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Palestinian youth fatally shot during clash in the West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian youth yesterday during the first lethal clash between troops and stone-throwing activists in three weeks, according to Arab reports.
The clash in the West Bank village of Betia came as Palestinians throughout the occupied lands observed a general strike marking 33 months since the start of their uprising against Israel.
"He was killed by gunfire of unknown origin in the back," a command spokesperson said.
The military command confirmed that an 18-year-old Arab had been killed in Beita but reported that the army was checking the cause of death.
The spokesperson said that soldiers had opened fire with rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing youths in Betta, six miles from the West Bank's largest city of Nablus. It was unclear whether the victim was killed in that clash, the spokesperson said.
PLO troops fight rival faction,
claim victory in refugee camps
Palestine Liberation Organization forces claimed victory yesterday in their battle for control of refugee camp in south Lebanon after the Israeli air force shot down a group of troops loyal to terrorist leader Abu Nidal.
Police reported that at least 75 people were killed and more than 200 wounded during the PLO's three-day offensive to oust Abu Nidal camps from Sidney and nearby refugee camps.
"We have established undisputed control over all the refugee camps in Sidon and the rest of south Lebanon," Younis Aawad, a senior aide to PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, said in the Ein ElHilwe shantytown, site of the 12-hour battle in the tunnels.
Thatcher says she may seek fourth term as prime minister
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain said yesterday she may stay in office another five years and would not rule out being prime minister at the age of 70
"I am not immortal, but I've got a lot left in me yet," said Thatcher, who will be 65 next month.
"Some people started their administration at the age of 70," she said in an Independent newspaper.
Thatcher said she wanted to lead the party into the next election, which must be called in
From The Associated Press
Soweto fighting kills 10
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Police in Johannesburg fired fire to disperse crowds of Blacks angered by an overnight attack on a squatter camp in which at least 10 people were
The Associated Press
At least three people were wounded during yesterday's confrontations, according to a witness.
A total of 32 people had died in factional fighting since Saturday, reports stated. Hundreds have died since the most recent round of violence in which Johramsburg began less than one month ago.
Residents accused Zulu supporters of the conservative Inkatha movement of launching the nighttime attack with police help. They also said they were working in contact with the assault on Soweto's Tladi campier.
The head of the South African Council of Churches, the Rev. Frank Chikane, visited the camp and said he had seen enough to know that "police are involved in killing us."
Police fought running battles with residents hurling rocks and firebombes throughout the morning near the camp in the sprawling township southwest of Johannesburg.
At least three Blacks were wounded when police opened fire with birdshot and live ammunition, a witness said. Earlier, police had fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the residents.
The Independent South African Press Association reported that a crowd of about 100 people attacked the camp on Saturday night, assaulting occupants and smashing dwellings.
A total of 26 people were killed in Soweto during the weekend, police said yesterday. Residents and witnesses said 13 died at the Tshwai squatter camp, but police could not confirm that number.
Six other deaths were reported yesterday in other Johannesburg-area townships, including four men found stabbed in a van at a squatter camp near Vellosour, south of the city.
Fighting between Zulu inkatha backers and Xhosas and other Blacks loyal to the African National Congress has killed nearly 600 people in townships near Johannesburg since August. 12.
Black leaders and others have accused police of fueling the violence by siding with the Inkatha fighters. Police and government officials have denied the charge, saying that some officers may have acted improperly but that the force as a whole was impartial.
Mass grave found in Brazil
The Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The discovery of a clandestine mass grave containing more than 1,200 bodies, some apparently of political opponents of Brazil's former military rulers, has stirred many.
Although an amnesty passed by the former military dictatorship prohibits trying anyone for involvement in the deaths, activists are demanding a full investigation.
"The construction of a state of law and democracy demands the truth . . . is fully told," said a statement issued last week by two human rights groups.
"This necessity is even greater in Brazil because the amnesty eliminated the possibility that those responsible for torture and assassinations would be held accountable for their actions," the state
The grave, discovered Tuesday in Perus on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, contained mostly the remains of paupers. But an estimated 50 to 100 people were missing from the military government that ruled from 1964 to 1983.
Some of the skeletons unearthed had damaged skulls from gunshot wounds to the head, and human rights officials say the people were summarily executed. A pacemaker and platinum dental work also indicated that not all the remains were those of paupers.
military "enemies" were buried there.
Lauiza Erunda, mayor of Sao Paulo, said there at three other city graveyards would be built.
Unlike some South American countries, Brazil never fully investigated human rights abuses that occurred in the region.
In Argentina, a full public accounting of the crimes of the 1976-82 dictatorship took place. Five former junta members later were found guilty of murder and human rights violations.
Uruguay returned to civilian rule in 1985 after nine years of military dictatorship. A nationwide referendum was conducted there on revoking the monarchy, and in August 1986 the public debate, the amnesty was narrowly upheld.
Brazil's dictatorship was not as brutal as some in the region, but it systematically violated human rights. Rights groups say about 200 people were tortured, 150 disappeared and thousands were tortured.
many people with leftist sympathies were exiled. However, a key to the 1983 return of civilian rule, which was negotiated among the generals and civilian politicians, was the understanding there would be no investigations or trials of former military officials.
"That agreement allowed the civilians to take charge and provided them with some stability," said David Fleischer, a political science professor in Brazil's Senate during the transition period.
One direct result was that hundreds of those directly involved in torture and human rights violations retained their positions in the police and armed forces.
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