China adopts new constitution after revisions
China approves a new constitution replacing the 1978 document as Deng Xiaoping Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang vote with officials. The changes grant stronger civilian control of the armed forces by creating a Central Military Commission and removing term limits for its chairman.
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Peking
China
Mao Tse- Tung
National People’s Congress
Deng Samme Xiaoping
Communist Party
Hu Yaobang
Zhao Ziyang
Central
Deng
Deng Xiaoping
U S Official Accused of Smuggling In India
A U S Foreign Service veteran Leon Wight 53 of Springfield Virginia was sent home after Indian customs found undeclared watches pharmaceuticals and electronic parts worth about 240000 in his luggage. Indian Express reported he had recently made six trips to Hong Kong and claimed diplomatic immunity before admitting bringing unauthorized goods.
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India
U.S
Leon Wight
Springfield
Wight
U.S. Foreign Service
Agency For International Development
Indian Express
Hong Kong
Washington
First computerized novel published across network
An electronic information firm says it published the first electronic novel written on a computer and distributed within 16 minutes to a nationwide personal computer network. Burke Campbell authored Blind Pharaoh in 6114 hours at the Art Culture Resource Centre in Toronto, with editors refining chapters before transmission to The Source in McLean, Virginia.
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Washington
UPI
Burke Campbell
Art Culture Resource Centre
Toronto
Nancy Beckman
Source Telecomputing Corp
Campbell
McLean
Henry Kisor
Chicago Sun-Times
Kisor
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