Serbia dissolves Kosovo regional parliament and government
Belgrade authorities dissolved Kosovo’s local legislature and administration after 114 Albanian deputies declared Kosovo’s secession and equal status to Yugoslavia. The move heightens potential unrest among Kosovo's Albanian majority as three chambers acted in unison. In New York state, a Middletown woman learned after her baby’s obituary that the child survived.
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Yugoslavia
Kosovo
Tanjug
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Serbia
Middletown
N.Y
Juanita Ayala
Horton Memorial Hospital
Westchester County Medical Center
Valhalla
Ayala
Horton
Westchester
Luis Miguel Ayala
Westchester Hospital
Last Night For S F Homeless At City Hall Plaza
Nearly 100 homeless people spent the night in Civic Center Plaza as police ordered arrests for sleeping in public places. Residents blamed poor shelter conditions and high rent, with one paying 225 dollars a month for substandard rooms. The second item notes Vaclav Havel’s re election as president of Czechoslovakia and a separate DEA report about CIA trained Guatemalan guerrillas at a Veracruz ranch linked to a drug lord.
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City Hall
Art Agnos
Butch
Civic Center Plaza
Havel
Civic Forum
Public Against
Hradany Castle
Alexander Dubek
Los Angeles
CIA
Enrique Camarena
Drug Enforcement Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
Los Angeles Times
Veracruz
Rafael Caro Quintero
DEA
U.S
Edward Rafeedie
The
Times
Aiken Standard Classified and Subscription Details
Aiken Standard offers subscription options 3 6 and 12 months with prices 17 70 35 40 and 70 80 respectively plus display and classified advertising contact numbers. Customer service hours apply and address for changes and payments are listed along with postal subscription details for delivery in Aiken South Carolina.
Congress at Odds Over Family Leave Legislation
Washington battles over family leave as Congress backs up to three months unpaid leave for birth adoption or medical emergencies while President Bush vetoes citing business flexibility. Debates hinge on annual reviews versus entitlement and tied to a broader child care measure facing veto threats.
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Bush
Washington
White House
House
Senate
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Albania at a Glance Amid Turmoil and Shifts in Leadership
The overview notes Albania's 1989 population around 3.2 million with Albanians as the majority and Greeks a small minority. It mentions the economy’s limited sectors, a 250 deputes People's Assembly, Enver Hoxha's long rule, Ramiz Alia replacing Hoxha after a failed coup, and Albania's stagnation beside Eastern bloc changes including the Warsaw Pact. It references escape to foreign embassies as residents seek asylum amid repression.
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Ravons
China
USA
Abani
Beijing
Albania
Albar Hosha
Ramiz Ala
Hoxha
Europe
Soviet Union
Ala
Tana
Albanians Seek Escape as Embassies Fill in Tirana
Hundreds of Albanians gathered outside embassies in Tirana with about 200 seeking refuge as diplomatic deadlock rose over their fate. Diplomats reported up to 500 at the Yugoslav Embassy and additional crowds at the West German and French missions while Albania, still isolated, faces internal crackdowns on asylum seekers.
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Vienna
Austria
Tirana
Ramiz Alia
Europe
Congress Faces Battle Over Arts Endowment Fate
Washington debate over the National Endowment for the Arts intensifies as Congress nears a summer vote to extend the agency for five years with content restrictions. NEA chairman Frohnmayer faces criticism after overruling a panel and denying four avant-garde artists grants.
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Washington
National Endowment For the Arts
House
Congress
Federal Arts Agency
NEA
Robert Mapp
Andres Serrano
Endowment
John E. Frohnmayer
People For the American Way Action Fund
Frohnmayer
Arts Endowment
John Fleck
Los Angeles
Erosion Threatens Megaiya Village as Flood Eases
After monsoon floods receded in Megaiya, sirajganj district, erosion threatens the village of 5,000. Officials warn a collapse of the 1919 school and other key structures within five years as topsoil and foundations erode further. Tens of thousands lose rice yearly. Bangladesh remains among the world’s poorest nations with $160 per capita income.
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Megaiya
Bangladesh
Shahar Banu
Ja‘muna
Hedayetullah al- Mahmud
Sirajganj
Gorbachev Sets Two Year Deadline for Reform
Highlights from the 28th Communist Party congress show Mikhail Gorbachev warning reporters that within two years the leadership must deliver changes or resign. Regional officials attack his courage and offer no new plans, while Deputy PM Leonid Abalkin defends market reforms as essential to end shortages and open stores.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Moscow
Communist Party Congress
Gorbachev
Leonid Abalkin
Parents Convicted in 1986 Child's Death By Faith
A Boston jury found Christian Science adherents Ginger and David Twitchell guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 24 year old Robyn Twitchell death from a bowel obstruction. Prosecutors said faith cannot excuse neglect and jurors cried after verdict. Sentencing set for Friday. defendants face up to 20 years.
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Boston
Christian Science
Ginger
David Twitchell
Robyn
John Kiernan
Kiernan
Twitchells
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