Two Israelis Held in 1986 Die After Capture Report
The Sunday Times claims two Israeli soldiers Yosef Fink and Rahamim Alsheikh died soon after being ambushed in south Lebanon in 1986. Officials publicly dispute the report while confirming no formal confirmation of their deaths. The article notes Shamir sought secrecy and potential hostage trade considerations with Sheik Abdul-Karim Obeid and other captives.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Sunday Times of London
Sheik Abdul-Karim Obeid
Lebanon
Yitzhak Shamir
United States
Yediot Ahronot
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yosef Fink
Rahamim Alsheikh
Obeid
Air Force
Ron Arad
Sidon
Chernobyl
Moscow
Tass
Byelorussia
Axaigh
Belfast riots mark 20 years of British troops in Ireland
Police fired plastic bullets at riot ing youths in West Belfast as the 20th anniversary of British troops entering Northern Ireland was marked. Two buses and a truck were hijacked and burned. transport service was halted to curb further violence. Prominent figures urged calm amid commemorations and protests in Londonderry and Falls Road.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Rorman Catholi West
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Hugh Annesley
Londonderry
Annesley
Ireland
James II
Falls Road
Waterloo Place
Gerry Adams
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Adams
IRA
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
West Belfast
Soviet Peace Committee
Bon Jovi
The
Scorpions
Ozzy Osborne
Gorky Park
Skid Row
Motley Crue
Cinderella
Brigada
Nuance
Komsomol
Dee McGee
Make
United States
Balloon crash in Alice Springs kills 13 in worst ever event
A hot air balloon collision over the Australian outback near Alice Springs killed all 13 aboard. Witnesses described a balloon entanglement and rapid fall. Authorities banned balloon flights as investigators probe the disaster involving 11 Australians and a West German tourist among the victims.
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Alice Springs
Australia
Irene Fielder
Ken Watts
Civil Aviation Authority
Bureau of Air Safety
Almna Springs
Northern Territory
Associated Press
Balloon crash kills 18 over rugged scrubland
Witnesses Irene Fielder and others say three victims jumped to save themselves before the basket and canopy containing Liquid Propane Gas collapsed. Eighteen aboard included a pilot and 12 tourists. The balloon, tied to Teddy's Ballooning, owned craft, crashed near two small trees as rescuers took three hours to recover the victims.
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Outback Ballooning
Teddy’s Ballooning
Syrians shell palace amid mountain stronghold attack
The Associated Press reports Syrian artillery pounded the battered presidential palace of Christian leader Gen. Michel Aoun and hit Souk el-Gharb, 15 miles southeast of Beirut, as his forces repelled a ground attack on the mountain stronghold.
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Michel Aoun
Beirut
Souk el-Gharb
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