Azerbaijan chief resigns amid Karabakh conflict protests
President Ayaz Mutalibov quit amid deadly clashes over Nagorno Karabakh. Mutalibov blamed for mass killings around Khodzhaly. opposition blamed him for failed actions. Parliament crowd surged outside as Yagub Mamedov assumed interim leadership amid ongoing fighting in Azerbaijan.
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Azerbaijan
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Armenia
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Caucasus
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Baker denies obscenity claim in Koch column
Secretary of State James Baker faced a political uproar after Edward Koch quoted him using a four letter obscenity about Israel and American Jews. State Department White House officials rejected the claim and Baker denied the allegation during a meeting with Jewish leaders.
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King Beating Details Emerge In King Case Testimony
Melanie Singer, a CHP officer, described Rodney King’s beating by Laurence Powell during the March 1991 pursuit. She testified Powell struck King with a nightstick at least seven times to the head as other officers arrived and took command.
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Militants seize towns in Nicaragua in joint Sandinista-Contra action
Militants seized towns in northern Nicaragua with hundreds of former Sandinistas and Contras leading the takeover. The army dispatched helicopter gunships and elite troops to Tumbling towns including Totogalpa Ocotal and Ducuali as traffic on the Pan American Highway was blocked. No clashes or injuries were reported as the operation began Thursday night.
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Totogalpa
Ocotal
Ducuali
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