Cuba tightens grip as dissidents punished amid economic collapse
Pro-Castro mobs attack dissident Maria Elena Cruz Varela's Havana apartment injuring her and forcing her to swallow pamphlets. She leads Alternative Criteria. over 60 opposition figures have been jailed or arrested amid Cuba's worsening economy and government crackdown.
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Maria Elena Cruz Varela
Gladys Gonzales
Havana
Maria Elena
Cuba
Communist Party
Philip Brenner
American University
Washington
Cruz Varela
Alternative Criteria
Raul Castro
United States
Kenya opposition rally attracts over 100000 in Kamukunji field
More than 100000 people attended Kenya's first legal opposition rally in 22 years at Kamukunji. Oginga Odinga urged removal of President Moi, calling for democracy and an end to detentions and corruption. The crowd stretched from downtown to buses and rooftops as supporters waved peace branches.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Daniel Arap Moi
Kamakunji
Forum For the Restoration of Democracy
Jomo Kenyat
Britain
Moi
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British Broadcasting Corp
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Uhuru
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Georgian council claims capture of Gamsakhurdia stronghold
The ruling Military Council said it seized Zugdidi a Gamsakhurdia stronghold while supporters of the deposed leader attacked and seized more weapons. Gamsakhurdia returned from exile amid chaotic moves with reports he could flee toward Astrakhan. Samtredia was reported under council control without a shot fired.
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Georgia
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Gamsakhurdia
Armenia
Tengiz Kitovani
Zugdidi
Sukhumi
Tass
Astrakhan
Tbilisi
Tengiz Sigua
Samtredia
Britain boosts Northern Ireland troops after IRA bomb
Protestants demand action as seven Protestant workers die in an IRA bombing near a damaged army barracks in Belfast. Security minister Brian Mawhinney announces a new army battalion of about 500 troops, pushing total force numbers in Northern Ireland over 30,000 for the first time since the 1970s. The IRA claims civilians were targeted for collaborating with British forces.
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Ian Paisley
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