Torrijos funeral draws high brass and world leaders
The funeral for Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera drew senior military commanders and government leaders from around the world, including Gen. David C. Jones, with thousands of Panamanians in attendance. The service at the Metropolitan Cathedral featured a banner critical of colonialism and concluded with Torrijos laid to rest near the National Guard and Legislative Palace routes.
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China
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Reagan
Iranian IRP ideologist shot dead outside Tehran
Gunmen killed Hassan Ayat the IRP ideologist and Tehran MP as he left his home for a parliamentary session. Two bodyguards were wounded. Ayat’s death is seen as a major blow to the party and Iran’s ruling regime faces new threats from Reza II who vows concerted plans to overthrow Khomeini's government.
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Ruhollah Khomeini
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Khomeini
Begin defends hawkish government before Knesset
Prime Minister Menachem Begin presented his new Likud led government to a stormy parliamentary session and won a narrow confidence vote. He attacked Labor opponents and U S plans to sell F 15s and AWACS to Saudi Arabia while signaling openness to normalized ties with Moscow if Jewish emigration rights are granted.
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Et Union
Irish foes stand firm on IRA hunger strike demands
Belfast toll rises as IRA hunger strike casualties mount with eight inmates dead and two policemen slain by a landmine. At Omagh John Smyth burial follows a Protestant funeral where Rev Ronald Craig urged unity amid sectarian strife. An 8,000 strong Catholic crowd attended Kerrin Doherty’s Maze hunger strike funeral as IRA spokesman Jimmy Drumm vowed the protest would go on.
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Omagh
Kieran Doherty
Maze
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Doherty
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