Romania tightens crackdowns as Iliescu critics jailed
In Bucharest the government urged talks with the opposition while arresting two prominent critics of President-elect Ion Iliescu. The detained opponents and a dissident's wife seeking refuge at the Dutch ambassador's residence signal heightened tensions and a quiet University Square. Rebels in Mexico pressed for a smaller military and purging human rights violators as peace talks continued under Roberto Canas.
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Romania
Ion Iliescu
Iliescu
University Square
Oaxtepec
Mexico
Alfredo Cristiani
Roberto Canas
Israeli Arab poet under house arrest faces trial
Israeli Arab poet Shafik Habib was placed under house arrest in Jerusalem on charges that his poems about the Palestinian uprising incite violence against Jews. Habib, father of six from Deir Hanna, is the first Israeli Arab author prosecuted for writing.
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Jerusalem
Shafik Habib
Habib
Deir Hanna
Bulgarian Parties Rebuff Coalition Amid Socialist Victory
President Petar Mladenov urged parties to unite but opposition leaders refused to join a government with the former Communists. The Socialists, formerly Communists, secured a free election victory, ending four decades of one party rule in Eastern Europe.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Petar Mladenov
Europe
Christian Factions Clash in Lebanon Killing Four
In Beirut, rival Christian forces exchanged howitzers and mortars across their enclave, killing four and wounding six as the month-old cease-fire broke down. The battles began around 9:45 a.m. and lasted about five hours before easing.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Judge orders inventory of artworks in vault
A federal judge in Dallas ordered the small-town bank holding stolen medieval art to open its vault for inventory by the East German cathedral that asserts ownership. The inspection time and location were to be kept secret to protect inspectors and artifacts.
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Dallas
U.S
Sidney Fitzwater
Woman ordered to stand trial for nine murders
Dorothea Puente, 61, who ran a boardinghouse in Sacramento, was ordered to stand trial on nine murder counts for allegedly poisoning elderly tenants to obtain pension and disability benefits. She will be arraigned July 10 in Sacramento County Superior Court after a five week preliminary hearing.
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Sacramento
Calif
Dorothea Puente
Sacramento County Superior Court
Gail Ohanesian
Barry eyes drug use during Marion Barry trial
Charles Lewis testified that he and the mayor used drugs in the Virgin Islands and smoked crack in Washington. He described a June 1986 hotel room session with Barry and Rasheeda Moore, noting lines and straw use as prosecutors frame the case against the three-term mayor.
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Charles Lewis
Marion Barry
Virgin Islands
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Barry
Rasheeda Moore
R. Kenneth Mundy
U.S
Richard Roberts
Roberts
Mundy
Mr. Barry
Tapes reveal terror as gunman rampages at GMAC office
Police released tapes showing terrified workers pleading for help as James Edward Pop Pough roamed the GMAC auto loan office in Jacksonville. He killed eight, wounded five, then turned the gun on himself, after repossession troubles and a violent past were noted.
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Jacksonville
Fla
General Motors Acceptance Corp
James Edward
Pop” Pough
Pough
GMAC
House approves $20.8 billion energy and water bill
The House passed a 20.8 billion energy and water appropriations bill on a 355 to 59 vote, boosting funding for the atomic weapons complex cleanup and 25 new water projects despite White House objections and no overall budget deal. It includes 3.6 billion for Army Corps projects and 318 million to start an 8 billion Texas atom smasher.
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White House
Bush
Senate
Texas
Iowa
Des Moines Recreation
Missouri River
Red Rock
Army Corps of Engineers
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Energy Department
Hard-liner calls on Gorbachev to resign
Siberian Communist leader Alexander Melnikov urged Mikhail Gorbachev to resign from the party leadership at a Russian Communist Party conference. Tass reported Melnikov said Gorbachev is sliding toward the cult of personality and that he and the party leadership should quit. The remarks followed a day of conservative criticism ahead of the July 2 national party congress. Gorbachev has led since 1985 as general secretary and president of the Soviet Union.
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Siberia
Mikhail Gorbachev
Tass
Kemerovo
Alexander Melnikov
Communist Party
Gorbachev
Melnikov
Soviet Union
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