Lech Walesa seeks new approach in interview
Lech Walesa, visiting Sokolowo Podlaski, says after five years since the Lenin Shipyard uprising he seeks a new approach. The Solidarity movement, crushed under martial law, remains a symbol of Poland's freedom while about a million still pay dues. Walesa, a shipyard worker and father of seven, notes ongoing surveillance and his wish to be a worker first.
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China probes huge scandal breaks in Hainan corruption case
Xinhua reports a $1 billion profiteering scandal linked to national and party officials centered on Hainan. Investigators say 872 firms and 88 government departments joined illegal imports of autos TVs and video recorders, with 143 prosecutions. Officials seized 89,000 vehicles and millions of electronic goods over 15 months beginning January 1984.
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UPI
China
Hainan
Xinhua
Gulf of Tonkin
Five Firemen Die in French Riviera Forest Fire Near Cannes
A forest fire above the French Riviera west of Cannes has consumed about 10 000 acres of hill country. Five firemen died while battling the blaze as three camping sites were evacuated and two houses destroyed. One death occurred Wednesday near Mandelieu. four more perished early today. Eighteen injured. Authorities report two professionals and three volunteers among the deceased.
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Cannes
France
French Riviera
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Associated Press
Bomb blast in Tehran kills three and injures many
IRNA reported a bomb hidden in a garbage heap on a Tehran sidewalk exploded, killing three people and wounding 17. The blast damaged three shops and two parked cars, shattered windows within 120 yards, marking another Tehran blast that week with no immediate claim of responsibility. The government blamed underground Marxist and monarchist groups for earlier explosions.
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Cyprus
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Islamic Republic
IRNA
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran
Associated Press
Rembrandt Portrait Danae Restored After Acid Attack
Soviet Pravda reports a vandal threw sulfuric acid on Rembrandt's Danae in June. Experts found lacquer on the canvas shielded the painting, now under restoration for return to the Hermitage in Leningrad and no suspect named.
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Leningrad
Hermitage Museum
Danae
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Hermitage
Winter Palace
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