Bush hails Gulf solidarity after summit with Gorbachev
President Bush, returning from the Helsinki talks, praises the joint stance against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and prepares to address Congress on Gulf policy. He downplays lingering U.S. Soviet tensions over force use and Soviet advisers in Iraq as NATO pressure grows in Brussels.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
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Mikhail
Gorbachev
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Middle East
U.S
Kuwait
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Soviet Union
Air Force One
Helsinki
Finland
Congress
Saudi Arabia
NATO
Brussels
Belgium
James A. Baker
Persian Gulf
Iran and Iraq agree to establish diplomatic relations
Iran and Iraq announced a formal pledge to restore diplomatic ties after a 24 hour visit by Tariq Aziz to Tehran. Saddam Hussein offered to supply oil free of charge to Third World countries but required those nations to provide their own tankers, a move seen as testing the U N embargo.
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Tehran
Iran
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
U.N
Saddam
Persian Gulf
Islamic Republic
Nicosia
Cyprus
Ali Akbar Velayati
Tariq Aziz
Circus Debate at Kansas State Fair Turns Theaters Into Ring
At the Kansas State Fair Arena a campaign confrontation between Gov. Mike Hayden and Joan Finney played to a two thousand crowd. The televised event resembled theater more than policy discussion with chants, color coded supporters, and questions that yielded mostly reactions rather than substantive debate.
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John Marshall
Harris News Service
Atchinson
Kansas
Fairgrounds Farm Bureau
Mike Hayden
Joan Finney
Hayden
Finney
Mike
Joant
Topeka
WIBW
Ft. Riley
Circus Maximus
Evacuees Welcome After 21Hour Flight From Jordan
More than 300 U S evacuees arrive in Charleston after a chartered Boeing 747 from Amman with many children. A man hid a week in a ceiling duct to escape Iraq and recounted harrowing escapes, while others told of bribes and detours before reaching safety. Some evacuees were delayed in Halifax for medical reasons before continuing to Baltimore and London.
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U.S
Iraq
Jordan
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Kuwait
Amman
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Mike Brennan
State Department
British Airways
London
Baltimore
Gatwick
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