Earthquake Kills 21 in Laoag Philippines
Army engineers rushed to Laoag to aid rescue teams after a 6.2 magnitude quake struck northern Luzon. At least 21 were killed, over 200 injured, with tidal waves reported in seven towns. Debris hindered searches as power failed and buildings toppled across the city of 100,000.
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Manila
Philippine News Agency
Luzon Island
Lua
Philippines
Zamboanga del Sur
Albano
Laoag
Alabana
Alabano
Mon Pagatpatan
DZIC
Nigeria votes clash leaves scores dead and voting halted
Violent outbreaks across Ondo and Oyo states halt ballotting after guber results. Officials report hundreds arrested, fires gutting election offices, and the Senate and House polls delayed in Ondo while scheduled voting is postponed in the 96-member Senate race. Olaiya Fagbamigbe among the Ondo dead. 19 killed in Oyo including Ibadan and Hesa incidents.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Federal Electoral Commission
Victor Ovie-Whiskey
Commission
Akure
Ondo
Shehu Shagari
National Party of Nigeria
Unity Party
Shagari
Senate
House of Representatives
Ovie-Whiskey
Ovie- Whiskey Said
Olaiya Fagbamigbe
Nigerian House of Representatives
Oyo
Umaru Omelowo
Ibadan
Hesa
Bola Ige
Rockets kill Israeli soldier amid Lebanon clash as talks continue
Guerrillas fired two Soviet made Katyusha rockets into Israeli and U.N. held areas in southern Lebanon, killing one Israeli and wounding three. A U.N. and Israeli report noted a rocket hit a supply camp near Ibn El Saki and Marjayoun. Meanwhile Syria agreed to a detailed review of the May 17 withdrawal pact with U.S. legal experts in Damascus as McFarlane seeks troop withdrawal. Nay. No U.N. injuries reported.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Aus
Syria
U.S
Robert C. McFarlane
Hafez Assad
Damascus
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
McFarlane
Richard Pairbanks
United Nations
Timur Goksel
Ibn El-Saki
Marjayoun
Maj. Saad Haddad
Tel Aviv
Chad faces uncertain fighting as Libya aids rebels
Western diplomat calls Chad risk of renewed conflict an unknown. France ships 500 troops toward Bangui with 50 to Chad and 53 logistics specialists sailing from Paris to Ndjamena to back President Habre. Soumaila Mahamat accuses Libyan, Soviet, and East German advisers of backing rebels at Faya Largeau, while Egypt supplies armor-piercing grenades and Washington speeds aid amid strained Franco American ties.
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Ndjamena
Chad
UPI
Libya
France
Paris
Bangui
Central African Republic
Hissene
Mahamat
Faya-Largeau
Egypt
Abdel-Halim Abu- Ghazala
Cairo
Habre
Washington
Reagan
Francois Mitterrand
Andropov says Soviets will not be first to use space weapons
Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov told visiting U.S. senators that the USSR would not be first to deploy anti-satellite weapons in space. Tass framed the move as a Kremlin decision but left questions about its novelty and scope. The U.S. has long suspected Soviet aims are military. The Air Force plans a test of a similar weapon this year.
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Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
U.S
Soviet Union
Tass
Kremlin
Andropov
U.S.S.R
U.S.A
United States
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Africa
Trsnia
Easity
Ental Agraslar
Clinton St
Salina ST
Dally
Fleischmans
Sue
South
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