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...Release of the hostages. At some specific time after the U.N. commission's creation is announced, the hostages will be set free, although exactly who would transport them out of Iran was uncertain...
...aircraft carrier-visitors to these islands can go by jet only as far as St. Maarten; from there they proceed either by boat or Windward Islands Airways International (Winair). For Montserrat and Barbuda, the traveler flies to Antigua and then takes LIAT, acronym for Leeward Island Air Transport. On to the islands...
...everywhere, gather for the 13th Olympic Winter Games. A crew of 200 translators fluent in two dozen or so languages has been brought in to smooth the competitors' way. A Panzer division of vehicles -buses, cars, vans, snowmobiles and four-wheel-drive mountain climbers-has been assembled to transport people and supplies...
...Navy warships-a cruiser, a frigate and an escort vessel -slipped out of their Mediterranean base at Toulon. The government claimed they were headed for maneuvers near Crete, but officials suggested that the ships would first "show themselves" off the Tunisian coast. In addition, the French have apparently sent transport planes and helicopters to Tunisia. Washington reinforced Paris' implicit warning to Libya against destabilizing Tunisia. The State Department announced that emergency short-term military aid to the country would be forthcoming in light of its "urgent" situation...
...visit to Washington two weeks ago, Pakistan's senior foreign affairs adviser, Agha Shahi, asked the U.S. for antitank missiles, air defense missiles, combat tanks, field artillery for its ground forces and transport aircraft for its air force. This new equipment is intended to supplement the 60 French Mirage III and Mirage 5 fighters, the 700 Chinese T-59 tanks and the assorted British, Soviet, Swedish and Argentine weapons. Islamabad purchased them-in large part with Saudi Arabian money-after Washington began limiting arms aid to Pakistan in 1965 because American weapons had been used by both sides...