Balaguer urges Dominicans to tighten belts amid crisis
President Joaquin Balaguer told Dominicans to go to the beach less and tighten belts to endure a gasoline shortage and 70 percent inflation after IMF backed austerity measures devalued the peso. Protests and clashes left 12 dead and 50 wounded in the Caribbean nation of 6.7 million.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Persian Gulf
International Monetary Fund
Balaguer
Thieves Steal Chernobyl Tapes From Minsk Institute
Tass reported that teen thieves stole computer tapes containing vital Chernobyl disaster data from the Research Institute of Radiation Treatment in Minsk Byelorussia. The tapes held health data for 500,000 residents and contamination information for 20,000 towns, all erased before capture.
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Moscow
Chernobyl
Tass
Research Institute of Radiation Treatment
Minsk
Byelorussia
Poland to lose all oil from Soviet Union next year
Poland faces a complete oil cut next year as the central Soviet government plans to supply zero oil versus the current 13 million tons. Jerzy Osiatynski, head of Poland's Central Planning Office, warns officials to seek supplies from individual republics. In Kosovo, ethnic Albanian clashes escalate as two die and a policeman is wounded, with arrests of Albanian deputies accused of illegal meetings in Belgrade.
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Warsaw
Poland
Central
Jerzy Osiatynski
Solidarity
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
Soviet Union
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Gorbachev
Gorbachev Unveils Market Reform Plan Amid Bankrupt Threat
President Mikhail Gorbachev presented an economic reform plan to the national parliament urging market oriented policies to halt the slide into bankruptcy. He rejected stripping central authority, warning of crisis if action delays, as industrial output sinks and debt climbs. The plan blends Ryzhkov’s conservative approach with Shatalin’s radical components, yet opposes full union of sovereign republics.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Kremlin
Associated Press
Ryzhkov
Stanislav Shatalin
Reagan urges political tolerance in Poland visit
Former President Reagan praised Poland’s democratic struggle and warned leaders to treat each other as opponents. In a 45 minute Warsaw speech before Parliament he recalled sanctions over martial law and noted Poland’s push toward freedom. He called Poland his home soil and continued a 10 day European tour ending with a trip to the Soviet Union.
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Warsaw
Poland
Reagan
Berlin
Soviet Union
Mandela and De Klerk link township violence to hidden hand
Nelson Mandela and F W de Klerk warned of a hidden hand orchestrating Soweto and Johannesburg attacks as mass killings and train assaults escalate. Mandela blamed professional killers and said the government seeks to counter forces opposing peaceful talks. He signaled potential army use with strict order policing.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
F.W. de Klerk
Soweto
Mandela
African National Congress
de Klerk
Pretoria
Inkatha Movement
Xhosas
ANC
Inkatha
U.S. Hints At Ten Year Phase-Out Of Bases In Philippines
U S negotiators reportedly consider a 10 year phase-out of Clark Air Base Subic Naval Base and four smaller facilities as talks begin in Manila. Spokesman Richard Boucher cautioned against predicting outcomes while Rep Stephen Solarz and Rep James Leach note sovereignty and threat shifts. Manila officials set talks to start Monday with Richard Armitage en route to lead the U S delegation.
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U.S
Philippines
State Department
Richard Boucher
Manila
United States
Clark Air Base
Subic Naval Base
Stephen Solarz
House Foreign Affairs
New York Democrat
James Leach
Iowa
Solarz
Asia
Leach
Washington Post
Pacific
Liberian rebel leader Johnson meets U S ambassador in Monrovia
Prince Johnson met Friday with U S Ambassador Peter de Vos to discuss ending Liberia's tribal war and delivering humanitarian aid amid fighting near the presidential mansion. The talks followed Johnson's earlier push against Charles Taylor's forces as gunfire sporadically disrupted the capital.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Prince Johnson
U.S
Peter de Vos
Samuel Doe
Johnson
Charles Taylor
Taylor
Sion
Mamba Point
de Vos
Walesa Predicts Victory If He Runs For Poland President
Soli darity chairman Lech Walesa said he would win if he runs for president and would decide soon on candidacy in elections due by spring. He asserted a potential 80 percent vote and warnedMazowiecki could win 35 percent if he enters. Parliament will discuss the election timetable next week.
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Walesa
Gdansk
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Mazowiecki
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