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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1990
Page
4
Amnesty International reports a sharp increase in killings by army supported death squads in El Salvador. For January through early August 1990, 45 people were killed, more than in all of 1989, with 40 deaths noted in 1989.
On the anniversary of the East bloc's bloodiest uprising, Hungary's leaders urged citizens to fight fear of the future in the spirit of 1956. Commemorations were modest with wreath laying in Budapest attracting hundreds rather than thousands as economic worries and disillusionment spread since last year's transition events.
Zephania Mothopeng renowned for breaking from the ANC to form and lead the Pan Africanist Congress died at 77 in Johannesburg after battling cancer and pneumonia. He had been listed in critical condition at Johannesburg Hospital. Desmond Tutu visited him earlier in the day.
Thousands of teachers returned to work after the government pledged salary increases to match inflation. John Mambwe, district chairman of the Zambia National Union of Teachers, said the monthlong protest over pay and housing allowances has ended.
Paris police said Cyrus Elahi, 46, an exiled Iranian opposition leader, died from multiple bullet wounds in the hallway of his apartment in the 15th arrondissement. Police described the attackers as gunmen who fled the scene. Supporters blame Iranian agents for the assassination.
A boat carrying about 100 passengers including many women and children capsized during a rainstorm in Nigeria's midwestern coast. Police investigate reports of overloading as Lagos papers say more than 50 may have drowned. no further details available.
In New Delhi the right wing Hindu party defected from Prime Minister V P Singh's coalition, costing the government its parliamentary majority. Singh vowed to stay in power as violence flared after the party leader was arrested amid Hindu Muslim temple disputes.
Pakistan caretaker government filed its seventh corruption charge against Benazir Bhutto as ballots were readied. A hearing was set for Nov. 5 while President Ishaq Khan urged voters not to re-elect Bhutto’s party. The vote tests democracy after 43 years.
Tamil rebels shot and hacked to death 10 Sinhalese villagers in an attack on Kade cholai, 60 miles southeast of Jaffna. Brig. Jaliya Nammune said the victims, including women and children, were killed as they slept early Tuesday in north central Sri Lanka.
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