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...former President may have more concern about Greene's other order: that he give testimony at Poindexter's trial. Although, like previous Presidents, he will be quizzed on videotape, the examination by Poindexter's lawyers could be stiffer than any other probe Reagan has undergone in the whole affair. The videotape procedure, agreed to last Friday, makes it less likely that Reagan will blurt out some national-security secret. If he does, Greene can edit the tape. Still, the Justice Department's refusal to permit use of some classified documents in the trial could eventually require Greene to dismiss...
Human error is likely to be cited when investigators complete their probe of the accident. They must determine if enough fuel was loaded in Colombia in the first place. Under international regulations an airliner must carry enough fuel to reach its destination as well as its assigned alternate, plus enough extra to handle at least 45 minutes of delays...
...silver rocket roar off the pad at the Kagoshima Space Center near Uchinoura, some 940 km (598 miles) southwest of Tokyo. But despite the minimal press coverage and lack of hoopla, the event was a major milestone for Japan's space program. The launch sent the unmanned Muses-A probe on its way to the moon, the first lunar mission since the Soviets' Luna 24 in 1976. Muses-A is expected to come within 16,000 km (10,000 miles) of the target in mid-March. It will then release a smaller probe, which will go into lunar orbit...
...resources are insufficient to go it alone. They will help design the U.S.-Japanese Geotail satellite, which will explore the earth's magnetic field in 1992. They have agreed to build part of the proposed U.S. space station. And ISAS may contribute equipment to an unmanned Soviet Mars probe...
WASHINGTON--Mayor Marion Barry, his last years in office marred by accusations of drug use, was arrested on a drug charge last night in what federal authorities described as "an ongoing public corruption probe...