Chad pleads for air support as Libyan raids hit Faya Largeau
Chad reports Libyan MiG-23 raids on Faya Largeau with three strikes and says air support is needed from France the United States and other nations. Libya denies raiding. U S State Department condemns outside intervention and urges Libya to withdraw. Government appeals during rally in N Djamena to friendly countries for air assistance.
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Violence in Sri Lanka Death Toll Tops Two Hundred
Sri Lanka faced eight days of ethnic riots with deaths exceeding 200 nationwide as authorities prepared to ease a Colombo curfew for food shopping. The clashes between Sinhalese and Tamils led Pope John Paul II to urge tolerance and prompted Tamil leaders to call for UN peacekeepers. The government reported 179 civilian killings and at least 15 soldiers shot for looting or arson, with 13 soldiers killed in Jaffna by Tamil militants. Over 500 people, including many leftists, were arrested.
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Former Pemex chief charged with fraud in tanker deal
Jorge Diaz Serrano, ex head of Pemex, faces fraud charges over a $34 million overpayment for two oil tankers. An audit shows Navigas International sold ships to Pemex for 158 million after buying them for 124 million. Diaz Serrano, 62, surrendered after immunity was removed by the Chamber of Deputies.
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Eskimos push Arctic policy unity across nations
Eskimo leaders at the Inuit Circumpolar Conference General Assembly in Robisher Bay urge a joint Arctic policy by the United States Canada and Denmark to protect environment and culture. The group calls for self-determination rights and an international recognition of political economic and cultural rights along with a circumpolar judicial system. The conference represents about 100000 Inuit across Alaska Canada and Greenland under Danish governance.
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Peso devaluations boost Mexico border trade
A private study by Arturo de la Torre found Mexico's border trade with the United States reached 154.2 million dollars in January and February, six times higher than 1982's first two months, due to peso devaluations that made Mexican goods cheaper for Americans and U.S. products costlier for Mexicans.
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Consultores Internacionales
Reagan’s new envoy McFarlane meets Lebanese leaders in Beirut
Robert C. McFarlane, appointed July 22 as U.S. Middle East envoy, arrives in Beirut to press the stalled Israeli Lebanese troop withdrawal, meeting President Amin Gemayel, Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan, and Foreign Minister Elie Salem. He plans a six nation tour including Syria, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
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Shafik Wazzan
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Assad vows Syria to keep troops in Lebanon amid withdrawal pact clash
President Hafez Assad pledged on Sunday that Syria will retain its 50,900 soldiers in Lebanon until Israel fully withdraws. Damascus warned it will defeat the Lebanese Israeli pullout contract. Israeli officials say redeployment signals a first step toward a complete pullout. Israel suggests the Lebanese government manage civil affairs in areas occupied by the army as Gemayel's government fears partition along the Syria Israel line.
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