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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1983

Page

26

Violence Escalates in Tripoli After Beach Massacre

In Tripoli Lebanon three more bodies were found, Sunni residents from Bakhoun abducted en route to work. Masked gunmen killed 16 at a beach restaurant and shops, as Syrian-backed factions clash and PLO mutineers seize a hospital in eastern Lebanon amid regional tensions.

Beirut Lebanon Tripoli Sidon Israel Syria Amin Gemayel Damascus Palestine Liberation Organization PLO Yasser Arafat Jihad Saleh Kuwait al-Qabas Soviet Union Salah Khalaf Kremlin Libya Tishrin Bakhoun Abu Samra Sweika

Soweto Anniversary Violence Grips South Africa

Blacks riot and loot across South Africa on the Soweto anniversary, with a bus driver killed in Durban and stores looted. Police report 41 arrests in Soweto, 23 damaged police vehicles nationwide, and continued clashes as church memorials bleed into street violence.

Tom Baldwin Associated Press Johannesburg South Africa Durban South African Press Association Cape Town Sebokeng Soweto Leon Mellet Indian Ocean Regina Mundi Nhlanpla Mbatha Mbatha

Malaysia reports record heroin bust worth 150 million

Police in Kuala Lumpur seized 165 pounds of heroin with a street value around 150 million dollars in the largest drug haul ever in Malaysia. Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam said the drugs would have supplied about 112 million injections.

Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Musa Hitam

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