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Week ending 12th December 1989
Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge, East Germany elects a new leader and the Czech president swears in the country's first non-communist majority government in 41 years.
A look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, with Sir John Tusa.
Mrs Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge, East Germany elects a new leader and the president of Czechoslovakia swears in the country's first non-communist majority government in 41 years.
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
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