French officer killed amid Beirut fighting as cease-fire wanes
In Beirut the fighting intensified after a Sept 26 cease-fire. a French patrol was ambushed on the green line near Tayyouneh and a French officer was killed. The multinational peacekeeping force totals 2,000 French soldiers among 5,800 troops, with 246 Americans and 77 French dead to date. Druse demands include ending shelling of central Lebanon, fair government media treatment, and removal of a Phalangist checkpoint on the Beirut to Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon coastal highway.
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Price Chopper caps pay in regional price war
Price Chopper will suspend pay raises for five months affecting 8,700 workers as it contends with Grand Union Co. in a regional price-cutting battle. Grand Union plans a $110 million price-cut campaign to gain market share, reporting recent store closures and renovations amid losses of about $46 million this year.
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Nicaragua weighs amnesty as Cuban advisers depart
Nicaragua plans amnesty for thousands of anti government rebels and jailed political prisoners. Sandinista leaders say Cuban advisers are departing with over 1000 civilians reportedly gone. US envoy Richard Stone travels to Panama to press rebels to unite and mediate talks.
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Reagan vetoes El Salvador human rights reporting bill
President Reagan used a pocket veto to block a bill mandating reporting to Congress on El Salvador's human rights. Democrats warned U S aid would continue regardless of abuses. White House spokesmen defended the move as protecting humanitarian aims and ongoing reforms.
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