The world is taken completely by surprise as Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia wins the Parliamentary elections; In a major breakthrough for world trade, the Uruguay Round of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) talks finally ends as the nations around the world work out their own balance sheet of winners and losers; and a first major glimpse of two major releases of the year – 'Little Buddha' and Schindler's List'.