Iran resumes oil exports as eight ex-officials executed
Iran resumes crude shipments from Kharg Island after a three month halt as eight former shah opponents are executed. Tanker World Ambassador carries 110000 tons light crude and 140000 tons heavy crude for Mitsui. Iran cuts future export capacity and ends women’s draft while shortening men’s service.
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Philip Dopoulos
Associated Press
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Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
National Iranian Oil Co
Mitsui Trading Co
Japan
Kharg Island
Persian Gulf
Khomeini
Shah
Ashland Oil
National Oil Company
Revolutionary Committee
Special Islamic Courts
Najafabad
Tanzanian shelling nears Kampala as Amin stance stays calm
Reports from Kampala note Tanzanian forces shell Lukaya 70 miles from the Uganda border while Kampala remains orderly with 3,000 foreigners including 130 Americans unevacuated. Amin praises his wife Sarah for a fearless assault led by women, urging Ugandan women to defend the nation amid regional fighting and border retakes.
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Serge Schmemann
Associated Press
Nairobi
Kenya
Uganda
Idi Amin
Kampala
Lukaya
Tororo
Amin
Radio
Sarah
Tanzania
Julius Nyerere
Dar-es-Salaam
Mbarara
Masaka
Israel cabinet backs Begin secret recommendations in peace talks
Jerusalem AP report says Israel's Cabinet voted to accept Prime Minister Menachem Begin's secret recommendations on American proposals to move Egypt talks forward. Deputy Prime Minister Yigzel Yadin said the move would aid negotiations, though the exact contents and whether Carter's proposals were accepted remain undisclosed.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
Menachem Begin
Yigzel Yadin
Yadin
Begin
Washington
Carter Sunday
Carter
China Withdraws Troops After Achieving Goals in Vietnam
Tokyo and Bangkok report China began withdrawing troops from Vietnam after declaring success in its goals. Xinhua warned China reserves right to retaliate if Vietnam resumes border attacks and urged renewed negotiations to settle boundary and territorial disputes. Hanoi claims China planned to widen the war by invading Laos to support assaults into Vietnam. Reports indicate fighting around Saat Son persists as Chinese divisions redeploy.
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Denis D. Gray
Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
Kyodo
Peking
Xinhua Hsinhuan
China
Hanoi
Laos
Saat Son
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lang Son
Communist Party Central Committee
Li Xiannian
Li Hsiennien
Gasoline Truck Explosion Shocks Nashville Skies
A fuel truck exploded at Marathon Oil terminal in Nashville causing a large blaze and brief evacuations. No injuries reported as the driver loaded fuel and investigators seek the exact cause.
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Nashville, Tenn
Marathon Oil Co
Protests in Belfast Demand IRA Prisoners as Political Prisoners
Across Belfast marchers protested Maze prison conditions and demanded IRA members be treated as political prisoners rather than criminals. Police said protesters broke a wall and pelted officers with bricks bottles and stones while British troops were mobilized to disperse the crowd.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Maze
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