France's Nuclear Test Postponed in South Pacific
Reports from Tahiti indicate France may delay the Mururoa Atoll atmospheric tests to next week. Officials note the Orage carrier's return and Bastille Day celebrations as factors, while Canberra warns of a test window between Sunday and Wednesday amid storm risks and ongoing protests by Australia New Zealand and others.
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Tahiti
UPI
France
South Pacific
Mururoa Atoll
Christian Claverie
Australia
New Zealand
South America
International Court of Justice
the Hague
Paris Celebrates French Revolution Anniversary in Streets
Thousands of French citizens filled Paris streets for a double day tribute to the 1789 Bastille uprising. A 9 000 strong parade along the Champs Elysees featured tanks and missiles, retracing the revolution’s path from Napoleon’s Arch to Cleopatra's Needle.
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Paris
UPI
Champs Elysees
Bastille
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Louvre
Napoleon
Arch of Triumph
Cleopatra's Needle
Place of the Concorde
Soviet scientists photograph sun outburst from balloon observatory
The Tass news agency reported that an eight ton stratospheric observatory photographed a powerful solar outburst on June 20 over central Asia. Details describe a 62 mile diameter event, with epicenter temperatures estimated at seven to nine million degrees Fahrenheit.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Central Asia
Vladimir Krat
Pulkovov
Leningrad
Krat
Egyptian Soviet accord on Middle East crisis after Moscow trip
Hafez Ismail, adviser to President Sadat, returned from a three day visit to Moscow saying the Soviet Union and Egypt are in total accord on the future relationship and the Middle East crisis. He called for strengthening Arab capability to confront Zionist occupation until aggression ends and Palestinian aspirations are realized. Political sources said the visit aimed to gauge Brezhnev Nixon summit outcomes and align Egyptian and Soviet policies.
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Cairo
UPI
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Anwar Sadat
Moscow
Soviet Union
Egypt
Middle East
Ismail
Nixon
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Missionaries back Mozambique killings claim seek safety guarantees
A group of five Spanish missionaries expelled from Mozambique says they will return with an international committee to show the sites of alleged massacres if they get UN safety guarantees. They accuse Portuguese troops of killing villagers, with Wiriyamu cited as the worst massacre where about 400 villagers died.
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Madrid
UPI
Mozambique
United Nations
Miguel Buendia
Wiriyama
Wiriyamu
Buendia
Moderate quake rattles area north of subcontinent
A moderate earthquake struck about six hours after a lighter tremor near Kashmir. The USGS or Indian Meteorological Office said the second quake had an epicenter roughly 675 miles north of New Delhi near the Tibet China frontier or Soviet Afghanistan border and registered 6.7 on the Richter scale at 10 24 a.m. No damages or casualties were reported.
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New Delhi
UPI
Subcontinent
Kashmir
Tibet-China
Delhi
Army backs Peron return to Argentine presidency
Provisional President Raul A. Lastiri won army support to restore Juan D. Peron to the presidency by constitutional means. Lt. Gen. Jorge Carcagno ordered respect for power transfer within the constitution as Peron prepares to run for the remainder of Campora’s term.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Raul A. Lastiri
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Jorge Carcagno
Peron
Getty III in Rome Kidnap Probe Fears Ruse
German girlfriend of J Paul Getty III told police the missing teen may have staged his own kidnapping to gain ransom money. His mother Mrs Gail Getty dismissed the claim as unlikely, while police noted a friend claimed he discussed faking the abduction to raise funds.
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Rome
UPI
J. Paul Getty III
Gail Getty
Getty
Piazza Novona
J. Paul Getty Jr
Peacekeeping Officers Missing Prompt Delays Amid Shelling
Viet Cong shelling northeast of Saigon delays Sunday repatriation of two Canadian peacekeeping officers missing since June 28 near Xuan Loc. Captains Patten and Thomson, from Toronto and Ottawa, may have been moved on foot before potential release by truce-team helicopters.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary Government
PRG
Lan Patten
Toronto
Fletcher Thomson
Ottawa
Xuan Loc
Lagion
Patten
Thomson
Perimeter moves closer near Phnom Penh in 1970s strike
American warplanes led by B52s bombed rebel positions north and south of Phnom Penh after a government evacuation moved the southern defense perimeter within 10 miles of the capital. Reports say the strikes targeted military hardware abandoned by retreating troops as Cambodian forces pulled back from areas near Kompon Kantuot and Kompong Tuol.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Kompon Kantuot
Kompong Tuol
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