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LEAD: Five weeks after the first American forces arrived here, the United States is building up its offensive capability against Iraq, according to American officials.
LEAD: Saddam Hussein, successor to the rulers of ancient Mesopotamia, the likes of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi, has clouded the prospects for explorations into the civilizations that produced the first writing and earliest experiments in agriculture and urban living.
LEAD: FACED with a history of security problems and a persistent negative image, the Green Acres Mall has joined the 5th Police Precinct in an anti-crime program that, the shopping center says, is producing results. But some nearby residents are not sure about the effects. The second-largest mall on Long Island and a highly profitable shopping center, Green Acres has the size and location on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream at the Nassau County-Queens line that help account for its profitability and its problems.
LEAD: On Thursday July 26, a dark-green garbage bag washed up onto a beach in Long Branch, N.J.
LEAD: The economic and political realities of protecting the environment are being tested in California.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 12, 1990, covering September 16, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Jon Bon Jovi
Mariah Carey
Poison
1990The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.[†]
Dostyk or Druzhba is a small town in Kazakhstan's Jetisu Region, on the border with Xinjiang, China. It is a port of entry from China. The rail portion serves as an important link in the Eurasian Land Bridge. It is situated in the Dzungarian Gate, a historically significant mountain pass.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]