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LEAD: The Soviet Union opened an East-West conference today with a broad proposal for a three-stage reduction in nonnuclear weapons and military personnel in Europe.
LEAD: In the first breach of Democratic ranks in the battle over John G. Tower's nomination to be Secretary of Defense, Senator Howell Heflin of Alabama announced today that he would vote for Mr. Tower's confirmation.
LEAD: New York City's health care crisis, worsened by the AIDS epidemic, will drive away businesses and jobs unless state and local officials act now to relieve the overcrowded system, a privately financed commission on AIDS said yesterday.
LEAD: WHILE Western psychology assumes that human nature is the same everywhere, there are profound psychological differences from culture to culture, according to a growing body of evidence.
LEAD: Mayor Edward I. Koch, in a new book published on the eve of his re-election campaign in New York City, offers a personal and political testament that documents his shift over the years to a more conservative philosophy.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 1, 1989, covering March 7, 1989.
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
Debbie Gibson
Traveling Wilburys
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
1989Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.[†]
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a multi-ethnic population of over 92 million in an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population. It is the sixth-largest country entirely in Asia and one of the world's most mountainous countries. Iran is officially an Islamic republic, divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital, largest city and financial centre.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]