Khomeini Backs U S Blame On Iran Turmoil
Ayatollah Khomeini accused the United States and President Carter of engineering Iran's unrest and urged Americans to remove Carter from office. He linked Tehran’s hostage crisis, regional fighting in Tabriz, and Turkish Azab rebellion to American schemes while warning of possible economic pressure.
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Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
United States
Jimmy Carter
Iran
Carter
America
Khomeini
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
U.S
Kurt Waldheim
Sri Lanka
Revolutionary Council
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Moslem People
East Azerbaijan
Rahmatola Moghadam-Marghab
Mohammad Kazem
Qum
Soviets scrutinize U S human rights stance amid Amnesty report
Moscow denounces Amnesty International critique as demagogic while accepting its criticism of U S rights issues. Pravda questions life for minorities, Carter promises, and cites prison, jobless urban poor, and oppressed families. Amnesty flags ill treatment of migrants and minorities in the United States.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Amnesty International
Communist Party
Pravda
Carter
London
Amnesty
Mexico
NATO Faces Crucial Vote on Nuclear Missiles in Europe
NATO ministers in Brussels begin a pivotal winter session to decide modernizing arms in Western Europe. The planned deployment of 464 Tomahawk and 108 Pershing II missiles faces Soviet pressure and broad protests across Europe as Carter offers 95 percent funding and new disarmament talks.
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Brussels
Europe
Ira
United States
North Atlantic Alliance
U.S
NATO
Moscow
Russia
Copenhagen
Denmark
England
Low Countries
West Germany
Italy
Carter
Deposed Cambodian leader denies genocide claims
Pol Pot in a rare interview from a guerrilla base near the Thai border denies genocide by his regime. He acknowledges some deaths occurred from policy mistakes blamed on Vietnamese agents and asserts Cambodia defends itself against Vietnam. He cites 50,000 guerrillas resisting 200,000 Vietnamese troops and seeks a national front with various Cambodian groups and Prince Norodom Sihanouk.
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Tokyo
Reuter
Pol Pot
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
Japan
Kyodo
Cambodia
Nordon Sihanouk
Paris
Prince Sihanouk
Commons in turmoil as clashes delay mortgage bill vote
Ottawa MPs face a tangled session as the government and opposition clash over the mortgage interest deduction bill. Budget confidence votes loom, with debate stretched before a planned Christmas break and possible January resumption.
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Stephen Scott Ottawa
Commons
John Crosbie
Global hunger crisis warned by presidential commission
A presidential commission led by Sol Linowitz warned of a global hunger crisis likely within 20 years that could surpass energy troubles. It urged the United States to double non military foreign aid and promote farming methods to feed self reliance, citing one in eight malnourished worldwide.
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Washington
United States
Presidential Commission On
Carter
Middle East
Sol Linowitz
Front bases raided by Zimbabwean air strikes in Zambia
Zimbabwe Rhodesian planes killed one guerrilla and injured another in a raid on a camp of Joshua Nkomo's ZAPU forces near Lusaka. The camp at Chinyunyu, about 60 kilometres east of Lusaka, suffered little damage.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Reuter
Zimbabwe
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe African Peoples Union
Chinyunyu
Salisbury
Patriotic Front
Mozambique
London
Rhodesia
Umtali
Dispute between PLO and Khadafy escalates in Libya
In Tripoli the Libyan leader Khadafy moves to expel PLO chief Suliman Al Sharaf codename Abu Tariq amid a power clash over tactics. Palestinian sources cite Libyan blockade claims and warnings to Palestinian students to form revolutionary committees. WAFA and Farouk Kaddoumi discuss divergence between diplomatic and guerrilla approaches.
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Beirut
Reuter
Palestine Liberation Organization
Muammar Khadafy
PLO
Tripoli
Khadafy
Suliman Al-Sharafa
Abu Tariq
Palestine News Agency
WAFA
Farouk Kaddoumi
Libya
DC-9 Loses Tailcone For Emergency Landing
A Republic Airlines DC-9 with 26 aboard forced to an emergency landing at Memphis International after losing its tailcone during takeoff from runway 17 left. No injuries reported as the aircraft landed safely. tailcones are designed to drop off to aid emergency exits.
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Memphis, Tenn
Republic Airlines
Memphis International Airport
Jack Barker
U.S
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Child care strained says harsh strain on Canada’s poor families
The National Council of Welfare reports Canada’s child-care system is under severe strain, with 80,000 children in foster care or institutions linked to poverty and 250,000 more in day care and related services. It urges reform, higher income support, and removal of child tax deductions to ease family hardship. The council highlights rising costs and calls for prevention over reliance on social services.
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Juliet O'Neill
Ottawa
National Council of Welfare
Canada
Ontario
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British Columbia
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Manitoba
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