Bhutto Executed in Pakistan After Clemency Appeals Rejected
Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged at Rawalpindi's central jail after President Carter and other leaders failed to secure clemency. His body was flown to Naurdo, his birthplace, eight hours after the 2 am execution. Security and protests followed in Rawalpindi and in Srinagar, Kashmir, amid widespread reactions. Bhutto had been convicted on March 18, 1978, for ordering killings connected to a car ambush. clemency petitions were denied by the general government and Supreme Court.
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Gene Kramer
Associated Press
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Carter
Mohammed Zia Ul Haq
Pakistan Peoples Party
Naurdro
Amir Begum
Bhutto
Srinagar
Kashmir
U.N
Zia
Ahmed Reza Kasuri
Kasuri
Supreme Court
Sind
Explosion at Warsaw bank kills 49 and injures 110
An investigation cites a gas leak from a main into a bank vault causing the February blast in Warsaw. Low temperatures and traffic shock damaged a valve allowing gas to enter the vault and explode.
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Warsaw
Poland
Nuclear hearing on offshore floating plants begins in Bethesda
Environmental groups question impacts of normal radioactive and thermal discharges as NRC hearing on Offshore Power Systems eight offshore plants moves forward. Westinghouse subsidiary seeks permission to construct and sell the units to Atlantic and Gulf coast utilities.
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Bethesda
East
Gulf Coasts
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Clare Miles
Washington
Offshore Power Systems Inc
Jacksonville
Fla
New Jersey
Westinghouse
Atlantic
Gulf
Thornburgh declares end to immediate threat at Three Mile Island
Governor Dick Thornburgh says the threat of an immediate catastrophe is over and the reactor must reach a cold shutdown before declaring all danger past. Officials warn of long term health environmental and economic problems as cleanup could take years and cost up to 40 million dollars.
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Bob Dvorchak
Associated Press
Harrisburg, Pa
Dick Thornburgh
Three Mile Island
Chicago Tribune
Allentown
Chronicle
New York Times
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington Post
Robert Bernero
NRC
Harold Denton
NCR
Harrisburg
Texans skip cheap Mexican diesel despite border prices
Texans along the Rio Grande pass up a chance to buy diesel at roughly 16 cents a gallon in Reynosa while pricing in the United States climbs. A Brownsville doctor and an Edinburg realtor note the long bridge waits oppose a quick fuel run, valuing time over small savings. local managers report diesel traffic drops as Americans weigh time against price.
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Ken Herman
Associated Press
Reynosa
Mexico
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Matamoros
Edinburg
Vance Hofmaster
Ruben Edelstein
U.S
Hofmaster
Salinas
Texas
Connecticut police allowed to search newsrooms only for crimes
Connecticut lawmakers consider a new law permitting unannounced searches of newsrooms or reporters files only in cases where reporters are accused of crimes after Oct 1. Police could subpoena documents but not seize newsroom materials without showing crime fruits or instrumentalities.
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Hartford
Siege ends as police fatally shoot would-be hijacker
In Sydney a 34 year old Italian immigrant carpenter, Dimicias Speranzo, tried to blow a Pan American 747 with beer can bombs aboard after grabbing a nurse at knifepoint. He was shot by police after failing to light a fuse and later died after surgery. A officer was stabbed in the head but is in satisfactory condition.
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Peter O'Loughlin
Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Los Angeles
Dimicias Speranzo
Speranzo
Italy
John Paul II
Enrico Berlinguer
Moscow
Royal Prince Henry Hospital
New Zealand
Jack McNeil
McNeil
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