The World - News from Jan. 21, 1987
Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite canceled his flight home to England to stay in Beirut for further negotiations with kidnapers of American hostages. He changed his plans only hours after a meeting with representatives of Islamic Jihad (Islamic Holy War), sources said. “It looked like he has had a breakthrough,” one source said. It is Waite’s fifth visit to the Lebanese capital in his quest to free foreign hostages, including five Americans.
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