The World - News from March 5, 1986
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Angolan rebels said they seized the diamond-mining town of Andrada in the northeast, capturing more than 150 foreign workers. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, led by Jonas Savimbi, said in a Lisbon statement that the foreigners--Portuguese, Filipinos, Romanians, West Germans and British--will be freed after being marched 700 miles to rebel base areas in southeastern Angola. It also claimed that its forces killed 60 government troops while losing 19.
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