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...hours to leave the country. He complied -- but not before promising to someday "return as President," presumably of Russia. His intended holiday finale was to have been an 18-day stay in Berlin. But the Zhirinovsky grand tour ground to a premature halt when German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel turned down his request for a visa, informing him that he was no longer welcome...
Perhaps most worrisome to Westerners is how military loyalties will divide if Yeltsin and Zhirinovsky bump heads. "Until now, the army has proved itself to be very mature," says German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel. "But after the latest events, we can only hope it stays that way." Strange as it may seem, Zhirinovsky's elevation to a Duma seat may be the best thing for Yeltsin: better to have "Vladimir the Terrible" spouting off in the parliament than rabble rousing in the streets. Then again, Zhirinovsky is now well poised to use his seat in parliament as a launching...
...everyone is convinced of Miami's grand scheme for the future. The trade sector is, to a large extent, based on glorified mom-and-pop businesses offering low-paying service jobs. "Miami is not the capital of Latin America," German Consul General Klaus Sommer says dismissively. "The Germans have billions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile. You don't need an agent sitting in Miami...
When Germany created the world's most advanced rubbish-reclamation system last year, Environment Minister Klaus Topfer proudly declared, "When it comes to recycling, we Germans are world champions." In fact, they are too good. Householders participating in the Green Dot program are discarding recyclable trash -- which features a special green trademark -- at such a prodigious rate that the whole system is in danger of breaking down...
...cease-fire to the R.A.F. Its leaders responded by promising to stop murdering high government and business officials. The overture, though, led to a lapse by the terrorists: they made contact with leftist sympathizers, who might serve as go-betweens in talks with the government. One was Klaus Steinmetz, 33. What the R.A.F. did not know was that Steinmetz had been a police informant for several years...