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Soviet troops smashed their way into Baku on Saturday to quell the nationalist uprising, and Soviet officials said the assault left 83 dead, including 14 soldiers and members of their families...
...Kremlin promised to supply Rumania with some of the oil and gas needed to fuel economic recovery. The gesture of goodwill was combined with a hastily arranged visit to Bucharest on Saturday by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. Moscow's solicitousness may be attributed to a desire to quell the discontent of ethnic Rumanians in the Soviet republic of Moldavia, a region Stalin annexed from Rumania in 1940. Now that Ceausescu is gone, the Kremlin has every reason to expect that secessionist fervor will be rekindled. Evidently Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hopes Bucharest can be bribed...
...fences and barriers were not removed, the Front would tear them down on Dec. 31. KGB commanders made a few concessions -- some crossing points were opened for those who had business or wished to visit cemeteries in Iran -- but the threatened attacks were carried out anyway. Unable to quell the disorder, the party chief in Nakhichevan was forced to resign...
...showdown that might have turned it into a Southeast Asian Beirut, the President essayed a show of strength by reaching for the People Power that brought her to office. Still, in tacit disobedience to Aquino's stand against a negotiated end to hostilities, her military did not so much quell the coup as reconcile with those who had come closer than ever to unseating her. Even before the latest coup ended, plots were being hatched for the next stage of the rebellion, one the planners are certain will bring about Aquino's fall. As a government trooper who helped...
...main floor of Lamont Library has a new look this fall, bedecked in "Ultraviolet Plus" carpeting designed to quell the squeakiness of the cork tile floor...