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...arduous Kennedy Round of tariff negotiations in Geneva show promise of producing a 20-25% worldwide reduction in tariffs, largely hammered out between the U.S. and the Common Market. In its relations with the outside world, the Common Market already has in force association agreements with Greece, Turkey, Nigeria, the Dutch Antilles, plus 18 former French colonies in Africa. It has trade agreements with Iran, Israel and Lebanon, is also currently negotiating with Austria; Spain and the North African countries are next in line...
...awash with Italian flags and posters pleading DAGLIELA ALLA PANZZA! (Freely: Paste him in the belly!) But Griffith, 29, was the tough ex-street fighter from the Virgin Islands who had killed Benny Paret in the ring, won the welterweight championship three times before taking the middleweight title from Nigeria's Dick Tiger last year. On the strength of that, he was called by experts "the best boxer, pound for pound, in the world...
Savvy from Christians. Ojukwu gave Gowon until March 31 to put into effect agreements reached between the two at a conference in Ghana in January. He claimed that Gowon agreed to a loose confederation of states for Nigeria, promised aid for 160 refugees and made other concessions that he later reneged on. Gowon later offered a compromise: he said he would give all state governors, including Ojukwu, virtual veto over his policies, but he refused to relinquish certain powers, including the power to take over states "in emergencies." When the deadline passed with no further concessions, Ojukwu hit where...
Economically, Nigeria needs the East far more than the East needs it. Ojukwu complains that his region contributes 35% of the nation's tax revenues and gets back only 14% in federal outlays. With coal reserves, a palm-oil industry and abundant oil along the coast near Port Harcourt, the East has the potential to go it alone as a viable state. Its population of 12 million (including 9,000,000 Ibos) is larger than that of either Kenya or Ghana...
...Ibos themselves. Early contact with Christian missionaries gave them more savvy in Western techniques than other tribes. Forced by a land shortage in the East to seek a livelihood in other regions, they usually settled in tribal enclaves, invested their earnings and established powerful tribal associations. When Nigeria became independent in 1960, the Ibos controlled most of the black-owned businesses. When the British left, they stepped into top posts in universities, business houses and the civil service. But the Ibos have usually been resented, especially by the Hausa Moslems of the comparatively poorer North. In last year...