Gulf crisis drew Americans' top news attention in 1990
Americans followed the Persian Gulf crisis more than any other story in 1990 as two thirds tracked Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and US troop deployments. Interest in Eastern Europe’s collapse and the Soviet turmoil remained low, while gasoline price stories topped domestic coverage and Panama invasion remained widely read.
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Washington
U.S
Panama
Congress
Bush
Columbia
Media muddle over press in Hong Kong
Journalists report self censorship to avoid upsetting advertisers amid worries over China’s planned 1997 takeover of Hong Kong. The vendor market struggles as editors weigh risks of publishing stories about Beijing’s influence and the colonial transition.
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Hong Kong
China
Gorbachev orders 5 percent national sales tax
President Mikhail Gorbachev ordered a development fund and a 5 percent national sales tax to aid the poor and stabilize the monetary system. Under emergency powers, the decrees seek to advance a market economy while 70 percent of proceeds would go to republics. The tax would affect production and goods, with no set start date.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Supreme Soviet
Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Tass
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