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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
US troops have raised the Stars and Stripes over Iwo Jima four days after landing on the Japanese- held volcanic island. The 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division took Mount
Apollo 12 almost failed before it began because of a leaking hydrogen tank, but launch crews raced against time to change it before takeoff. There was another moment of drama shortly
The worst-affected was Armero, the province of Tolima’s second largest city, about 50 miles from the Colombian capital, Bogota. Armero, which lay in a valley below the 16,200-foot high (4,937m)
Light entertainment programs were replaced by somber documentaries about the Russian revolution and the Second World War. Newsreaders on the main evening news bulletin dressed in black but made no
They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. Ecstatic crowds immediately began to clamber on top of the Wall and
Hastings and Valetta aircraft brought in most of the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards from Tripoli in Libya, in an effort to try to quell anti-British disturbances in the region. Over the
The 27-year-old from Lancashire was sentenced to 17 years in Keng Tung jail in 1999 after being arrested for protesting against the military regime’s slaughter of ethnic minorities and carrying
More than 130 prisoners were injured in the trouble - nine needed hospital treatment. One officer is being treated for a suspected fractured skull. Troops were brought in to quell the
The announcement has been marred by the resignation of one of the Nobel peace prize committee members. Kare Kristiansen objected to the honour being given to the PLO leader, whom he
A statement issued by the commander of the Eighth Bolivian Army Division, Colonel Joaquin Zenteno Anaya, said the 39-year-old guerrilla leader was shot dead near the jungle village of Higueras,
More than 500 million shares were traded in the first two hours and by the end of the day the turnover was 1.08 billion shares - the highest daily volume
The Yugoslav Constitutional Court, which only yesterday morning annulled the 24 September presidential elections, now admits Vojislav Kostunica was the true winner. The Yugoslav army has also publicly withdrawn its support
At least 30 people, including MP Gerard Fitt and some children, have been injured. Reports say police tried to disperse the protesters by using their batons indiscriminately and spraying water from
The funeral cortege should have been a sombre state ceremony attended by 40 major-generals and 5,000 troops. But as the president’s bier passed through the capital towards its final resting place,
Information from Oleg Lyalin - supposedly a member of the USSR’s trade delegation in the UK - led to the expulsion of 105 Soviet officials from Britain on 25 September. Mr
During the examination President Clinton was questioned by prosecutors about the exact nature of his affair with Monica Lewinsky - and whether he had previously lied under oath. The president’s defense
The 55,000-strong Asian community were ordered in August to leave the country within 90 days by President Idi Amin. Over half of them have British passports and will be re-housed in
Norman Buckley drove the boat at an average speed of over 79mph during his hour on the course on Lake Windermere. But he said he was disappointed not to have reached
Holders of the cards will be able to use them at nearly 3,000 hotels, restaurants, shops and hire-car agencies in this country and at more than 83,000 establishments abroad. The
The Ministry of Home Security said the scale of the attacks was the largest the Germans had yet attempted. “Our defenses have actively engaged the enemy at all points,” said a
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