Chilean regime faces deadly protests on coup anniversary
In Santiago crowds clashed with police during Pinochet's anniversary address. Two killed and 11 wounded in Pudahuel as gunfire echoed through slums. Police detained many as protests spread to several neighborhoods. Pinochet rejected calls to quit, promising economic stimulus and political party legalization.
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Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
ORBE
Pudahuel
CRBE
Juan Greffard
Rial
Nation
Salvador
IMF says global recovery must reach poor nations
IMF warns debt crisis in poorer countries and trade protection threaten the world recovery. It urges low inflation growth and insists industrial nations, especially the United States, must balance budgets to avoid higher rates that could slow expansion.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
IMF
United States
U.S
Treasury
Donald Regan
Pope Calls for Honest Diplomacy Amid East West Tensions
In Vienna Pope John Paul II urged superpowers to seek peace in good faith and reject deceitful cunning in diplomacy. His appeal came after high tensions over the Korean jetliner attack and near the Geneva talks on nuclear arms, as radicals protested outside a church.
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Austria
John Paul II
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Europe
Cardinal Sin Pleads for Reconciliation in Mass
Cardinal Jaime Sin wept during a Mass in Manila calling for national reconciliation and the release of political prisoners. He celebrated a special Mass for President Marcos on his 66th birthday amid post assassination violence and calls for cabinet resignations from Aquino's allies.
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Manila
Philippines
Jaime Sin
Sin
Ferdinand Marcos
Benigno Aquino
Aquino
Marcos
Bases to be closed in Greece after 1988
Premier Andreas Papandreou said Greece aims to terminate the U S presence after the five year term. He noted a political will to end the bases after the expiration of the 1988 agreement signed last week allowing four bases to operate until December 31, 1988.
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Salonica
Greece
Andreas Papandreou
United States
Papandreou
Bush visits Morocco on first leg of seven-nation tour
Vice President George Bush arrived in Rabat on Sunday as the opening stop of a seven-nation North Africa and Europe trip tied to Middle East issues. He was expected to urge Morocco Algeria and Tunisia to press Syria to withdraw troops from Lebanon.
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Morocco
George Bush
North Africa
Europe
Middle East
Chad
Western Sahara
Bush
Syria
Lebanon
Prison guards hostage fail to deter massive inmate takeover
In McAlester Oklahoma two guards were lightly injured when about a dozen inmates seized them. The warden arrived with a rifle and the inmates surrendered without negotiation. Lockdowns followed at Oklahoma State Penitentiary and Joseph Harp Center in Lexington Ohio. In St Louis teachers striking for pay and conditions signed a letter denying job abandonment as mass firings loom. If fired, AF T Local 420 president Evelyn Battle White vows a court injunction.
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Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Joseph Harp
Lexington
Ohlo
ST. Louis
St. Louis Board of Education
American Federation of Teachers Local 420
Evelyn Battle White
Car plunges after freight train hits overpass pillar
A derailed freight train struck a support pier, causing a 60 foot span to collapse in Superior Wisconsin. A car traveling beneath fell about 40 feet. The driver was identified as Nick Sadar age 52 from Duluth Minnesota. No further conditions were provided.
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Wis
Nick Sadar
Duluth
Neighbor fires on reunion killing two teens in Pa
In Harrison Township, 31 year old David Zewe opened fire from behind his home killing Michael Frantz 17 Greensburg and Craig Posati 15 hosts' son during a family reunion. He used two rifles and a pistol, firing at least 18 rounds before surrendering.
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Natrona Heights
David Zewe
Harrison Township
Joel Sowinski
Sowinski
Zene
Michael Frantz
Greensburg
Craig Posati
Guatemalan leader's sister kidnapped
Armed men abducted Celeste Aida Mejia de Velasco, sister of Gen. Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores, as she left a hospital where she worked. The government said it would not negotiate her release and no group claimed responsibility or set a ransom.
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Guatemala
Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores
Mejia Victores
Celeste Aida Mejia de Velasco
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