Hunger strike in Mexico sparks inmate protest
A 62-year-old Peruvian inmate Eduardo Torres fainted at Santa Marta jail after 14 days of a hunger strike by about 500 inmates including U S, Canadian and Latin prisoners. Spokesman Fred Ostirkoff said Torres was taken to the prison hospital where shots were given but he refused to eat. The strike aims to pressure Mexico to grant parole and will intensify with prisoners stopping water intake.
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Lebanon may get martial law in coming weeks
Beirut reports Prime Minister Selim al Hoss will seek powers to declare martial law soon after a parliamentary confidence vote next week. A high ranking rightist official said martial rule would bring press censorship, heavy arms seizure, and possible entry of an Arab peacekeeping force near Israel. The official doubts an immediate move but expects action within weeks. The editor of Lebanon’s largest newspaper urged President Sarkis to order peacekeeping troops from three papers.
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Assad and Sadat Discuss Geneva Conference Return in Cairo
Syria's Hafez Assad met Anwar Sadat in Cairo to push for reconvening the Geneva Middle East talks. They planned to discuss joint military coordination as Assad makes his first official Cairo visit since reconciliation two months earlier.
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U.S. alleged 1964 Brazil coup role revealed
Joral do Brasil says recently declassified U.S. documents show arms shipment and an aircraft carrier task force were ordered but canceled for Brazil's 1964 coup. The operation codenamed Brother Sam never left the United States. 110 tons of arms were to be sent, and the Forrestal carrier group was to sail to Santos, then halted.
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Early Chinese revolutionary Wu Teb-feng dies at 81
Wu Teb-feng, a ranked Chinese Communist who joined the revolutionary cause in 1927, died in Peking at 81. NCNA said he was a member of the standing committee of the Fourth National People's Congress and a memorial service was held with officials present. Hua Kuo-teng sent a wreath. The cause of death was not specified. Wu became director of communications for the party’s central committee in 1929.
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