Finland elects first socialist president Koivisto wins presidency
Premier Mauno Koivisto claimed Finland's presidency with a secure electoral college majority and will be sworn in January 27. He becomes the nation's first socialist president, with 43.3 percent of the popular vote and 146 of 301 electoral college seats.
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Finland
Mauno Koivisto
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Urho Kekkonen
Social Democrats
Kalevi Kivisto
Communist Party
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Rebels claim rocket attack on Creys Malville nuclear plant
Militants from an ecology group claimed responsibility for firing a rocket at the Creys Malville nuclear plant under construction near Lyon France. Officials say five Soviet era anti tank rockets were used causing minor damage to a wall with no radioactive danger. Police found a Cyrillic carrying case and noted the rockets were likely homemade and built in the 1960s in the Soviet Union. An anonymous bomb warning was also received at a Lyon office building housing reactor contractors but no device was found. The site previously saw a violent anti nuclear demonstration in August 1977.
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France
Agence France-Presse
Creys-Malville
AFP
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Soviet Union
US studies security steps for Paris embassy
U S Ambassador Evan Griffith Galbraith and aides review protections for U S officials in France after the assassination of Lt Col Charles Robert Ray on his staff. Security had been tightened for senior Paris embassy staff after an earlier attack on Charge d Affaires Christian Chapman. The gunman who killed the 43 year old officer fled in morning traffic as Mitterand and Mauroy vow a wide hunt.
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U.S
Evan Griffith Galbraith
France
Galbraith
Charles Robert Ray
Christian Chapman
Francois Mitterand
Pierre Mauroy
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