21 OCTOBER 1989, page 14

A Gas-mask In Old Prague

between riot police and obstructive bureaucrats Prague `CLINGFILM round the eyes is no good at all,' said my friend, who had been tear- gassed in Seoul and knew what he was......

Mr De Klerk's Revolution

Stephen Robinson reports on the freeing of ANC members in South Africa Johannesburg IT IS time for the world to stop merely complimenting President De Klerk on his nice smile......