Rushdie threat amid Khomeini order shocks world
Iran’s new spiritual leader calls for Salman Rushdie’s death over The Satanic Verses. Thatcher calls the utterance regrettable as snipers kill three in Beirut amid East Beirut fighting. In Seoul, a merger creates the Democratic Liberal Party holding a large majority in the National Assembly.
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Cyprus
Salman Rushdie
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Mohammed
Iran
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Beirut
Lebanon
Ein Rammaneh
Seoul
South Korea
Kim Daejung
Party For Peace and Democracy
New Democratic Liberal Party
Gorbachev Hesitates on Campaign for Presidency
In Moscow, President Mikhail Gorbachev avoided a definite answer on running to stay in office. He told reporters to "wait and see" as reforms advance after the Communist Party Central Committee approved a platform embracing multiparty reforms and direct elections.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Communist Party Central Committee
Galileo Near Venus Sets Stage for 1995 Jupiter Flyby
The Galileo spacecraft skimmed Venus to gain a gravity assist en route to its 1995 Jupiter rendezvous. NASA engineers at JPL monitored the 2.8 ton craft as it made its closest approach, expected at 11:59 p.m. CST about 10,028 miles above the planet's surface.
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Calif
Galileo
Venus
Jupiter
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Soviet troops to quit Czechoslovakia this month
The Soviet Union announced that its troops occupying Czechoslovakia since 1968 will begin returning home this month. It rejected Prague's demand for a total withdrawal by year end.
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Washington Post
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Jury acquits Dapper Don Gotti in shooting case
New York AP reports John Gotti the Gambino boss was acquitted on charges he ordered the shooting of a union official. Gotti left Manhattan courthouse with supporters applauding and jurors saying they doubted the allegations. Co defendant Anthony Guerrieri also acquitted.
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New York
John Gotti
Gotti
Manhattan
Johnny
Richard Silensky
Bruce Cutler
Gambino
Anthony Guerrieri
Big Paul” Castellano
Singer Del Shannon Dead in Suspected Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Del Shannon, 55, the 1960s rock star known for Runaway and Keep Searchin, was found dead in his Santa Clarita home from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot. His wife LeAnne found the body around 11:25 p.m. Thursday. a .22 rifle lay nearby. A coroner planned an autopsy. sheriff's investigators termed the death a possible self-harm case.
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Santa Clarita
Calif
del Shannon
Shannon
LeAnne
Los Angeles
Roger Hom
Hom
Los Angeles County
Bob Dambacher
Oil spill cleanup crews work along Huntington Beach coast
Oil from the tanker American Trader spread along several miles of beaches south of Los Angeles. Newport Beach declared a state of emergency as workers and volunteers filled bags with towels sand and oil. Booms protected the Bolsa Chica Wetlands and Newport Bay while the crisis team said the situation is improving but not over.
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Huntington Beach
Calif
Los Angeles
Newport Beach
Huntington
Newport
Lisa Virak
Ray Pendleton
Charles Webster
British Petroleum America Inc
Bolsa Chica
Santa Ana River
Newport Bay
Food and oil costs push inflation higher in December
The December producer price index rose 1.8 percent driven by food and energy, the largest monthly gain in over 11 years, though the core PPI excluding food and energy increased only 0.1 percent. Economists note the core rate better reflects inflation trends while markets held steady. Donald Ratajczak of Georgia State University expects cost increases to ease by spring.
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Baltimore Sun
Washington
Donald Ratajczak
Georgia State University
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