Sea blockade of Baku lifted after harbor battle
Soviet media say Azerbaijanis fired on Soviet forces from merchant ships in Baku harbor to lift a five day blockade. 43 activists were rounded up, rallies banned, and violence that began in November continued with casualties among troops, Armenians, and Azerbaijanis amid a large Russian evacuation.
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Moscow
Baku
Tunzala Kasumova
Red Army
Kasumova
Izvestia
Nagorno-Karabakh
Leila Yunusova
Azerbaijan
Tass
Calls rise for gov t to step down in Romania protests
About 1,000 protesters breached police lines at Victory Square in Bucharest demanding the leadership resign amid accusations the National Salvation Front is soft on communism. They chanted against President Ion Iliescu and accused Front members of ties to Ceausescu.
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Bucharest
Romania
Victory Square
National Salvation Front
Front
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Communist Party
National Peasant Party
Corneliu Coposu
Peasant Party
Hearby
Ion Tirescu
Tirescu
Adrian Mihalcea
Reforms urged to stave off East German economic collapse
East Germany may collapse within a year unless the Communist government rejects central planning and adopts market reforms, economist Siegfried Schiller told Die Union via ADN. He urged investment incentives, warned against half measures risking energy and raw material shortages, and noted mass emigration pressures as free elections loom.
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East Berlin
East Germany
Siegfried Schiller
Die Union
ADN
Schiller
Dresden
Economic Research Institute
Lothar de Maiziere
Christian Democrats
Soviet Bloc
Soviet Union
Hans Modrow
Sears price correction for canister vacuums
An insert notice corrects mispriced canister vacuums listed as 20390 and 20735 at 169.87 each, when the correct price is 199.87 each. The company apologizes for any customer inconvenience caused by the error.
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Sears
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Armenia
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Gennady Gerasimov
Sivinch Abdullayev
Republic
Azerinform
Azerbaijani People’s Front
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People’s Front
Gov't
Uae
Aa Ain
Las Erry
Coats
Frederick Towne
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