Carter hosts Mideast leaders at Camp David summit
President Carter welcomes Israel’s Menachem Begin and Egypt’s Anwar Sadat to Camp David. He urges compromise amid deep policy differences on West Bank, Gaza, and 1967 war land, noting the high political stakes and uncertain prospects for success. Sadat arrives. Begin to follow. Carter stresses private talks and flexible approach.
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Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Sadat
Washington
Walter Mondale
Cyrus Vance
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Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Regina
U.S
Trude. B. Feldman
White
House
United States
Floods devastate seven Indian states as monsoon toll nears
Hundreds killed across seven northern states and West Bengal with thousands missing near Calcutta. Tens of thousands evacuated in Delhi district Yamuna floods. 120 villages submerged and roads, rails cut. Troops, police, and civilians rescue survivors perched on housetops and trees. Cholera patients treated on hospital rooftops in Midnapore.
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West Bengal
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New Delhi
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Uttar Pradesh
United News of India
Midnapore
Metropoliton Nikodim of Leningrad dies during papal audience
Metropolitan Nikodim of Leningrad and Novgorod, head of the Russian Orthodox delegation to Pope John Paul I's inauguration, died at 49 of a heart attack in the Vatican. He collapsed in the Pope's private library as the audience occurred and was taken to St. Anne church. Nikodim chaired the Russian Orthodox synod on inter church relations and unity. he was born Boris Rotov in Frolovo near Moscow and ordained in 1947.
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Nikodim
Leningrad
Novgorod
John Paul I
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St. Anne
Lev Tserpiski
Boris Georgievich Rotov
Frolovo
Moscow
Air Canada ends 10 day machinists strike amid tense talks
Air Canada resumes near normal operations after a tentative 11th hour settlement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The deal caps suspensions at 20 days, flows limited changes to cargo handler classifications, and leaves flight attendants poised for possible action as labor tensions persist.
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Ottawa
Air Canada
Claude Taylor
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
John Munro
Munro
Montreal
Labor
Taylor
Machinst
Barry Shaw
Shaw
Air Rhodesia crash linked to guerrillas amid denials
Survivor accounts suggest the Air Rhodesia Viscount was shot down by Joshua Nkomo’s Zimbabwe African People’s Union guerrillas near Kariba. Nkomo denied killings of 10 of 18 survivors while Reuters noted plans to target civilian flights ferrying troops to the Kariba border area.
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Rhodesia
Anthony Hill
Air Rhodesia
Kariba
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe African People's Union
Zambia
Reuters
Nkomo
Lusaka
Greek tomb finds at Vergina spark archeology thrill
Archaeologists gasp as Manolis Andronikos unveils gold coffins silver and bronze vessels and wall paintings from Vergina Greece claiming royal tombs of Macedon including Philip I. British critic Ward Perkins calls discoveries extraordinary while scholars note dating remains debated amid ongoing digs and publication.
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Greece
Manolis Andronikos
Salonika University
Vergina
Macedon
Philip I
Alexander the Great
Andronikos
Associated Press
Philip II
Macedonia
Aegae
Philip
Courts to Face Abortion Fighter in Canada Case
Regina. Former Manitoba cabinet minister Joe Borowski sues to strike down legalized abortion, naming federal Justice Minister Lang and Finance Minister Chrétien in a statement of claim. Borowski seeks to test Criminal Code provisions on abortion certificates and plans to call expert witnesses on fetal rights.
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Manitoba
Canada
Joe Borowski
Schreyer
NDP
Court of Queen's Bench
Lang
Chretien
Borowski
Morris Shumfatcher
Supreme Court of Canada
Shumfatcher
England
Louise Joy Brown
Oldham
Govt arrests fuel Nicaragua strike as protests spread
In Managua about 60 prominent businessmen and politicians were seized as part of a two week crackdown on a nationwide strike opposing President Anastasio Somoza. The National Guard detained 15 leaders on Monday amid street battles, with tolls in Matagalpa estimated up to 50.
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Reuter
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
Nicaragua
INDE
Jose Francisco Teran
Human Rights Commission
Massaya
Matagalpa
Somoza
Commission
Jose Esteban Gonzlaez
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