Gorbachev warns of emergency rule across republics
Moscow AP reports President Mikhail Gorbachev warned that a state of emergency or presidential rule could be imposed in the Soviet republics if ethnic and political conflicts threaten lives and state security. He spoke to the Congress of People's Deputies amid pressure from hard-liners and an open letter from 53 prominent Soviets urging action.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Congress of People’s Deputies
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Azerbaijan
Moldavia
Georgia
Nagorno-Karabakh
Baku
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Kremlin
Igor
Soviets verify space sweepstakes contract for American trip
Soviet officials confirmed a signed contract with organizers of a space sweepstakes to send an American to the Mir space station. Space Travel Services faced a Harris County grand jury inquiry into potential Texas lottery statute violations as the dispute over the contest intensified.
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Mir Space Station
Texas
Yuri Pavelovitch Semenov
NPO Energia
Space Commerce Corp
Space Travel
Dimitry Poletayev
Proton Rocket Department
Glavkosmos Assr
NASA
Space Travel Services
Harris County
Albania Recognizes Opposition Party in Historic Move
Albania formally recognizes the Democratic Party of Albania as the first opposition party since communist rule, paving the way for multiparty elections. Justice Minister Enver Halili signed the recognition one week after the party’s founding, as 150 people face trials for anti government acts arising from last week’s riots in four provinces.
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Vienna
Austria
Justice
Enver Halili
New Democratic Party of Albania
Genc Pollo
Communist Party
People’s Assembly
ATA
Albania
Europe
Britain
Elbasan
Leopard kills woman at Italian amusement park
A 65 year old woman Francesca Arnetti of Torre Annunziata was mauled to death at a Naples area amusement park when a leopard she was feeding seized her by the neck and dragged her into its cage. Authorities said she died from wounds to the neck and head per ANSA.
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Torre Annunziata
Italy
Francesca Arnetti
Naples
ANSA
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