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Press, 1 July 1983, Page 6

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Police kill 3 Two young boys and a baby, aged nine months, were shot dead by the police as security forces opened fire four times to quell fresh outbreaks of violence in the west Indian town of Malegaon, said officials. 500 people had been arrested as part of a crack-down on troublemakers. Twelve buildings, including some hotels, had been partially gutted during riots. — New Delhi.

Funds approved The United States Senate Armed Services Committee has approved a record SUS2OO billion ($304 billion) defence bill, including President Reagan’s full request for the B-lbomber and most of what he wanted for MX nuclear missiles. The bill, which now must win full Senate approval, includes all the SUS 6.2 billion ($9.3 billion) Mr Reagan sought for 10 Bl bombers next year, and SUSS billion ($7.6 billion) of the SUS 6.2 billion he wanted for 27 MX missiles that each carry 10 nuclear warheads. — Washington. Mine blamed

An American correspondent, Dial Torgerson, of the “Los Angeles Times” and a free-lance photographer, Richard Cross, were killed on June 21 by a land-mine planted by Nicaraguan

troops and not by gunfire from across the border, the Honduran military says. At the time the Honduran Presidency and the Foreign Ministry said that the car had been hit by an anti-tank rocket, a grenade, and machine-gun bursts fired by Nicaraguan troops from their side of the border. — Tegucigalpa. U.K. immigration Immigration in Britain rose sharply last year to its highest level since 1970, according to government figures, but more people left the United Kingdom than came in. The number of immigrants entering increased from 153,000 in 1981 to 225,000 in 1982 — a rise of 47 per cent. Most came from non-Commonwealth countries, in particular from Europe, the United States and South Africa. — London. Lebanon aid Lebanon will obtain SUSS7M worth of American military equipment as part of an aid package to help rebuild its Army, the American Defence Department has announced. The Lebanese Army will be supplied with 102 armoured troop carriers, 95 vehicles to transport mortar equipment, 25 mobile command posts, heavy machine-guns and other equipment, said the Pentagon. — Washington.