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...human rights to tensions in the Persian Gulf, Soviet and American arms-control specialists huddled over disputed phrases within bracketed passages of the 100-page draft INF treaty. Even though West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl had pretty much removed a major obstacle by agreeing to destroy his country's arsenal of 72 aging Pershing IA missiles, the Soviets wanted the German weapons system and its U.S.-controlled warheads mentioned in what the Americans considered to be a bilateral accord. Both sides indicated that a compromise was reached. Other points of contention concerning on-sight verification measures have proved impossible...
...Soviet Union occasionally uses the waters of the northern Pacific as a proving ground for its arsenal of missiles. But when the Soviets test-fired two long-range missiles last week, the U.S. had cause for concern over their targets: two patches of water near Hawaii...
...idea during July talks on nuclear testing in Geneva, White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater warily responded, "We don't really know the specifics of what the proposal means." But the Administration continues to reject a total test ban, which would hamper its plans to upgrade the U.S. nuclear arsenal...
...Neighbors portrayed him as a loner who became deeply depressed after the death two years ago of his father, a popular public housing inspector. Ryan, who drifted through a number of laborer jobs and was once employed in a gun shop, appeared to have had licenses for his personal arsenal. British officials immediately said they would review the country's gun-licensing laws. Said Douglas Hogg, Under Secretary of State at the Home Office: "Obviously, there are lessons to be learned from this incident...
...erupted in Europe for the last 40 years simply because the Russians are friendly neighbors. and it has been the American nuclear guarantee that has kept the peace since the beginnings of the superpower rivalry. NATO has used its powerful strategic and tactical nuclear arsenal to make up for its deficiency in conventional arms. For the Soviets, the fewer nuclear devices in Europe, the better...