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LEAD: The United Nations Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, said today that two days of talks here with the Iraqi Foreign Minister had failed to produce any concessions from Baghdad on its occupation of Kuwait or on the policy of holding an estimated 10,000 Westerners as hostages.
LEAD: The symbolism and timing of the Soviet-American summit conference seem more important than any prospects it may hold for a solution to the Persian Gulf crisis. News analysis, page 4. At the heart of Iraq's dispute with Kuwait is a huge banana-shaped oil formation some 10,200 feet below the desert sands.
LEAD: With weary relief but abiding fear for the husbands and fathers left behind, 47 Americans arrived here today as part of the release of 700 foreign hostages by Iraq's President Saddam Hussein.
LEAD: At an airfield here for Marine Corps helicopters, the marines are trying to pass the time by holding a contest to name the base.
LEAD: As a result of economic pressure caused by the United Nations sanctions against Iraq, this country has begun to limit consumer purchases of basic food, a Government official said today. He added defiantly that Iraq would bow to no power, ''even if we have to eat mud.''
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 29, 1990, covering September 3, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Poison
Mariah Carey
Anita Baker
1990Mohammad Shami, Indian cricketer[†]
Mohammed Shami is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast-bowler, for the India national cricket team and for the Bengal in domestic cricket and for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. He also plays for Mohun Bagan in domestic competitions of West Bengal. One of the most consistent wicket takers in contemporary world cricket, Shami bowls the ball off the seam and uses swing, including reverse swing, to move the ball both directions. He has been reputed to have an edge in the death overs of a limited-overs innings and, in all formats, has been described as being at times "unplayable". Shami finished as the tournament's leading wicket taker in the ICC World Cup 2023, besides being the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in the 48 years history of Cricket World Cup spanning 13 editions. He is recipient of 2023 Arjuna Award for Cricket. Having taken 7 wickets for 57 runs against New Zealand in the 2023 Cricket World Cup semi final, he holds the record for the best figures for an Indian Bowler in ODIs, and is currently, the only Indian bowler to have taken 7 wickets in an ODI innings. Shami was a member of the Indian team that won the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]