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...proposals there are most serious intentions and not just an attempt to influence public opinion. All real efforts to limit nuclear weapons began with a ban on tests --just recall the 1963 treaty that was a first major step in that direction. A complete end to nuclear tests would halt the nuclear arms race in the most dangerous area, that of qualitative improvement, and it would also seriously contribute to maintaining and strengthening the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons...
...villagers working in paddy fields five miles south of the city of Iri were shocked to see a two-engine bomber circling overhead. It tried to land in a field and hit a farmer, killing him instantly, before coming to a halt a few yards short of a house. The Chinese pilot, Xiao Tianyan, 33, shouted for help; the navigator was dead. The radioman walked away with light bruises and asked to be sent home to China. Thus ended Navy Pilot Xiao's dramatic escape in his Chinese-built version of a Soviet Ilyushin Il-28. The pilot said...
Terrington shut down both engines and slammed on the brakes. The jet, trailing a stream of smoke, fishtailed to a halt two-thirds of the way down the runway on a taxiway, just 200 yds. from the fire station. By the time the call from the emergency control tower came in at 7:13 a.m., firemen were loading into five fire-fighting vehicles equipped with foam. They reached the burning craft within...
Indeed, many Lebanese now believe that only the Syrians can bring a halt to the bloodshed. Prime Minister Rashid Karami late last week demanded "the deployment of Syrian observers in all of Beirut." With the U.S. no longer playing a leading role in trying to end the car nage, Syria has increasing influence over its neighbor, largely due to the 25,000 Syrian troops stationed mostly in the eastern part of Lebanon. President Hafez Assad sought to extend that influence last month when Lebanese Muslim leaders, meeting in Damascus, drew up a 16-point plan that would increase their political...
Prime Minister Shimon Peres took office ten months ago determined to reform Israel's out-of-control finances. But when he tried to put the brakes on inflation last week, the country came briefly to a halt. With the U.S. pressuring him for action, Peres became the first Israeli leader ever to bypass the Knesset (parliament) with economic restrictions imposed by emergency decree...