Landslides and floods kill 14 in Italy and disrupt transport
In northern Italy heavy rains caused landslides and floods over the weekend, isolating dozens of villages and blocking roads bridges and rail lines from Bergamo to Bolzano. Italy Austria and Switzerland faced evacuations with many missing or injured. authorities urged boil-water precautions as tourists fled mountain resorts.
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Portugal Social Democrats win parliamentary majority in first since dictatorship
In Lisbon, Anibal Cavaco Silva's Social Democratic Party secured a majority with 53 percent of the vote and 149 of 250 seats as results from over half the precincts showed. The Socialists trailed with about 21 percent and 57 seats, marking a decisive political shift for Portugal.
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Mine clearing begins in Kuwait channel to Al Ahmadi port
U S Saudi and Kuwaiti naval teams finished a monthlong mine clearing in the Persian Gulf channel to Kuwait’s Al Ahmadi oil terminal. The operation, begun June 24, used U S sonar and frogmen to detonate eight mines east of the port, with Saudi and Kuwaiti crews expanding ongoing sweeps ahead of escorted tanker convoys.
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Iran Rejects UN Peace Call Over Iraq War
Iran will reject a United Nations resolution to end the war with Iraq if approved, calling it an excuse for U.S. intervention. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati said Tehran would not abide by the draft, which seeks to punish Iraq but is deemed defective for not naming Iraq the aggressor. The Iran-Iraq war began in September 1980 when Saddam Hussein invaded Iran.
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Ortega Says U.S. Won't Seek Peace in Nicaraguan War
In a rally of about 50 000 in Matagalpa Ortega charged the United States with not pursuing a peaceful solution to the Sandinista Contra conflict. He linked Reagan's aims to crush the revolution and noted 43 000 deaths and roughly 3 billion dollars in damage since 1980 while Congress funded Contra aid last year and anticipated more the current year.
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