Word: iri
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...captured chunks of Ethiopian territory in Eritrea on the Red Sea and the Ogaden region bordering the Somali Democratic Republic. In mid-December, big Antonov and Ilyushin transport planes began wheeling into the airport at Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. The airlift, which appears to be concluding, has brought iri $850 million worth of arms, including T-34 tanks, field guns, heavy mortars and light missiles. U.S. officials believe Moscow has also supplied a number of fighter planes, possibly including advanced...
There have been tension and trouble ever since 1968, when two state-run enterprises, ENl and IRI, bought a major block of stock in Montecatini-Edison. The state companies want Italy's chemical industry welded into a cartel strong enough to thwart foreign competitors. The government's men have proved to be far more dynamic and adept at grabbing power than the representatives of private shareholders. Now the state's executives are likely to move into the vacuum created by Merzagora's departure. In Italy, the government already has monopoly control over electric power, telephones, railroads...