Bodies of 2 BBC Newsmen in Iraq Identified
Date: 24 June 1991
Two bodies found in a remote area of northern Iraq last month have been identified as those of BBC journalists who disappeared along the Turkish-Iraqi border in March. A third member of the BBC team is still missing, and the British authorities say they have no definitive leads in the case. The three were covering the Kurdish refugee crisis when they disappeared. They were last seen March 23.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 23 June 1991
International 3-11 Some 300,000 Albanians cheered and chanted "U.S.A.!,U.S.A.!" as they listened to Secretary of State James A. Baker 3d tell them that "freedom works" and urge them to move forward toward democracy. Page 1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 24 June 1991
International A3-7 The Soviets should be offered a role, though limited, in the International Monetary Fund, the seven leading democracies agreed. It would be a milestone in Moscow's march to join the world financial system. Page A1
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China Arrests Catholic Bishop
Date: 24 June 1991
AP
The Communist authorities in China have arrested the acting Roman Catholic Bishop of Shanghai, a Catholic news agency reported today. The arrest of Bishop Giuseppe Fan Zhong Liang occurred on June 11, after Pope John Paul II's announcement that another Chinese prelate, Bishop Ignatius Gong Pinmei, had been named a Cardinal, the Asia News agency reported. The Milan-based agency said the arrest of Bishop Fan appeared to be a "comment" by the Communist authorities on the Pope's announcement. It had no further details on the detention.
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Over 40, Not Blond
Date: 23 June 1991
By Susan Brownmiller
Susan Brownmiller
FIGHTING FOR AIR In the Trenches With Television News. By Liz Trotta. 395 pp. New York: Simon & Schuster. $22.95.
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Stocks Lower in Tokyo
Date: 24 June 1991
Reuters
Brokers said news that the president of Nomura Securities would resign sent Japanese investors to the sidelines today. About a half hour before the close, the Nikkei index of 225 issues was down 432.59 points, or 1.78 percent, to 23,842.49.
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Indians Say Libya Gave Them $250,000
Date: 23 June 1991
AP
The Warrior Society, a militant Mohawk faction here that is linked to gambling and violence, asserts it has received a $250,000 award from Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya. A delegation of three Warriors accepted the award on June 11 in Tripoli, Libya, according to a news release by the pro-Warrior Mohawk Nation Office at Kahnawake, south of Montreal in Canada.
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This Week's Numbers
Date: 23 June 1991
Consensus Last Period Estimates* Tuesday May durable goods in percent 2.9 .5 June consumer confidence in percent 74.5 74.5 Mid-June auto sales in millions 5.9 6.2 Wednesday First-quarter G.N.P. in percent -2.6 -2.6 First-quarter G.N.P. deflator 5.1 5.1 Thursday 448 425 May personal income in percent 0l.1 0.4 Friday May leading indicators in percent 0.6 0.3 Monday: Wholesale trade * Group of 7 meeting in London Tuesday: Bundesbank Council meeting Friday: Agriculture prices (Sources: Bloomberg Business News; I.D.E.A. Inc.)
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Why We Should Aid Peaceful Soviet Change; Signing the Treaty
Date: 24 June 1991
To the Editor: Your May 26 news article on changes coming in the Soviet Union's structure states that the prospect that 9 of the 15 Soviet republics will sign a new union treaty raises the question of what will happen to those separatist-minded republics that refuse to sign the treaty.
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Lisa W. Foderaro, Reporter, to Wed
Date: 23 June 1991
Mr. and Mrs. Sal J. Foderaro of Rumson, N.J., have announced September wedding plans for their daughter, Lisa White Foderaro, and Fred Don Pollard 4th, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Pollard 3d of Canton, N.Y. Miss Foderaro, 27 years old, graduated from Brown University. She is a metropolitan news reporter for The New York Times. Her father is the editorial page editor of The Asbury Park Press in Neptune, N.J. Her mother, Jane Foderaro, is a retired newspaper editor.
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