Shells set president's palace afire in Beirut attack
Beir ut Lebanon AP report says President Amn Gemayel's palace was struck by two shells, catching his private wing and office alight while he dined. He escaped unharmed as fire crews battled the blaze. Civil defense and guards worked to extinguish debris and continue cleanup amid ongoing fighting. The attack followed deadly clashes and a broader assault on Palestinian refugee camps, with tolls mounting as casualties rose to hundreds.
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Pistol provider denies knowledge of pope plot in Italian trial
In Rome a Turkish defendant testified he did not know Mehmet Ali Agea planned to assassinate Pope John Paul II four days after a May 1981 attack. Omer Bager, on the stand for a second day, said he only held the 8mm Browning pistol for Agea in Milan and did not know the plan. Agea, the key witness, was absent from the courtroom.
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New Tropical Storm Brews Near Bangladesh Coast
Officials in Dhaka report a new tropical depression forming 850 miles southwest of the coast with a forecast to become a storm in three to four days. Red Cross estimates suggest up to 40 000 deaths from last week’s cyclone, though government tolls show 1 400 and officials fear higher figures.
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