Letter reveals remorse over Tiananmen crackdown document
The Washington Post reports a secret Bao Tong document written four months after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, revealing inner CCP disputes. Bao, Zhao Ziyang's former aide, says the military intervention was a terrible move while defending Zhao and criticizing the party’s treatment of him.
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Communist Party
Tiananmen Square
China
Bao Tong
Bao
Zhao Ziyang
Zhao
Gang of Four
Tiananmen
Andrew Nathan
Columbia University
People’s Daily
Bucharest mayor defies protests on stray dog killings
Outside Mayor Traian Basescu's villa, demonstrators decry his plan to kill hundreds of Bucharest stray dogs after Bardot backed an adoption effort. President Iliescu urged a negotiated solution. authorities cite 20,000 bites yearly and public health costs.
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Romania
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Ion Iiiescu
Basescu
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Anca Tomescu
Vier Proten
Four Paws
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Adrian Nastase
Adrian Tice
Greater Romania
Sen
Corneliu Vadim Tudor
Bardot
Water Shortage Threatens Sindh Farmers and Fishermen
In Sindh province the Indus River has fallen to a trickle after two years of drought. Fishermen like 72 year old Dhani Baksh in Kotri haul meager catches as irrigation canals run dry. Wheat output may fall to 17.5 million tons from 22 million, hitting cash flow and sowing plans, while cotton, rice, and sugarcane follow. Demonstrations lash Karachi as the drought jeopardizes growth, jobs, and wheat imports.
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Pakistan
Dhani Baksh
Indus
Sindh
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Arabian Sea
Baksh
Qamaruzzaman Shah
Pakistan Chamber of Agriculture
Shah
Karachi
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