Word: abu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says Mohammed Abu Baker, 21, a partisan in a bitter civil war that rages today on the politically volatile Horn of Africa. On one side is the army of Ethiopia's despotic military rulers, who are struggling to hold together the empire of the late Haile Selassie, whom they deposed in 1974. On the other are the 4 million people of Eritrea, Ethiopia's northern province. But also involved in the drama are the Soviet Union, Cuba, most of the Arab states, and the U.S.-and at stake is who will eventually control the strategic oil routes...
...have refused to accept further aid. The Arab world has rewarded their defiance by "adopting" West Bank municipalities. Hebron has been taken under the wing of Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina, which is underwriting a $15 million gift. Mayor Freij of Bethlehem, which was adopted by Abu Dhabi, returned last month from a visit to that oil-rich Persian Gulf sheikdom with pledges of $600,000 now and $10 million later to develop his town's tourist business...
...Saudi prince bought a $30,000 Rolls-Royce Corniche to tool around England with, and after two months gave it to his British chauffeur. Another likes to play with 16 hooded falcons, which go for $3,000 a throw. Sheikh Zayed of Abu Dhabi, President of the United Arab Emirates, has "a palace or two" in Pakistan, where he hunts for two months every year, and London digs with four-figure faucets designed by Godfrey Bonsack of May fair. Then there is the ruler of Dubai, who likes to hoist up his skirts-all the way-and then see which...
...deserted Arab fishing village of El Tur is being actively exploited for what have proved to be rich oil reserves. Despite a public declaration from Washington last week that such activity is illegal, Israel is determinedly searching for oil to replace what it lost a year ago when the Abu Rudeis fields to the north were handed back to Egypt. Exploration has already led to conflicts, since other oil teams under Egyptian contracts are also working there. Israeli naval crews last fall shot at equipment owned by Amoco to keep that American company from working in the Gulf of Suez...
...spectacular art museum. Descendants of such modern masters as Braque and Rouault refused to permit their works to be installed there. Louise Nevelson, Robert Motherwell, James Rosenquist and some 40 other American artists, collectors and critics boycotted the place to protest against France's release of Palestinian Terrorist Abu Daoud. Other detractors simply charged that the computerized temple of glass and steel was too expensive (about $200 million). And so, amid all the scandale beloved of the Parisian art world, 3,500 notables were invited to gather this week for the opening of the Georges Pompidou National Center...