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German author Christa Wolf has died
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Perspectives on the fall of the Berlin Wall
We make fun of Nostradamus and numerologists, but give editors an anniversary and the floodgates open. We're anniversary-ologists, as USA Today might say. Unfortunately, trying to take the pulse of what happened in Eastern Europe in 1989 is more complex...Tags: History, Communist Party, Corruption, Breads, Berlin (Germany)
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From the archives: Crackdown Leaves China Isolated on World Scene
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- In the decade after Chinese leader Deng Xiao-ping came to power in 1979, he broke down the isolation in which China found itself under Mao Tse-tung and set the world's most populous nation on a steady course of ever-growing involvement in...Tags: Fidel Castro, Loans, Economic Organization, Education, Students
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From the archives: Hungary Allows Exodus to West by East Germans
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBONN -- Thousands of jubilant East Germans began crossing into Austria and freedom early today shortly after the Hungarian government opened the border with a dramatic announcement late Sunday, declaring that all East Germans in its territory seeking to...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Passenger Cars, Austria, Vehicles, Mass Media
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From the archives: 'Don't Panic,' Gorbachev Tells East Germans
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEAST BERLIN -- Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev told East Germans on Friday that there is "no need for panic," and he urged them to "be patient . . . and don't be sad." The visiting Soviet president made these impromptu remarks as he greeted...Tags: Defense, Communist Party, Armed Forces, Berlin (Germany), World War II (1939-1945)
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From the archives: E. German Police Beat Protesters
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLEIPZIG, East Germany -- Security forces broke up a candle-lit protest march in East Berlin on Sunday as ordinary citizens here and in other cities deplored the brutal police suppression of peaceful demonstrations that called upon East Germany's hard-line...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Railway Transportation, Travel, National Government, Riots
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From the archives: Kremlin Unruffled as East Bloc Allies Go Own Way
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMOSCOW -- The Soviet Union, which built an empire of Communist satellite states in Eastern Europe with zeal and determination over four decades, now seems to be watching its breakup with surprising equanimity--and even approval--as one ally after...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Social Sciences, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Russia, Zhao Ziyang
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From the archives: Crackdown Shameful, E. German Citizens Say
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLEIPZIG, East Germany -- East Germans expressed anger, shame and anguish Sunday over brutal police repression of popular, peaceful demonstrations in the Communist state's major cities over the weekend. Citizens interviewed in East Berlin, Dresden and...Tags: Prisons, Wars and Interventions, Railway Transportation, Punishment, Travel
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From the archives: Longtime Bulgaria Leader Resigns; Reformer Named
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMOSCOW -- Bulgarian President Todor Zhivkov, the longest-serving leader in Eastern Europe, resigned Friday, thrusting his country into the political maelstrom sweeping the region. Zhivkov, 78, who stepped down after 35 years in power, was replaced as...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Local Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Todor Zhivkov, Turkey
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From the archives: East Germans Punch 1st Holes in Wall, Pledge Free Elections
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWEST BERLIN -- Tens of thousands of East Germans streamed through the Berlin Wall into West Berlin on Friday as the Communist regime pledged that freedom of travel will be permanent, began punching holes in the wall for new crossings and promised free...Tags: Career and Workplace, Communist Party, Local Government, Willy Brandt, Berlin (Germany)
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From the archives: Thousands Join E. German Exodus
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGIESSEN, West Germany -- Thousands of young East Germans arrived by special train in West German reception centers here and elsewhere Sunday as the refugee crisis in Bonn's diplomatic missions in Czechoslovakia and Poland appeared to flare up again with...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Refugee, Poland, Entertainment, Hospitals and Clinics
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From the archives: Honecker Quits; E. Germany May Change Course
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBONN -- Embattled East German leader Erich Honecker resigned Wednesday under increasing pressure and was succeeded by Egon Krenz, a Politburo member regarded as a hard-liner, who indicated he will chart a new course. Honecker, 77, has been ailing since a...Tags: Television, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Berlin (Germany), World War II (1939-1945)
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