Gunman fires near Gorbachev during Red Square parade
A 38 year old Leningrad resident fired two shots from a sawed off shotgun on Red Square amid the 73rd Revolution Day procession near President Mikhail Gorbachev. KGB agents detained him as witnesses reported a struggle and shots into the air and cobblestones.
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New York Times
Moscow
Red Square
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leningrad
KGB
Lenin
Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Gavriil Popov
Communist Party
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Lithuania
Byelorussia
Leonid Brezhnev
Thousands of Kahane supporters riot in Jerusalem after burial
Hundreds of Kahane followers rampaged through Jerusalem shouting death to Arabs after his burial. Police reported injuries among Arabs and officers, 13 rioters arrested, as clashes erupted near the Givat Shaul cemetery. Prime Minister Shamir urged restraint amid political warnings the murder could fuel further violence.
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Jerusalem
Meir Kahane
Kahane
New York
Israel Radio
Yitzhak Shamir
Israel
Givat Shaul
South Africa’s Pik Botha Hosts Breakfast with African Leaders
South Africa’s Foreign Minister Pik Botha, representing President de Klerk, urged Mozambique’s Joaquim Chissano Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda at a breakfast to unite in regional cooperation. The informal gathering featured joking and warm exchanges.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Pik Botha
Botha
Presi
South Africa
Joaquim Chissano
Mozambique
Yoweri Museveni
Uganda
Beiruts Militia Pullout Deadline Set in Demilitarized Plan
Lebanon’s government issues a 10 day deadline for Christian and Muslim militias to withdraw from Beirut to form a demilitarized Greater Beirut. The move aims to reunite the city under an Arab League peace plan following the civil war and Aoun’s defeat.
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Lebanon
Elias Hrawi
Michel Aoun
Aoun
Dag River
Damour River
City
Mediterranean
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