Devolution Bill Proposed For Scotland and Wales
LONDON AP Britain s Labour government introduced a bill to grant home rule to Scotland and Wales while keeping the United Kingdom intact. Regions Edinburgh and Cardiff would gain elected assemblies with power over education local government culture environment and housing but without revenue raising powers. The proposal has sparked nationalist criticism and opposition fears of breakup and oil revenue questions.
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Britain
Scotland
Wales
London
United Kingdom
England
Northern Ireland
James Callaghan
Labor
House of Commons
Michael Fost
Fool
Edinburgh
Cardiff
SNP
Milan Bank Safe Loot Exposes High Tech Heist
Six to twenty burglars raided the Lombardy Province Savings Bank in Milan over the weekend looting about 450 safe deposit boxes. Police said they used a generator for lighting and power drills, suggesting advanced equipment. The haul valued at five to six million dollars with some bank officials warning the total could be higher.
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Milan
Italy
Umberto Pagnozzi
Lombardy Province
Savings Bank
Giorgio Bassetti
Nice
Paris
Societe Generale
He St.Louis
Cassa di Risparmio Delle Provincie Lombarde
Chied Pagnozzi
Cassa di Risparmia
Death Valley Skater Fulfills Election Promise on Skates
Linda Reingold, 26, from Mallhu California, departs Scotty's Castle to skate 125 miles across Death Valley to Shoshone, aiming for about 55 miles daily. Her trainer Gary Hudson joins on skates. they prepared two weeks with high protein meals and four to five hours of skating per day.
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Death Valley
Linda Reingold
Malibu
Calif
Los Angeles
Miss Reingold
Carter
Scotty's Castle
Shoshone
Cell
Mallhu
Scotty
United States
California
Jimmy Carter
Hudson
Sinn Fein offers talks with Loyalists to end Ulster fighting
Sinn Fein editorials propose exploratory talks with Protestant groups in Northern Ireland to end seven years of sectarian violence. Leaders say discussions are not peace talks, aiming to find common ground, amid Belfast killings and rising death tolls.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
An Phoblacht
Sinn Fein
Provisionals
Belfast
Shankill Road
Britain
IRA
UN Council extends UNDOF mandate in Golan Heights
The Security Council approved a six month extension of the UN Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights to May 31 1977 by a 12 to 0 vote with China Libya and Benin not participating. The mandate costs 1.4 million dollars monthly and the force includes troops from Austria Canada Iran and Poland.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
U.N
Golan Heights
China
Libya
Benin
U.N. Disengagement Observer Force
UNDOF
Council
Jorge Iflueca
Panama
Kurt Waldhelm
Middle East
Sinai
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Ibeca
Henry A. Kissinger
Austria
Canada
Iran
Poland
Waldheim
Henan
United States
France
Britain
Soviet Union
Sweden
Japan
Haly
Pakistan
Tanzania
Romania
Guyana
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Maddalena Parise
Ulster
Theepublican Movement
TRA
Reqvel
Likte
Mideast
UN Council
Fabricanya On
Danville Plaza
Rete Cot Na
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