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  UPPER VOLTA Seven people accused of  
 plotting to overthrow the government   
 were executed last night. Five othjts  
 have been sentenced to hard labour.    
                                        
  SWITZERLAND Pope John Paul II is on  
 a six-day visit during which hj has    
 called for greater unity between       
 Catholic and Protestant faiths.        
                                        
  THE VATICAN has denounced as "absurd"
 a recently-published book which says   
 Pope John Paul I was murdered bjcausj  
 hj intended to crack down on corruption
 within the Holy See. The British author
 claims the Pope was poisoned.          
                                        
                                        
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