Iran council backs UN visit to hostages amid hostage standoff
A UN commission spokesperson said Iran's Revolutionary Council unanimously approved the meeting with U.S. Embassy hostages. The move follows demands to interrogate Tomseth over Ferghan and to produce Bruce Laingen for questioning, a plan blocked by foreign minister Ghotbzadeh with Khomeini's tacit support.
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Iran
U.S
Tomseth
Ferghan
Ghotbzadeh
Washington
Bruce Laingen
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Doug Long
Tehran
United Nations Commission
Revolutionary Council
Samir Sambar
Commission
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Rebels report heavy losses in incident near Kabul
Afghan rebels admit heavy losses in a clash between Kabul and the border with Pakistan while claiming two Afghan army defeats and the capture of a town. They say 90 Afghan soldiers and four Soviet advisers died at Nazian. 80 civilians were killed by air raids. The rebels also report taking Sultanpur near Jalalabad and a mosque attack at Kherga Mubarak. Radio Kabul reports 112 detainees released after anti Soviet rioting in Kabul.
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Associated Press
Kabul
Kot
Nazian
Sultanpur
Jalalabad
Kandahar
Kherga Mubarak
Radio
Babrak Karmal
Dolphins slain as Iki Island fishers persist in hunt
Japanese fishermen on Iki Island continue dolphin killings despite global protests. A second group claims about 1,200 dolphins killed on Friday, with authorities unsure of total slaughter since the crackdown began. Western conservationists estimate 500 to 1,000 deaths at Iki. carcasses are often shredded for pigfeed.
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Tokyo
Iki
Tadashi Nakatani
United States
Britain
Japan
Ontario Grits set for vote
Ontario Opposition leader Stuart Smith urged Liberals to prepare for a provincial election this year, declaring the Davis government unfit after three years of minority rule. He spoke at the party convention as Liberal leader dodged timing on a non-confidence move.
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Toronto
Ontario
Stuart Smith
Bill Davis
Liberal
Smith
Davis
Liberal cabinet sworn in with MacEachen finance chief
Ottawa reports Allan MacEachen, age 58, sworn in as finance minister in Trudeau's new Liberal cabinet of 33 ministers. The list includes Mark MacGuigan, Herb Gray, Marc Lalonde, Jean-Luc Pepin, Maurice Lamontagne and Bud Olson among others, with Trudeau at prime minister.
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Ottawa
Allan MacEachen
Cape Breton
Pierre Trudeau
Ed Schreyer
Government House
Mark MacGuigan
Windsor
Herb Gray
Marc Lalonde
Jean-Luc Pepin
Maurice Lamontagne
Quebec City
Trudeau
Donald Johnston
Montreal
Treasury Board
Ed Lumley
Cornwall
Charles Lapointe
Charlevoix
Judy Erola
Sudbury
Bud Olson
Alberta
Pierre Bussieres
Charlesbourg
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Montreal Mount Royal
Cape Breton- Highlands-Canso
Jean-Luc ,Pepin
Ottawa-Carleton
Jean Chretien
Saint Maurice
Canada
John Munro
Hamilton East
Eugene Whelan
Essex-Windsor
Andre Quellet
Rhodesia awaits vote decision in Zimbabwe independence
111 nation Commonwealth observers reported the last week's elections free and fair as 2.7 million ballots remain to decide the new black government. Guerrilla leader Mugabe is seen as front runner while 90 percent turnout fuels international recognition prospects.
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Salisbury
Africa
Canada
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Commonwealth
Gordon Fairweather
Commonwealth Observer Group
Commonwealth Group
Sunday
Liberals ready for referendum battle in Quebec
Delegates at the Quebec Liberal party convention pledged support for a no vote in the June sovereignty association referendum. Leader Claude Ryan announced an agreement on federalist campaigning rules and the party touted its New Canadian Federation constitution plan. The party aims for a 71 percent no vote with about $5.3 million in funds and plans to keep federalist proposals in reserve until the provincial election.
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Frank Mackey
Montreal
Quebec Liberal Party
Sovereignty Association
Claude Ryan
Ryan
Pierre Bibeau
Jean-Paul Roy
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
National Assembly
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Schreyer
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MacEachen
Pierre de Bane
Ray Perrault
British Columbia
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Romeo LeBlanc
Westmoreland- Kent
Fisheries and Oceans
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Toronto St. Paul's
Monique Begin
Montreal Saint Leonard-Anjoun
Jean-Jacques Blais
Nipissing
Francis Fox
Blainville-Deux Montagnes
Gilles Lamontagne
Nickel Belt
Bill Rompkey
Grand Bay-White Falls- Labrador
National Revenue
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Yvon Pinard
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