Word: asylums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast--The Ivory Coast government yesterday granted asylum to Jean Bedel Bokassa, deposed ruler of the Central African Republic. Bokassa, ousted last Thursday in a bloodless coup, flew to the Ivory Coast after France denied him refuge from the new Central African Republican government...
...friendship for this Persian Ozymandias and this quintessential banana-republic strongman did not seem to count for much. His Imperial Majesty the King of Kings became overnight an international outcast with a price on his head, wandering from Egypt to Morocco to the Bahamas to Mexico, discouraged from seeking asylum in the U.S. When Somoza desperately tried to telephone from his bunker to Jimmy Carter for help, the White House switchboard shunted the call to the State Department, where Somoza left a message. Cyrus Vance cabled him back, urging him to quit...
Bokassa flew to France when his plane ran short of fuel and was allowed to land but was refused asylum, official French sources said yesterday. He was expected to fly to Libya this morning...
...ANGELES--Two members of the Bolshoi Ballet, a husband and wife team, are reportedly seeking political asylum in the United States. A spokesman for the State Department said yesterday, "We are aware of the situation," but released no further details...
...charismatic star, coolly walked out of his room as if he were heading for a stroll, evading the KGB officer stationed in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel. He rushed to the New York office of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, where he requested, and was granted, political asylum...