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...junta, headed by Colonel George Papadopoulos, imposed martial law and abolished all political parties. It imposed severe censorship on newspapers, banned trade union activities, dissolved student organizations. Within the first week of its rule, about 10,000 people--leftists, centrists, student and trade union leaders--were arrested and exiled to remote island concentration camps...
...year-old Emperor and Empress Nagako, 73, were lauded by a select audience of 7,500 in an hour-long ceremony at Tokyo's flower-bedecked Nihon Budokan (Martial Arts) Hall. In the half-century since the accession, Japan had been atom-bombed into defeat and had risen again to become one of the world's proud industrial powers. Hirohito, who renounced his divinity in the wake of Japan's World War II loss, is now the world's second-longest-reigning monarch. Swaziland's King Sobhuza II, who became King in 1921, has ruled...
...gasoline-soaked bodies were set afire. Finally, over the radio came last week's terse announcement: "The government cannot govern," said a voice. "To keep Thailand from falling prey to the Communists and to uphold the monarchy, this [military] council has seized power. The country is under martial...
...Within a day, 3,000 suspected leftists were rounded up and herded into detention camps. Political parties and any gathering of more than five persons were banned; newspapers, magazines and broadcasts were placed under censorship; and membership in Communist organizations was made punishable by death after trial by courts-martial. A midnight-to-dawn curfew was established on the night of the coup, then dropped-after revelers who ignored it were shot. Constitutional rule will eventually be restored, said Sangad, but only "when the nation is ready...
When Martinez Soler was notified of his Nieman Fellowship award during August, he almost refused it since at the time he was awaiting court martial because of another controversial article in Doblon and could not leave Spain...