Murdoch buys stake in Hungarian tabloids Reform and Mai Nap
Rupert Murdoch’s News International Corp purchases 36 percent of Reform, a weekly, and Mai Nap, a daily in Budapest, becoming the first Western investor in Hungary’s emerging free press. Reform circulates 438,000 and features mass circulation content including celebrity fashion and luxury lifestyles.
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Gdansk Shipyard faces collapse amid uncertain backers
Solidarity leaders in Gdansk worry over the shipyard's fate as an American investor's role fades. Barbara Piasecka Johnson seeks to invest up to 100 million dollars and win 55 percent control, while workers fear job cuts to 3700 and production drops to ten ships annually. Lech Walesa remains tight lipped as talks stall.
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Unrest in Bucharest as Securitate gunfire erupts
Unrest continues as Romania's Securitate troops fire on soldiers and civilians in Bucharest. Three soldiers killed, anonymous sources say, amid leaflets calling for a January 26 revenge day linked to Nicolae Ceausescu. Officials call rumors a psychological offensive while gunfire rings through the capital at times.
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Gorbachev appeals for restraint amid Baku violence
Gorbachev urged an end to the bloodshed as clashes in Baku killed at least 130 people and wounded hundreds amid intercommunal fighting between Azerbaijan and Soviet authorities. Azerbaijan blamed Moscow for the violence, while President Elmira Kafarova denounced external responsibility and called for national conciliation.
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