Carter pushes for flexibility in quest for peace treaty
In Jerusalem, President Carter told the Knesset that he and Israeli leaders remain short of a treaty as a cabinet meeting yields mixed responses to U.S. proposals. Begin urged patience while confirming Vance may brief Sadat in Cairo and a longer stay in the region is possible.
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U.S
Cyrus Vance
Carter
Israel
United States
Begin
Vance
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Two Nations
Jerusalem
Middle East
Vietnam and China trade border war accusations amid shelling claims
Hanoi and Beijing accuse each other of new attacks as Western intel notes slow Chinese withdrawal. Hanoi reports Chinese shelling and plundering six northern provinces while Xinhua cites Vietnamese shells and a Chinese counterattack. Tass cites alleged Vietnamese civilian deaths and Chinese frontier post moves into Lang Son. China accuses Hanoi of pressuring Laos against Chinese advisers and denying pretexts for aggression.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
China
Radio
Hanoi
Xinhua
Hsinhua
Guangxi
Quang Ninh
Tass
Vietnamese
Red Cross
Lang Son
Laos
Cambodia
Han Nianlong
Iran Women Rally On Tehran University For Fourth Day
Several thousand Iranian women gathered on Tehran University campus for a fourth day of protests against Ayatollah Khomeini’s push to restrict freedoms. Attendance was lower than organizers anticipated though many women from diverse groups joined, carrying placards calling for equal rights and an end to the chador.
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Tehran
Tehran University
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mehdi Bazargan
Islamic Republic
Ayatullah
U.S
Kate Millett
Pope John Paul II
Khomeini
Kiss cavities goodbye says Toronto health official
Dr. Sam Green director of Etobicoke dental division suggests kissing increases saliva and fights tooth decay. He notes the idea lacks formal research and contrasts with an Australian study claiming saliva can spread decay organisms between people.
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Toronto
Sam Green
Green
Community Health Department
Etobicoke
Sealing Bouts Open as Weather Grounded Hunters
Weather keeps helicopters grounded delaying Greenpeace protests while 10 ships chase seals 160 nautical miles north of St Anthony. The Sea Shepherd crew reaches Sydney after eight sailors are jailed for dyeing seal pups red. bail of 16000 dollars awaits release.
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ED Walters
Anthony
Mld
Newfoundland
St. Anthony
Greenpeace Foundation
Ed Chavies
John Frizell
Greenpeace
Frizell
Norway
East India Dock
London
Rainbow Warrior
Hudson
RCMP
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Magdalen Islands
Techno Venture
Brandall
Sea Shepherd
Sydney
N.S
Cap-aux Meules
Que
Fund For Animals
Boston
Tanzania makes new peace bid in Uganda war
Nigeria offers mediation to end four month conflict but Idi Amin demands Tanzanian withdrawal before talks. Reports place fighting near Kampala with Tanzanian and exile forces advancing slowly toward the capital as Masaka and Lukaya stay contested.
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Nairobi
Nigeria
Uganda
Tanzania
Idi Amin
Uganda Radio
Kampala
Amin
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
Dar Es Salaam
Masaka
Lukaya
Nairobi Daily Nation
Palestinians stage protests as Carter mediates peace
In Ramallah and other West Bank towns Palestinians protest Israeli actions while U S President Carter mediates with Egypt and Israel in Jerusalem. A Palestinian woman denounces Sadat and Arafat leads chants for PLO while clashes occur near an armored Israeli vehicle and a CBS crew is detained briefly.
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Ramallah
West Bank
Jordan River
U.S
Carter
Jerusalem
Yasser Arafat
Sadat
Anwar Sadat
Mideast
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Gaza Strip
Israel Radio
PLO
Mustafa Didin
Hebron
Didin
Israel
Elias Freij
Bethlehem
Smith to run unopposed in Zimbabwe Rhodesia election
Prime Minister Ian Smith and several Rhodesian Front leaders will be returned unopposed to the black dominated parliament after one man one vote elections next month. Registrar General Eric Pope Simmonds notes the front faces opposition in only four of 28 white seats.
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Smith
Defense
Hilary Squires
Pieter van der By
Rowan Cronje
William Irvine
Law and Order
Chris Andersen
Squires
Irvine
van der Byl
Rhodesian Front
of National Unity
Bhutto death sentence hearing postponed in Pakistan
The Pakistani Supreme Court postponed until next Saturday a hearing on overturning Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's death sentence. The delay followed the death of his defence lawyer Ghulam Ali Memon from a heart attack, with the high court reviewing its ruling for possible legal errors after a Feb. 6 decision to uphold the sentence.
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Islamabad
Supreme Court
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bhutto
Ghulam Ali Memon
High Court
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Southview Village
Frank Webber
Iran
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