The World - News from Jan. 21, 1986
Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld returned to West Beirut to pursue efforts to free five Lebanese Jews feared kidnaped by a Shia Muslim group. Klarsfeld, 46, was allowed to continue her solo mission after West German Ambassador Antonius Eitel intervened with Lebanese immigration officials who had detained her overnight and planned to expel her for illegal entry. She said she has been promised a visa valid for a month.
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