One Soldier Slain in Beirut Battle
In central Beirut on Saturday Christian and Moslem militiamen fought with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades along the Green Line, and one soldier was killed as his position was hit. The Green Line division has seen three months of clashes between Lebanon's civil war factions.
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Woman wins appeal over village mosque whipping order
A 46 year-old Muslim woman in Kerala state challenged a village mosque council that ordered 101 lashes and head shaved for alleged adultery and liquor drinking. The April 18 punishment drew strong public furor and global attention as the case proceeded.
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Pope challenges Poland on rights stance during talks
Pope John Paul II told Poland’s foreign minister that the biggest problem in the Soviet bloc is human rights violations. The Vatican rejected the call for full diplomatic relations with Poland’s Communist government in the same meeting.
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Italian police crack down on mob suspects across major cities
In a two day operation, Italian anti crime squads detained 213 suspected mobsters with 106 arrests made Friday night and today in Messina Rome Milan Ancona Pesaro L Aquila and Frosinone. The sweep targeted organized crime across several regions.
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Mengele bones bound for family reburial in Germany
Federal police chief Romeu Tuma said the remains identified as Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele will be reburied in the same Embu grave unless his family in West Germany requests them. The announcement came at a Sao Paulo press conference after the June 6 exhumation identified the bones.
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