Commemoration of Steve Biko Marked by Police Detentions
In Soweto a 300 strong black cultural festival honored Steve Biko in police custody ten years after his death. AZAPO officials, including Muntu Myeza, were detained en route to the event and Nontsikelelo Biko could not attend. Armor units lined the YMCA hall as performers paid homage to Biko and the Black Consciousness movement.
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Soweto
South Africa
Steve Biko
Biko
Nontsikelelo
Azanian Peoples Organization
Muntu Myeza
King William’s
Myeza
AZAPO
Nkosi Molala
Molala
Ciskei
YMCA
Israelis Protest Lavi Decision and Jobs Loss
Thousands of aircraft workers blocked traffic and clashed with police at Tel Aviv and near Ben Gurion Airport protesting Israel's decision to scrap the Lavi jet program. Protestors demanded release of arrestees, with authorities using water cannons and tear gas as 3,000 jobs were cited as at risk.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Histadrut Labor Federation
Israel Radio
Israel Aircraft Industry
Ben Gurion International Airport
Yakcov Shefi
Yitzhak Rabin
U.S
Wife seeks Cicippio's release in Beirut hostage case
A Lebanese wife of American hostage Joseph James Cicippio appealed to Shiite kidnappers for his release as he entered a second year in captivity and neared his 57th birthday. She spoke from the American University of Beirut campus criticizing the captivity and recalling past slavery references in calling for freedom. Cicippio, of Valley Forge, Pa., was kidnapped Sept. 12, 1986, with the Revolutionary Justice Organization claiming responsibility.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Joseph James Cicippio
Aham Ghandour
Cicippio
American University of Beirut
Chippie
Valley Forge
Yugoslav Vice President resigns amid Agrokomerc scandal
Belgrade AP Hamada Pozderac resigns amid Yugoslavia's Agrokomerc financial scandal as inflation soars and debt mounts. Prosecutors pursue missing funds. six arrests including Fikret Abdic. Pozderac, a Bosnian-Hercegovina leader, was set to become president May 15, signaling broader political shakeups as public pressure grows.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hamada Pozderac
Tanjug
Pozderac
Agrokomerc
Republic of
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Pozderach
Fikret Abdic
Velika Kindusa
Ponderac
Agrokamere
Communist Party
Vecernje Novosti
Branko Mikulic
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Abdic
Mikulic
Ortega opens talks with opponents while barring rebels
President Daniel Ortega announced that national reconciliation talks would begin October 5 with legally constituted parties and others willing to disarm. He pardoned 16 Central Americans captured with the Contras and relaxed the law allowing confiscation of absent exiles property. The announcements were made in San Jacinto near Managua during Independence Day celebrations and the San Jacinto battle anniversary. The Contras demand talks but will not disarm until freedoms are guaranteed.
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Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Ortega
U.S
Socay
Managua
Central America
Spain
Battle of
William Walker
Tennessee
Democratic
Contras
Alejandro Serreno
The
Supreme Court
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Panama
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