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Carter calls for cease fire amid Beirut shelling
Amid the heaviest fighting since Lebanon's civil war, Syrian peacekeeping troops and Christian militiamen battled in East Beirut with rockets mortars and artillery. President Carter urged a cease-fire and warned the conflict could spread while Damascus rejected an international peace conference. Casualty estimates varied with officials citing heavy losses and residents reporting extensive destruction as fighting intensified through the day.
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