West Beirut demolition sparks Muslim protests
In West Beirut the Lebanese army bulldozed homes and shops and fired on protesters, arresting this day 200 more people as it expands a campaign said to pacify West Beirut. Government meetings under Amin Gemayel aim to stabilize politics amid regional tensions with Israel and the PLO.
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Lebanon
West
Amin Gemayel
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Bekaa Valley
Tripoli
Syria
PLO
Ouzai
West Beirut
Gemaye
East Beirut
Phalange Party
U.S
Gemayel
Trials set for owners in fatal dog attack in California
Rex and Becky Harvey must stand trial on involuntary manslaughter and owning a vicious dog after their pit bulls killed landlord George De Martini last June 8 in El Cajon. Prosecutors seek to set the earliest possible date for the trial.
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EL Cajon
Calif
Rex
Becky Harvey
Victor E. Bianchini
Harvey
George de Martini
Harveys
Tractor-trailer kills eight children and driver near Lemoore
A tractor-trailer swerved to avoid a stalled car and collided with a church school van at a rural central California intersection. Eight children and their woman driver died. The van carried pupils from Calvary Baptist Church to Sequoia Baptist Church academy in Visalia.
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Lemoore
Calif
UPI
California
Calvary Baptist Church
Sequoia Baptist Church
Visalia
Man killed during bulletproof vest demonstration in Oklahoma City
Mark Wagstaff, 30, co owner of Wagstaff Enterprises, was stabbed by friend Jim Shephard while demonstrating a bulletproof vest at a Pyramid Club breakfast. Wagstaff collapsed after the second stabbing attempt and died at St Anthony Hospital.
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Oklahoma City
Tom Mundy
Mark Wagstaff
Jim Shephard
Mark
Gary L. Britton
Yukon
Jim
Mundy
Wagstaff
Submarine hunt tightens near top secret Swedish base
Swedish naval officials say they will not relent in pursuing two foreign submarines near a secret base. Cmdr Sven Carlsson warns neither sub can feel safe. One intruder has lingered in restricted waters for over a week while the second is tracked by sonar in Mysingen Bay north of Horsfjorden Bay where the first remains trapped by a blockade of ships and nets.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Noel-Baker dies at 92
Lord Noel-Baker a 1959 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Olympic athlete died at his London home at age 92. His family announced the cause of death. He was honored for relief work during the 1920s famine and his advocacy for the League of Nations and disarmament.
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London
Lord Noel-Baker
League of Nations
Americans question college diploma as job guarantee
A national poll shows two thirds view a degree as not guaranteeing work in recessions while unemployment hits 10.1 percent. More than half fear unaffordable college for their children, yet most praise higher education overall and oppose deep cuts in federal aid.
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Washington
J.W. Peltason
American Council On Education
Peltason
Group Attitudes Corp
New York
U.S
Reagan
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