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Brunei fears that Malaysia might be tempted to make a play for such wealth. Thus the present sultan and his father, Omar Ali Saifuddin, who abdicated in 1967 in favor of his son but remains a power behind the throne, have steadfastly insisted that the British stay...
...Viva Jimmy! Hola Jimmy!" shouted tens of thousands of exuberant Panamanians last week as they greeted Jimmy Carter at a rally in Panama City's Cinco de Mayo Plaza. While the President beamed, Strongman Omar Torrijos kissed Rosalynn and declared that her husband "had the courage to throw himself without a parachute into the pages of history." It was a euphoric moment, the high point of a week in which Carter moved with energy and briskness through a busy schedule of diplomatic and domestic events...
...Tocumen International Airport, Torrijos' troops had chased the antitreaty students into hiding, and the government had brought thousands of supporters into Panama City, including peasants from rural provinces and Indians from the San Blas Islands. Several hundred schoolchildren, wearing yellow and brown uniforms, roared, "Viva Jimmy! Viva Omar!"as Carter embraced Torrijos on a flower-strewn red carpet. Later Carter told the crowd at the signing ceremony: "We, the people of the U.S., and you, the people of Panama, still have history to make together." Torrijos called the treaty a "transcendental moment" in his country's history...
...front had slipped back across the Angolan border, but no matter. The hero of the hour was President Giscard, who was broadly cheered when he declared, "Africa for the Africans. Everything must be done to withdraw the continent from the rivalries of political blocs." Gabon's President Albert-Bernard (Omar) Bongo, currently head of the Organization of African Unity, declared that Giscard deserved the Nobel Prize for his Africa policy. Bongo also proposed the creation of an all-Africa security organization to preserve the continent from the evils of "assassination, genocide and massacre." The delegates liked the idea and, despite...
...Argentines are all too aware of the possibilities for terrorist violence during the World Cup. In August 1976, as he was on his way to explain at a press conference the workings of the Cup organizing committee, which he had been chosen to head, retired Argentine Army General Omar Actis was ambushed and machine-gunned by Montoneros guerrillas. Montoneros members are known to be discussing the fomenting of demonstrations during the series, though they are also thought by most authorities to have decided that violence in the soccer stadiums themselves (the games will be played at six sites prior...