Soweto Wall Marks Rift in Johannesburg Segregation
South Africa builds a concrete barrier seven feet high to separate Soweto from white areas in Johannesburg while anti-apartheid activists launch a Christmas boycott of white owned businesses and Soweto townships seek merger with Johannesburg under a multiracial council.
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Soweto
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Sunday Star
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Progressive Federal Party
Transport Department
Citizen
Jabu Ngwenya
Business Day
Liberal party rejects missile testing in Canada
Liberal delegates at the annual conference rejected the idea of U S cruise missile testing in Canada and urged turning the country into a nuclear-free zone. John Turner reaffirmed as leader amid calls for grassroots government while Ottawa and NATO bases face policy shifts.
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Liberal Party
Ottawa
Canada
U.S
Pierre Trudeau
NATO
John Turner
Turner
House of Commons
Progressive Conservatives
Brian Mulroney
Socialist New Democratic Party
Mexican president starts five day Japan visit in Tokyo
President Miguel de la Madrid begins the first full day of his five day trip with a red carpet welcome and talks with Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. He pitches a Mexico Japan economic development group and urges more Japanese investment as Mexico grapples with $100 billion foreign debt and oil price collapse.
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Japan
Tokyo
Miguel de la Madrid
de la Madrid
Kerdanren
Japanese Business Federation
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Mexico
Rebels ambush on Mindanao kills 6 year old boy
Communist rebels fired on a vehicle near Santa Cruz Mindanao killing a 6 year old boy and wounding four others including mayor Nazarino Umandac of Magpet and his party. The attack followed roadblocks and came days after a 60 day ceasefire agreement between government and rebels. Additionally, three American tennis players were evacuated from Nigeria after a player jumped from a hotel window claiming to see Jesus.
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Philippines
Mindanao
Philippine National Police
Santa Cruz
Nazarino Umandac
Magpet
Umandaa d
Ruel Patighas
Rts
Rosalinda Patighas
Polivé
U.S
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Jesus
Lagos
Ikoyi
Jimmy Gurfein
New York
Gurfein
Tangled web ties North to Iran Contra air resupply wing
Government sources say Lt. Col. Oliver North oversaw a US manned air wing for the Contra resupply, funded partly by Iranian arms proceeds. North faced firing after diverting up to 30 million in Iranian arms sale proceeds, with internal White House reviews tracing payments to the air wing and implicating several top officials in the Iran Contra affair.
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Washington
Ree Administration
Oliver North
North
White House
Reagan
State Department
Portagon
National Security Council
Ollie
Edwin Meese
National Security
John Poindexter
Contra
el Salvador
Lopango
Associated Press
Rat North
Israel
Congress
Southern Air
William Kress
Kress
CLA
Iran
Kelly Air Force Base
Texas
Tel Aviv
Meese
Secord
Pentagon
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Topanga
Corporate Air Services Inc
Reagan overhauls anti spy networks in sweeping security plan
President Reagan pushes a secret overhaul to tighten defense plant security, broaden background checks for classified access, and strengthen satellite communications protection. The plan, drawn from a 50 page NSC report, aims to standardize investigations, expand internal security, and boost cryptography and computer safeguards amid a bipartisan push spurred by the Walker spy case.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Congressional
House
Senate
Congress
Navy
Uniasking
Walkers
U.S
Bengan
National Security Council
Walker
Capitol Hill
Senate Intelligence Committee
John Walker
Larry Wu-tai Chin
CIA
Defense Department
Defense Investigative Service
Cuba
Reavan
Crisis Deepens Over Reagan NSC Controversy And Meese Probe
Congress and the Justice Department pursue the unfolding affair as President Reagan returns from California. Meese weighs an independent counsel, while FBI interviews expand to international locations amid warnings of a failing presidency and calls for swift action.
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Justice Department
Los Angeles Times
Edwin Meese
Patrick Korten
Reagan
California
Washington
Santa Barbara
National Security Council
National Security
John Poindexter
North
Meese
State House
FBI
Israel
Tran Arms
Inte
ABC
David Brinkley
Congress
Byrd
CBS
Reagan warns against backing off amid arms crisis
President Reagan defends actions over the Iran arms deal, saying he will not back off and will push forward despite criticism. He cites progress in freeing hostages, questions media interference, and hints at pursuing a special prosecutor if needed while VP Bush denies a broader Contras funding scheme.
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Geneva
U.S
Max M. Kampelman
Soviet Union
Washington
Kampelman
Moscow
Iran
Karpelman
Reykjavik
Iceland
Mikhail Gorbachev
United Press Internatione
White House
Time
Reagan
Congress
Aero
Firat
California
George Bush
Tran
Bush
CIA
Max Gomez
Nicaragua
el Salvador
ULS
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