Fighting Resumes After Short Christmas Lull
Beir ut Lebanon AP reports Christian Muslim fighting rages through the night in Beirut Tripoli and Zahlah after a brief Christmas lull. Mortar and rocket duels terrorize districts. hundreds seek shelter. Police report killed and wounded. streets unsafe and traffic blocked.
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Tripoli
Zahlah
Zahirah
Climate tipping points from jungle clearing and fossil fuels
A UC team at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory reports that tropical jungle clearing could lower world temperatures and rainfall, risking a new ice age in Icelandic-like scenarios, while continued fossil fuel burning would raise temperatures. They note a potential 0.3 C drop from land clearance and a 2.5 C rise from CO2 buildup, with historic 1890–1940 warming then recent cooling trends.
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Calif
University of California
Nan
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Iceland
Europe
Nature
Hemisphere
Equator
Hugh W. el
Lsaesser
Ellsaesser
Earth
No Party On Mao's Birthday
TOKYO AP Mao Tse tung is 82 today and remains the dominant figure in China despite age. Official outlets ignored the celebration per Mao's wish. He has led the Chinese Communist Party since 1985 and headed China since 1949, the longest rule aside from Tito.
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Mao Tsetung
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Mao
Communist World
Tito
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Chou En-lai
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Li Heien-tien
Chou
Teng Heiaoping
Washington
Teng
Fifth American kidnapped in Eritrea amidst rebel unrest
Ronald B. Mischalke of Mabel Minnesota is reported kidnapped in Ramata capital of Eritrea's northern province. ELF and unnamed armed men suspected. Mischalke was civilian staff at Kagnew base. Other four Americans abducted earlier remain missing.
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Ethiopia
Ronald B. Mischalke
Mabel, Minn
Ramata
Eritrea
U.S
Mischalke
Eritrean Liberation Front
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U.S. Kagnew
Asmara
Collins International Service
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P.O
Thomas C. Bowidowicz
Jersey City
N. J
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Spec
David Strickland
Orlando
Fla
Steve Campbell
San Leonardo
Calif
Jim Harrell
Milwaukee
Wis
Beirut
Osman Sabbi
Kagnew
Massawa
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