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...Asians emigrated to Britain. Then, in early 1968, their entry was abruptly halted. A few Asians found themselves in the predicament of being unable to enter Britain and unable to return to East Africa. As recently as two weeks ago, a couple from Kenya spent a fortnight flying back and forth between Nairobi and London; last week, after being refused entry to Britain for the third time, they were finally readmitted to Kenya...
Reading Disability. Sully's death underscored the danger of flying in VNAF helicopters. Though General Tri had a South Vietnamese pilot for his fatal flight, most other Vietnamese generals now travel in U.S. Army choppers, fearful that VNAF pilots may lose their way. Fortnight ago a VNAF helicopter carrying U.S. newsmen got temporarily but totally lost over unfamiliar terrain in South Viet Nam. In another case, a VNAF pilot casually chalked map coordinates to his destination on the outside of his chopper windshield, only to find himself forced to try to read them backwards from the inside...
VITA! VITA!" the pretty blonde shouted in Swahili. "Attack! Attack!" There, surrounded by hundreds of Kenyan schoolboys, was Britain's Princess Anne, cheering on the home side's soccer team. The princess, on a fortnight's tour of Kenya with her brother Prince Charles, was visiting a Nairobi home for 1,000 destitute and orphaned African boys. The school is supported by the Save the Children Fund, of which the princess is president...
...Administration's U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In the six months that followed, Lawyer Burns became the Government's most successful prosecutor of water polluters. This should have delighted both Seymour and the White House, which crusades for a cleaner environment. Yet a fortnight ago, Seymour fired Burns...
...fortnight, the first-floor flat in the working-class suburb of Montreal North had been under tense surveillance. Only when police were completely satisfied with the accuracy of their tips and leads did they swing into action. They routed the residents out of a four-block area. Hundreds of policemen, Mounties and troops in battle dress were rushed in to encircle the stark apartment building at 10945 Des Recollets Avenue. The electricity was cut off. A nearby school was closed so that it could be used as a helicopter pad. Finally, two hours after the siege began, a lead pipe...