Lebanese truce shaky as clashes flare in Beirut
In Beirut amid a fragile two day cease fire pledged after a major Syrian shelling Christian and Syrian backed forces traded accusations of violations. Gunfire rang out at dawn as a Christian radio reported a killed woman and a wounded girl while Syrian units claimed militiamen attacked peacekeeping checkpoints with rockets. A Christian spokesman urged Israel to act with force.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Beitrut
Voice of Lebanon
Soviet Trials Threaten Detente Amid SALT Talks
Soviet authorities move two leading Jewish dissidents to trial next week. Anatoly Shcharansky faces treason charges possibly death, while Alexander Ginzburg is charged with anti-Soviet agitation. Western sources warn the cases could derail U.S.-Soviet detente and delay a scientific cooperation pact as Carter and Gromyko prepare for arms talks in Geneva.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Kremm
Anatoly Shcharansky
CLA
Alexander Ginzburg
Kaluga
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Geneva
Switzerland
Carers
Frank Press
Shcharansky
Israel
Ginzburg
Human Rights Helsinki Group
Paraguayan opposition leader arrested in Paraguay
Domingo Laino vice president of the Authentic Liberal-Radical Party was seized by three armed men in civilian clothes at a downtown intersection in Asuncion. He had traveled to the United States to urge U S aid cuts to Stroessner’s government and was said to be held by the Department of Investigations with U S concern voiced by Ambassador Robert White.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
United States
Domingo Laino
Liberal-Radical Party
Laino
Asuncioe
Department of Investigations
U.S
Robert White
Carter
Washington
Sadat launches new Vienna peace talks with Peres
In Vienna, Egypt's Anwar Sadat remains hopeful for a Mideast settlement as he meets European politicians and Shimon Peres. He plans talks with Austria's Bruno Kreisky and Willy Brandt era ally Willy Brandt, while Peres calls the dialogue non negotiation. The Egyptian plan envisions Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands and a five year transition for Palestinians to determine their future.
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Vienna
Austria
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Mideast
Israel
Shimon Peres
Sadat
Bro Kreisky
Willy Baioat
Socialist International
Brandt
Kreisky
Middle East
Peres
Socialist Labor Party
East Jerusalem
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Elizabeth Amwander
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Mexico City
Mexico
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Venus
NASA
Bob Gitteleon
Canaveral Air Force Station
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America
Organization of American States
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Toro
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