Iran hostages fate debated as student group rejects release
In Tehran students occupying the U S Embassy reject former prosecutor Sadeq Khalkhali’s call to release the 50 hostages, saying they will be tried as spies. A spokesman cites following Khomeini and the Iranian people while condemning Carter. Reports note Khalkhali’s vow to kill the shah and say the regime faces internal Baluchi unrest with two dead and 44 wounded in Zahedan.
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Shah
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Paris
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Washington
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Quebec plans two stage vote on sovereignty and economy
Premier Rene Levesque unveils a referendum question that would ask Quebecers to authorize negotiations with Ottawa on sovereignty and an economic pact including a common currency. A second vote would decide whether to accept the new deal.
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Quebec
Rene Levesque
National Assembly
Parti Quebecois
Peace settlement ends Rhodesian war with black rule pledge
Rhodisia leaders Abel Muzorewa Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe signed a fragile peace under Lord Carrington at Lancaster House. The accord promises an early cease-fire a transition leading to elections by late February a new constitution and independent Zimbabwe ruled by the black majority.
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London
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Britain
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Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Patriotic Front
Zimbabwe
Carrington
Margaret Thatcher
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Leckraz Teelock
Commonwealth
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Royal Air Force
Ian D. Smith
Smith
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Mugabe
South Africa
Zambia
Mozambique
Woman sues Dow Corning over breast implants for 7.5 million
Joy Klein filed in federal court accusing Dow Corning Corp and Jessco Medical Supplies of implant failure in the late 1970s. She claims scarring, mental distress and cancer anxiety after Silastic Round Mammary Prostheses burst or leaked, leaving her disfigured. A Cornell summer session hosts 30 Chinese representatives in Hawaii for a 10 week program on hotel management funded by a 250000 dollar grant.
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New York
Joy Klein
Dow Corning Corp
Michigan
Jessco Medical Supplies
Port Washington
N.Y
Ithaca
China
Cornell University
School of Hotel Administration
Robert A. Beck
Honolulu
Beijing
General Atlantic Management Ltd
Hong Kong
Beck
Oil market turmoil as OPEC ministers clash on prices
OPEC ministers in Caracas remain divided over a bottom price and per-barrel markups, threatening continued oil-market volatility if demand slows. Iran, Libya, and others push higher base prices while Saudi Arabia resists, eyeing a clash at the next 1980 meeting.
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William Glasgall
Caracas
Venezuela
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Ali Akbar Moinfar
Iran
Ezzedin Ali Mabruk
Libya
Humberto Calderon Berti
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
Algeria
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Brezhnev Sick Report Sparks Kremlin Health Mystery
The Soviet news agency Tass said Brezhnev is ill with a catarrhal indisposition. Analysts note Tass rarely reports on Kremlin health, while Kosygin has not appeared publicly since Oct 17 amid illness rumors.
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Tass
Leonid I. Brezhnev
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Brezhnev
Berlin
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
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