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Rear Adm. Harold J. Bernsen, speaking to reporters in Bahrain, said the Stark had about a minute's warning that an Iraqi warplane had turned on its weapons radar and had locked in on the frigate. But based on preliminary reports, the admiral said, there was "no indication" to the crew that a missile had actually been launched...
...MANAMA, Bahrain--Iraqi jets and an Iranian warship launched fiery attacks on Persian Gulf shipping yesterday, seemingly undaunted by the growing armada of foreign warships in the gulf...
When it comes to keeping cool in public, Prince Charles and Diana have few rivals. But even the royal couple found themselves wilting a bit last week as they began a ten-day tour of Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in 92 degrees heat. "It's a sudden shock, arriving after a long flight coming from the English winter," confessed the perspiring Prince. Diana, for her part, was kept in the shade, both physically and socially, reflecting the local tradition of keeping men and women separate. During a visit with the Omani Women's Association, the Princess witnessed...
During his twenty-two year career, the graduate of the University of Lucknow has served as both the Indian High Commissioner in Mauritius and the Ambassador to Bahrain...
...personal bodyguard of Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Briton, Ian Michael Davison, 29, was known to have fought in Arafat's P.L.O. force in Lebanon in 1982. So the most likely theory was that last week's hijackers, though they carried passports from Bahrain, were members of Arafat's Fatah organization. Others, however, believed that Renegade Palestinian Abu Nidal, implicated in several of last year's terrorist outrages, might have been responsible...