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...groups have so far sent 2,500 tons of food and supplies into Cambodia and undisclosed amounts of aid to refugee camps that they operate in Thailand. As the principal agencies through which governmental contributions are funneled into Cambodia, ICRC and UNICEF have already received pledges totaling $137 million, well above the $111.3 million they estimate is necessary to prevent mass starvation over the next six months. These groups hope to send at least 165,000 tons of food into the region during that period-if they can get the cooperation of the Heng Samrin government in Phnom-Penh...
...next five days, 20 more Salvadorans died in clashes among the many extremist political factions that have made civil strife a way of life in El Salvador (pop. 4.8 million). On one side are the leftist terrorist groups that seek to provoke a Nicaragua-style insurrection. On the other are the hit teams obedient to the country's ultraconservative elite. Standing helpless in the middle, unable to control either the notoriously brutal 12,000-man security forces or intransigent foes on the left and right, is the civilian-military junta that ousted President Carlos Humberto Romero only last month...
...pledge of "significant aid" from the U.S., the five-man junta may fall apart before the program is carried out. Rumors of a countercoup by right-wing military officers swept through the capital last week, together with reports that the oligarchy was prepared to pay as much as $20 million to any group that could restore the country to military control...
...Republic has good reason to help: so far this year, armed bandits assumed to be I.R.A. gunmen have made 188 raids on banks, post offices and payroll offices in the South, making off with more than $3 million...
...Derek, 22, was known for her role in Orca, the Killer Whale, in which she was billed below Orca. Then came success. Now in addition to movie and television offers, Bo is out to improve on the dimensions of alltime Poster Star Farrah Fawcett, who measures 28-19-4 million...