Word: station
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...autonomy for his mountain realm. Late last month, in any case, 27 saffron-robed Tibetan monks were arrested for taking part in an anti-Chinese demonstration outside Lhasa's Jokhang Temple. Four days later a mob of 2,000 Tibetans gathered in central Lhasa, set fire to a police station and stoned the fire fighters who tried to put out the blaze. In the ensuing battle, at least eight Tibetans and six Chinese police were reported killed. Though the number of victims was relatively small, the rioting was the first in Lhasa in a decade and some of the worst...
...Prime Minister of Greece, Andreas Papandreou, was caught in a sex scandal with a stewardess. It seems he got her a job on the state TV station and cancelled an appearance at an earthquake site to take a private cruise with...
...story of China's stunning improvement in farm production is comprehensively told in a new 462-page book called Feeding a Billion (Michigan State University Press; $30). Its authors are Sylvan Wittwer, director emeritus of the Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station, and three Chinese farm experts: Professor Sun Han of Nanjing Agricultural University, Professor Yu Youtai of Northeast Agricultural College in Harbin and Wang Lianzheng, vice governor of Heilongjiang province. Wittwer, the principal writer, made five trips to China during the past seven years and received unstinting cooperation from the Communist authorities in undertaking an in-depth study...
Mubarak, accompanied by French Premier Jacques Chirac, will descend polished red granite steps at Tahrir Square for the inaugural ride. Inside the station, walls of cream-colored marble form the backdrop to ceramic designs depicting ancient Egyptian scenes. Replicas of pharaonic statues are displayed in glass cases, adding local luster to what French Engineer Alain Chenebier proudly calls "one of the most beautiful subway systems ever...
...first sign that something was afoot came at 4 p.m. last Friday, when armed troops invaded the offices of two newspapers and a commercial radio station in the Fijian capital of Suva. Within an hour, Army Commander Lieut. Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka then confirmed the flying rumors. His forces, he announced over the radio, had "reasserted their authority over the government." It was Rabuka's second coup in four months...