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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1990
Page
2
Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and Secretary James Baker II spoke in Irkutsk after extended talks on Afghanistan’s 12 year civil war. They reported no major breakthroughs on the Afghan conflict yet claimed some progress on arms control despite not removing missiles already in place.
A radio report says two men were executed in Fuzhou for killing a retired party official as part of a sweeping anti crime drive in China this year. Despite hundreds of death sentences, crime reportedly remains high and executions are commonly carried out by a single gunshot to the back of the head.
Bulgaria's Parliament elected Zhelya Zhelev head of the Union of Democratic Forces as president, making him the first non-Communist leader in four decades. He ran unopposed but won 284 of 389 votes, short of a two thirds majority. the Socialist Party remained dominant. In Poland, officials opened a new probe into the 1984 police killing of priest Jerzy Popieluszko, a symbol of Solidarity resistance.
In Monrovia rebels led by Prince Johnson and government forces loyal to Samuel Doe traded control of key locations including the Defense Ministry and executive areas. Heavy street fighting spread to the city center and Crown Hill as civilians lay dead and streets showed signs of looting and destruction.
Bonn reports that East and West Germany and major parties reached a basic agreement to hold a national election in a unified country on December 2. The vote will be the first free election since 1933, with a 5 percent nationwide threshold keeping out splinter parties from Bonn Parliament.
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