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Gaddafi also spends millions of dollars to buy the allegiance of countries in sub-Sahara Africa, particularly those with large Moslem populations; in the past year, at least partly because of Gaddafi's largesse, Uganda, Mali, Chad, Niger and Congo-Brazzaville have all broken diplomatic relations with Israel. Gaddafi even lent $3,000,000 to the U.S. Black Muslims, but he refused further loans because he decided that the group was not truly Islamic. He receives dozens of appeals for foreign aid each year, says Gaddafi, and he judges them all on two criteria: Will the loan help Islam...
...appointments include a number of other firsts: the first Polynesian (Bishop Pius Taofinu'u, 49, of Apia, Western Samoa), the first Kenyan (Archbishop Maurice Otunga, 50, of Nairobi), the first from the Congo Republic (Archbishop Emile Biayenda, 45, of Brazzaville). But the Pope did not "internationalize" the college as much as some progressives had hoped he might. Eight Italians are among the appointees, bringing the total number of Italian cardinals to 41. France follows with 13, the U.S. with twelve, an all-time high. France, Spain, Australia and Brazil each got two new cardinals, and there was one each...
...Brien was an Irish delegate to the United Nations and served the U.N. in the Congo. His book To Katanga and Back and his play Murderous Angels were indictments of the role of the U.S. and Europe in the Congo war. O'Brien portrayed Dag Hammarskjold as a man who believed God had chosen him to bring peace to Africa...
...Congo operation, as O'Brien sees it, was an extension of colonialism and racism, intended to deny black Africans real control over their country...
...before dinner. Over British and French vetoes in the Security Council and a Soviet offer to deploy its own troops, he managed to get it ratified by a majority of the General Assembly. U.N.E.F. was his most successful innovation. It served as the model for international forces in the Congo and Cyprus. It also more or less kept the lid on the Middle East for ten years...