Keating defeats Hawke to lead Australia in party vote
Former treasurer Paul Keating ousts Prime Minister Bob Hawke in a Labor Party leadership ballot by 56-51 after eight years in power. Keating pledges to restore unity and focus on jobs while Hawke concedes and backs the new leader. The party faces unity challenges amid a recession and unemployment near postwar highs.
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Sydney
Australia
Bob Hawke
Treasury
Paul Keating
Hawke
Keating
Labor Party
Year-End Shouting Contest Crowned by Murano in Tokyo
In Tokyo outside Shinjuku Station, 25 year old Tatsuro Murano won the 11th annual Year End Shouting Contest with a 117.6 decibel yell praising Aomori despite its typhoon loss of 80 percent of apples. Runner up Hiroki Takada announced a personal marriage message while Tahkiko Moriya sought restitution for a lost Tiffany necklace. The event reflected the era with shouts about Gorbachev and the Soviet Union’s fate.
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Tokyo
Shinjuku
Murano
Aomori
Hiroki Takada
Takahiko Moriya
Atsuko
Moriya
Soviet Union
Dole Undergoes Prostate Cancer Surgery
Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole had his prostate surgically removed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Doctors say the cancer was small and localized with little chance of recurrence and that he is expected to recover fully, remaining in hospital about a week.
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Takada
Naomi
Washington
Senate
Bob Dole
Dole
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Kansas
Republican’s
Walt Riker
Congress
Riker
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Sore
Michael Stevens
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