Marcos loyalists clash with police in Manila suburb
In Quezon City near two army camps, about 5,000 Marcos loyalists clashed with riot police and soldiers using tear gas, water cannons and guns. Seven injured, 16 arrested, as demonstrators blocked a highway with buses and rocks while calls for Marcos’s return persisted.
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Manila
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Quezon City
Marcos
Emilio Aguinaldo
Corazon Aquino
Juan Ponce Enrile
Associated Press
Philippine
Enrile
Emiliano Templo
Camp Aguinaldo
Temple
Bombs erupt in Durban and police commander slain in homeland
Three bombs exploded in Durban within hours causing a refinery blaze and oil slick while a police commander in the Bophuthatswana homeland was shot dead as anti-government protests flared. No group claimed responsibility and authorities noted heightened emergency controls under South Africa’s state of emergency.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Durban
Indian Ocean
Bophuthatswana
Andrew Molope
Marine Parade
Bluff Hill Yacht Club
African National Congress
Lusaka
Zambia
ANC
Oliver Tambo
Paris
State Bureau of Information
Soweto
Information Bureau
Socialists Win Elections And Keep Majority In Spain
In Madrid, the ruling Socialist Party secured an absolute, though narrower, majority in Spain's parliamentary elections. With 96.6% counted, they held 44 percent of the vote and 184 seats in the 350-seat lower house, down 18 from 1982. Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez vowed a new era of integration with Europe and job creation. The conservative Popular Coalition won 105 seats. Democratic Social Center rose to 19 seats. Convergence and Union gained seats. a leftist coalition won seven. regional parties shared remaining seats. Herri Batasuna took five. ETA-linked Basque violence continues to shape politics. See SPAIN, Page 3.
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Madrid
Spain
Socialist Party
Felipe Gonzalez
Alfonso Guerra
Jose Maria Benegas
Europe
Gonzalez
Palace
Popular
Manuel Fraga
Democratic Social Center
Adolfo Suarez
Convergence and Union
Guerra
Communist Party
Aragon
Galicia
Herri Batasuna
ETA
Benegas
Refugee Camp Death Toll Sparks Relief Urgency in Tug Wajale
International relief officials report Ethiopian refugees at Tug Wajale border camp dying at high rates from malnutrition and disease. The 1.2 square mile site now holds over 40,000 despite a 2,000 capacity, with more than 10 deaths daily and 66 percent of recent fatalities under age five. The Somali government resists moving residents to a larger site, citing disease concerns.
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Tug Wajale
Somalia
U.N. High Commission For Refugees
Omar Jess
Jess
Ethiopia
Ogaden
Marion Roche
U.N. Commission
David Jamieson
Commission
Northwest
Reagan Ready To Meet New Soviet Envoy
Washington officials adopt a wait and see stance on a summit this year as President Reagan prepares to meet new Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin in the Oval Office. Dubinin will present credentials after returning from Moscow, succeeding Anatoly Dobrynin.
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Washington
Reagan
Yuri Dubinin
Dubinin
Moscow
Oval Office
Anatoly Dobrynin
Communist Party Central Committee
White House
Edward Djerejian
Mikhail Gorbachev
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Libya
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Gorbachev
Valley Deaths List Local Residents in Virginia and West Virginia
Death notices list five local residents with ages and hometowns including Vada Campbell 50 of Rt 2 Luray Verlin Carper 69 of Rt 2 Harrisonburg Olle Sites 93 of Onego W Va Benjamin Suter 84 of Rockingham County and Lester Waggoner 46 of Rt 1 Weyers Cave Details on Page7
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Vada
Virginia Campbell
Rt. 2
Luray Verlin
Oscar Carper
Harrisonburg
Olle Mallow
Onego
W. Va
Benjamin Franklin Suter
Rockingham County
Lester Lock Waggoner
Rt. 1
Weyers Cave
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