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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1990
Page
6
Five blacks died from gunshot wounds in Natal while a policeman was fatally shot outside Johannesburg. Police report the officer was guarding a women’s block in Alexandra township when gunmen opened fire. Over 3,000 blacks have died in unrest in 1990, many in factional Black opposition clashes with security forces.
A railway tanker car loaded with liquid natural gas exploded at Yelnikovo Station near Belgorod in south central Russia. The blast killed seven and injured 48 as two passenger trains were diverted and carriages on both trains burned and sixteen were destroyed. Tass reported the Sunday incident.
Archaeologists near Cortona in central Italy uncovered an Etruscan tomb dating to the 6th or 7th century B C. The site, cited for unique statues, could illuminate the pre Roman empire era that shaped Italy before Rome's dominance.
Slovenians overwhelmingly backed secession in a Sunday referendum despite threats of federal intervention. With 55 percent counted, 94 percent favored Slovenia leaving Yugoslavia, turnout about 85 percent of 1.5 million eligible voters in Ljubljana amid regional political tension.
In Warsaw President Lech Walesa welcomed his predecessor General Wojciech Jaruzelski for a 50 minute session at Belweder Palace. The two discussed the presidency and exchanged best wishes as Jaruzelski, once a hard line ruler, exits public life.
In Moscow hundreds gathered to protest moves toward stronger presidential powers as Gorbachev seeks parliamentary approval. Supporters of Shevardnadze mourn his resignation while critics warn of a dictatorship amid a flare of opposition within the Congress of People's Deputies.
The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a leftist championing the poor, was named winner of Haiti's first fully free elections. With about 50 percent counted he led with two thirds of votes, amid 75 percent turnout of over 2 million registered voters. Runners-up Bazin and Dejoie conceded. legislative results pending, with runoff set for January 20.
The El Salvador attorney general abruptly dismissed two principal prosecutors in the murder case against eight military men accused in the 1989 slayings of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter. The move delays the trial as judge seeks to uncover a cover-up amid ongoing denial of comment by officials.
The IRA leadership declares a three day Christmas cease fire from midnight Sunday to midnight Wednesday in Northern Ireland. Peter Brooke welcomes the move as a potential step toward lasting peace in 1991. The statement signed by P ONeill says units will suspend offensive actions but may defend themselves. The last cease fire was in 1974 and lasted eight months.
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