Report accuses Contras of torturing civilians in Nicaragua
A three member team led by Reed Brody asserts over three years the contra forces backed by the United States have tortured civilians. The draft cites 28 incidents including assassination, torture, rape, kidnapping and mutilation, with four random cases independently confirmed.
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Washington
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U.S
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Brody
Nicaraguan Democratic Force
FDN
Honduras
Canada plans ambitious acid rain controls by 1994
Ottawa announced a plan to cut acid rain emissions by 50 percent by 1994 with stricter auto pollution standards and a $213 million, ten year program to curb sulfur dioxide. Environment Minister Suzanne Blais-Grenier called it the most ambitious environmental control program yet. Canada seeks U S cooperation as half of its acid rain is believed to originate there. Canada will tighten auto emissions rules to US standards starting with 1988 models.
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Ottawa
Canada
Suzanne Blais- Grenier
Brian Mulroney
Reagan
Quebec City
United States
Blais-Grenier
Sudan faces severe famine risk with millions at stake
KHARTOUM officials and relief authorities warn that up to a third of Sudan's population may starve as floods refugees strain aid. A prolonged regional drought could worsen conditions with 5 to 7 million people at risk and a potential grain shortfall of 1.9 million tons in the coming year. UNICEF notes near-total crop failure in Kordofan after strong harvests earlier in the decade and sharply reduced rainfall.
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Sudan
Ethiopia
United States
Unicef
Kordofan
US to send 150000 tons of food relief to Sudan
Vice President George Bush signed a pact to provide Sudan with 150000 tons of emergency food relief and a 15 million dollar grant for fertilizer and pesticides. He announced U.S. aid would support cross border feeding operations in Africa despite Ethiopian objections. Some food may feed Ethiopians in rebel held Eritrea and Tigre provinces. Bush spoke at a press conference after visiting famine camps in Sudan.
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Sudan
UPI
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Bush
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Ethiopia
U.S
Eritrea
Tigre
Presidential
Jordan and Egypt back US led talks on Middle East peace
Cairo reports Jordan's King Hussein and President Mubarak call for the United States to open a dialogue with Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization to revive peace talks. Hussein urged Washington to act, while Mubarak floated options for a follow up forum including UN sponsored or international conference.
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Egypt
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Middle East
United States
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Hosni Mubarak
Red Sea
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Suez City
Washington
Mubarak
Amman
Reagan
Extra Israel aid would be wasted, House told
Washington The Reagan administration told Congress that Israel has not yet shown enough progress in its economic recovery to warrant added aid. A House subcommittee pressed for the $2.6 billion in new funds, while the State Department warned the supplemental money would quickly vanish unless Israel improves its budget discipline. Israel has already received $1.2 billion in economic aid for 1985 and $1.4 billion in military aid, and seeks $800 million more economically for 1985 and $1.8 billion for 1986. the administration has not decided on these requests.
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Congress
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United States
House
State Department
W. Allen Wallis
Wallis
Iran vows vengeance after Iraqi shelling in Basra
Iranian vows to turn Iraqi cities into hell of fire follow shelling incidents across Dezful Abadan and Basra with five killed seventy hurt. Iraqi retaliation claimed as artillery and missiles strike Dezful and Abadan amid border clashes near the Shatt al Arab waterway. Thai-Vietnamese clashes on border hills near Cambodia leave nine Thai soldiers dead and 35 wounded as Bangkok asserts control and full border alert.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Arthur Kamlang-Ek
Gandhi party's power blunted in India
In elections across 11 states and Pondicherry, opposition wins reduced Congress support from its 1984 national tally. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who rose to power after Indira Gandhi's assassination, saw erosion in three states outside the Hindi heartland, despite an overall strong performance versus 1980 state polls.
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India
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Congress Party
Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Pondicherry
China offers Taiwan unity under mainland terms
President Li Xiannian reportedly said Beijing would allow Taiwan to keep its intelligence network and its political administrative and military structure if it reunifies with the mainland after 36 years of separation. The Nationalist government fled to Taiwan in 1949 and rejects talks with Beijing. Li spoke during an overseas Chinese visit in Rangoon, Burma.
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Taiwan
Peking
Li Xiannian
Mao Tse-tung
Rangoon
Burma
54 sentenced in Pakistani death plot
A special military court in Lahore sentenced 54 people to life imprisonment for conspiring to assassinate President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq and other officials. The trial began in Kot Lakhpat prison in August 1984 and ended in December amid boycotts by most defendants.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Lahore
Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
Kot
Lakhpat
British Miners Return to Work as Holdouts Shrink
A few thousand holdout British miners still refused to end a year-long strike but remaining resistance crumbled as 95 percent of 186000 miners reported for work. The government said about 10 percent rehired. Thatcher refused amnesty for those convicted of serious offenses amid sacking after violence.
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London
National Coal Board
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Car bomb kills Basque police chief in Vitoria
Lt. Col. Carlos Diaz Arkotxa, 52, head of the Basque regional police, was killed when a car bomb exploded as he started the engine near a cafe outside Vitoria on a morning coffee break. No group claimed responsibility.
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Vitoria
Spain
Basque Country
Carlos Diaz Arkotxa
Afghan covert aid doubled to Afghan guerrillas
Rep. Bob Livingston disclosed that the United States would double covert aid to Afghan guerrillas from 200 million to 400 million dollars per year. He said the figure, based on press reports, was not an official committee action and later clarified through a spokesman.
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Washington
United States
House Intelligence Committee
Bob Livingston
R-La
Congress
Intelligence Committee
Livingston
Committee
China picks beauties for their brains beauty contest
In Canton a railway worker Wang Zijian and a White Swan hotel attendant Xie Ruochi won top prizes in a televised beauty contest titled Beauty and Transparency. About 600 watched as Wang claimed a trophy amid hard-liner fears the event would damage China’s global image.
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Canton
Wang Zijain
Beauty and Transparency Palana” of Cantante Chinn Tntal Tha Famalca
Xie Ruochi
Caritori
White Swan Hotel
Communist Party
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