Word: djibouti
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...northern Ethiopia, William Ahmed was arrested in 1984 on suspicion of harboring guerrillas from the Eritrean People's Liberation Front and was packed off to a prison in Addis Ababa. Tortured repeatedly over the next four years, Ahmed was finally moved to a hospital. From there, he escaped to Djibouti, where he purchased a Somalian passport and a ticket to Canada...
...Italy, West Germany, Brazil) or those at table tennis rooting for Chinese Superstar Jiang Jialiang? Veteran Captain Karch Kiraly will lead the U.S. into what could be these Games' final confrontation with the U.S.S.R.: on the volleyball court. While most of the U.S. sleeps, Kenya's Douglas Wakiihuri and Djibouti's Ahmed Salah should be leading home a wide-open marathon field...
...lives of so many foreigners suddenly threatened, the Soviets cooperated with the British and other Western embassies in evacuating refugees. The Soviets even dispatched a liaison officer to the British royal yacht Britannia; he remained on board as the ship helped one group of evacuees after another get to Djibouti. The vessel had been bound for New Zealand to be on hand for Queen Elizabeth II's visit there next month, but was quickly recruited for the rescue operation. Other British naval vessels, including the frigate Jupiter, were not allowed by the South Yemenis to sail within the twelve-mile...
...thought we were going to die." After 24 hours, they swam a quarter mile through a sea of oil to the Wathara IV, only to discover that Cameron and the ship's dinghy were missing. Two days later, they heard over the BBC that Cameron was safe in Djibouti...
...escape. "Outside, it was a scene from Apocalypse Now," recalled McSeveney. During a lull in the firing, they started the engine and slowly found their way to open sea through the darkness, past a capsized freighter and a patrol boat loaded with armed men. When they finally sighted Djibouti 30 hours later, they both cried, "Thank you, Lord!" at the top of their voices...