Steger Antarctic trek slow as team covers first miles
Will Steger's Trans Antarctica expedition struggles on ice with 5 miles Friday and 10 miles Saturday to a food cache. Cathy DeMoll says pace must hit 20 to 30 miles daily to cross 4,000 miles in seven months, though film crew and radio contact with support base provide reassurances.
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Chileans back reforms to Pinochet era constitution
The opposition marked a decisive step toward democracy as 86.7 percent of voters approved 54 reforms to the 1980 constitution. Turnout covered 95 percent of polling places with 16 years of Pinochet rule to end in 1990. Three voting day deaths, plus a boat sinking near Puerto Montt, were reported.
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Chile
UPI
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Polish communists push Kiszczak for prime minister
Poland's Communist Party leader Mieczyslaw Rakowski urged Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak for prime minister. Kiszczak, interior minister who guided round-table talks leading to Solidarity legalization, has party backing but faces resistance from those wary of generals in top posts.
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Beirut clashes kill fourteen as shelling rages in Beirut
Artillery duels between Christian forces and Syrian backed Druze militiamen around Souk El Gharb and in Beirut leave 14 dead and 110 wounded, raising the toll to 534 since mid March. Fire engulfs buildings as residents seek shelter while regional diplomacy stalls.
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