Word: diplomatized
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After the attempted blockade, which was foiled when police escorted Kent-Brown out through a side door, the protesters said they were only trying to force the South African diplomat to walk out the main doors and see the rally outside...
...sound of rhythmic clapping by more than 150 protesters outside the courtroom, Chief Judge Vladimir Stiborik sentenced Karel Srp, 50, the Jazz Section head, to 16 months in prison and Secretary Vladimir Kouril to ten months. The other three drew suspended sentences. Noting the relative leniency, a Western diplomat called the trial a "symptom of this regime's schizophrenic response to Gorbachev...
...even the most militant protesters admit to favoring a North Korean- style Communist government. "Actually we are in favor of democracy first and then unification," said a Korea University sophomore. Such views reflect a brand of thought that one U.S. diplomat labels "infantile Marxism." Says a Seoul prosecutor who has handled many cases against radical students: "They harbor some romantic views on the nature of the socialist state, and their idealism leads them to think that some of the problems of our society could be solved by socialism. But few understand or are dedicated to bringing the North Korean system...
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last week became the first top Soviet diplomat to visit Thailand, Australia and Indonesia in 25 years. The foray was another step in Mikhail Gorbachev's policy, announced last July in Vladivostok, of making the Soviet Union a major political and economic force in the Pacific...
...most sensitive stop on Shevardnadze's mission was Indonesia. More than 100,000 Communists were killed in 1965 by forces led by General Suharto, then the top military commander, after an attempted Communist coup. The Communist Party is still banned in the country. One senior Indonesian diplomat noted the wariness: "We are aware that the Soviets never give up in their goals to widen their influence. Therefore we will be cautious...