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Every evening at 8, one of the French TV networks, Antenne 2, begins its news broadcast in the same way. Eight close-up pictures, framed in lurid yellow appear on the screen, one after the other. As they go by, the anchorman says in an understated voice, "Tonight the French hostages, including the members of the Antenne 2 news team--Philippe Rochot, Georges Hansen, Aurel Cornea, Jean-Louis Normandin--have still not been released." Only then does the news begin...
...French army colonel: "We will not be the Americans' valet d'armes--their orderly or spear carrier." The Italians have an enduringly bad con-science about Mussolini's colonial war against Libya and, to be sure, are concerned about 4,000 Italians living there today. West German leaders appear to have chosen to indulge the strong, barely dormant pacifist streak in the country...
...hand down their decision. Most court watchers expect that if the law is struck down, the grounds will be narrow. The precedents are so unclear, the implications of any broad new rule so uncharted, and popular or legal consensus on the wisest course so undeveloped that small, tentative steps appear more advisable than bold strides. --By Richard Lacayo. Reported by Anne Constable/Washington
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's misgivings may be more forcefully expressed. West German officials appear to believe in contrast to the U.S. view, that their country's current anticipated growth rate is plenty. Two weeks ago, the West German Bundesbank declined to follow Washington as the U.S. cut the rate charged by the Federal Reserve to member banks from...
...Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan. Canceling a ballet tour or an orchestra performance is an easy way for both countries to show displeasure, but American diplomats are hopeful that this time around the ballerinas and the piano players will not be pawns in the game between East and West. Both capitals appear committed to make this exchange agreement work, and there is no sign so far of any shift because of the U.S. bombing of Libya two weeks...