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...memory of the recent earthquake that leveled several cities and killed tens of thousands in Armenia has subdued the mood of the visit...
...small malignancy in a lung. Castro, 62, is under regular treatment that has slowed but not checked the course of the cancer. His public appearances have become less frequent, and he seems to have lost weight. Soviet leader Mikhail ! Gorbachev, who canceled a trip to Cuba last month after Armenia's earthquake, wants to reschedule as soon as possible, perhaps as early as this month. High on Gorbachev's Havana agenda: a discussion of possible successors to Castro...
...from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev two years ago informing Andrei Sakharov that he could return to Moscow, the Nobel laureate and human-rights activist has assumed an increasingly public role in Soviet life. Two weeks ago, Sakharov, 67, led a fact-finding mission to the strife-torn republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan -- reportedly with Gorbachev's personal blessing...
Such quantities of food, clothing, construction materials and other essentials have been flooding in from distant parts of the Soviet Union that freight trains were backed up on railroads leading into Armenia. But despite the nationwide display of generosity, Armenian suspicions of Moscow still run high. Rumors continue to circulate that Moscow has exploited the disaster to raise its troop strength in the Caucasus republic to 20,000. Some military units have been pelted with stones by discontented Armenians, who charged that soldiers spent more time checking passes than digging out victims...
...environmental offenses at Baikal and elsewhere revived the deep relationship that the Soviets have with nature. "Please believe me," said Morgun, "the people have awakened." From Armenia to Zaporozhye, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest everything from air pollution to nuclear-power plants. In April 10,000 people demonstrated against the conditions in Nizhni Tagil. Protesters in Priozyorsk were successful in closing a major paper plant that had been dumping waste into Lake Ladoga, the source of drinking water for 6 million people. Many of the political demonstrations in the Baltic States are linked...