Spy satellites track Libyans in Chad cooperation deepens
In Chad, a 3000 man French task force receives minute by minute Libyan military movement data from American satellites. The system relays photos and intel to Brig. Gen. Jean Poli through Paris, marking close French American military cooperation. Chad cites its own agents around Faya Largeau as additional information sources.
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N’djamena
Chad
Sahara
Tion
Jean Poli
French Defense Ministry
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kourou
French
Guyana
Faya-Largeau
Christian villagers slain in Lebanese Druse attack
Reporting from Beirut says a new massacre hit Christian civilians in Deir al Qamar and nearby Breh as about 40 000 refugees remained encircled by Druse militiamen. Phalangists claimed over 60 men women and children killed. Druse leader Walid Jumblatt urged refugees to expel foreign elements. A Red Cross convoy was blocked and tensions rose amid calls for Phalangist withdrawal before a ceasefire.
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London Daily Telegraph
Beirut
Chouf
Deir al Qamar
Breh
Kfar Mattar
Bmariam
Bhamdoun
Walid Jumblatt
Lebanon
Druse
Syria
Red Cross
Sidon
Beireddin
Border ministers share 300 years of tradition
Elizabeth Simpson reports that border mission work began with Spanish missionaries in the late 1600s near Presidio and has evolved into a culturally aware effort by the Rio Grande Ministry. Texas Baptist missions work with Mexican churches emphasizes Bible teaching over proselytizing and trains local leaders to run Bible schools.
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Elizabeth Simpson
la Junta de Los Rios
Presidio
Big Bend National Park
Texas
Jimmy Smith
Rio Grande
Baptist Missions
Smith
Mexico
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Soviet jet pilot claims order to fire on jetliner
A Soviet fighter pilot said he received orders to shoot down the South Korean jumbo when the aircraft ignored warnings to land. He appeared on TV with two other pilots as Japanese police recovered a second body from the Hok kaido coast, possibly among the 269 killed.
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Moscow
Hokkaido
Abashiri
Sakhalin Island
Finnish pilots halt flights to Moscow in protest
Finnish Commercial Pilots Association members vote to stop Finnair flights to Moscow for 60 days in solidarity with other nations. The action follows the Sept 1 Soviet attack on a Korean Air Lines jet, with a review planned after four weeks. Finnair routes to Leningrad remain unchanged.
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Helsinki
Finland
Soviet Union
Moscow
Finnish
Commercial Pilots’ Association
International Commercial Aviation Organization
Korean Air Lines
Finnair
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U.S
By John Bulloch
Tyre
Maria Pedenzia
la Borrada
Rosa Lopez
Gricelda
Soviets
Reagan
Kamchatka
Sakhalin
Pilots’ Association
Kremlin
Paavo Vayrynen
Leningrad
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