Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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India: Dropped in prestige, especially in Asia (where it wants to be the leader), because of Nehru's unwillingness to denounce a Communist bloodbath as quickly as Western misdeeds...
...Asia's neutralists have always been slightly standoffish about South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem. They did not think his half of the country was here to stay; they did not approve of someone who openly accepted alliance with and aid from the U.S. But Diem's surprising success, and Communist North Viet Nam's conspicuous failures, have been changing Asian minds. Last week Burma's U Nu, a man increasingly disillusioned by his Communist neighbors, paid a social call on Diem in Saigon, came away impressed: "I was told you were...
...tougher challenge with which neither Hammarskjold nor any of his men had yet come to grips-the barbaric Soviet repression of Hungary's fight for liberty. And behind these specific problems lay the two historic convulsions of the mid-20th century world: the upsurge of the peoples of Asia and Africa, and the conflict between Communism and democracy. The difficulties were immense. "For the first time in history," said Dwight Eisenhower, "an international machinery, set up by nations for the settlement of international disputes, is receiving a truly thorough test...
...welcoming the 16 other new members* hastily admitted in the closing days of the 1955 session. The Assembly's new president. Siam's Prince Wan Waithayakon. grandson of King Rama IV of The King and I, pointed out the significance of these admissions: "The increasing importance of Asia and Africa." In today's 79-nation U.N.. the balance of voting power has shifted from the 20 Latin American republics, which generally voted with the U.S.. to the Asian-African members, which, despite the absence of Red China and Japan, now number 25. No longer...
FIRST NORTH-POLE FLIGHTS from Europe to Asia will start in February, cut 10,300-mile Stockholm-Tokyo hop to 8,000 miles, trim flying time from about 49 hours to 31 hours. Scandinavian Airlines System, which pioneered polar route between-Copenhagen and California, will fly two Far East round trips weekly over pole, make refueling stop at Anchorage...