Tehran bomb blast shocks Iran amid calls for showdown
In Tehran crowds mourn Ayatollah Behshti and 68 other leaders killed in a bombing blamed on counter revolutionaries. Rajai and Rafsanjani vow a showdown as regime leaders fear civil war and leftist groups face renewed crackdowns.
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Lebanon
Tehran
Ayatollah
Mohammad Behshti
Iran
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani
Behshti
Islamic Republican Party
America
Tehran Radio
Pars
New Agency
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Beheshti
Hezbollah
Arty of God
Ruhollah Khomeini
Seyyed Ali Khomeini
Rabbani Amlashi
Khomeini
Rajai
Rafsanjani
Sarchechmeh
Canada Mourns Marathon Runner Terry Fox
Canada mourns Terry Fox, the 22 year old who ran the Marathon of Hope to raise cancer funds. Flags fly at half staff as federal and provincial leaders praise his courage and unity he inspired across the country. Fox died after his cancer spread to his lungs and a pneumonia battle.
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New Westminster
British Columbia
Terry Fox
Debbie Walsh
St. John's
Newfoundland
Mitterrand Pushes Afghan Ouster At EEC Summit
French President Francois Mitterrand heads to the European summit aiming to press for a joint push to end Soviet involvement in Afghanistan and to forge a united economic policy within the EEC. Italian Premier Spadolini joins the talks as Thatcher and Schmidt also attend the two day session.
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Luxembourg
Francois Mitterrand
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Giovanni Spadolini
Italy
Margaret Thatcher
Helmut Schmidt
EEC
Mitterrand
National Assembly
United States
Japan
Hua Guofeng resigns as China’s leader amid Deng aligned shift
Xinhua reports Hua Guofeng resigns as party chair and vice chairman roles are reorganized. Hu Yaobang becomes chair, Deng Xiaoping’s ally leads modernization drive. Deng remains top leader. central committee votes unanimous. Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang join a five member vice chairmen slate. Western observers see move as end of Mao era influence.
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Communist Party
Hua Guofeng
Xinhua
Deng Xiaoping
China
Hua
Central Committee
Hu Yaobang
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Deng
Zhao Ziyang
Zhao
Ye Jianying
Li Xiannian
Chen Yun
Spadolini forms Italy's 41st postwar government
Italy's Giovanni Spadolini, 56, sworn in to end the 35day crisis sparked by the P-2 lodge scandal. He forms a broad coalition excluding the Communists and Italian Social Movement and will face Parliament for a confidence vote the week of July 6.
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Rome
Giovanniini
Christian Democrats
Italy
Christian Democrat
Arnaldo Forlani
Forlani
P-2
Communists
Italian Social Movement
Governt
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