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International
Economic Summit
Leaders of the seven most powerful
Western nations gathered in front of the
Louvre Pyramid for the opening session of
the Economic summit in Paris. They are
(I/
r)
EC President Jacques Delors, Italy's Ci–
ciaco de Mita, West Germany's Helmut
Kohl, President Bush, host French Presi–
dent Francois Mitterrand, Britain's
Mar–
garet Thatcher, Canada's Brian Mulroney
and Japan's Sousuke Uno.
A p ledge was made to address the envi–
ronmental problems that threaten the
planet, and they endorsed a significant
strategic switch in the way rich countries
cope with Third World's staggering $1.3
trillion debt.
For the first time, the seven leaders
agreed that the best way to ease the debt
burden of poorer nations is to persuade
banks to provide some relief instead of
simply issuing new loans.
The problems of terrorism, narcotics and
East-West relations were alos addressed.
Tienanmen Square–
Beijing, China
0
one from Tiananmen Square are the
pro-democracy banners and the tents
of China's freedom movement, the
armed guards and the chants of drill–
ing soldiers. The GoddeS& of Democ–
racy, a
33-foot-high replica of the Statue of Li-
berty which bad become a symbol of the move–
ment for democratic reform, has been crushed by
tanks and taken
away.
The pro-democracy protests began on April 15
with a
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by •tudents or
tal
.
1Jn in
·rea,iing
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freedome anrl ~ndini; official cor
plmn
They p ""d during the
week
nt
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tr,,
ben
Guroochev
,·i
i
rd the c,,,rntr •, and nt-Jirly one
million
IK'OJ>le pt)u.ted int-0
t.he,t
rt•~t., .
Murti.al J
w
was rlr,c;lBred on May 20, and
troops attempted to " uve into the square but
were
driven back by masses uf citizens sympa–
thetic to the protestors.
On June 3, troops opened fire on the protes–
tors, smashing through barricades with tanks
to
reach Tiananmen Square. While the government
claims that nearly 300 people, mostly soldien,
were
killed, diplomats and Chinese say up
to
3,000 died, and Chinese
Red
Cross officials esti–
mated 3,600 people were killed and 60,000 in–
jured.
Obiluaties
Andrei
A.
Gromyko
'1/18/09
•
'1/2/89
Emperor of Japan
Hirohito
4/29/89
•
l/'1/89
Alcala
Gazelle
Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini
9/23/02
•
6/8/89
Ferdinand E. Marcos
9/11/1'1
•
9/28/89