Khomeini Talks Independence Observers For Hostages Visit
Ayatollah Khomeini orders Ghotbzadeh to invite independent observers to visit the 50 U.S. hostages at the Tehran Embassy with the occupiers agreeing to permit the visit. No date is set. The move follows Kennedy criticism and a disputed fake letter backing Khomeini.
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Social Credit may join opposition in no confidence vote
The Social Credit Party with five MPs could back the Liberals in a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Joe Clark unless the gasoline tax is cut from 18 cents per gallon. The alliance would give 145 votes to topple the seven month old Conservative government amid Parliament's 136 Conservative, 113 Liberal, 27 NDP seats. A Liberal speaker tolerates ties.
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CIA tied to SAVAK as architect of torture says former official
Hassan Sana, former SAVAK adviser, alleges during a foreign press tour that the CIA designed SAVAK, trained agents in the United States, and issued guidelines on physical and psychological interrogation methods. The tour, arranged by Iran's Ministry of National Guidance, publicizes charges of U.S. complicity in torture and killings of opponents of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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NATO decision seen as step toward arms control
NATO will deploy 572 Pershing II and Tomahawk missiles in West Germany Britain and Italy starting 1983 with possible later placements in the Netherlands and Belgium Officials say the move is a two track strategy aimed at pressuring the Soviet Union to slow the arms race and invites new talks to scrap missiles.
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Turks Ignore Azaris of Iran in Policy Shift
Ankara follows Ataturk era non intervention stance toward ethnic Turks abroad. Officials say Azaris in Iran face no Turkish concern despite regional uprisings, reflecting long standing hands off policy and fear of entanglement beyond Cyprus.
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Quake Death Toll Rises in Southern Colombia
A powerful earthquake near the Colombia Ecuador border killed 133 and injured up to 2,000 as rescue teams searched six coastal towns. Charco suffered 62 deaths and 350 injuries amid tidal waves and aftershocks, while the Red Cross declared the area a disaster zone.
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Space shuttle recruit class to include 288 women
AP reports the second space shuttle class will screen 1000 applicants for about 10 to 20 astronaut slots with 288 of nearly 3,000 applicants being women. Six women are in the first 15 pilot and 20 mission specialist trainees who finished a year of training in September.
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