Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resume. But in organized military operations, nothing was happening." The peace was brief. Last week government forces overran three insurgent positions south of Phnom-Penh, heavy air and artillery attacks took place near the Plain of Reeds in South Viet Nam, and thousands of soldiers mutinied in Ethiopia (see THE WORLD...
Clearly shaken, the Emperor of Ethiopia, Lion of Judah, Elect of God and King of Kings mounted the balcony of his lion-guarded Jubilee Palace in Addis Ababa. Speaking to 600 members of the armed forces, Haile Selassie declared in a faltering and cracking voice: "This is a poor land. Your country cannot afford to give you more. I appeal to your loyalty!" From the palace courtyard, the Emperor received the expected cheers of support. But in Ethiopia's key garrison towns, where thousands of his soldiers were mutinying, the appeal fell on deaf ears. There, junior officers...
Cheap and Ample. Heat from the earth also powers the generators of plants in Italy, New Zealand, Mexico and Japan. Because the energy is cheap, almost inexhaustible and relatively clean, it is also being developed by some 25 other countries, from Chile to Taiwan, Ethiopia to Indonesia...
...Ethiopia's case is the saddest ot all because many of the deaths could have been avoided. Last January, when officials brought word of imminent starvation among peasants to one provincial governor, he disciplined them for their "negative attitude." He also refused to press Addis Ababa for aid, for fear of embarrassing a government that was pushing tourism. The result was widespread starvation and an initial reluctance on the part of international agencies to send food; U.N. officials assumed that Ethiopia was suffering far less than the Sahel states...
Swollen Stomachs. The prognosis for Ethiopia and the sub-Saharan countries is for an equally grim and dry new year. The little rain that did fall this year came late and ended early, preventing a full fall harvest of millet and sorghum that might have saved some lives Relief efforts are continuing, and in Ethiopia some food is belatedly getting to the impoverished northern provinces But in the refugee camps thousands of children with matchstick legs, protruding ribs and swollen stomachs continue to die of malnutrition. A new woe was added last week when swarms of locusts began eating their...