Word: homelands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, there was serious business to be done in Grenada. The last of the 634 Cuban prisoners were returned to their homeland. Tons of American construction supplies and equipment were flown to the island, where U.S. military engineers will supervise the rebuilding of roads, water systems and telephone and power facilities. Some $3.5 million in emergency U.S. funds had been allotted to the task, but the total seemed likely to fall far short of eventual needs...
...week seemed to presage his eclipse as a prime player in Middle Eastern politics. His predicament leaves the future of the P.L.O. cloudy and serves as a sad reminder that despite Arafat's years in power, the Palestinian people are no closer to realizing their dream of a homeland than they ever were...
There is little reason to believe, however, that Hussein would be eager to take up this responsibility, particularly in light of the fact that any comprehensive settlement would probably dictate offering at least some Jordanian territory for a Palestinian homeland. Furthermore, any settlement negotiated by Hussein would be meaningless if the PLO forces that now oppose Arafat did not endorse it--hardly a likely scenario. The extremist faction, through terrorist attacks, could easily disrupt tentative settlement...
...constitution passed last week makes no provision for the so called urban Blacks who have supposedly lost their tribal roots and are allowed to live in the cities, instead of being tied to a "homeland...
What should be recognized is that this constitutional move, while polarizing whites, was denounced unilaterally by puppet homeland chiefs and leftist African National Congress members alike. It was a remarkable show of unity from groups that historically have been at odds. The threat of a unified 22 million Blacks in South Africa will inevitably have to be reckoned with and no token reforms can make their persistent threat of resistance vanish...