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With that he declared to Legco the imminent end of the official state of emergency under which Kenya has been ruled since the days of 1952, when the bloody Mau Mau uprising gripped the East African colony. For the revolt-infected tribes-the Kikuyu, Embu and Meru-it would mean the end of the passbook system that rigidly limited their travel, and the end of forced communal labor and mandatory residence in villages. For 3,000 prisoners still behind bars or barbed wire for revolutionary activity, it would mean freedom under a sweeping amnesty program; only a few score...
...Premier Chou En-lai proposed that the armed forces of both nations withdraw 12½ miles from the positions they now hold, and urged an early meeting to discuss frontier problems. Such a move might be advantageous to China but not to India, replied Nehru tartly, since it would mean acceptance of Chinese control over large areas claimed by India. Nevertheless, he added, "the spirit of the Chinese letter is not bad." The Reds also returned ten Indian policemen captured in last month's skirmish in Ladakh, as well as the bodies of nine others killed in the same...
...really. I mean, I don't have anything to discuss...
...mean, yes. I never thought about it much, I guess...
...grads--and the experts--will tell you that statistics and previous performances mean little in The Game. What decides this one is team spirit, and both coaches realize that their teams must be "up" for the traditional game...