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Foreigners flee as diplomats ordered home amid Beijing upheaval
U S and other nations ordered evacuations of citizens from China as hundreds of troops moved toward Beijing and the capital, tightening martial law after mass protests. U S intelligence cites thousands killed in Tiananmen crackdown. 258 embassy dependents evacuated. Troops drilled in Tiananmen Square amid clashes and gunfire at a diplomatic compound.
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Jim Abrams
Associated Press
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