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...deep interparty wrangling that was fueled by a policy clash over Zhivkov's persecution of the country's large Turkish minority. The racist program raised an international uproar that embarrassed Mladenov, who was then Foreign Minister. Mladenov is believed to have rallied support among the Politburo to stage a civilian coup against Zhivkov. After a decisive vote, the new overlord of Bulgaria quickly adopted the language of reform to rally public support and consolidate power. Despite his stated preference for free elections, Mladenov has said nothing about abandoning the Communists' "leading role." "I don't expect elections with new parties...
...million war-weary citizens of El Salvador. All had been encouraged by two recent rounds of peace talks to hope that a settlement in El Salvador's ten-year civil war might be in the offing. Even when the talks broke off three weeks ago amid a surge in civilian killings and rumors of a guerrilla offensive, no one imagined that the war would be brought from the countryside right into the capital. But there are two roads to peace: one paved with goodwill, the other littered with dead bodies. Last week the rebels of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation...
...with their feet, pouring into West Germany through Hungary and Czechoslovakia at rates that last week reached 300 an hour. Most are between the ages of 20 and 40, and their departure has left behind a worsening labor shortage. Last week East German soldiers had to be pressed into civilian duty to keep trams, trains and buses running...
...pilot making his first attempt at an aircraft-carrier landing crashed into the deck of the U.S.S. Lexington, killing himself, three crew members and a civilian...
...Ousted civilian Contra leaders compared the action to a coup...