Sudan president links Libyan mercenaries to coup attempt
President Jaafar Numeiry accused Libyan mercenaries and regional collaborators of planning and executing last week’s abortive coup. He said he escaped assassination by arriving home early from Paris, while security forces arrested former army Capt. Bushra Abdullah as a top suspect. Civil unrest and a dusk curfew persisted in Khartoum with hundreds reported killed or executed amid the fighting.
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Organization of African Unity summit ends in disarray
The Organization of African Unity summit in Port Louis Mauritius ends in disarray with a record low seven heads of state attending. Delegates condemn the meeting as divisive while approving over 70 resolutions that avoid core issues such as South Africa, Western Sahara, and Ethiopia Somalia tensions.
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Royal Couple to begin tour of eastern U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip start a seven day eastern U.S. tour beginning in Philadelphia amid Bicentennial celebrations. They will berth at Penn's Landing aboard Britannia and meet prominent citizens, with a special Bicentennial bell presentation and a Governors Conference banquet planned before flying to Washington.
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Ambush ringleader fought in Brazil
In Vila Rondon Belem Brazil police hunt the ambush leader after a deadly land dispute. American rancher John Davis and his two sons were killed along with two Brazilian guards while local settlers faced off with armed home builders over a 300000 acre ranch.
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Parents fly to funeral of commando Yonathan Netanyahu
The parents of Yonathan Netanyahu, an American-born Israeli commando killed in the Entebbe raid, flew to Israel for his funeral. He will be buried with full military honors at Mt. Herzl. Netanyahu, 30, studied at Harvard before joining the Israeli army and fought in the 1967 and 1973 wars.
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Communist gains leadership posts in Italian compromise
In Rome the Senate elected Amintore Fanfani a former Christian Democrat premier as president while the Chamber of Deputies chose Pietro Ingrao, a Communist lawyer and ex director of L Unita, signaling a cross party accord after Italy's June elections. The move marks the first Communist leadership of a parliament chamber in 28 years.
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Death toll from bad booze climbs to 118 in Madras
In Madras, India, the weekend death toll from methyl alcohol tainted bootleg liquor rose to 118, with about 100 others hospitalized in critical condition. Two bootleggers died, two sellers were arrested, and authorities hunted for more unreported fatalities as doctors warned of blindness and poisoning.
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