Pope backs land claims of Australia's aborigines
In Alice Springs the pope urged Aboriginal rights and said the church supports efforts to retain ancestral lands. He cited past dispossession, urged action now, and met cheering crowds as he toured Melbourne
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Reagan appointee quits U.S. Civil Rights Commission
John Bunzel, a Reagan appointee and former San Jose State University president, says the U S Civil Rights Commission has lost credibility and moral strength. He will not seek reappointment as his term ends, criticizing leadership and political infighting while Congress cuts the agency budget and staff director J Al Latham Jr. resigns.
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Jailed dissident refuses exile in Russia
Ana toly Marchenko, a Helsinki watch committee member, refuses to emigrate to Israel and prefers serving a 10 year prison term. His wife, Larisa Bogoraz, says the KGB pressed exit visas for her, the husband, and their 13 year old son, but Marchenko has rejected previous diaspora demands. He has already spent over two decades in prison and internal exile for anti Soviet propaganda.
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India accepts Carbide offer to guard Bhopal assets dispute
India accepts Union Carbide proposal to maintain at least 3 billion dollars in assets to cover Bhopal disaster claims with a court appointed inspector to quarterly monitor holdings. The condition precedes potential lifting of an asset injunction as the suit seeks 3.12 billion in damages.
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