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The World - News from Jan. 1, 1985

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Clashes between Lebanese troops and Druze militiamen in the Beirut area threatened a government plan to extend army control along a key coastal road leading to Israel’s occupation zone in southern Lebanon. The clashes erupted into artillery duels, killing at least one person. A six-man council of military commanders had agreed to begin securing the coastal road today, and militias were to remove their weapons from the area.

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