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world News WORLD NEWS: On July 31, 1990 English Conservative member Ian Gow was killed in a car bomb explo- sion as he started up his car. The IRA responded by taking responsibility for the action. Gow was known for his strong views against the IRA and their terrorist acts. Due to the bombing security has stepped up at government buildings. Following the bombing of Gows car the IRA then took responsibility for the bombing of the English Stock Exchange. A bomb was placed in the visitors gallery and the IRA called up before hand so no casu- alties were reported. English soccer fans made the news again by clashing with German fans in the downtown of Turin, Italy. Because of their actions England citizens are once again under consideration to have restrictions placed on their travel outside their country for soccer matches. Britain ' s Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, cele- brated her 90th birthday June 5, 1989, millions of mourners flooded in to a square where Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ' s body lay. The stampede killed 8 people and injured at least 500 others. Khomeini, 86, died Satur- day, June 4th of a heart attack after 11 days of in- testinal surgery His death left Iran in its worst politi- cal crisis since the revolu- tion that catapulted the Moslem cleric to power in 1979. 136 NEWS I After two years of talk, in March, a media giant was created when Time Inc. and Warner Communica- tions Inc. agreed to create the world ' s biggest media and entertainment con- glomerate through an $18 billion merger. The agreement between the two corporations fol- lowed two years of off again, on again talks. As Warner chairman Steven J. Ross commented, I do not know of an item we did not explore. With the consolidation of the two companies, the combined interests of the multi-million dollar merger now have a small monopoly of the enter- tainment industry. In February of 1989, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho- meini placed a death threat on British author Salmon Rushdie for his novel The Satanic Verses which depicted ideas of unholy dreams by the prophet Muhamad. September 28, Ferdinand E. Marcos, former presi- dent of the Phillipines died. Marcos, 72, died at 12:40 a.m. at St. Francis hospital, Honolulu, Ha- waii. For nearly 10 months Marcos had been hospi- talized with kidney, lung and heart ailments, pneu- monia and bacterial infec- tions. Marcos was one of the most controversial charac- ters of his time. In 1986 he was driven from the Phi- lippine presidency and was exiled to live at an estate in Hawaii. Supreme Court Justice, William J. Brennan, Jr. re- signed his position due to medical reasons.

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