Oktoberfest Opens in Munich Amid Unity Hopes
Munich marks the 157th Oktoberfest with a 12 gun salute and 16 days of revelry as Oct 3 brings national unity. Mayor Kronauer orders beer taps closed at 10.30 pm on Oct 3, while other towns allow all night celebrations. Officials expect about 6.5 million visitors.
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Woman charged with slandering Gorbachev in Moscow
Valeria Novodvorskaya, a former Democratic Union leader, was charged under a new law for insulting the Soviet president. Tass reports she faces psychiatric evaluation to assess trial fitness after calling Gorbachev a Hitlerite criminal and hangman.
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