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...chain of events that brought the Reagan Administration to the current impasse began in early 1986. At that time Washington pressured Islamabad to permit the Afghan guerrillas in Pakistan's border province to receive Stinger antiaircraft missiles from the U.S. Pakistani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq reluctantly went along, despite a warning from the Soviet Union that Pakistan would pay a high price. By last November, mujahedin equipped with Stingers were shooting down an average of one Soviet or Afghan aircraft a day. Last week, according to Radio Kabul, the rebels struck again, downing an Afghan transport plane and reportedly...
...immigration law provides tough penalties for employers who fail to make sure that every one of their alien workers possesses a temporary resident permit. To obtain that status, alien farm laborers must prove that they worked in U.S. agriculture for at least 90 days in each of the past three years, or in just one year if they harvested perishable crops. Workers are staying away right now because they fear getting caught without the permit, thus jeopardizing their chances for permanent residence and eventual U.S. citizenship. Many Mexicans are still struggling with their applications for permits, which in many cases...
...lengthy and bitter debate that almost split Chancellor Helmut Kohl's ruling conservative coalition, West Germany last week finally closed ranks with its allies and endorsed Mikhail Gorbachev's "double-zero" proposal to eliminate both long- and shorter-range intermediate nuclear forces from Europe. Bonn's decision will permit NATO Foreign Ministers, meeting this week in Reykjavik, to give U.S. arms negotiators an unambiguous go-ahead for an INF agreement with the Soviets. Suddenly, the much-discussed superpower summit this fall -- at which Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan would sign an INF deal -- is beginning to look possible...
...court's decision was warmly greeted by the law enforcement officials who have used the new law with vigor, typically against accused mobsters and drug dealers who often have the money to meet high bail. Thirty-four states also permit the threat posed by the defendant to figure in some bail decisions. On the federal level, there has been about a 36% increase in pretrial detainees since the act was passed, from a daily average of 5,383 in 1984 to 7,328 last year, or about one-seventh of those in federal lockup. "It puts a burden...
...Governor David Wilson in October. China has already made it clear that whatever Britain does must be compatible with the "basic law" now being drafted for the territory. Most observers guess that even if Hong Kong citizens choose direct elections, the British will probably defer to Peking and permit only a limited form of democracy...