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...behind the trappings lurked a divisive issue: apartheid. The target was British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who is against imposing economic sanctions on Pretoria. There must be "sustained pressure" against apartheid, said Brian Mulroney of Canada. South Africa is a "total pariah," declared Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Thatcher said she would support an Australian proposal to establish a "contact group" to urge South African President P.W. Botha to negotiate with black leaders. But she remained opposed to sanctions. "They don't work," she said. Even so, prospects for eventual compromise on this week's final declaration appear good...
...policy was born of desperation, although it seemed shockingly inhumane. Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced that his government was going to get tough with refugees from Viet Nam. Not only would Malaysia shoot on sight at any more of the so-called boat people who tried to land on its shores, said Mahathir, but it would push back to sea the 76,000 who have already landed there. If necessary, continued Mahathir, Malaysia would build boats in which to remove them. Said he: "If they try sinking the boats, they won't be rescued. They...
...Mohamad Ramez Salem, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Chicago, has just reported what he considers a near-sure hiccup cure. Standard remedies, which range from breathing into a paper bag to injection of muscle-calming atropine, can be effective, but not for all victims. Moreover, some have bad side effects. The new method has so far proved almost universally successful...
...house on Karachi's fashionable Clifton Road to await the call that would make him Prime Min ister of Pakistan. The call did not come. In a last minute switch, Pakistan's President Iskander Mirza passed over Suhrawardy in favor of a more malleable candidate, Financial Expert Mohamad Ali. "Mirza is an unscrupulous schemer," cried the outraged Suhrawardy. Vowed Mirza in return: "Suhrawardy will get the premiership only over my dead body...
...year plan was already three months old, but because of political bickering, not one of the projects envisioned in it was under way. The once dominant Moslem League Party was fragmented into half a dozen parties and factions, eliminating the one force for political stability. When Mirza finally pressured Mohamad Ali, a shy and indecisive public servant, into resigning the premiership (TIME, Sept. 17), he knew that he had to replace him with a man more willing to mix in the political free-for-all and more able to involve grass roots support...