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...That scenario grew even more plausible when a second wave of would-be emigrants headed for the embassies late in the week. Police, who had earlier cordoned off the diplomatic district, made no attempt to stop them. They did, however, intervene to disperse 10,000 pro-democracy demonstrators gathered in nearby Skanderbeg Square. By then more than 1,500 Albanians had taken refuge in the West German embassy, and hundreds more were holed up in other missions...
...other nine provinces to sue for union with the U.S. Some Americanized Canadian businessmen dreamed of the ultimate merger. But the author of the report called the dissolution of Canada, even if it doubled the size and vastly increased the natural resources of the U.S., a "worst-case scenario...
...issue was more of a problem because it was the summer school and because we don't have as much information about the summer students," Weingarten said. "One has to assume the worst-case scenario...
...Join hands and jump off the cliff together. So goes Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson's scenario for a bipartisan federal deficit reduction. The tactic . proved its worth in California. Proposition 111 had the support of the gubernatorial candidates of both parties and more than 250 business, labor and social-service groups that spanned the political spectrum. Bipartisan support reduces a politician's vulnerability to attack by opponents as a tax-happy spender. In Washington Democrats insist they need that cover from Republicans -- but Republicans fear they would be exposed to primary challenges from even more conservative candidates back home...
...French newspaper claims that Ceausescu was tortured to death following the tribunal, by Romanian soldiers who were trying to locate three briefcases containing numbers and access codes of the family's foreign bank accounts. After studying the photographic evidence, forensic experts at France's Carme Institute tentatively confirm this scenario. They note the lack of bullet entry marks on Ceausescu's torso, the small amount of blood on his body (suggesting that any gunshots he received came after his death) and lesions on his face resembling those suffered by victims of beatings...