Homeless children a Ceausescu legacy
In Bucharest's main train station 13 year old Andrei Bentea begs, sniffs glue, and sleeps on a dirty concrete patch. He fled Cluj after the 1989 uprising that toppled Ceausescu, part of a broader crisis of abandoned children amid scarce contraception and rising abortions. Authorities acknowledge strain on orphanages and limited funds for street children programs as they struggle to protect and reintegrate those most exposed.
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Bucharest
Romania
Andrei Bentea
Andrei
Cluj
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Ion Iliescu
Labor Ministry
Silvia Pasti
Rodica Mitulescu
Bosnian commando Carmen Konda dies in car crash
The 32 year old Bosnian Army intelligence operative and homemaker Carmen Emini Konda died after a car crash under heavy Serb gunfire near Stup II in western Sarajevo. Her husband spoke of a brief farewell noting he could not say much.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Carmen Emini Konda
Carmen Konda
Yugoslavia
Stup II
The
Gazette
U S Delegation to Nicaragua Cites Chamorro Reforms
The State Department condemns Nicaragua President Violeta Chamorro and announces an official delegation will investigate claims she moves slowly on reform. The report says real power lies with Antonio Lacayo and Gen Humberto Ortega, raising concerns over governance.
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Washington Post
Washington
State Department
Violeta Chamorro
Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chamorro
Nicaragua
Antonio Lacayo
Humberto Ortetga
Daniel Ortega
Strong 7.0 quake floods Nicaragua coast towns
An earthquake measuring 7.0 near Managua triggered tsunamis flooding Masachapa San Juan del Sur and nearby beaches. No deaths reported. Red Cross mobilizes tents and aid as Montelimar and other towns flood.
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Nicaragua
Pacific
National
Costa Rica
Masachapa
la Boquita
Pochomil
Radio Nicaragua
Red Cross
Montelimar
U.N. experts begin Baghdad inspection mission amid no fly zone
A 21 member U.N. team from the United States France Germany Italy and Poland started work in Baghdad under tight security on Tuesday the first inspection since Iraq’s no fly zone was established. The team returned at sunset after meeting a strong Iraqi security presence and follows heightened alerts after a bomb targeted U.N. guards.
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Bahrain
Baghdad
U.N
Iraq
United States
France
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Italy
Poland
United Nations
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Saddam Hussein
Maurizio Zifferero
International Atomic Energy Agency
U.N. Security Council
Dubcek Injured in Auto Accident in Prague
PRAGUE AP Alexander Dubcek leader of the 1968 Prague Spring reforms was seriously injured Tuesday when a car he rode in skidded on a wet rural highway. Dr Milan Rocen head surgeon Na Homolce hospital said he suffered serious but not critical spinal and chest injuries and was placed on a respirator.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Milan Rocen
Na Homolce Hospital
Dubcek
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