Night Watch Restored and Replaced On Display
Rembrandt's The Night Watch returned to display in Amsterdam after a six month restoration to repair damage from a bread knife attack. The painting, The Shooting Company of Capt Frans Banning Cocq, is nearly finished with varnish, with $75,000 already spent on materials.
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Beirut Civil War Escalates as Frontline Bloodshed Rages
In Lebanon, fighting between Moslem and Christian factions intensifies with 96 dead and 157 wounded by Friday night along Beirut's two mile divide. Warlord Kamal Junblatt travels to Damascus for talks with Yasir Arafat and Hafez Assad as Syria looms over militia arms routes.
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Hafez Assad
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Unrest rises in Colombia as government fights inflation
In Bogota and other cities protests surge amid student unrest and a 24 hour teachers strike. Kidnappings have intensified with a wealthy businessman killed and a daughter missing. The government tightens emergency measures as military authorities warn of a leftist plot against democratic institutions. Municipal elections loom in April amid rising extremism.
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Videla to become Argentina's president as junta tightens grip
Gen. Jorge Videla, army commander and junta member, will replace Isabel Peron as president Monday as political violence flares with at least 10 deaths in 24 hours. The United States recognized the new regime the same day. Videla, 50, a devout Catholic, is anti Communist and may name a new cabinet while continuing army command.
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Five Bombs Hit Belfast Suburbs in Coordinated Attacks
Five bombs exploded in Belfast, four destroying private houses in the Malone Road area and Antrim Road while police reported no casualties. Authorities blamed the Provisional IRA for the suburban blasts, with a rival Protestant group suspected in the fifth. Officers cited tightened downtown security as a motive for the attacks.
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