Moldavia Declares Independence Amid Soviet Turmoil
Moldavia proclaimed independence from Moscow as the seventh Soviet republic to join the breakup. President Mircea Snegur hailed the move after a unanimous parliament vote of 277 to 0, amid mass rallies in Kishinev. Romania recognized the new state and discussed future relations.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Mircea Snegur
Romania
Snegur
Europe
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Decline of SAT scores seen with hopeful twists
SAT scores fell to new lows in verbal 422 and math 474 for 1990-91, yet experts note benefits like rising minority participation and the challenge to improve college access. The report cites demographic shifts, questions about using SATs to judge education, and calls for broader reading and study habits.
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College Board
U.S
Lamar Alexander
Harvard
Harold Howe II
Howe
U N chief optimistic on Lebanon hostage swap progress
In Jerusalem Prime Minister Shamir welcomed U N secretary general Perez de Cuellar s upbeat view on a prisoner exchange that could free Western hostages in Lebanon Israeli media noted a possible swap involving 11 Western hostages seven Israeli servicemen and about 460 Arab detainees amid ongoing regional talks Perez de Cuellar planned meetings in Geneva with an Iranian envoy and hinted at a target date but gave no firm timetable
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Yitzhak Shamir
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Lebanon
Shamir
Geneva
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Iran
Perez de Cuellar
Peres de Cuellar
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Bulgaria
Israel
Alaska gifts 10000 pounds canned salmon to Soviet Union
Alaska Governor Hickel welcomed an Aeroflot jet at Anchorage as it collected 10,000 pounds of canned pink salmon intended as a gift to celebrate democracy. The shipment comes amid surplus which would otherwise be destroyed in Prince William Sound due to weak markets and large fish runs.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Walter J. Hickel
Aeroflot
Anchorage International
Prince William Sound
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