Sadat Blames Arrests on Religious Groups in Egypt
President Anwar Sadat accused Moslems and Christians of fueling sectarian strife that led to more than 1,000 arrests in the past week. He warned against extremism and said national unity would be defended, with government decrees to purify political life. Demonstrations followed the arrest of a popular preacher Kishk, as riot police faced protesters near the Coptic patriarchate with tear gas.
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Vatican denies KGB involvement in papal shooting
The Vatican rejected claims that the Soviet KGB helped in the May 13 shooting of Pope John Paul II and said no group or country is suspected. Vatican officials dismissed reports as fantasy and noted the Holy See has no intelligence apparatus.
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Mitterrand approval slips in poll over unemployment
Paris AP reports Francois Mitterrand shows a nine point drop in leadership rating as unemployment and inflation bite France. Sofres surveyed 1,000 people Aug 21 27 finding 62 percent view him as effective, 32 percent call him poor, with 53 percent citing unemployment as France's top problem and inflation second at 28 percent.
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France
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Estaing
Speculation Over Assassin of French Ambassador in Beirut
Lebanese papers debate who killed French Ambassador Louis Delamare with theories ranging from pro Iranian factions to dissident Palestinian groups. Iran's embassy calls the attack terrorist while Delamare's wife and five children arrived to claim the body. The ambassador died last Friday after being shot by three gunmen. France prepared to fly his body home as police offered no clues and denied Iran related involvement.
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