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  1. Trapped Westerners in Kuwait speak via smuggled video (1990)

    Genre
    Special

    Excerpt from a video smuggled out of Kuwait following the Iraqi invasion featuring two Westerners in hiding. In the recording the first speaker tells of atrocities by Iraqi forces while the second, an...

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  2. President Bush warns Saddam Hussein (1990)

    Genre
    Speech

    Excerpt from statement by President George H. W. Bush where he warns Iraqi President Saddam Hussein about the brutal treatment of American hostages in Kuwait, specifically mentions diplomats stuck in Kuwaiti...

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  3. US reaction to new UK Prime Minister (1990)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on reaction in the USA to John Major becoming the new UK Prime Minister, and implications for US-UK relations. US President George H.W. Bush has called him from Airforce One; newspaper comments have...

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  4. Freed hostage bitter (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Patrick Herbert, who was held hostage in Iraq and has just been freed, says former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President George H.W. Bush did not help their release by speaking of war, but...

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  5. Terminally ill boy gains world record for 33 million get well cards (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Marion Shergold, mother of 11 year-old terminal cancer sufferer Craig, has received over 33 million get well cards and has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Senders from around the world...

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  6. John Major’s first visit to USA as Prime Minister (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Nick Peters reporting on John Major’s first visit to America as Prime Minister and his meeting with President George H. W. Bush with major issues being possible conflict in the Gulf if Saddam Hussein fails...

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  7. George Bush lifts Nicaraguan trade sanctions and pledges aid (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on US President George H W Bush lifting sanctions against Nicaragua and proposing an assistance package of 800 million dollars to help develop Nicaragua and Panama. Contra rebels still refuse to...

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  8. George Bush gives speech on AIDS crisis (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    US President George H. W. Bush has made a speech addressing the subject of AIDS. In an excerpt he touches on discrimination, cures, and the deaths of his own loved ones. Tim Sweeney of Gay Men’s Health...

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  9. AIDS campaigner Ryan White dies (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report; Speech

    Ryan White, an 18 year-old American haemophiliac who contracted AIDS through a contaminated blood transfusion, has died after his five-year fight with the disease. He also had to fight in the courtroom for 9...

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  10. US reaction to Soviet threats against Lithuania (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on the American government reaction to the Soviet Union threat to enforce an economic embargo on Lithuania which is struggling for independence. The USA could enforce its own economic restrictions on...

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