



Pakistan: Destroyed houses in Karachi after police raids to combat drugs.




Japan: Soviet citizens arrive in Tokyo to visit the graves of relatives killed in the 1904-1905 war.




Iran: Meeting and negotiations between representatives of Iran and Sudan on the release of American hostages in Lebanon.




Vatican: Preparations for Christmas.




Swaziland: Coronation ceremony of Prince Mewali.




Czechoslovakia: Christmas exhibition of glass products.




Philippines: Ceasefire between rebels and government forces.




South Africa: Archbishop Tutu denies involvement in politics, calls for end to state of emergency (synchronous)




Brazil: Preparations for the traditional carnival in Rio de Janeiro.




China: Students demonstrate in Shanghai demanding democracy and press freedom.




Israel: Trial of nuclear technician M. Vanunu accused of leaking classified information.




UK, Italy, USA, France: Special report on the poor and homeless during the Christmas holidays.




Philippines: President C. Aquino visits the General Hospital in Manila.




Nicaragua: Three-day maneuvers by the country's armed forces in the border area with Honduras.




Japan: Large children's choir performs Christmas carols.




USSR: Academician A. Sakharov and his wife E. Bonner return to Moscow from exile




USA: Experimental aircraft "Voyager"




Iran, Iraq: Consequences of bombing and shelling of cities in Iran and Iraq.