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...Harvard student interning in South Africa is abducted by SWAPO rebels while on a field trip to Namibia. The rebels turn the hapless student over to the Angolan government, which publicizes him as an example of U.S. educational imperialism. Among the student's personal effects is Melendez's business card, bearing the name of the Liberal Arts Education Foundation. On the back of the card is what appears to be the number of a bank account and a telex address in Geneva. The telex address and account are at Landesbank...
Savimbi's 40,000 UNITA fighters, backed by an estimated 20,000 South African troops stationed across the border in the South African-controlled territory of South West Africa, or Namibia, have extended their operations to within 40 miles of Luanda. In addition to their military successes, the rebels scored a diplomatic triumph earlier this year when President Reagan welcomed Savimbi to Washington and promised him $15 million for new equipment...
...much of the world, Tutu, 54, symbolizes the battle against apartheid. From his new position, he will be the spiritual leader of 1.3 million South Africans, both black and white, and 700,000 more Anglicans in neighboring Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho. With that larger pulpit, he is likely to become even more controversial...
...gathered to attend a funeral that the government had declared illegal. All told, the number of South Africans killed in disturbances over the past 20 months, almost all of them black, is approaching 1,600. Late in the week, government troops clashed with guerrilla forces in South African-ruled Namibia, leaving 56 insurgents dead...
...University have instead always thought of them as an act of confrontational protest. Yes, shanties are ugly, but so is the behavior of Harvard in the Cambridge community and in the world. We stand in opposition to the Harvard which organizes internships for uranium companies in South African-occupied Namibia. We intend to remain, facing arrest or disciplinary charges if necessary, to greet the members of the Alumni Against Apartheid on Commencement day. Richard H. Drayton '86 Member, Open University