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...Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh claimed that 40 civilians and eight soldiers had been killed. The troops moved quickly to secure party headquarters and the republic's television studio, while military officials appealed over the radio for order. The Popular Front responded by calling for three days of mourning and a three-day strike in an effort to mobilize the public against the state of emergency. A fragile calm settled over the city, but neither side pretended that peace would last for long...
Through it all, Gorbachev gamely struggled to maintain an appearance of normality. Just back from his vexing three-day visit to Lithuania, where he failed to persuade nationalists to curb their secessionist demands, he aimed to project the air of a competent crisis manager. He received former Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe and met with U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, who encountered protesters in Moscow holding up signs that read GORBACHEV, HISTORY WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU FOR THE BLOODSHED IN AZERBAIJAN...
When Gorbachev arrived there last week for a three-day visit -- his first in more than nine years and the first ever by a General Secretary -- party issues were all but forgotten as the Soviet leader plunged straight into the more dangerous debate over secession. He came armed with his own compromise, a vague plan that would allow for "sovereign states" within a new federation. Then he tried every sales pitch he could think...
...part of a new plan, Harvard has cancelled its traditional February early action weekend, and instead will host a three-day program in April for students who have gained admission under both the regular and early programs...
...late evening report, the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug said Romanian security forces took full control yesterday of Timisoara, just 30 miles from the Yugoslav border. Ceausescu flew to Iran earlier in the day for a three-day official visit...