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Bomb chaos Nine bombs have blacked out parts of Santiago as a rash of bombings that started at the end of the year spread without anyone taking responsibility. The bombs damaged power installations in poor neighbourhoods where demonstrations were held last year against the military regime of President Augusto Pinochet.—Santiago. Murdoch elected The Australian publisher, Rupert Murdoch, has been elected to the board of direc-
tors of the United Technologies Corporation. Hairy Gray, chairman and chief executive officer of United Technologies, said Mr Murdoch, who publishes newspapers and magazines in Britain, the United States and Australia, would “enhance our developing global profile.”—Hartford. Trial separation The American tennis star Chris Evert Lloyd and her husband John, the British Davis Cup player, have started a trial separation to try to sort out marriage
problems, a spokesman for the couple said. The spokesman for International Management Group, which manages both players, said: “They are embarking on a trial separation but remain on good terms and remain friends. There are a few problems and they need to time to work them out. Both parties- agree there is still a good chance they will get back together.”—New York. Pahlavi hopeful The son of the late Shah of Iran, Reza, believes that he will return to Iran after
a popular uprising sweeps away the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny, the French daily, “Le Quotidien de Paris” reports. “Public opinion has had enough of the tyrannical power of the Ayatollah,” he said, and alleged that Teheran was forced to export the Islamic Revolution to survive. He predicted that public illfeeling, exacerbated by the bloody war with Iraq, would heighten when Ayatollah Khomeiny died and a squabble for succession broke out between Iran’s religious chiefs. — Paris.
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