Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...call on all foreign leaders to urge Gen. Noriega to honor the clear results of the election," Bush said in a hurriedly called question-and-answer session with reporters in the Oval Office...
...like any press credential, the cards also pose a potential threat to press freedom: if their use becomes required, they could become de facto licenses that would give the A.J.A. the power to determine who can report in the occupied territories. Until some foreign reporters complained recently, Israeli citizens working for overseas news organizations were not eligible for the A.J.A. card. Local Israeli reporters are still barred...
...editor in chief of the Soviet foreign affairs weekly New Times, Ignatenko, 48, has since taken many steps into that new era. Three months ago, for example, the magazine (circ. 600,000) published the first Soviet press interview ever with Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa...
...Jordanian dinar has fallen 45% in value, while unemployment (now about 15%) and inflation (up to 30%) climbed steadily. In late March the government agreed on a budget-balancing plan with the International Monetary Fund aimed at paring the country's deficit and, ultimately, rescheduling Jordan's $6 billion foreign debt. But the government's austerity plan included increases of 10% to 50% in the price of gasoline, alcohol, cigarettes and mineral water, and two days after it was unveiled, disgruntled Jordanians took to the streets...
...election proves a sham, the U.S. will have to seize the opportunity to bring international pressure to bear on Noriega. "At a time when the world is having free elections, including the Soviet Union and Poland, Panama is not," says Richard Lugar, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "You need to make Noriega pay." To show its disapproval, the U.S. could restrict visas issued to pro-Noriega Panamanians, refuse to recognize the newly seated government, and turn away any ambassador sent to Washington by the Duque administration. The Administration wants to tighten sanctions, but further economic deterioration might...