Workers vow to defend Walesa's name in Poland
Thousands of workers at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk and 12 other Baltic plants vowed to counter what they called a government campaign of slander against Lech Walesa and his priest Jankowski. The 40,000-strong group denounced state media attacks and urged defense of church figures ahead of Pope John Paul II’s planned Poland visit.
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Poland
UPI
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Henryk Jankowski
Lenin
Gdansk
Baltic
John Paul I
Gdynia
Walesa
Jankowski
Church
Nazi Germany
Jozef Glemp
Rome
Merchant linked to fake Hitler diaries arrested
Konrad Kujau, 44, a Stuttgart shop keeper, is in investigative custody in West Germany over the Hitler diaries hoax. Police seized items from Stern reporter Gerd Heidemann and searched his Hamburg home, office, and yacht as part of the probe after the forgeries were exposed.
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Frankfurt
Stern Magazine
Hamburg
Peter Beck
Stuttgart
Konrad Kujau
Beck
Stern
Gerd Heidemann
Kujau
Adolf Hitler
Heidemann
Corruption foe leads Cap Haitien mayoral candidate
In Cap Haitien unofficial returns show hotel owner Willson Borjella leading with 9,358 votes to 3,558 for former appointed Mayor Emmanuel Maisonneuve among more than 50 percent of ballots counted. Lerouge, an anti-Duvalier legislator allied with Borjella, was seized by police on election eve and taken to Port-au-Prince amid fears he would stir voters. Official results due later as nationwide municipal balloting enters final rounds.
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CAP Haitien
Haiti
Alexandre Lerouge
Port-au-Prince
Lerouge
Willson Borjella
Borjella
Lawmaker seeks to scrap Nine Mile 2 plant debate
A bill to halt Nine Mile 2 sparks disputes over energy economics and state authority. PSC chairman declined comment while Karen Burstein cautioned lawmakers could threaten PSC’s role via legislation or rate-base exclusions. Burstein doubts passage, but sees rallying impact for future fights.
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Paul Gioia
Brodsky
Consumer Protection Board
Karen Burstein
Ms. Burstein
Assembly
Senate
Burtch
Lebanese parliament backs Beirut pact amid regional tensions
As-Safir reports in Beirut that parliament approves the Lebanon Israel security pact amid regional doubts. Arafat urges Fatah to pursue armed action to shift power, while factions in eastern Lebanon resist his orders and warn of discipline issues within guerrilla unions. The accord would normalize Lebanon Israel ties with joint patrols in a 28 mile buffer.
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Yasser Arafat
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Arafat
Middle East
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