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1989: Day by Day Omnibus

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Another chance to look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, with Sir John Tusa

logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 10th October 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 10th October 1989

Including events in East Germany: the start of Gorbachev's visit to celebrate the GDR's 40th anniversary, protest marches through East Berlin and the subsequent police crackdown.

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logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 12th December 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 12th December 1989

Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge, East Germany elects a new leader and the Czech president swears in the country's first non-communist majority government in 41 years.

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logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 14th November 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 14th November 1989

East Berlin's party chief declares all citizens can leave immediately; bulldozers tear down sections of the Berlin Wall to make more crossing points.

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logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 17th October 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 17th October 1989

Chancellor Nigel Lawson defends the 15 per cent interest rate, Douglas Hurd declares war on the 'scourge of acid house parties' and ANC leader Walter Sisulu is released from prison.

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1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 19th December November 1989

President FW de Klerk meets with Nelson Mandela, Chile elects a civilian president to replace Augusto Pinochet, and East Germany discusses what do to after dismantling the Stasi.

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logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 21st November 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 21st November 1989

Bulgaria witnesses its biggest demonstrations in 40 years, Lebanon's President Muawad is killed 17 days after being elected, and in Prague, protesters call for reforms.

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logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 24th October 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 24th October 1989

The Guildford Four's sentences are overturned and Mrs Thatcher disagrees with Commonwealth leaders over sanctions against South Africa.

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1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 26th December November 1989

US forces looking for General Noriega invade Panama, intense fighting continues in Romania and President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife are captured and executed.

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logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 28th November 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 28th November 1989

The Czech leadership are forced to resign but demonstrators in Prague keep up the pressure for free elections, and Margaret Thatcher defends her record on the BBC's Panorama.

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1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 2nd January 1990

The world comes to Romania's aid, playwright Vaclav Havel is elected President of Czechoslovakia, and Gorbachev and Bush welcome a new decade.

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1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 31st October 1989

Nigel Lawson resigns after six years as Chancellor, Walter Sisulu addresses 70,000 people at an ANC rally, and riots in Moscow follow a demonstration outside the KGB headquarters.

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logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 5th December 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 5th December 1989

Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the Vatican; he, along with George Bush meet in Malta and declare the Cold War over.

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logo for 1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 7th November 1989
1989: Day by Day Omnibus - Week ending 7th November 1989

Protests in East Germany force the resignation of the Mayor of Leipzig, and ex-Chancellor Nigel Lawson makes things even harder for Margaret Thatcher by spilling the beans on TV.

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