Beirut cinema blast and crossfire mark chaotic day in Middle East
Multiple bomb and gun attacks ripple across Beirut with two killed and 15 injured at a Christian east theater and heavy sniper fire closing Beirut port. Separate reports note a dawn gunman assault in Baldwin Park, police ongoing investigations in Warsaw and London.
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China rejects Brezhnev overture over Taiwan in high tension China ties
Peking rejects Brezhnev’s attacks and says there is no room for compromise with the United States over Taiwan. The Foreign Ministry condemns the Soviet speech while Deng Xiaoping tells Armand Hammer that arms sales to Taiwan are unacceptable. Three Chinese economists visit Moscow as secret talks with the United States continue.
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IRA claims stay as IRA ambush kills three soldiers
In Belfast the outlawed IRA ambushed a British military patrol on Springfield Road near a police station, killing three soldiers and wounding nine civilians in a daylight attack. The IRA issued a statement saying the killings prove the group is here to stay and the struggle will continue.
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