Ulster independence plan gains momentum in Belfast
Violence has revived interest in a scheme for Northern Ireland to gain independence from Britain with Protestant and Catholic participation in government. Backers see an end to Orange and Green politics as a path to peace, while opponents doubt feasibility of an independent Ulster.
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Castro to turn Cuba into world medical center export doctors
Fidel Castro envisions Cuba as a world centre of medicine capable of exporting medical services and sending physicians to Third World nations. He said Cuba could graduate up to 3,000 doctors yearly, tripling current output of about 1,000 annually. The plan shapes a global healthcare role for Cuba.
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Cuba’s health boom and global role urged by Castro
Castro touted Cuba’s health progress noting 16 173 physicians for 600 people and a shift from Batista era 12 million to 44 million then 325 million dollars for public health. He praised a new tropical medicine institute and warned of neglecting Third World needs. Independence talks in Northern Ireland gain unlikely support from Callaghan and Fianna Fail figures as UDA outlines an independent Ulster with Britain and Ireland backing.
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Japan not a haven for fleeing refugees in 1970s view
Tokyo faces harsh limits as Polish ambassador and 14 sailors flee to the United States or seek asylum, with Japan enforcing strict surveillance and contact bans. Refugees face six weeks of house arrest while Canada and Australia decide on resettlement, and naturalization remains unlikely.
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Let us talk settlers told
The Israeli cabinet urged Jewish settlers in northern Sinai to remove barricades and discuss compensation for homes and shops to be given up when Sinai returns to Egypt in April. A special session was set to discuss evacuation of squatters in Yamit, with no date. Settlers refused new talks, warning of possible violence as tensions rise.
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