Eight wounded Navy personnel ambushed near San Juan
Gunmen ambushed a yellow Navy marked bus carrying personnel to a Tea Baja naval facility east of San Juan killing two and wounding eight. Police searched the white van used by attackers as pro independence violence flares in Puerto Rico. Names withheld until next of kin advised.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S. Navy
Navy
U.S
Naval Communications
Tea Baja
Steve Chesser
Roosevelt Roads Naval Base
For National Liberation
United States
Angel Rodriguez Cristobal
Tallahassee
Fla
Rodriguez Cristobal
Vieques
Staff escapes unhurt as Tripoli embassy attacked
About 2,000 Libyans sacked the U S Embassy in Tripoli and set fire to the four story building. Staff escaped unhurt after locking inside and fleeing through a back door. State Department protested to Libya while noting minimal security and delayed reinforcements. </S>
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Tripoli
Libya
State Department
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
U.S
Islamabad
Pakistan
William Eagleton
Green Square
Vincent Principe
Washington
Department
JANA
Death by injection not the ultimate high
Oklahoma inmates describe lethal drug injection as the ultimate high though experts say it yields little more than drowsiness. The first drug execution faces legal delays, with 30 witnesses present and three anonymous medical technicians performing the injection on the third floor of McAlester’s administration building.
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Ron Jenkins
Associated Press
Oklahoma City (Ap
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Oklahoma
Texas
Idaho
New Mexico
Roger Dale Stafford
Oklahoma City
Stafford
Purcell
Okla
Big Mac
Death Row
Corrections Department
Nancy Nunnally
Refugee Influx Into Pakistan Surges From Afghanistan
Peshawar reports up to 500000 Afghan refugees may cross into Pakistan by spring as 1000 daily arrivals continue since October’s government offensive. Officials cite 262000 counted since the civil war began 19 months ago, with estimates near 300000.
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Peshawar
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Precinct 20 in Cedar Rapids Sees Carter Kennedy Tie
In Linn County Precinct 20 Cedar Rapids Democrats weigh Carter vs Kennedy with one Carter button and one Kennedy pin noted at a meeting. Residents express indecision as Jan 21 caucus approaches and organizers estimate turnout may be modest. Authorities highlight Carter lead in campaign activity. Kennedy staffers acknowledge early groundwork. PMID
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Margy McCay
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Linn County
Democratic Central Committee
Jimmy Carter
Edward Kennedy
Farmers State Bank
Carter
Kennedy
West
Ed West
Cedar Rapids
California
Edmund G. Brown
Clem Carney
Brown
Carney
Precinct 20
Frank Church
Iowa
Monica McFadden
Bob Schorg
Schorg
Ms. McFadden
Islamic constitution approved in Iran amid hostage crisis
Iran approved Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic constitution as the shah sought asylum in the United States. Tehran Radio said a national mobilization center would form a people's army to oppose America while Iran urged OPEC to shift to a currency basket. Hostages' fate loomed as students warned at the embassy, and the shah's move to Texas sparked new threats of trial for captives.
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Uncle Sam
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
United States
Tehran
Imam Hosseini
Alexander G. Higgins
Associated Press
Iran
Texas
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Revolutionary Council
Khomeini
America
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
New York
San Antonio
U.S
Nether
CIA
L. Bruce Laingen
Foreign Ministry
Laingen
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ghotbzadeh
Shah
Mexico
Egypt
127 year old South Korean woman credits pork for longevity
Kim Chin-hwa, aged 127, is regarded as South Korea's oldest person. She says daily pork meals, begun in childhood when her father hunted wild boar, contribute to her long life. She also notes concern for hog farmers as pork prices fall.
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Korea
Seoul
South Korea
Kim Chin-hwa
Kennedy Says Shah Was One Of The Most Violent Regimes
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy argues the deposed Shah of Iran led a brutal regime marked by terrorism and human rights abuses. He cites U S policy implications and contrasts asylum for the Shah with limits on Hispanic immigrants, while Bush Carter race context is noted. Henry Rono wins the Pelerin cross country race in France as Lopes nearly catches him.
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San Francisco
Edward M. Kennedy
Iran
United States
Massachusetts
Democrat
Carter
Kron-Tv
Kennedy
U.S
Vanves
France
Henry Rono
Kenya
Pelerin
Rono
Carlos Lopes
Portugal
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