World IN BRIEF : SWEDEN : Government Quits; Caretaker Rules
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Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson resigned after Parliament rejected his Social Democratic government’s stiff measures aimed at ending strikes and controlling inflation. The action threw the country into a political crisis. Carlsson gave his government’s resignation to Speaker Thage G. Peterson, who remained head of a caretaker Cabinet. Analysts said the most likely outcome would be a reconstituted Social Democratic government with tacit support of the Communists.
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