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Thursday, November 12, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Woman's briefcase explodes at Beirut airport, kills six
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A briefcase packed with explosives blew up yesterday in a crowded passenger terminal in Beirut's airport, killing six people, including the woman who carried it, and wounding 73 others, police said.
The blast occurred one day after the international airport reopened after a five-day general strike.
The woman who carried the briefcase was posing as an outgoing passenger, police said. She was identified as Soraya Sahyouni, a Sunni Muslim Lebanese.
Bangladesh police arrest protest leaders
"The explosion split her in two," said a policeman, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He moved on the motive behind the attack.
Five other Lebanese died, police said, adding that most of the injured were Lebanese and other Arabs bound for gulf nations.
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Authorities placed the two women who lead the Bangladesh political opposition under house arrest yesterday, dragging one from a hotel and forcing the other from her car.
Khaidai Zia and Sheik Hasina organized a mass protest against President Hossain Mohammad Ershad. The protest consisted of
street demonstrations and a general strike that closed nearly all stores in the capital city of Dacca on Tuesday and yesterday.
Critic of Gorbachev's reforms is dismissed
MOSCOW — Boris N. Yeltsin, a former protege of Mikhail S. Gorbachev who criticized the slow pace of the Soviet leader's reform drive, was dismissed yesterday as Moscow Communist party boss.
approach to the country's econom ic woes.
His departure appeared to be a setback for Gorbachev's campaign for franker criticism of problems in Soviet society, and could herald a more conservative
It was not immediately clear whether the removal of the 56-year-old Yeltsin marked a personal defeat for Gorbachev. Yeltsin was the highest-ranking Gorbachev protege to lose his job since the Soviet leader took over in March 1985.
Car left idling in couple's haste for Hawaii
DES MOINES, Iowa  — Gale and Pat Bonsall were well on their way to Hawaii when they learned what they had left behind.
Moines airport's loading zone with the lights, heater and radio on, the trunk open and the doors unlocked.
The couple had left their 1987 Oldsmobile 98 running in the Dec
from operating the booth unless
One of Gale Bonsall's co-workers rescued the car.
From The Associated Press.
The dollar had slumped to new postwar lows against several major currencies Tuesday before a pivotal statement by President Reagan halted its decline. The dollar extended its recovery yesterday and gave a welcome boost to weary Wall Street still unmerged by last month's epic crash.
NEW YORK — The stock market rode the crest of a revived dollar yesterday in a rally that also drew energy from the optimism of negotiators trying to cut the federal budget deficit.
Reagan said that he did not want the U.S. currency to drop further and that the United States was not causing its fall.
Continued recovery of dollar eases tension on Wall Street
Bear Group, a mutual fund and discount brokerage firm in New York. He said the stock rally showed that "the underlying confidence of the public in the marketplace and in the future of the country is good."
The Associated Press
"The dollar is an extraordinarily important factor in this market."
Wall Street also was cheered by growing expectations of a deficit-reduction agreement in Washington that could greatly ease friction with key U.S. trading partners - a factor in the world market collapse Oct. 19.
The Dow Jones industrial average, which tracks the value of 30 of the biggest U.S. corporations, ticked up 21.05 points to close at 1,899.20. The advance snapped a three-day losing streak that had knocked 107 points from the blue-chip barometer.
The Dow got off to a strong start, jumping 31 points in the first hour of trading. Although it slumped around midday, the closely watched measure stayed fairly steady through most of the subdued session and then gained ground in the last hour.
The broader market also rose. Five stocks rose in price for every three that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume on the NYSE, dampened by the Veterans Day holiday, was a modest 147.85 million shares — the lightest daily activity since before the Oct. 19 plunge.
Participants in the negotiations, in their 13th day of talks, expressed optimism Wednesday that they were nearing agreement on a plan. Democrats had presented a plan Tuesday that would pare as much as $33.8 billion from this year's deficit and $54.9 billion next year.
Arab leaders back Iraq at summit
said James Fuller, president of Bull &
The Associated Press
AMMAN, Jordan — Arab leaders, displaying rare unity after years of division, solidly supported Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war yesterday and urged an international acceptance to force Iran into accepting a cease-fire.
S. A.M.S.
The first summit in five years attended by all 21 members also moved to return Egypt to the Arab fold after nearly nine years of isolation for its peace treaty with Israel and endorsed the idea of a U.N.-sponsored Middle East peace conference.
Mohammed Khatib, Jordan's information minister, said the summit positions were adopted by consensus.
At the end of their four-day meeting, Arab leaders declared solidarity with Iraq and stressed "the dangerous results of Iranian provocations."
than 400 pilgrims were killed in battles with police.
The leaders also proclaimed support for Kuwait against any threats
Iran has vowed revenge on Saudi Arabia and has fired missiles at Kuwait.
"What we have achieved, with God's blessing, is a new birth." King
T. G.I.F.
Several hours after the statement was released, Angola's state-run news service reported that its troops had killed 230 South African army regulars during the fighting.
The news service, monitored in Lisbon, also said about 35,000 South African soldiers were poised in neighboring South-West Africa for renewed incursions into Angolan territory.
He said at a news conference later the Arabs wanted the 7-year-old war to end, Iranian and Iraqi forces withdrawn to international borders, a prisoner exchange and normal relations with Iran.
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Both UNITA and the Angolan government have said the recent fighting was the biggest battle in the civil war.
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Despite the presence of Syria and Libya at the summit, Iran's two main Arab allies, the summit accused the Ayatollah Ruhailh Khomeini's government of "bloody criminal acts" during July riots in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. More
Hussein of Jordan said at the heavily guarded closing session in Amman's Royal Cultural Center.
UNITA, the Union for the Total Independence of Angola, is backed by South Africa and the United States. President Eduardo dos Santo's leftist government of Angola is backed by the Soviet Union and Cuba
It was the first admission in the past decade that South Africa had provided more than logistical help for UNITA guerrillas fighting Angola's Marxist government. The Angolan government, however, has said that its forces have fought with South African units repeatedly.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South African forces fought Soviet and Cuban troops in the biggest battle of the 12-year-old Angolan civil war, the South African military said yesterday.
S. Africa fights war in Angola
The Associated Press
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