Coup Kicks Off Rampage In South Africa
Associated Press reports that South Africa sent troops into the black homeland of Ciskei as riots unfolded. Two hotels and dozens of vehicles were burned while looting spread to nearby townships near East London, with witnesses noting theft of stoves and refrigerators and other goods.
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Associated Press
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South Africa
Ciskei
East London
Bisho
Oupa Gaozo
Secret death squads suspected in killings
Johannesburg report says the Civil Cooperation Bureau a secret unit planned and carried out killings and bombings. Gen Rudolph Badenhorst testified that the bureau targeted activists, blew up a Pretoria store, and planned to deliver a baboon fetus to a Nobel laureate leader in a bid to harass archbishop Desmond Tutu. The plan, termed Operation Apie, remains unexplained.
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Associated Press
Johannesburg
South Africa
Desmond Tutu
Rudolph Badenhorst
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Civil Cooperation Bureau
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Pretoria
Cape Town
Nuclear plant worker charged over radioactive cooler water
SAINT JOHN New Brunswick AP a nuclear power plant worker was charged yesterday with spiking a lunchroom cooler at the Point Lepreau plant eight men drank the contaminated water last month. Officials said the eight have a alepaly highs cheese entre, but are on lemnbollons healtenance.
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PLO's Role in Peace Talks Questioned by Israel
In Jerusalem the AP reports Israel demands the Palestine Liberation Organization be excluded from negotiations while urging peace talks with Arabs. PLO acceptance of a peace group is described as a condition for any talks, and Prime Minister Yitzhak forces are cited as hawkish on the issue.
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Palesti
Israel
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Kohl defends Polish border guarantee linkage stance
West Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohl defended tying Poland border guarantees to Poland dropping war reparations, citing Poland's demand for compensation for forced laborers used by the Third Reich. In East Berlin, Communists and opposition groups faced pressure amid secession talks.
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Interim relief due for Bhopal victims in India
New Delhi AP reports the government will pay interim compensation of 12 dollars monthly to 500,000 residents near the Bhopal site. The 1984 disaster caused by Union Carbide’s gas leak killed about 8,508 and injured around 20,000, making it the world's worst industrial catastrophe.
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India
Bhopal
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