Rioting Flares After Catholic Youth Is Slain in Belfast
Catholic rioters clashed with police in west Belfast after 22-year-old Thomas Riley was shot dead by a British soldier during a scuffle with troops. Police say 65 people were arrested as rioters burned vehicles and hurled gasoline bombs and rocks at officers amid a vigilante-style protest tied to the 12th anniversary of internment without trial.
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Northern Ireland
Thomas Riley
Ballymurphy
Catholic West Belfast
Riley
Stephen Lich
Indianapolis
Lich
Irish Northern Aid Committee
Martin Galvin
Armagh
Ulster Defense Regiment
Martin Malone
Britain
New Italian premier pledges deployment of NATO missiles
Rome, AP — Bettino Craxi, Italy's Socialist premier, says the five party coalition will fight organized crime and uphold NATO missile deployment if Geneva arms talks fail. He outlined priorities to Parliament, noting focus on inflation, unemployment, and stronger Mafia cases, with 112 cruise missiles slated for Sicily.
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Bettino Craxi
Italy
NATO
Craxi
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
U.S
Geneva
Sicily
Christian Democrat
Amintore Fanfani
Nigerian president trails in voting amid lengthy result count
Nigeria's presidential race sees incumbent Shehu Shagari trailing Obafemi Awolowo by about one million votes as results from 11 of 19 states come in. Awolowo leads in eight states, with Shagari ahead in eight, and a run-off possible if no candidate clears the 25 percent in two-thirds of states.
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Nigeria
Shehu Shagari
Obafemi Awoalowo
Shagari
Awolowo
Awolowa
Sokoto
Kano
Kaduna
Africa
Oshawa Council Balks at Libyan Pilot Training Plan
An Oshawa alderman urged barring a local flying club from training 10 Libyan student pilots amid fears they could someday attack U.S. aircraft. The council opposed the motion. The Oshawa Flying Club says trainees will use two and four passenger planes and could fly commercial aircraft in Libya.
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Ontario
U.S
Ed Kolodzie
Libya
United States
Keith Harvey
Oshawa Flying Club
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Saxonies
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Gulistan Mills
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Saxony
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