Rains hit Nigerian deportees crossing borders
Torrential rains drenched thousands of West Africans waiting for buses and ships to leave Nigeria as the military regime orders about 700,000 illegal immigrants to depart by Friday. Convoys of up to 100 vehicles crossed into Benin with hundreds more in Lagos waiting areas and about 1,000 aboard ships. Authorities searched travelers for the 20 naira allowed per person, while Benin escorts guided convoys toward Aflao on the Ghana border.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Benin
Kakle
Igolo
Togo
Ghana
Hilla Condji
Aflao
Dotson to ask governor for freedom
Gary Dotson plans to seek clemency from Gov. James Thompson on Thursday after a judge questioned the accuser Cathleen Crowell Webb’s recanted testimony. Dotson and Webb took lie detector tests. both were declared truthful by the same examiner, though a second test was declined. The hearing before Thompson and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board will include testimony from Dotson, Webb, and 18 witnesses, marking the governor's first time presiding over such a session.
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James R. Thompson
Gary Dotson
Thompson
Chicago
Dotson
Cathleen Crowell Webb
Mrs. Webb
Capitol
David Fields
Cook County
State's Attorney’s Office
Webb
Illinois
Doctor testimony threatens von Bulow retrial case
Providence AP report says a doctor's 1982 statement that Martha von Bulow caused her own coma may trigger dismissal of attempted murder counts. Dr. Janis Gailitis testified he warned prosecutors not to disclose the coma theory, while the defense argues Mrs. von Bulow worsened by drug and sugar abuse.
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Claus von Bulow
Janis Gailitis
Martha
Sunny” von Bulow
Harry Gemma
von Bulow
Superior Court
Corinne P. Grande
Stephen Famiglietti
Thomas P. Puccio
Gailitis
Puccio
Gemma
Puccii
Famiglietti
Rhode Island Supreme Court
Protests Against Nicaragua Embargo Spark Widespread Arrests
The two day demonstrations against the U S embargo on Nicaragua ended with 550 arrests in San Francisco and 200 more the day before. Police in riot gear moved to clear the crowds as protesters chanted No Pasaran and blocked entry to federal buildings.
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Nicaragua
San Francisco
Boston
Federal
Sacramento
Calif
Reagan
Cuba
Soviet Union
Daniel Ortega
Ernesto Cardenal
Cardenal
United States
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
State Capitol
Madison
South Africa
Washington
D.C
Berkeley
University of California
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