Central American coffee producers seek higher prices
In San Salvador producers from seven Central American nations meet amid drought and price drops. They warn reduced output may raise volatility and strain balance sheets as speculation and stalled exports affect metrics. El Salvador reports lowered harvests and Honduras halts sales while Brazil faces a possible 4 million sack shortfall.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
London
Brazil
Colombia
Ricardo Falla Caceres
Fausto Cantu Pena
Mexican Coffee Institute
Honduras
Falla Caceres
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Seal pup kill value seen lower off Newfoundland
Sealing officials warn the value of this year’s pup hunt could fall as ice blocks ships off northern Newfoundland where pups are born. Four Canadian and four Norwegian ships seek a passage through up to 20 foot thick ice, while Greenpeace protesters plan to arrive.
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ST. Anthony
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenpeace Foundation
British Columbia
Two rescued from trapped minisubmarine near Shetland
Two oil workers, James Jones and Bill Cornwall, were rescued from a stuck minisubmarine 355 down on the North Sea floor off the Shetland Islands. The PC9, 26 feet long, was immobilized by a fouled propeller. divers from the Intersub NT freed it and it surfaced under its own power. The men have air and food for seven to eight days and are in regular radio contact with their mother ship. Weather now calm but winds may rise, with gales expected by Saturday.
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Lerwick
Shetland Islands
North Sea
British Petroleum Co
PCI
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co
James Jones
Bill Cornwall
Intersub NT
Jones
Cornwall
Perry Oceanographics Inc
Riviera Beach
Fla
Policeman slain as Red Brigades claim attack in Turin
An anti-terrorist policeman Rosario Berardi, 55, was gunned down in Turin as four Red Brigades suspects went on trial nearby. A caller claimed responsibility for the group. The trial was delayed a day as all four defense attorneys said they were ill.
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Turin
Italy
Red Brigades
Rosario Berardi
ANSA
Berardi
Renato Curcio
Soviet and Czech cosmonauts return from Salyut mission
A Soviet and a Czechoslovak cosmonaut came home after seven days aboard Salyut 6, while Georgy Grechko and Yuri Romanenko continued operations for over 12 weeks. The mission marked the first use of a non Soviet, non American astronaut and set a new space endurance mark.
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Moscow
Earth
Soviet
Salyut & Space Station
Tass
Alexei Gubarev
Vladimir Remek
Georgy Grechko
Yuri Romanenko
Space Station
U.S
Gubarev
Remek
Space
Poland
East Germany
Romanenko
Grechko
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Oleg Makarov
Young withdraws remarks on Rhodesian settlement
United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young faced a new controversy over remarks suggesting Britain might wash its hands of the Rhodesian issue. He later withdrew the comments after a call from Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. Britain complained through Ambassador Peter Jay, and U.S. officials said the remarks reflected Youngs views, not policy, as Rhodesia moves toward a U.N. Security Council debate.
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United Nations
Andrew Young
Britain
Young
Cyrus R. Vance
Washington
Peter Jay
Vance
Palestine
London
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
U.N. Security Council
United States
State Department
Thomas Reston
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