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LEAD: Under intense international scrutiny, this war-battered country voted today in the first free and broadly contested elections in its history. There were few reports of violence and strong signs of an overwhelming voter turnout.
LEAD: President Bush and Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany spoke at length today about their ''similar views'' and ''common dreams,'' but on the difficult aspects of German reunification, they spoke with distinctly different voices while avoiding outright discord.
LEAD: Marian Kanton, the president of Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., readily admits that Poland's banking system is far behind the West's.
LEAD: The East German Social Democrats, favorites in the March 18 elections, presented a detailed plan for reunification as they ended their Congress.
LEAD: Protesters shouting anti-Government and anti-United States slogans tried to stone an American diplomat's residence today in Kwangju and clashed with the police in four other cities, according to Korean news reports and witnesses.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 21, 1990, covering February 26, 1990.
Paula Abdul
Janet Jackson
Milli Vanilli
Phil Collins
The B-52s
1990Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler[†]
Takanoiwa Yoshimori is a former sumo wrestler from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He made his professional debut in January 2009. He has both a sandanme and a jūryō division championship. He reached the jūryō division in July 2012 and the top makuuchi division for the first time in January 2014. He was the only wrestler recruited by former yokozuna Takanohana to reach the elite sekitori ranks. He was runner-up in one top division tournament and earned two special prizes, one for Fighting Spirit and one for Outstanding Performance. His highest rank was maegashira 2.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]