Northern Ireland recalls court of inquiry into riots
The Northern Ireland Parliament will be recalled to establish a High Court empowered tribunal to probe Catholic Protestant clashes that began two weeks ago. The plan aims to compel witnesses and strengthen past commissions. Meanwhile B Special arms compliance remains low as Wright arrives to advise the Ulster government.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Sir Ian Freeland
Special Police
Irish Republican Army
Wright
Embass y Fire Kills Two at Canadian Office in Vienna
A man threw gasoline-filled bottles into the Canadian Embassy in Vienna, triggering explosions and a major fire that killed two Austrian embassy employees. Police arrested Colmar Losoney, about 46, a Czech-born man with ties claimed to Canada. Over 30 injured, including some Canadians. The blaze was one of Vienna’s largest since World War II.
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Vienna
Colmar Losoney
Czechoslovakia
Losoney
Canada
John McCordick
Trade and Commerce Department
Nore
McCordick
Toronto
Marcel Cadieux
Ottawa
Liberals push tough Canada Water Act to curb pollution
Ottawa plans a national war on water pollution with the Canada Water Act to make discharging pollutants a criminal offence and levy fines up to 5000 dollars a day. The act would create regional water quality management areas, fund programs through user fees, and coordinate with provinces and the United States on cross border waterways.
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Ottawa
Canada
Otto Lang
Lang
Provinces
Israelis threaten Arabs with more retaliation
Israel warned of harsher retaliation as Arab states moved toward an Arab summit on Jerusalem. Transport Minister Moshe Carmel pledged protection for Israeli lines of communication and warned attackers would pay a stiff price after a London Zim Company office bombing. Five Arabs were killed near Hebron by machine-gun fire. motive unclear.
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Reuters
Israel
Jerusalem
Moshe Carmel
London
Carmel
Zim Company
Regent Street
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Beirut
al Aksah
Scotland Yard
Cairo
al Aksad
Egypt
al Ahram
Nasser
Palestine Liberation Organization
United States
Britain
West Germany
U.S
Hebron
West Bank
Nasser urges Arab summit over Jerusalem mosque blaze
Cairo reports President Nasser backing calls for a summit of Islamic nations after the Al Aksa mosque fire in Jerusalem. Foreign ministers of 14 Arab states met in Cairo to discuss unity and a possible summit convened by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia near Mecca and Medina.
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Cairo
Reuters
Egypt
al Aksad
Jerusalem
al Ahram
Nasser
Middle East
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
Jedina
Talks set on withdrawal of U S troops from Thailand
The United States and Thailand will begin talks on September 1 concerning the withdrawal of some of the about 50 000 American troops stationed in Thailand. In Prague the government reports four killed and 277 wounded in last week’s Bohemia Moravia violence with 1 893 arrested and 1 797 questioned. A major sea and land search continues along 110 miles of the New South Wales coast for 20 missing after the freighter Noongah sank in a storm.
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Bangkok
U.S
Thailand
Prague
Bohemia and
Moravia
Sydney
Australia
Reuters
New South Wales
Wheat exporters plan talks to avert price war
Washington sources say Canadian Australian and American officials will meet to avert a world wheat price war with Argentina possibly attending. U.S. officials held talks after Canada and Australia cut prices to gain Japanese market share. Canada suggested aligning U S prices with Canada but would not rescind its cut.
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Washington
Reuters
Argentina
U.S
Canada
Australia
Gas sickness concerns rise after UK riot gas use
In Northern Ireland reports of persistent illness from CS riot-control gas prompt UK defense officials to dispatch a chemical warfare expert if requested. Doctors in Londonderry report babies exposed to CS for 48 hours suffer severe diarrhea and vomiting amid questions on weather and police warnings.
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Freeland
Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Belfast
Londonderry
London
Defence Ministry
Ulster
Bogside
United Kingdom
Carson and
Stoughton
United States
the Times
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Ricane Camille
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Blaze
Larg
Quebec
Great Waterways
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