6 JUNE 1987, page 26

The Day They Killed Karami

Charles Glass reports the Lebanese reaction to the death of a Prime Minister Beirut THE rumour preceded the news by only a few minutes. `Have you heard?' a friend asked, as he......

Rust Undermines The Red Army

Bohdan Nahaylo reports how Gorbachev is turning a stunt to political advantage THE sheer audacity of Mathias Rust's penetration of the Soviet Union's elabo- rate air defences......