Greece to pardon seven leaders of 1967 74 dictatorship
The conservative government plans to pardon seven of eight former military leaders from the 1967 74 dictatorship, provoking anger among Socialists and leftists. Eight leaders remain imprisoned for roles in the coup. Dimitris Ioannides is not included.
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Athens
Greece
Andreas Papandreou
Constantine Mitsotakis
Constantine Caramanlis
Athanassios Kanellopoulos
Dimitris Ioannides
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Col
George Papadopoulos
Constantine
Ioannides
Papadopoulos
China Axes Public Security Chief After Tiananmen Crackdown
Beijing replaces Public Security Minister Wang Fang with Tao Siju amid unity changes after the 1989 student protests. Officials also reshuffle the foreign trade minister, approve a disability rights law, and crack down harder on drug and pornography crimes with the death penalty for serious cases.
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Washington Post
Beijing
China
Tao Siju
Li Peng
Wang Fang
Wang
People’s Armed Police
Communist Party
Zhao Ziyang
Drastic steps urged to house Soviet Jewish immigrants
Simcha Dinitz head of the Jewish Agency warned that Israel must take drastic steps to absorb a record flood of Soviet Jews with an estimated 35 billion dollars needed for housing and jobs. He projected 1 million arrivals in three years and a December 35 000 influx, as 200 000th immigrant since January would arrive soon. The government may seek international humanitarian aid while Israelis face a belt-tightening period.
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Los Angeles Times
Jerusalem
Soviet Union
Jewish Agency
Simcha Dinitz
Washington
Dinitz
Israel
United States
Germany
European Community
World Bank For Financial
Ben-Gurion International
Hungary
Romania
Poland
Jewish
Immigrant Absorption Ministry
Irishman scales Buckingham Palace in quest for lost love
Eugene Smith, 32, from Dublin, says he climbed the palace walls to ask Queen Elizabeth II where his lost love is. He planned to smash entry with a rock but was stopped. charged with carrying masonry as intent to destroy crown property. court released him conditionally with a 12 month warning. He described meeting Julie Craig in Amsterdam and professed lifelong love.
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Buckingham Palace
London
Eugene Smith
Palace
Peter Codner
Smith
Bow Street Magistrates’ Court
Dublin
Ronald Bartle
Amsterdam
Julie Craig
Soviets to Trim Cuban Aid and Rethink Ties
Moscow plans a large cut in Cuba aid in January as Soviet officials debate revising political ties. Gorbachev pitches a new foreign policy while Cuba faces a shift to paid trade, with allies urged to use convertible currency.
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Soviet Union
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikolai Neyland
Supreme Soviet
Gorbachev
Vietnam
North Korea
Ethiopia
Castro
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