Timisoara mayor warns of Securitate counterrevolution
Timisoara mayor Alemorean Pompiliu says thousands of Securitate secret police may plot a counterrevolution as the city faces shortages and continuing chaos. He disputes official death tolls of about 100, alleging underreporting and threats to misclassify deaths, while noting lingering social problems and active remnants of the old regime.
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Eight bombs explode in Srinagar amid separatist violence
In Srinagar eight bombs exploded on Saturday as Moslem separatists urged demonstrations for the sixth anniversary of militant leader Mohammad Maqbool Butt's execution. Police imposed curfew across the city. Butt, founder of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, was hanged in New Delhi in 1984 for a 1965 murder. the movement seeks Kashmir's secession from India and has left at least 82 dead since January 20.
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