Canada opts out of SDI research but allows private bids
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced Canada will not formally join the U S led Strategic Defense Initiative research phase known as Star Wars. He emphasized Canada will not participate publicly but private Canadian firms may bid on SDI research contracts.
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Brian Mulroney
U.S
Washington
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Mulroney
Brashear
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Airliner Shot Down Near Kandahar Kills 52
Afghan radio said a Soviet propeller aircraft was downed by guerrillas as it climbed after taking off from Kandahar Airport. All 52 aboard died including 47 passengers and five crew. Afghan government blamed the United States. militants in Pakistan denied involvement. Hezbi Islami claimed a separate hit on a Soviet transport earlier.
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America
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Islamabad
Kandahar
Hezbr-i- Islami
Call for Syrian troops as Lebanon siege worsens
Lebanon's premier Rashid Karami urged deployment of Syrian forces to quell Beirut violence and secure agreed security plans. Syrians moved into Zahle with 120 troops and intelligence, while fighting raged around Beirut and the Bourj el-Barajneh camp, raising casualties and prompting calls for broader Syrian intervention.
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Karami
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Electrical fire hits unit at Three Mile Island
A smoldering fire damaged electrical switches in Unit 1 at Three Mile Island in Middletown Pennsylvania. Spokesman Doug Bedell of GPU Nuclear Corp said there was no hazard to workers and no emergency was declared as the plant operated on hot standby. The fire occurred in the relay room and could have affected control rods if the reactor had been running.
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GPU Nuclear Corp
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U.S
GPU
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White South Africans Arm Themselves Amid Apartheid Tensions
In Johannesburg a play lampoons apartheid while whites stockpile weapons as gun sales surge. Dealers report a dramatic rise in ammunition alongside firearms. A recent street incident near a doctor's office saw a white father fire on black assailants, reflecting daily violence in a segregated society.
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Cape of Good Hope
Geoffrey McClure
Randburg
New York
Westchester County
Philadelphia
Two white men fire on mob near Cape Town killing man
In a mixed race township near Cape Town two white men fired on a mob armed with sticks, killing one man. A fire bomb hit an empty white school while police ringed Guguletu for a mass funeral in which about 6,000 mourners attended for 11 black youths killed in clashes with police. Police also reported two black youths fatally shot in Ciskei. A two month old girl among the dead suffocated in tear gas from Aug 28.
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