Iran army clashes with protesters in Ahwaz after shah’s departure
Pro shah troops clash with thousands of anti shah demonstrators in Ahwaz with heavy casualties reported amid the shah’s absence. Army officers and soldiers forcefully quell protests after tens of thousands gathered near a mosque. Premier Bakhtiar convenes emergency meeting as Iran faces its first major test of order.
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Arak
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Abbass Gharabaghi
Death toll rises in quake in Iran as relief expands
Iranian Red Lion and Sun officials report 199 deaths from a remote eastern earthquake with 1,000 homes destroyed. Rescue teams expect more bodies as aid pours in from Mashhad to Quaen in the quake zone southeast of Tehran.
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Khorramabad
Ebrahimabad
Mashhad
Quae’n
Afghanistan
Moslem hijackers surrender after Beirut airliner seizure
A seven hour hijack drama ended when devout Moslems released 73 passengers and nine crew from a Lebanese Middle East Airlines Boeing 720 and surrendered to Lebanese security forces. They pressed for the return of Imam Moussa al Sadr, Lebanon's Shiite spiritual leader missing since last August.
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Beirut
Reuter
Moussa al-Sadr
Lebanon
Libya
Here
Amman
Cyprus
Muammar Khadafy
Ayatullah Khomaini
Nicaraguans brace for more violence as plebiscite faded
In Managua amid stalled mediation, Nicaraguans fear renewed clashes between Somoza forces and rebels. Mediation teams from the United States Guatemala and the Dominican Republic pressed Somoza to accept a supervised plebiscite with international oversight, giving him until Jan 19 to respond.
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N.Y. Times
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Nicaragua
United States
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Dominican Republic
Somoza
Liberal Party
Organization of American States
NFU urges Lang to reject PRAC rail abandonment report
NFU president Jim Mayne challenged Transport Minister Otto Lang to reject PRAC's plan to abandon 2,280 kilometres of Western Canada branchlines. He warned farmers would bear higher fuel and trucking costs as elevators close or shift, while rail savings come at farmer expense. Mayne noted 40 percent of lines studied would be affected and questioned PRAC claims about impact on Wheat Board permit holders and line status. Cargill Grain vice-president Art Tooth expressed concern over a proposal to place a railway south of Regina into the permanent rail network.
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Jim Mayne
National Farmers Union
NFU
Otto Lang
Prairie Rail Action Committee
PRAC
Hall Commission On Grain Handling and Transportation
Canada
Mayne
Emerald
P.E.I
Canadian Wheat Board
Hall Commission
Art Tooth
Cargill Grain Co. Ltd
Winnipeg
Regina
Board weighs full name change for separate school district
Trustees debate dropping the word separate for the Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Board of Education as budget talks and a legal review swirl. Ted Bulanda pushes for a complete rename, Edsen Ellingson supports it, Lorraine Lanigan and Pat Potter oppose. Peter Barth absent.
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Medicine Hat
Roman Catholic Board of Education
Ted Bulanda
Education Department
Bulanda
Edsen Ellingson
Lorraine Lanigan
Pat Potter
Peter Barth
Potter
Fred Allore
Pope seeks dialogue to unite Catholic and Orthodox churches
Pope John Paul II announced a forthcoming theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and Byzantine Orthodox churches to remove obstacles to Eucharist unity. He spoke during his weekly audience amid ecumenism efforts and noted historical excommunications ended in 1965. The Catholic Church has about 720 million members and Orthodox churches about 125 million.
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John Paul II
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Istanbul
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