at General Eisenhower's headquarters,General Jodl, the representative of the German High Command and of Grand Admiral Doenitz, the designated head of the German state, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German land,sea and air forces in Europe to the Allied Expeditionary Forces, and simultaneously to the Soviet High Command."

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Qassim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command, appeared on Iraqi state television Friday night to announce the arrests, which he said were made within two hours of the bombings in the capital city.

CNN: Iraq: Arrests made in ministry truck bombings

And it also gave encouragement to those policy makers who are still trying to shake up their once-admired, state-directed, command economies.

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China has adopted market economics while Cuba still has a command system with most of the economy under state control.

BBC: China signs trade deals with Cuba