer Kicked From Bennigan's Tavern
In Aurora Colorado a bar removed a video game Breathalyzer called the Sober-Meter after patrons used it as a drinking competition. For 50 cents it measured blood alcohol, but manager Steve Ortiz said patrons aimed to see how high they could go rather than monitor their intake.
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Aurora
Colo
Steve Ortiz
Bennigan's
Pilots Arrested Over Bomb Threats in San Antonio
Continental Airlines pilots Frances Earley and Charles Hall were arrested in San Antonio with two pipe bombs and home photos of nonstriking employees. Both, Houston and Humble, were charged with possession of an explosive weapon and released on $10,000 bonds after a chase from a driver’s license check point on the city’s north side.
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San Antonio
Texas
Continental Airlines
Frances Calvin Earley
Houston
Charles Weldon Hall
Humble
Department of Public Safety
Jamaican prime minister seeks early elections after IMF dispute
Prime Minister Edward Seaga requested the governor general dissolve Parliament and call elections before Christmas, signaling a shift two years early. The move follows a 77 percent devaluation and IMF controversy, with Seaga aiming to renew his mandate amid U S policy alignment and Grenada invasion stance.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Edward Seaga
Seaga
Britain
Commonwealth
Jamaica Labor Party
Michael Manley
People’s National Party
U.S
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Grenada
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