Iran to send back hostages bodies amid coffin delays
Tehran reports the bodies of Americans killed in the failed hostage rescue are ready for shipment but coffin arrangements and customs procedures remain. Swiss envoy Lang says two to three days more, while Capudji coordinates transfer with Swiss and Red Cross. Ghotbzadeh links U.S. role to embassy crisis and accuses Iraqi diplomats of arming the raid.
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Tehran
U.S
Sedegh Ghotbzadeh
Ghotbzadeh
Switzerland
Eric Lang
The
Red Cross
Ayatollah
Mohammad Beheshti
Revolutionary Council
Council of Revolutionary
Ruhollah Khomeini
Lang
United States
London
Iran
Britain
Cubans Seek U.S. Refuge After Embassy Clash in Havana
About 390 former Cuban political prisoners and families took refuge in the former U.S. Embassy after clashes with Cuban security agents that injured 15. U.S. officials warned against prolonged refuge while Cuba promised exit visas.
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Havana
U.S
Key West
Fla
Florida
Sealift
Mission
Fidel Castro
Washington
U.S. State Department
Thomas Reston
Florida airlift opens for Cuban refugees amid storm risk
An airlift from Key West begins to move Cuban refugees with no Florida relatives to a tent city in Fort Walton Beach. The White House says the processing center can handle up to 10 000 refugees. Coast Guard reports a Friday squall spared a repeat of last Sunday's deadly storm that sank nine boats and capsized several others.
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Key West
Fla
United States
Florida
Freedom Flotilla
Florida Panhandle
White House
Fort Walton Beach
U.S. Coast Guard
Mariel
London embassy siege negotiators report new gunmen demands
Iranian Arab gunmen holding hostages at the Iranian Embassy in London have issued new conditions while the original demands remain. Police confirm ongoing dialogue with the gunmen as officials recall Britain's Tehran ambassador and seek mediated solutions via field telephone and embassy windows.
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London
John Dellow
Iran
Britain
Dellon
Foreign Office
Tehran
John Graham
Hyde Park
Israeli deportations and West Bank demolitions after Hebron attack
Israel expelled three Palestinian leaders from Hebron to Lebanon and demolished four houses after an ambush killed five settlers and wounded 17. Arab shopkeepers protested while a firebomb hit an army jeep and a Gaza grenade attack occurred. The PLO claimed responsibility from Damascus.
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Hebron
Israel
Lebanon
West Bank
Fahad Qawasmeh
Halhoul
Mohammed Milhem
Sheik Rafi Bayad Al-Tamimi
Defence
Ezer Weizman
Sheik Tamimi
Jerusalem
Ramallah
Gaza Strip
Syria
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Damascus
Polygamy issue tests pope in Congo tour
Pope John Paul II faced a sharp test on tribal polygamy among African clergy and society in Kinshasa as he arrived for a six nation tour. Critics note priests with multiple wives and lay efforts to enforce African names signaling Vatican authority conflict.
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Southam News
Kinshasa
John Paul II
Zaire
Deuxieme Bureau
Europe
North Americana
Notre Dame Cathedral
Joseph’ Maluma
Mobutu Sese Seko
Vatican
Africa
Levesque Opens Door to Talks If No Vote Fails
Premier Rene Levesque said he would attend a federal provincial constitutional conference if the no side wins the Quebec referendum on sovereignty association. He cautioned the meeting would likely be fruitless unless Quebec gained real autonomy. He also criticized Prime Minister Trudeau for his characterization of Quebec and warned against equating independence with monetary union.
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Alan Freeman
Montreal
Rene Levesque
Quebec
Levesque
Sovereignty Association
Trudeau
Chambre de Commerce de Montreal
Canada
Theso Forces
Cuba
Haiti
West Indies
New Brunswick
Castro
Ontario
Duvalier
Ireland
England
Alberta Court of Appeal rules RCMP immune from Alberta police inquiries
The Alberta Court of Appeal holds the province cannot police RCMP conduct through the Alberta Police Act, finding sections on inquiries ultra vires. RCMP remains shielded from the law enforcement appeal board, pending potential appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The decision follows a 1976 strip search dispute and sparks debate over provincial versus federal policing authority.
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Edmonton
Alberta
RCMP
Alberta Court of Appeal
William McGillivray
Alberta Police Act
Law Enforcement Appeal Board
Alberta Attorney-General’s Department
Supreme Court of Canada
T. A. Miller
Justice Miller
Attorney-General of
Canada
Justice McGillivray
Ottawa
Harry Midgley
Alberta Human Rights and Civil Liberties Association
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