Word: aide
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...though its own environmental movement is still tiny by Western standards. Last month the Japanese government imposed new curbs on ivory imports, surprising and delighting environmentalists worldwide, who fear that the African elephant faces extinction in the wild. Japan is also preparing a new multibillion-yen program of environmental aid for developing countries. Government insiders promise the new emphasis on the environment will bring results. "Once Japan decides to do something, it can move very quickly," says Takashi Kosugi, a Diet member and the leading environmentalist in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...
After much whining and a trip to the Financial Aid Office, I received my study card, and happily embarked upon my first shopping period...
...former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union has made quite a splash in Washington, tirelessly campaigning for more access to classified information and for more student financial aid...
...President will be in Washington this week for meetings with President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker. Mobutu's role in bringing the Angolan opponents together may mute criticism of human-rights abuses and government corruption in Zaire. U.S. Congressmen, who are considering an Administration request for extended aid for UNITA, will also be eager to hear Mobutu's assessment of the chances for peace. The Zairian is expected to call on all outsiders, including the U.S., to cut off military aid to the combatants...
...northern Iranian city of Mashhad, which would help fulfill a longtime Moscow goal of greater access to the Persian Gulf. There were discussions, but no final accord, on reopening a gas pipeline from Iran to Soviet Transcaucasia, which was shut down in 1980. Moscow also announced that it would aid Iran in "strengthening ((its)) defense capability," but provided no details. The U.S. has made clear its opposition to large-scale shipments of Soviet arms to Iran; any such supplies would be viewed with even greater alarm by Iraq, which was backed by the Soviets during its eight-year war with...