Reds admit to cash scam in Germany
In Berlin a split East German Communist Party admitted transferring 70 million dollars to Soviet front companies to hide assets. Deputy chair Wolfgang Pohl and the finance chief quit and were arrested on embezzlement charges as Gregor Gysi faced calls to resign. The party said funds went to Soviet held accounts in Norway and the Netherlands to pay a debt for East German students’ education.
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Washington Post
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Communist Party
Berlin
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Gysi
Moscow
Norway
Netherlands
Putnik
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Tass
Gorbachev approves market shift devalues ruble and opens foreign ownership
President Mikhail Gorbachev issued decrees devaluing the ruble by about 70 percent effective November 1 and allowing 100 percent foreign ownership of companies in the Soviet Union. The moves, linked to a plan to shift to a market economy within two years, also permit citizens to buy shares and hold securities while enabling foreign investors to establish enterprises as joint ventures or wholly owned.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Gor
Bachev
Tass
Poll watchers find no fraud in Pakistan election
International observers said they found no evidence of widespread fraud that would alter the result in Pakistan's parliamentary vote. Bhutto rejected the findings claiming a constitutional coup d etat. The defeating alliance urged aid resumption as it seeks Washington support.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto
Bhutto
Washington
Moldavia declares state of emergency over Gagauz secession
Moldavia imposes a state of emergency in its southern region after the Gagauz ethnic minority proclaims sovereignty and starts local elections. Pravda warns of civil war as volunteer youth brigades arrive to curb the separatist movement amid broader Soviet tensions and Kazakhstan declares sovereignty.
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Moldavia
Communist Party
Pravda
Romania
Armenia
Georgia
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kazakhstan
Semipalatinsk
Cocaine Cartels Resume War Sparks Kidnappings in Colombia
Police report shows tit for tat violence as Medellin and Cali cartels clash. Twelve men from Cali residents were abducted in Medellin. two killed and one wounded in hours, amid earlier Cali killings and a Bogota house murder with bodies bound and gagged and red paint reading Death to those of the Medellin cartel.
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Colombia
Medellin
Cali
U.S
Medellin Cartel
Israeli Panel Clears Police in Temple Mount Shootings
An Israeli three man inquiry found police used live ammunition against rioters at Jerusalem's Temple Mount but exonerated officers from blame for the deaths of 20 Palestinians and criticized commanders for ignoring warning signs. The report blamed provocative sermons and stone throwing for the unrest, while urging safer crowd control alternatives.
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Yitzhak Shamir
Old City
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