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...disaster's most poignant aspect was the number of children on board -- estimates ranged from seven to 15 -- who were being flown to the U.S. for adoption. Because Colombian courts recess from Dec. 15 until Jan. 15, there was a backlog of Americans in Bogota who had received permission to bring their adopted children home. The approvals came just in time for some to catch Flight 52. At least two of the children are known to have survived, but the fate of the rest remained unclear at week...
Havel quickly called for a recess. After consulting with his delegation for 25 minutes, Adamec reconvened the group and agreed to virtually every request except the call for the immediate resignation of his government. Next day Czechs watched in amazement the first ever live-television broadcast of a session of the national parliament. By a vote of 309 to 0, the legislators struck down infamous Article 4 of the constitution, which enshrines the "leading role" of the Communist Party...
After a short recess, Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci proposed an order to correct the differences in past evaluations by exempting certain property owners from rent control...
House members have said that a lack of leadership from the governor, as well as partisan politics, have broken down the unity of House leadership. As a result, many legislators do not believe that solution will be reached before the holiday recess, a delay that could make the budget deficit even higher...
...only 45 minutes old when President Mikhail Gorbachev smiled at the 470 Deputies and pointed with pride to giant projection screens suspended at both ends of the Kremlin hall. "Let's try out the new machine," he suggested, referring to the electronic voting system installed during the summer recess. He gave the signal, and the sound of clicking filled the hall. Hundreds of faces turned to the screens and saw . . . nothing...