Zhao ousted in China and Jiang Zerma named leader
China dismissed Zhao Ziyang from all party posts and installed Jiang Zemin as his successor at the top leadership. The new leaders favor opening relations with the outside world and rapid growth, but stress the planned economy and a hard line on protests. Jiang, 62, famed for Shanghai modernization, is seen as cosmopolitan and capable of easing foreign business concerns.
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Debate Over Tiananmen Death Toll Drives Mistrust
Three weeks after tanks crushed the Beijing democracy movement, witnesses report missing corpses and conflicting counts. Officials edit films to cast doubt while arrests and show trials suppress dissent. The Red Cross toll is disputed and cremations at the capital’s cemetery feed fear amid martial law.
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Soviet Critics Hit Romanian Fence Policy At East West Talks
At a four week Helsinki framework conference on human rights in Paris, Soviet delegate Yan Kashlev called Romania's border fence with Hungary a dumb idea. Western delegates praised overall progress, noting increased East West dialogue and monitoring mechanisms, while Romania drew strongest censure for rights violations and noninterference remarks.
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Rushdie blasphemy protests extend to footwear in Dhaka
In Dhaka hundreds of demonstrators marched against so called blasphemous slippers. Police said the government banned the shoes and seized stock while shops tied to Beta Shoe faced attacks. The protests coincide with threats against Salman Rushdie over The Satanic Verses.
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Cuba vows to shoot down drug smuggling planes
Havana authorities announced that private planes violating Cuban airspace will be shot down, stating such flights point to drug trafficking. Granma reported a military tribunal for a group of officers linked to the Medellin cartel, including Division Gen Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez.
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Papandreou Hospitalized After Greek Election Setback
In Athens 70 year old Papandreou PASOK leader hospitalized with heart kidney complications after respiratory infection. He was asked to form a new government by Tuesday following election losses to Constantine Mitsotakis’s New Democracy party.
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