Ambush aftermath prompts extra guard for U S diplomats in Greece
Greek police placed heightened protection on all American diplomats in Athens after the killing of Richard W. Welch a 46 year old US career diplomat. The incident followed a Greek newspaper report naming Welch as a CIA chief in Greece and identifying six other Americans and ten Russians as spies.
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Athens
Greece
CIA
Richard W. Welch
U.S
Jack B. Kubisch
Welch
Kubisch
Washington
Ford
Vail
Colo
United States
Peru
Guatemala
Cyprus
Harvard
Department of the Army
State Department
Vienna oil ministers siege leaves multiple dead
Gunmen stormed an OPEC headquarters meeting killing three, including a Libyan official, and taking more than 90 hostages. After a 20 hour siege, several assailants died and hostages were freed in Algiers and Tripoli. The incident drew international condemnations and diplomatic responses.
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Algiers
Algeria
Vienna
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Bouteflika
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Moslems clash with Christians in Tripoli and Zahlah violence
In Tripoli and Zahlah, heavy gunfire and rocket duels persisted for a third day as Moslem and Christian militias battle near Rashid Karami's homes. Police report 4 dead and 19 held, with 66 killed and 150 wounded overall. Israeli reconnaissance planes hovered over Beirut and Zahlah.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Rashid Karami
Zahlah
Arab Liberation Party
Yasir Arafat
Karami
Damascus
Arafat
Zagharta
Suleiman Franjieh
Kamal
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Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Red Cross
Libya
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Kuwait
Israel
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Llich Ramirez Sanchez
Carlos Martinez
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