Doe Considers Offers to Help Him Flee Liberia
In Monrovia President Samuel Doe met with U S Ambassador Peter de Vos as U S plans to evacuate him remain on the table. Rebels pressed Monrovia with 800 to 1,000 fighters while dawn to dusk looting and gunfire marked the capital. Dozens of corpses were reported in Duala and near embassies as cabinet members fled to Ivory Coast.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Samuel Doe
U.S
Peter de Vos
de Vos
Dee
Congo Town
Paynesville
Duala
Doe
Patri
Otic Front
Thomas Woewiyu
Woewiyu
Bush
United States
Charles Taylor
Principe
Washington
U.S. State Department
Elvin Jones
Jones
Ivory Coast
Henry S. Dubar
Sierra Leone
Gorbachev sets two year change deadline at congress
Gorbachev told reporters and TV audiences that he and Soviet leaders have two years to improve citizens lives or resign. He said if no changes occur by then the leader must go and defended perestroikas risks while acknowledging criticism from reformers and traditionalists.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Kremlin Palace
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Mecca Pilgrimage Tragedy Casts Shadow Over Eid Al Adha
Hundreds of thousands conclude rituals as 1426 pilgrims die in a stampede and tunnel disaster at Mecca. Saudi officials describe the deaths as fate while investigators seek causes and plan graves at the holy site. International reactions target Saudi administration amid relief aid to Iran.
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Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Rafsanjani
Mina
Kaaba
Islam
Gamarat A
Mo’essem
Fahd
Jiddah
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