Bhutto fails to gain delay of hearings in corruption case
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto failed to persuade a special tribunal to postpone hearings on corruption charges until after national elections. Bhutto said the move would hinder her campaign and accused the government of vendetta and intimidation.
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New York Times
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Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto
Bhutto
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
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Pakistan People’s Party
Punjab
Islamic Democratic Alliance
State Bank of Pakistan
Police seal Lahore High Court as Bhutto backers clash with officers
Security cordon surrounds Lahore High Court with hundreds of police as Bhutto supporters stormed the courtroom last week. Access to the colonial building is tightly controlled with passes, while foreign reporters and a British observer note a vigorous judicial debate amid police power concerns.
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Lahore High Court
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Pakistan
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Russia defies Moscow to push 500 day reform start
Moscow and Washington Post report the Russian republic’s legislature vows to launch the radical 500 day economic reform on November 1 despite Kremlin hesitations. Gorbachev backs the plan in principle but may keep centralized control. Ryzhkov supports rapid privatization amid a harsh economic crisis.
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Washington Post
Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Supreme Soviet
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Ivan Silayev
Russia
Silayev
Stanislav Shatalin
Ryzhkov
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