Liberian rebels reject cease-fire near Monrovia
Rebels besieging Monrovia dismissed President Samuel Doe’s cease-fire offer and resumed fighting. Front reports from Paynesville eight miles from the city center describe sporadic house to house clashes as insurgents aim to overwhelm demoralized forces. Doe briefly toured empty streets in an open jeep amid the unrest.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Samuel Doe
Taliles
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Merreente
Paynesville
Rebel leader leaves family in U S
Tupee Taylor, wife of Liberian rebel Charles Taylor, stays in the United States with their children as Taylor’s forces attack Monrovia. She defends him, predicts leadership of Liberia, and promotes his cause from afar while detailing their past and shared history.
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Providence
R.I
Charles Taylor
Liberia
Tupee Taylor
Samuel Doe
Doe
Mr. Taylor
Ivory Coast
Monrovia
Taylor
Taylors
United States
Seton Hall
Bentley College
William Tolbert
Mr. Doe
General Services Agency
Boston
Plymouth
Charles
Albanians Seek Relief as Embassies Shelter Thousands in Vienna
In Vienna thousands of Albanians gathered in foreign embassies to await evacuation, with over 5,000 housed in missions and 3,000 in the West German facility. Police backed by 600 officers sealed the area as diplomats discuss travel documents and foreign supervision for those accepted as refugees. Political turmoil echoed in Albania with top officials fired and reshuffles affecting security ministries.
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Vienna
Austria
Tirana
Inn
Embassy Row
APA
Soviet miners plan one day strike as warning to Kremlin
Soviet miners in the Donbass Kuznetsk Basin and Vorkuta plan a one day skeleton shift strike this week to warn party leaders they will not accept appeals from the 28th Communist Party congress. Gorbachev urged restraint while government aid to mines increases. A move to form a free miners union aims to challenge party dominance by August.
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Communist Party Congress
Vladimir Minenko
Donbass
Communist Party
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Congress
Kuznetsk Basin
Siberia
Vorkuta
Arctic
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