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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1990
Page
2
Security forces clashed with stone throwing gangs in Nyeri 100 miles north of Nairobi as the government warned of lethal force to quell anti-government protests. Eight people had died since Saturday after police used tear gas and gunfire to disperse a pro democracy rally in Nairobi. Shops in Nairobi remained open with no new violence reported today.
East German officers will swear allegiance to democracy replacing the old oath to communism. Swearing-in ceremonies are set for July 20 across the National People's Army, defense minister Rainer Eppelmann said in an interview with Die Welt. Soldiers have already begun pledging democracy instead of the workers' and farmers' state.
Five Cuban dissidents seek asylum Monday in the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Havana to escape possible retaliation by the Cuban government. Czechoslovak sources told EFE that the dissidents belonged to the Association for Free Art, formed in 1988 to promote independent artistic work.
Fifty one Albanian asylum seekers landed in Czechoslovakia exhausted but joyful after fleeing Albania Europe's last Communist bastion. Some five thousand remained in embassies in Tirana. They cheered Long live Havel as they boarded buses to a Prague dormitory. Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel had sent his Soviet built plane to Tirana for the refugees.
Mikhail Gorbachev urged Soviet delegates that the days of traditional rulers in cities and republics are over. He defended reform as essential to renew the party and warned against returning to past conditions while calling for broader farmer freedoms and stronger city rural ties. The congress moved to reconfigure the Politburo to dilute central control and bring in younger, reform minded leaders from republics.
In Managua President Violeta Chamorro urged the army to stop bloody clashes between her supporters and Sandinistas backing a week-long general strike. Armored cars patrolled streets as gunfire echoed overnight. casualties include at least three killed and about 100 injured. The city faced blackouts, halted services, and near standstill life as Sandinistas mobilized, blocking roads and creating barricades while authorities and protesters clashed.
In Mogadishu Somalia security forces opened fire at a crowded soccer match. Reports vary with unofficial fatalities from 65 to 103 and more than 100 seriously hurt. Officials cited overcrowding and bullets fired high into the air to restore order.
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