A 2 80-year history of

monarchy. in‘ Irdn “died" over“

_ the weekend” as “returned
-. religious exile Ayatollah.
Khomaini . completed, his

‘overthrow of the govern-

ment.
nN .

* Tnitial reports, that ‘the
appointed. prime ‘minister of
the Shah, Shahpour Bakh-

tiar, had: committed | suicide -

. quickly preved tobe false as

he was. delivered ‘to: ‘the.

headquarters .of thé: ‘Ayatol«".

lah by a group Of: - street.
vigilantes.

Oil hungry. ‘countries
by the Soviet Union and-.
Britain, were ‘quick to’ rec-.:.
ognize the new::government /
theaded by _Nayadhi- : Baza-..
ghan, with signs that France «
and the united States would: -
follow suit.

Mistaken target

Rhodesian : suerillas of
black leader Joshua Nkomo
have admitted responsibility
for shooting down an air-
plane in which 59 people
died.

Guns for Ce

An industrial ‘boom for
Canada from the production
of military hardware has
been predicted by national
-defence minister Barney
Danson.

wants a quick’ resumption of

the nation’s oil-industry, he. |

does not want production to
reach previous Jeyels.

“The future of, overthrown 4
- prime-minister Bakhtiar is a. }
matter for speculation and’ |
there is a question as to —

whether ‘he will be put on
trial by’ the Ayatollah’s: new.
government, which’ currently:

has: expressed : toleration ‘of ~

Supporters® of ‘the “Shah who
do not actively oppose the
~ newly. created Islamic repub-

lie. :.

‘ —

. Most urgent priority is to

"put an end to the scattered:

fighting ‘in, Iran and. restore
prder. among the. gangs of
roaming youths anxious to
«find targets for their guns.

“plane was
domesie ‘flight to Salisbury —
and the guerillas say it was
shot as a ‘military target.

They had been aiming to kill
the”

commander ; of

Danson said’
Tuesday the federal govern-
ment will be spending

billions on fighter aircraft

and navy frigates over the
next few years, as well as $18

But whereas the S ayatollah . 7

on a”

the

in lia’ ®

Early this week it was
reported that of all the cars
filling Iran’s streets, about
". one in three. was, bearing
“arms. - :

1

‘The 1 new government has::

indicated that if the hordes —

are not brought - under

-control then the army may

Rhodesian army, who was on
a later flight.

Meanwhile, prime minis-

ter Tan Smith has attributed

billion on energy _require-
ments. ~

He says the programs will
offer Canadians the chance

of becoming investors, tech- -

nicians and tradesmen.

Vietnam thinks again about China ~

Vietnam wants to end
hostilities with China and has
indicated willingness for the

border to be supervised by
the United Nations. .

on both sides of the border,

The country would also with the area Supervised by

accept a’ demilitarized zone

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bes sent in to o bring : an end to
the unrest.

During the. street. chaos,

“thousands of political’ prison-

ers escaped, including an
- Ottawa man who had been in
__ fall two years for drug
~ Smuggling.

Anti-American feeling has

- been - running ~- -high. The |

_.. Hilton in: Tehran was stor-

med. and four Americans
were killed while others took

7 refuge.

U.S. “Marines Sand hele

“copters were sent to Turkey —

in case of the need. to protect |
the U.S. embassy in Tehran
or airlift some of the 7,000
U.S.citizens still in Iran.

Over the years, the United
States has been a. staunch
‘backer ‘of the Shah. Recent
indications of a change of
allegiance have prompted
accusations of fair weather
friends.

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-Alast minute tactic ¢ to save
‘Pakistan’ Prime’ Minister’ Ali
Bhutto from being hung
Thursday appeared this week
to have possibilities for
success.

The prime minister was
sentenced to death — for
ordering’ the assassination of
a political rival and pleas
from western governments to

Egypt and Israel will 1 meet
again at Camp David
Wednesday next week for a
resumption of peace talks
that may lead to another
three-way summit between
presidents Carter, Sadat and
prime minister Begin.

The talks are reopening at
the

invitation of Carter..

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lift the sentence. of hanging
have. so far been Haheeded.
But. Tuesday’ the: Supreme
Court of Pakistan agreed to
hear a petition. from - his

lawyers. that the execution

should be delayed until more’
legal arguments are heard.
The lawyers. will be. asking
for. a review of last week’s
court decision.

- a

Egypt acéepted, the- in-
vitation last week and Israel
agreed over the weekend.

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be led by. foreign: minister

Moshe:, Dayan and the
Egyptians. will be led by
prime minister Kahlil. .

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