Eritrea Rebels Claim Near Victory in Independence Drive
After 15 years of fighting, Eritrean rebels say they near their goal of independence from Ethiopia’s Eritrea province. They report trapping government troops in besieged cities, claim control of the Sahel district, and cite EPLF advances toward Asmara with 700 Ethiopian soldiers held in captivity.
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Eritrea
Nakfa
Ethiopia
Asmara
Red Sea
Cairo
Yebe
Agradal
Osman Saleh Sabbi
Eritrean Liberation Front
ELF
Agrodat
Sahel
States
Associated Press
Ethiopian People's Liberation Front
EPLF
Isaias Afewerki
Nafka
Afabet
U.S
Eritrea People’s Liberation Front
Tuna Fisheries Seek Higher Porpoise Kill Limit
The House passed a bill 334 to 20 to permit more porpoises to be killed this year then cut the limit to 68,910 starting in 1978. The measure includes observer requirements on all U.S. tuna boats and a $2 million permit-fee program to fund research vessels aimed at reducing porpoise deaths.
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Washington
House
Senate
Paul McCloskey
Calif
Secretary of Commerce
McCloskey
Congress
U.S
John Murphy
D-N.y
German actress Hildegard Knef weds nobleman in Berlin
Berlin report says Hildegard Knef 51 wed Hungarian nobleman Paul Rudolf Freiherr von Schell zu Bauschlott on Wednesday. She has prior marriages to an American WWII officer and to Englishman David Cameron, father of her 9-year-old daughter Tinta.
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Berlin
Hildegard Knef
Paul Rudolf Freiherr von Schell Zu
Bauschlott
David Cameron
Tinta
Guild Asks Congress To Help Reporters Protect News Sources
The Newspaper Guild asked Congress to bar grand juries from forcing reporters to reveal confidential information. President Charles Perlik Jr said subpoenas to news gatherers have become widespread and urged reforms to protect press sources, noting the 1972 Supreme Court ruling that reporters are not exempt from grand jury inquiries.
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Guild
Congress
Washington
Newspaper Guild
Charles A. Perlik Jr
Perlik
House Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee On Immigration, Citizenship and International Law
Subcommittee
Supreme Court
Justice Department
U.S
Jack C. Landau
Newhouse News Service
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Ore
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St. Mary's Academy
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M&m Furn
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