Prague rally crackdown detains activists and injures protesters
Police detained at least 20 prominent Czechoslovaks before using clubs dogs and water cannon to break up a banned rally in Prague more than 5000 protested to honor a student who burned himself voice Anna Sabatova said Jiri Hajek former foreign minister among detainees while 91 instigators were seized and some were released later. In Honolulu former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos remained in guarded condition with pneumonia after hospital returns to intensive care Imelda at his side and doctors prepare to determine travel readiness on racketeering charges.
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Anna Sabatova
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Hajek
Sabatova
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Charter 77
Ladislav Lis
Rudolf Battek
Honolulu
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
St. Francis Medical Center
Marcos
Cindy Miller
Gemma Trinidad
Trinidad
Imelda
New York
Jamaica to Hold National Elections Feb 9
Jamaica's Prime Minister Edward Seaga, trailing in polls, set February 9 for the first contested general election since 1980. He aims for a third term amid a tense, violence scarred campaign and a pledge of a brief election period. Separately, U S Vietnamese teams seek remains of fallen airmen, coordinating excavations at crash sites from 1964 to 1972 in Vietnam.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Edward Seaga
Michael Manley
Seaga
Reagan
Caribbean
Het
Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S
First 3 000 Cuban Troops Out of Angola
A Soviet ship left Luanda with 975 Cuban troops, meeting an initial stage of Cuba’s plan to pull out 3,000 troops under a tripartite 1991 deadline. The withdrawal began Jan 10 and aims to end by mid 1991 with about 50,000 Cubans returning to Cuba. The accord among Cuba, Angola, and South Africa linked Namibia independence to Cuban withdrawals after 1975 incursions.
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Portugal
Angola
Cuba
South Africa
Namibia
South Carolina lawmakers weigh ending annual car inspections
South Carolina lawmakers debate repealing the Motor Vehicle Inspection Act as Rep. Danny Bruce calls to scrap the law after 20 years. Altman and McMahan urge reform or higher fees, while Beasley favors keeping the rule with a fee increase and faster service remains a concern at inspection stations.
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Olumbia
South Carolina
Danny Bruce
Spartanburg
Bruce
Linwood Altman
Dgeorgetown
State Highway Commission
House Education and Public Works Committee
David Beasley
Darlington
Gene” Dixon
State Highway Department
Ortega Yields To Protests By Opening Political Doors
In Managua after a 5000-strong march, President Daniel Ortega said the government will grant opposition greater political space and invite those who reject it to seek democracy in Miami. He also flagged deep budget cuts with mass layoffs, while opposition leaders urged unity for a possible single presidential candidate next year.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Miami
Nandaime
Mangua
Nicaraguan Democratic Coordinating Committee
Coordinating Committee
Carlos Huembes
Aok
United States
Survey finds victims often resist violent crime
A Justice Department survey of 100000 people found that about 73 percent of violent crime victims made some efforts to protect themselves and 63 percent believed their actions helped, though officials caution the results do not endorse fighting back and exclude those who paid with their lives.
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Washington
Justice Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
National Crime Survey
Stein
Shultz Praises Soviets On Human Rights Record
In Vienna Secretary of State George P. Shultz praised Moscow for progress on human rights and urged dismantling Soviet radio jamming transmitters. He linked this to the Berlin Wall issue and the broader Helsinki accords review ahead of NATO Warsaw Pact talks.
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Soviet Union
George P. Shultz
Moscow
Shultz
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Kremlin
Washington
State Department
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Radio Free Europe
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