Emergency arrests rise in India as opposition hit hard
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s government reportedly detained 54,000 opponents since the emergency began on June 26, with 15,000 arrests in Bihar. Opposition groups circulate a 21 point resistance program led by Morarji Desai, calling for anti government demonstrations while avoiding violence. Police in Gujarat reportedly told not to arrest politicians under the security act.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
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Lok Sangharsh Samiti
People’s Fight Committee
Narayan
Gandhi
Desai
Press Trust of India New Agency
Gujarat
Amin sought Israeli arms to invade Tanzania for sea opening
Ex Foreign Minister Abba Eban recounted that Idi Amin in 1971 asked Israel for jets and other weapons to bomb Dar es Salaam and open a sovereign sea route. Eban noted Amin refused to negotiate with Tanzania's Julius Nyerere and asked Dayan how long to fight to the ocean, six days. Israel declined the request, souring Uganda relations.
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UPI
Idi Amin
Israel
Tanzania
Abba Eban
Eban
Amin
Julius Nyerere
Uganda
Moshe Dayan
Cyprus peace talks show unexpected progress in Vienna
Greek and Turkish negotiators reported progress in the third round of Cyprus peace talks in Vienna and said they would reconvene next month in New York. A communique issued by Greek Cypriot delegate Glafkos Clerides and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart outlined the result.
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Austria
UPI
New York
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Cyprus
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Waldheim
General Assembly
Bus ambush in Northern Ireland kills man and injures six
Gunmen ambushed a bus near Banbridge killing 78 year old Joseph Poland and injuring a driver and five women. Police found Armalite, M1 carbine and Thompson rounds. three gunmen may have misidentified the bus as police. The incident followed the Dublin Miami Showband ambush and ties to the Provisional IRA noted by authorities.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Banbridge
Joseph Poland
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Miami
Fran O'Toole
Brian McCoy
Anthony Geraghty
Steven Travers
Ulster Volunteer Force
Harris Boyle
Wesley Sommerville
Ferry capsizing in Poland leaves 18 dead
In Warsaw on the Baltic coast authorities report 18 killed when a cable hauling a car ferry tangled with a passing boat propeller. Nine bodies were found under the deck and nine others drowned trying to reach shore. 15 passengers were treated for injuries.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Gdansk
Baltic Sea
Moltawa
Maryla
Guerrilla group urges truce in Argentina crisis
The ERP Marxist guerrilla group proposes a cease fire and prisoner exchange amid Argentina's national crisis. It demands immediate freedom for captives and repeal of the 1973 anti ERP law, offering to suspend operations once all military prisoners are freed and Maj. Argentino Labarrabure is released.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Marxist People’s Revolutionary Army
ERP
Argentino Labarrabure
Soviet plans to act on Helsinki final act hinted
Moscow newspapers Pravda and Izvestia publish the five page Helsinki final act, revealing nonbinding pledges. Western diplomats expect preliminary conclusions within six to eight months, with humanitarian reunification of families as an early indicator. About 1,000 Soviet German families, totaling 5,000 people, seek to join relatives in West Germany.
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Moscow
UPI
Kremlin
Pravda
Izvestia
Helsinki
West Germany
Robbery at Hatton Garden vault nets millions in valuables
Four masked men armed with shotguns raided about 10 to 15 safe deposit boxes in London’s Hatton Garden vault as the day’s time lock opened. They tied up seven people and escaped in a car, with losses estimated at over 2.2 million dollars, though the exact value was not yet confirmed by police.
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London
UPI
Hatton Garden
Scotland Yard
Yard
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Pakistani Kashmir
Guadaloupe Island the Caribbean France’s Beautiful Butterfly
The island of Guadaloupe is a French department in the Caribbean praised for its beauty and mountainous landscape. It features luxury resorts like CLUB MEDITERRANEE and LA CARAVELLE, with a drawbridge connecting its two parts. Hotel Morgan offers Morgantown travel services and reservations, while a travel note promotes baby diaper advice.
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France
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