Moslems Close In On Beirut Holiday Inn Fight
Moslem forces in Beirut push toward the Holiday Inn as heavy clashes erupt in eight month civil war. Islamists seize St Georges and Phoenicia Intercontinental hotels and surround the Holiday Inn, blocking escape routes with snipers and machine gun fire while leftist gunmen threaten surrounding apartments.
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NATO Leaders Study Force Reduction Plan
NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels to consider Kissinger’s proposal trading 1000 U S tactical nuclear warheads in West Germany for 1700 Soviet tanks and 68000 troops from central Europe. The conference follows two years of Vienna talks stalled without results.
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Nessie photos draw skepticism from museum
American researchers led by Robert Rines defend Loch Ness photographs as genuine evidence despite London's Natural History Museum scientists saying the images prove nothing. Rines says the team photographed Nessie 45 feet down in Loch Ness and finds the pictures worthy of serious study with no trickery.
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Loch Ness Photos Spark Expert Ward on Existence
Natural History Museum experts dismiss Nessie photos as evidence, while Zoologist Gordon Shears calls the images inconclusive and criticizes the Nessiteras Rhombopterys name. Other scientists from Royal Ontario Museum and Smithsonian urge weighing the limited data on unseen large Loch Ness animals.
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U N Fails to Act on Angola Intervention
United Nations General Assembly proposals to condemn foreign intervention in Angola collapsed without a vote. The outcome leaves Angola's internal crisis unresolved as delegates debated possible measures and international responses.
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CORE recruits mercenaries for Angola
CORE recruits black veterans to serve as a police force for Angola at the request of the Organization of African Unity. Roy Innis said no recruits have been dispatched yet and the group awaits a green light from Angola and the OAU. Newsday reported the claim amid ongoing Angola mediation talks.
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Israel to Receive Supersonic F15 Jets from US
The United States plans to sell 25 advanced supersonic F-15 fighters to Israel in about 18 months. Pentagon officials say production will rise from five to nine jets monthly by next May, with a total buy of 729 F-15s planned in the long term. Former Defense Secretary Schlesinger called the F-15s likely superior to Soviet designs for the next decade.
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