Lusinchi Wins Venezuelan Presidency in Landslide
In Caracas Jaime Lusinchi, pediatrician and head of the opposition Democratic Action, defeats Social Christian candidate Rafael Caldera with about 3.77 million votes to 2.42 million as 87 percent of ballots counted. He vows a government of peace though austerity and debt concerns loom.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Jaime Lusinchi
Democratic Action Party
Social Christian Party
Democratic Action
Supreme Electoral Council
Venevision
Lusinchi
Fael Caldera
Social Christian
Calderon
Caldera
Opinon
Teodor
Bers
Chamber of Deputies
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Social Christiane
Grenada police stations staffed by American Caribbean MPs
Grenadian police stations are being manned by American military police and Caribbean officers to restore normalcy and reopen stations. Troops operate beside Grenadian police in five rural stations and one on Carriacou as interim government reshuffles police leadership after the October coup. A mass for slain Prime Minister Bishop drew nearly 1,000 mourners in St George's Catholic cathedral.
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ST. George's
Grenada
UPI
John Prescod
Prescod
Carriacou
Paul Scoon
Scoon
McLeish
Mervyn Holder
Barbados
Maurice Bishop
Bishop
Sydney Charles
Alimenta Bishop
Police crackdown on Solidarity supporters in Poland
Police cracked down on a 500 strong crowd in Katowice marking St Barbara’s Day and a miners’ memorial. More than 50 held for up to 48 hours, including Solidarity figures Anna Walentynowicz and Kazimierz Switon, as authorities warn of tighter security measures across Poland. Approximately 5,000 attended a mass in Warsaw honoring underground workers and the priest Jerzy Popieluszko faced official harassment.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Solidarity Union
Katowice
Anna Walentynowicz
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Kazimierz Switon
St. Barbara's
Valesa
Norway
Jerzy Popieluszko
Popieluszko
Two IRA gunmen killed in ambush near Coalisland
In Northern Ireland and the Republic, British SAS troops undercover along the border killed two IRA gunmen Colm McGirr 22 and Brian Campbell 19 as they approached an arms dump near Coalisland Tyrone. Police said the vehicle drove up and failed to respond to a challenge. The Provisional IRA claimed the men were unarmed.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
IRA
Special Air Service
Irish Republic
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Colm McGirr
Brian Campbell
Provos
Coalisland
Oy Tyrone
Belast
Emily Armstrong
SAS
U.S. Army
Provo
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