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Manipur Cabinet Rift
A major rift appears to have surfaced between the Manipur Chief Minister, Rishang Keishing, and his three cabinet colleagues — L Lalit Singh (finance), I Tompok Singh (education) and S Larho (agriculture) — with the three ministers submitting a memorandum to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi against Keishing. A highly placed source in Imphal said that the memorandum listed several charges of corruption and anti-party activities against Keishing, besides alleged export of timber from Manipur.
Yakub Khan in Delhi
The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Sahabzada Yakub Khan, will arrive in New Delhi at the head of a delegation for the second meeting of the Indo-Pakistan joint commission. Before the formal inauguration of the joint commission, the Minister of State for External Affairs, Khurshed Alam Khan, will have the first round of talks with his counterpart.
American hostages
Thirty-nine American hostages in a Red Cross convoy crossed the border from Lebanon to Syria, 17 days after they were hijacked aboard a TWA plane by Shiite Muslim gunmen. The Americans, released by Shiite leader Nabih Berri, were handed copies of the Koran by Lebanese Amal militiamen and pink carnations and roses as a parting gesture.
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