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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1988

Page

3

U.S. Armenia refugee admissions draw scrutiny in Washington

State Department lawyers say thousands of Soviet Armenian refugees have been admitted without proof of persecution, risking violation of the Refugee Act. INS interview gaps and automatic approvals raise questions amid Reagan’s push to raise East European refugee ceilings and concerns for Indochinese asylum.

Washington State Department United States Soviet Union Justice Department U.S Moscow The Immigration and Naturalization Service INS Reagan Congress Europe Indochina Sen Alan Simpson Wyoming Judiciary George Shultz Simpson California Edward Kennedy D-Mass Subcommittee Thailand Indonesia East Asia

Syrians tighten hold around Hezbollah district in Beirut

Syrian troops ring Hay Madi in south Beirut after a Friday move to halt three weeks of militia fighting. Some 2,600 soldiers and 200 Lebanese police surround the area as talks seek the release of nine Americans and nine other hostages. Damascus says no timetable for hostage release and vows to withdraw soon while remaining on alert at eight perimeter points.

Beirut Lebanon Hezbollah Hay Madi Amal Salman

Protesters demand honest vote for Soviet delegates

Moscow and Leningrad saw protests over alleged election rigging for 5,000 delegates to the June 28 Soviet Communist Party conference. Demonstrators urged democratization and perestroika, criticizing screening committees for rejecting reformists and calling for fair balloting across the country.

Moscow Communist Party Leningrad Soviet Union Soviet Communist Party Kremlin Mikhail Gorbachev Gorbachev Kazan Sasha Bogdanov Izvestia

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