The World - News from Oct. 17, 1985
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A caller claiming to represent a fundamentalist Muslim group holding three Soviet officials hostage renewed a threat to kill them, a Beirut Muslim radio station, the Voice of the Nation, reported. The threat came from a man who said he spoke for the Islamic Liberation organization. A fourth Soviet hostage was killed Oct 2. About 50 diplomats remain at the Soviet mission. The caller did not give a deadlline for the new threat.
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