Britain and Soviet sign plan for 1991 space mission
Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to launch the first British astronaut on a Soviet rocket in 1991 aboard an eight day mission code named Juno to the Mir space station. Glavkosmos and Antequera LTD will charge $24.9 million for the flight, higher than Japan’s deal for a journalist space flight. Two British astronauts had been set to fly on U.S. missions before the Challenger disaster delayed those plans.
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Soviet Union
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Castro replaces interior minister in drug probe shakeup
President Fidel Castro fired the interior minister for failing to halt narcotics linked officials and named Gen. Jose Abrantes as the replacement. Abelardo Colome Ibarra becomes interior minister as a major drug investigation expands following the June 12 arrests of Gen. Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez and at least five other officers on drug trafficking, embezzlement, and corruption charges.
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Mexico City
UPI
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Prensa Latina
Communist Party
Granma
Jose Abrantes
Abelardo Colome Ibarra
Castro
Raul Castro
Salvadoran rebels widen dawn bombings and grid damage
Salvadoran rebels stepped up attacks against the U.S. backed government firing on four trucks and destroying power lines. The FMLN claimed responsibility as violence rose after President Alfredo Cristiani's June inauguration. In a separate dispatch from Cairo, Sudan's armed forces seized power in Khartoum, surrounding key sites and closing the airport.
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Middle East
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Cyprus leaders begin drafting plan to reunite island
Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash and Greek Cypriot chief George Vassiliou agreed to draft the framework for reunification 26 years after partition. The talks, mediated by UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, ended after a third round and set a new meeting for September.
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Mediterranean
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George Vassiliou
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Waste use bill gets House OK
State House unanimously approves House Bill 139 to develop rules for using nonhazardous residual and municipal wastes in beneficial products. Sponsor Rep. James M. Burd cites industry in Butler County and expects Senate support for quick passage.
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