Peacekeeping moves pause Lebanon conflict amid new arrivals
Libyan and Syrian peacekeeping troops halted clashes between Syrian forces and Palestinian guerrillas, while Beirut battles continued between Muslim and Christian factions. 47 killed and 78 wounded overnight as 1000-strong Arab League force arrives. airport security to clear for 5000 peacekeepers from Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, and Syria.
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Lebanon
Arab League
Syria
Damascus
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Army
Arafat
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Libya
Algeria
Syna
Arab peace force to retake Lebanese villages after siege
Palestine Liberation Army will contribute a contingent and the Arab peace force is to evict guerrillas from mountain villages north of Beirut. Syria to pull 12 500 troops and 450 tanks back to eastern and northern Lebanon as the force assembles. Spiegel Grove arrives in Greece with 267 evacuated Americans and others. State Department considers further evacuations as death toll rises.
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Mohammed Hassan Ghoneim
Ghoneim
Arab League
Syria
Lebanon
Hafez Assad
Suleiman Franjieh
Elias Sarkis
Beirut
Assad
Spiegel Grove
Greece
Piraeus
Athens
Washington
State Department
United States
U.S
Frances E. Meloy Jr
Italy's Communists gain but fail to seize government
In Italy, the Communist party captures a large share of the vote but cannot topple the Christian Democrats from leading the next government. Final tallies show the CD 34.7 percent, Communists 12.6 million votes, with the center-left coalition lacking a majority. Berlinguer hailed a "great leap forward" while the CD vowed to exclude Communists from office.
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Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Communist Party
Enrico Berlinguer
Rome
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U.S
Italy
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Democratic Socialists
Calm After South Africa Uprising With 140 Dead
Johannesburg reported calm amid outbreaks of arson in Mamelodi and Atteridgeville outside Pretoria. Police described sporadic gunfire and fires at a clinic and a shop, with 140 killed and 1,128 injured overall as the government and police pledged firm action against unrest.
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South Africa
Mamelodi
Pretoria
Atteridgeville
James Druger
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Freedom For Africa
M.C. Botha
Soweto
Spiegel Grove evacuates 267 from Beirut to Greece port
The U S Navy LSD Spiegel Grove docked at Piraeus around 9 30 am bringing 110 Americans and 157 others from Lebanon after a 45 hour voyage. Diplomats said evacuees would fly to the United States and Europe or stay in Athens hotels while deciding where to go. Most evacuees were women and children.
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Spiegel Grove
Was
Lebanon
U.S Army
Piraeus
Beirut
United States
Lebannon
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