Word: africa
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...force against them, did not even bother to propose more economic sanctions. Those already used by Britain and the United Nations have proved ineffective in either throttling Rhodesia's economy or getting Rhodesia's whites to move gradually to black rule. By increasingly copying South Africa's tough apartheid methods, Smith's ruling Rhodesian Front stifles most political opposition and restricts most Africans to their tribal reserves and townships. Last week's defiance of Britain will certainly embolden the right-wingers in Smith's government to press the regime to declare Rhodesia a republic...
...army and put the rest to work part-time clearing land and building roads. He has asked to join the newly formed East African Economic Community (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) because he feels that Somalia has a better chance of building a viable economy by cooperating with Black Africa rather than with his Arab neighbors to the north. "Look," says Egal, in what must rank among the most candid statements ever made by a government leader, "it has taken us seven years to reach nowhere. Give me three years to get somewhere...
...added to the doubts by urging that the U.S. pull out of the London gold pool, stop selling gold to foreigners on demand, support the dollar by buying and selling foreign currencies as other countries do. (The Treasury promptly denied any such intention.) Then there were reports that South Africa, the leading gold producer, might switch from Britain to France to mar ket its metal. South African Finance Minister Nicolaas Diederichs scarcely quelled that worry when he commented last week: "A change isn't impossible...
...company Hochtief. But when the Germans and Swiss reviewed their figures, they asked to be allowed to raise the original bid by $50 million. Pakistani officials demurred. They gave the job instead to Impregilo, which has already gained impressive dam-building experience from projects in the Middle East and Africa...
Second, the Olympic Committee must consider whether this country would appear ludicrous condemning South Africa's policies in light of the recently-published Riot Commission report: "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white--separate and unequal . . . Discrimination and segregation have long permeated much of American life; they now threaten the future of every American." There is a difference, of course; one nation enforces its discrimination and the other condemns it. Perhaps the United States could acknowledge its shame while blasting the South Africans. But, of course, it should not come to this, because the Olympics...