Anglo Irish pact approved by Parliament amid resignations
Britain’s Parliament backed the Anglo Irish agreement by a 473 to 47 vote. Rev. Ian Paisley and deputy Peter Robinson resigned their Commons seats effective Jan 1, signaling Protestant opposition. Dublin blamed militant leaders for threats as Garret FitzGerald urged patience with the accord granting Dublin a consultative role in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland
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House of Commons
Paisley
Peter Robinson
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Dublin
Garret FitzGerald
Iaw Paisley
Tom King
King
Thatcher
FitzGerald
FAA orders security background checks for new flight workers
The FAA directs U S airlines and airports to begin background checks for all newly hired personnel with access to restricted areas hired since November 1. Applies to contract workers at U S airports and to U S airlines operating to foreign airports. excludes pre November 1 staff.
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FAA
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
Fred Farrar
Air Transport Association
Doctors remove 99 pound stomach tumor in Pakistan
The Associated Press of Pakistan reports surgeons removed a 99 pound tumor from the stomach of 35 year old Rashida Begum in Gujranwala. The operation Tuesday left her in satisfactory condition after a prolonged stomach ailment.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
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Gujranwala
Rashida Begum
Winter forecast flags flip flops for Midwest and Northeast
National Weather Service official says Midwest and Northeast are too close to call for winter. He predicts a warmer Southeast from Florida to South Carolina and colder trends for Utah Idaho Montana with more winter snow in the Great Basin and mixed patterns across the coasts through February.
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Donald Gilman
National Weather Service
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Former Iran hostage Keough dies at 55 in Washington
William F. Keough one of 52 hostages held 444 days at the U S Embassy in Tehran died at his Washington home at age 55. Diagnosed with ALS a year after release in 1981 he had been a teacher and school administrator including superintendent of the American International School in Islamabad and visited Tehran in 1979 for a new assignment. He was at the embassy on November 4 when Iranian students seized the building.
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William F. Keough
U.S
Iran
Keough
Lou Gehrig
Chelsea
Mass
Boston College
American International School
Islamabad
Pakistan
Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Judge blocks enforcement of three Illinois abortion laws
U.S. District Judge John Nordberg temporarily barred enforcement of the Illinois Medical Practice Act Health Facilities Planning Act and Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. The suit filed by Dr. Richard Ragsdale argues the rules impose burdens on a woman’s right to terminate pregnancy and raise costs. Nordberg noted ongoing proceedings to decide if the injunction becomes permanent.
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U.S
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Nordberg
Richard Ragsdale
Rockford
Illinois Medical
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