FitzGerald slams UK over Maze hunger strikes
Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald attacked Britain's inflexibility on the Maze Prison hunger strikes as The Sunday Times urged Ulster independence. In Belfast hunger striker Michael Devine, on day 56, deteriorated, becoming blind and in severe pain with blood in vomit, according to a statement from campaigners. Fellow prisoner Jackie McMullan, 25, serving a life term for attempted murder, will join the protest.
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Ireland's leader calls for concessions amid Ulster crisis
Ireland's leader FitzGerald urged concessions in a London interview, saying British officials privately favor Irish unity as a solution while publicly courting Protestant loyalists. He cited the Maze hunger strike's propaganda boost for the IRA and urged a quicker, principled resolution to avoid strengthening the IRA further. He warned London to avoid inflexible approaches and to mobilize political will to end the crisis.
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OPEC Seeks Unified Oil Price at Geneva Meet
London based report says OPEC delegates meet in Geneva to discuss a common price. Industry sources expect a possible unified target near 34 dollars per barrel, about two dollars above Saudi levels and two below the broader OPEC benchmark. A deal could edge OPEC's average price downward marginally.
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Begin presses U.S. embargo sparks Israel talks summit
Prime Minister Begin criticized the United States embargo on U.S. made war planes and signaled possible resumption of deliveries this week. He spoke after a weekly briefing and announced a two day summit with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Alexandria on August 23. OPEC debates pricing as Saudi Arabia faces a 2.5 million barrel daily surplus and predicts a two year supply demand imbalance.
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Prince Charles and Diana greet 5000 Scots at Balmoral church
5000 cheering Scots welcomed Prince Charles and Princess Diana as they attended Sunday services at Crathie Church near Balmoral Castle. The couple, recently married, had just returned from a two week Egypt honeymoon cruise and slipped in by a side door for the hour long service. Also present were Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and their sons Andrew and Edward. Buckingham Palace offered no details of the couple’s Balmoral honeymoon plans.
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Russia to teach sex education in schools this fall
Komsomolskaya Pravda reports that sex education will be taught to Russian teenagers for the first time this fall. Fourteen year olds will learn basic biological principles of human relations and the risks of early sexual contact, while top two grades will study ethics and the psychology of marriage.
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Liechtenstein Prince Franz Josef II Turns 73
Liechtenstein marked Franz Josef II s 73rd birthday as the principality issued new stamps. The longtime ruler, born in 1906, has led Liechtenstein since 1938, guiding Europe s longest reigning head of state aside from Japan s Hirohito who began his reign in 1926.
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