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...unspecified destination, the hijackers, who identified themselves as members of a group called Egypt's Revolution, threatened a systematic execution of passengers until the plane was refueled. By Sunday morning, the Maltese government had confirmed the death of one woman, tentatively identified as Nancy Stevens, 20. The death toll was expected to rise. There were reports that six others, including one of the three Americans believed to be on board, had been injured. At one point, a hijacker had threatened in English, "I am going to look for another American passport...
...violent images from South Africa's battered townships, but it has not stanched the flow of blood. While the average number of deaths each day dropped from 3.4 to fewer than two in the weeks immediately following Pretoria's imposition of media restraints on Nov. 2, the average daily toll last week rose above five. The statistic was a sharp challenge to the government's contention that without television and camera crews present to incite publicity-hungry blacks to violent heroics, the disturbances would quiet down. As unrest flared in Queenstown and Mamelodi, two black areas that had been relatively...
Governments have good reason to be concerned about the terrorist escalation. In the first ten months of 1985, according to the U.S. State Department, the number of terrorist attacks--630--surpassed the total for all of 1984. Last year two innocent people died in hijackings; the toll this year is already...
Though close relatives of transplant patients have tended to be stoic, the toll has been considerable. It was only after the death of Barney Clark, the first man to receive a Jarvik-7, that his wife Una Loy admitted her travail. The stress of the 112-day vigil was so great, she said, "I had a hard time realizing what day of the week...
...jumped up and down in a frenzy, screaming as they fired, and security guards shot back. "People were falling all over the place," recalled Anna Girometta, who operates a gift shop near the coffee bar. "It seemed to go on forever." Five minutes later, the carnage was over. The toll: 15 people dead, including three of the terrorists, and 74 wounded...