Turkish ambassador shot in Vatican attack. assailant flees
Turkish ambassador Taha Carim was wounded in the face and shoulder as a gunman attacked him near his Vatican residence. Carim was able to draw a pistol before two shots hit him. he was taken to Polyclinic in Rome. The incident follows a string of Turkish envoy killings in 1975. Anarchist exile groups blame Turkey over Cyprus and Aegean waters.
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Carim
Ince
Vienna
Danis Tanaligil
Paris
Ismail Erez
Bir Hakeim
Seine
Prchpe
Turkey
Cyprus
Aegean
Negotiators board hijacked Dutch train
Mediation teams reach the hijacked Dutch train where two gunmen escort negotiators to a rendezvous near the car. The 18 day hostage crisis at a Bovensmilde schoolhouse continues as four others remain detained, marking a record length for such standoffs.
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Netherlands
GPT
Mataran
Ocean Gumumnen
Elizabeth Tomason
Bovensmilde
Independence Sought for the Marshalls
A Marshall Islands native urged U S recognition of independence for the 41 000 inhabitants and support for hosting a large intercontinental missile base on Kwajalein Atoll. The base would provide defense in the Pacific and counter ballistic missiles from California.
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United Nations
UPI
Marshall Islands
U.S
Antony
United States
Kwajet
Marshall Group
Vandenberg Base
California
Eros
Pacific
Nightclub Inferno in West Africa Kills 41
A devastating two floor nightclub fire in Abidjan, Africa, claims 41 lives as patrons jam the exits. Police report most victims were European technicians and local businessmen's families, with frantic attempts to escape through the front entrance.
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Africa
Abidjan
Yory Coast
Lebaron
Eight Octuplets Die After Birth in Athens Hospital
In Athens a Greek woman gave birth to octuplets five girls and three boys two months premature. Two girls died immediately and two more children died a few hours later. only one girl and two boys survived. The mother Mrs Cleo Zerbani and the family, living on Mytilene island, had hoped for survival but received grim news from Hygeis hospital in Maroussi.
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Athens
Stepee Vell
Ata Che Hindea
Egama
A & Shaestis Sais Soe
Cleo Zerbani
Hygeis
Maroussi
Zertani
Esbint Hael
Zerbini
Husherd
Mytilene
Mexico
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