Word: abu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israel proposed a joint operation of the Abu Rudeis oilfields in the Sinai as a symbolic gesture that the two nations might cooperate on future peaceful projects. Once again. Egypt said...
...image of the Indochina War, was named Magazine Photographer of the Year in the Pictures-of-the-Year competition. Adams also won prizes for several individual pictures, including a portrait of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (TIME, May 20) and a photo of straining oarsmen in a boat race in Abu Dhabi (TIME...
...with shrinking demand, oil producers are taking in more money now than they were a few years ago. Yet the more production falls, the closer OPEC comes to an exquisitely difficult political problem: how to apportion cuts within the cartel so that no member suffers more than others. Already Abu Dhabi has publicly complained about the fact that the cartel has taken no steps to allocate production cuts. In these circumstances, the stresses within OPEC can only intensify...
Kissinger's major problem is to define and possibly extend the perimeters of agreement. At this point, Sadat cannot agree to a formal declaration of nonbelligerency, which Israel demands in return for withdrawing from the Mitla and Giddi passes and surrendering the Abu Rudeis oilfields in the Sinai desert. But the Israeli government is prepared to make less extensive territorial withdrawals in exchange for symbolic tokens of Egypt's peaceful intentions, like its allowing Israeli cargoes to pass through the reopened Suez Canal. One sticking point is Israel's insistence that any further disengagement deal be spelled...
...states have responded by undertaking weapons-expansion programs. Iraq has already received MIG fighters, heavy artillery and the Scud surface-to-surface missiles, which can be fitted with nuclear warheads, from the Soviets; in addition to the American A-4 Skyhawks, Kuwait is ordering Mirages from France; even tiny Abu Dhabi, a member sheikdom of the United Arab Emirates, has obtained C-130 transports and Mirages...