Foreign newsreels №5948 (1979)

Libya, Tripoli – Warm welcome for freed Palestinian prisoners of war.

Namibia – SWAPO Vice President Muyongo speaks of his organisation’s plans for Namibia’s future.

Zambia, Lusaka.

Austria – World Figure Skating Championships, champions Babilonia and Gardner.

South Africa, Johannesburg – White miners return to work after an unsuccessful strike against providing skilled jobs to black miners, filmed: black workers in a mine, interview with South African trade union leader A. Grobeler.

Japan, Tokyo – 1st World Amateur Go Championship.

Pakistan – Interview with exiled Afghan opposition leader G. Hekmatyar, head of the Afghan Islamic Party.

England – Journalists inspect the cells of the Maze Prison in Belfast.

UN – Special report for the upcoming final session of the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1974-1978. Yemen Arab Republic – Occupation of the border town of Bayda by troops of the PDR Yemen.

Germany – Means of introducing the disabled to a full life and socially useful work.

Italy, Rome – Meeting of representatives of the Communist Party of Italy in connection with the government crisis and the upcoming general elections.

Lebanon – PLO leader Arafat protests against US President Carter’s trip to the Middle East.

South Korea – Boxing match.

UN – Debate on Namibia.

Syria, Switzerland (Damascus, Geneva) – 66 Palestinian prisoners of war are exchanged for one Israeli soldier.

Ivory Coast – West African states, together with the UN and the World Health Organization, are fighting “sleeping sickness”.