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...Afar triangle is a 40,000-sq.-mi. portion of northeast Ethiopia that lies at the juncture of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is a land of jagged mountains and cliffs, treacherous earth faults, active volcanoes and below-sea-level deserts where temperatures rise to a scorching 134°F. in the shade. Its only inhabitants are fierce nomads, one of whose reputed customs is to carve parts from battle victims and bear them home as trophies for their women. Yet the most awesome aspect of this Dantean terrain is the inferno that may be hidden...
...William Haley, former director-general of the British Broadcasiing Corp.; Author-Critics Marya Mannes and Michael Aden: Richard Baker, acting dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, and his predecessor, Dean Edward Barrett...
...scattered Nazi Germany's Afrika Korps in the Battle of El Alamein during World War II and earned the regiment the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military honor, for service during the Korean War. On its last assignment, helping to quell last year's Aden rebellion, the regiment displayed its typical bravado, marching to the strains of bagpipe music into the middle of the Arab-terrorized Crater district under the colorful command of Captain Colin ("Mad Mitch") Mitchell...
...first men to sign their petition was the Duke of Argyll, Sir Ian Douglas Campbell, a descendant of the unit's traditional officer clan. But unless Whitehall recants-and it seldom does-the Argylls played their swan song as they piped themselves out of Aden...
Intercontinental for Keeps. Fundikira is "proud that we have been setting the airline pace for the rest of black Africa," and now he is stepping it up. The international operations, which already include service to London, Paris, Rome, Bombay, Karachi and Aden, have just been expanded with flights to Athens. And after its fourth VC-10 arrives this year, E.A.A. will move on to Bangkok, then to Hong Kong, Denmark, Belgium and Switzerland...