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Rebel Iraqi army officers overthrew the government and issued a characteristic Middle Eastern communiqué: "With the help of God, we have been able to destroy the enemy of God and of the people, Abdul Karim Kassem, and his gang, who have used the country for their own interests and who choked liberty and disrupted...
...Vatican communiqué says that "difficulties of a practical and hygienic nature were cited in the matter of restoring the practice of administering Communion under two species." What does that mean...
...communiqué had something about the need for making some sacraments more intelligible. Which sacraments...
...seven languages. To the 300-odd newsmen still in Rome, the handouts are often worse than useless. Designed to report on each day's council conference after its close, the bulletins are sometimes written 24 hours in advance, and they are far from reliable. "What did the communiqué say today?" a prelate asked a reporter. "Well, perhaps that's true,'' he said, after puzzling over the reporter's reply, "but it's really misleading.'' What the communiqué did reflect clearly was Msgr. Vaillanc's outspoken attitude...
...French naval base of Mers-el-Kebir." According to a later Algerian account of the session, Ben Bella urged Castro to ease tension with the U.S. "And just how?" asked Castro. A little less rattling of Russian rockets would help, Ben Bella reportedly said. The final joint communiqué reflected no such exchange. Ben Bella approved a statement demanding an end to "imperialist oppression," and "foreign military bases in other countries, including the naval base at Guantánamo...