Lithuania president backs 100 day independence moratorium plan
Lithuania's president Vytautas Landsbergis endorses a 100 day moratorium on declaring independence in exchange for Moscow lifting economic embargoes and opening negotiations. The move could end the three month standoff with the Kremlin as talks begin only after a conditional moratorium is in effect.
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Baltic Republic
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Landsbergis
Algis Cekuelis
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
McCartney Returns To Liverpool With 60s Themed Concert
Paul McCartney staged a 24 hour concert in Liverpool drawing 50 000 fans. The event featured Beatles hits Wings and his solo work with two giant video screens and a balloon drop. The show reunited fans with a nostalgic look at the 1960s amid a modern stage production.
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Paul McCartney
Liverpool
McCartney
Wings
Vietnam
Aiken Standard Classified Display Rates and Contacts
Local ad and news office details for Aiken Standard with phone lines for subscriptions and advertising. Provides office hours at 124 Rutland Drive and mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. Includes rate card references and delivery inquiries.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
Mandela Exults In Detroit After Miami Rebuff
Mandela drew a 49,000 crowd at Tiger Stadium in Detroit as Miami area leaders snubbed him over his Cuba stance. He toured the riverfront, signed autographs, and wore a Pistons cap given by the team. Detroit hosts his sixth of eight U.S. stops amid large public praise and support for his antiapartheid cause.
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James Schmitt
Schmitt
Philadelphia
Carnegie Hero Commission
Commission
Andrew Carnegie
Louisiana
la Salle University
Bryan Moshinski
Moshinski
Detroit
Nelson Mandela
U.S
Miami
Florida
Mandela
Fidel Castro
South Africa
Tiger Stadium
Detroit River
Windsor
Ontario
State Department
Detroit Pistons
Petra
Los Angeles
Motor Town
Wynetta Frazier
Chicago
University of Tinos
Telescope Faults Prompt Probe Into Optics
A faulty mirror system triggers a manufacturing review of telescope optics and a related space camera issue. Engineers assess defects, potential impact on images, and corrective steps under investigation by the project team and agency officials.
Hubble mirrors blamed for focus flaw in space telescope
An official from Hughes Danbury Optical Co. says errors in grinding and polishing the Hubble Space Telescope mirrors likely caused the focus problem. Senators Mikulski and Gore demand hearings as NASA faces scrutiny over costs and construction delays.
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Washington
Evan
Hughes Danbury Optical Co
Terence Facey
Hughes Danbury
NASA
Connecticut Company
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Science, Technology and Space
Lennard Fisk
Mayor in Drug Trial Faces Witness Credibility Attack
Defense portrays Rasheeda Moore as a money-driven addict while the mayor is linked to a taped sting in a hotel room. The FBI sting shows the mayor smoking crack cocaine with Moore present and Barry directing the supply and timing before agents arrest them.
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Ion Barry
Barry Rasheeda Moore
Monel
FBI
Moore
Barry
Honey
Democrats Seek To Deepen Defense Cuts In Budget Talks
Democrat budget negotiators propose far deeper Pentagon cuts than Bush plan aiming for about 290 billion defense budget for 1991. Panetta would cut next year by 16 billion below inflation needs while relying on weapon systems and overhead reductions amid mixed reactions from Republicans.
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Pentagon
Bush
House Budget Committee
Leon Panetta
Europe
Panetta
D-Calif
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Senate Budget Committee
House
Peace Corps Volunteers Begin Leaving Philippines
U S. Peace Corps workers began departing Manila after a deadly funeral attack by New People’s Army rebels. 261 volunteers were ordered out as U S. officials pledge return once safety improves. Police later arrested 21 suspects on sedition charges.
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Philippines
Peace Corps
U.S
New People’s Army
USS
Honolulu
People's Sea
Nicholas Platt
United States
Filpino
Dolphins Threatened by Global Kill, Near Extinction Glimpse
A conservation group reports that dolphins porpoises and small whales are slaughtered by the international fishing industry with at least 500000 killed annually. The Environmental Investigation Agency urges the International Whaling Commission to impose immediate global controls ahead of next week’s meeting in the Netherlands.
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International Whaling Commission
Netherlands
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