U S budget deficit climbs in fiscal year 1988
The federal budget deficit rose to 155.1 billion dollars for the year ended Sept 30 1988, up 5.4 billion or 3.6 percent from 1987. Treasury Secretary Brady and the White House said the longer trend remains downward despite the increase.
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No votes mark dissent in Supreme Soviet street laws clash
MOSCOW AP A handful of lawmakers broke with the Kremlin by voting against two decrees on street demonstrations in the Grand Kremlin Palace. The dissenters total 31 to over 1,300 in support as President Gorbachev watched on.
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France orders return of abortion pill RU 486
France demands resumed distribution of RU 486 after Health Minister Claude Evin overrides company objections. Roussel Uclaf, partly state owned, cites 1975 abortion law and safeguards. 4000 French women used the drug with a 95.5 percent success rate under clinic supervision.
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Prague Protests Squashed as 5000 Rally for Freedom
About 5,000 demonstrators gather in Wenceslas Square to press for reform on the 70th anniversary of Czechoslovak independence. Police disperse with clubs water cannon and tear gas. CTK reports 87 arrests while witnesses describe beatings and detentions by officers.
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