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Cable Briefs

Student violence President Anwar Sadat of Egypt has said more than 20 university students were injured in clashes between members of militant Islamic groups and other students. The President was speaking' to teachers of Assyut and Menia universities in upper 'Egypt, according to a report (by the official Middle East I News Agency. President Sadat said that in some leases Christian students had (been attacked or held hostage by members erf the IslaI mic groups. He said that if [there was a recurrence, students could face up to 25 (years of hard labour. The President said that 600 students of the Islamic groups [had destroyed a cafe in As|syut. —Cairo. ] Clamp on press I East Germany has clam(ped stringent new curbs on 'foreign journalists forbidding (them to hold interviews (without permission and demanding details of trips out- | side East Berlin. A Government decree published in the ; Communist Party daily, (“Neues Deutschland,” listed (new regulations on the implementation of a 1973 law ; governing foreign corres- ’ pondents’ activities. They [came into force yesterday, i —East Berlin.

China crime

China’s provincial press says there have been outbreaks of thefts, sabotage, and other disturbances in the country, including an attempt by a handful of political activists to seize power in Zhejiang province. Most of the incidents appear to have occurred at least a month ago. China analysts in Hong Kong believe they are being publicised now to help justify a Government crackdown on citizens who Peking says have gone overboard in their reaction to new freedoms sanctioned by the Government earlier this year. — Peking.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19790416.2.95

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Press, 16 April 1979, Page 8

Word count
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262

Cable Briefs Press, 16 April 1979, Page 8

Cable Briefs Press, 16 April 1979, Page 8

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