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Press, 5 August 1985, Page 6

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Miners to strike The National Union of Mineworkers said it has called a general strike on South African gold and coal mines from August 25. — Johannesburg. 11 die A thunderstorm produced a flash flood in Wyoming that left at least 11 people dead and seven missing. They include a sheriffs deputy and a small child he was trying to rescue. — Cheyenne. Bomb explodes A Spanish policeman died after trying to defuse a bomb planted in a bar by suspected Basque separatist guerrilas. He died in hospital a few hours after the device blew up in his hands. —Luyando. Delay annoys About 40,000 people marched against the delay of punishment for violators of human rights under the former military dictatorship. —Buenos Aires. Van blown A van prepared for a home-made mortar shell bombardment was blown up by the police in Newry, Northern Ireland, the border town where the I.R.A. used similar weapons to kill nine police five months ago. The police said they found the unoccupied van in a parking lot. Four pipes in the van were primed with 18 to 22kgs of explosives. —Belfast. Fraud claimed Mexican police firing teargas and swinging riot clubs clashed with an angry crowd protesting against alleged electoral fraud. At least 10 civilians were injured. — Monterey. Borders open Uganda’s land borders have reopened a week after a military coup ousted President Milton Obote, and customs and immigration officials began clearing long lines of trucks stranded at frontier posts. Airports in the east African country, however, remained closed to all but specially cleared flights. —Kampala.