Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...definition proved vague enough to permit some touchy antagonists to get invitations. Of the 24 nations so far coming to Belgrade,* Ethiopia and Somalia have a longstanding border dispute that occasionally erupts into bloody frontier incidents. At one stage of the Congo crisis, Yugoslavia, the U.A.R., Guinea and Mali split with India, Ethiopia and other neutralist countries over which Congolese government to recognize. More importantly, the nations meeting at Belgrade habitually split into two loose groupings-one composed of actively anti-Western African nations (including the Algerian rebel F.L.N.), the other predominantly Asian, led by India, and more moderate...
...Burma, Ceylon, Ghana, Guinea, Ethiopia, Sudan, India, Indonesia, Yemen, Cambodia, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, United Arab Republic, Lebanon, Algerian Provisional Government (F.L.N.), Tunisia, Cyprus, Afghanistan, Cuba, Iraq, Yugoslavia; observer nations: Brazil, Bolivia. Possible participant: Cyrille Adoula of the Congo...
...Japanese invaded Manchuria in 1931, and during the battle for Shanghai coolly covered both sides: "I'd go in the morning to the Chinese front and then at noon call a taxicab and motor over to the Japanese front." He was at Addis Ababa shortly before Mussolini invaded Ethiopia...
...conservative, reminds one of the celebrated wire by the Chamber of Commerce of Italy, Texas, to the League of Nations in October 1935, stating that it should be made absolutely clear to the nations of the world that it was not Italy, Texas that was invading Ethiopia...
...Spencer, 67. Steiniger made his reputation in the tough Venezuelan fields, where during one three-year period (1941-44), he brought in 105 wells out of 108 attempts. Intense and quick-witted, he believes in studying countries where the company drills, once delighted Haile Selassie with his knowledge of Ethiopia. Under Steiniger, Sinclair will spend a major part of this year's planned $182 million capital expenditure to step up its search...