Pope Returns to Krakow For Evening Prayers At Wawel Cathedral
Pope John Paul II comes home to Krakow, the archbishopric city he once led, for evening services at Wawel Cathedral after days of speeches and Masses across Poland. He urged respect for religious liberty and called for church state dialogue, addressing 70 bishops at Czestochowa’s Jasna Gora and blessing 300,000 pilgrims.
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Iran accuses Iraq of flooding Iran with weapons
Tehran accuses the Iraqi government, aided by exiled Shah supporters in Iraq and Kuwait, of smuggling arms into Khuzestan to fuel unrest and threaten the Islamic Republic. Iran also cites four Iraqi airstrikes on Kurdish villages near the border and ongoing executions tied to the former monarchy.
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Aden
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Somoza rushes reinforcements as Leon siege tightens
In Nicaragua President Anastasio Somoza sent reinforcements to Leon as heavy fighting persisted on the southern border. Guerrillas reportedly attacked Leon defenses while a general strike crippled Managua. Guerrillas claimed to have captured a Guatemalan colonel, and the national guard said it neutralized rebel fire southward amid a broad regional accusation of sanctuary and arms from several nations.
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Costa Rica
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Cuba
Wichita Falls Flood Forces Evacuations After Five Inch Rain
Residents scramble for higher ground as more than five inches of rain swelled three creeks and pushed Wichita River toward dangerous levels. Flooding affected about a third of the tornado-ravaged city with 12 evacuated and 50 to 100 homes reported flooded by Red Cross teams amid impassable streets and washed out bridges.
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World news briefs from Colombo to Tel Aviv and Athens
AP dispatches report mixed global headlines from Colombo where Arab states failed to bar Egypt at a non aligned nations confab, Tel Aviv noting Begin’s party reaction as Canada moves its embassy to Jerusalem, Athens and Ankara agreeing a tourism pact, and New Delhi noting a six week heat wave causing water shortages and crop damages in West Bengal with Calcutta deaths rising.
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Twins bitten by rats in crib hospitalized in Florida
In St. Petersburg four month old twins were hospitalized after a suspected rat bite in their crib. A hospital official said the babies are in fair condition. A county health inspector noted citrus rats in the area and a neighbor claimed rats had long lived in nearby fruit trees. Officials say the rats may have entered through a roof opening.
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