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...warning against "plotters" from either the U.S. or the Soviet Union and stressing the need to purge the parliament of any "leanings to either the right or the left." Then, in the best tradition of the stridency that has marked public life in Iran since the Shah's overthrow, one of the mullahs jumped to his feet and shouted: "Hail to Khomeini! Hail to the martyrs!" The other representatives took up the refrain with gusto...
With that terse message, Radio Uganda last week proclaimed the ouster of President Godfrey Binaisa, 59. Scarcely a year after the overthrow of the despotic Idi Amin Dada and the installation of a civilian regime, the military was back in power. Protested one opponent of the army takeover: "They have succeeded in hijacking the government...
...downfall was not unexpected. After taking over from Yusufu Lule, Amin's first successor, who was deposed after only ten weeks, the chubby lawyer barely survived a string of no-confidence motions brought against him in the country's parliament. The immediate cause of Binaisa's overthrow was his attempt to dismiss Brigadier David Oyite Ojok as army chief of staff, reportedly because Ugandan troops, ordered to conduct house-to-house searches for arms in Kampala, had looted many of the homes. Troops loyal to Ojok quickly seized the radio station in Kampala and began broadcasting anti...
...month the nominally Marxist government of President Denis Sassou Nguesso established diplomatic relations with the Vatican and pleaded urgently to be included in the papal visit. The Congo needs to court Catholicism to shore up its popular support and counteract the influence of revolutionary religious sects that seek to overthrow the government. John Paul used his visit to remind Congolese officials that religious freedom is "at the center of respect for all the inalienable rights of the individual...
Having urged the construction of a tunnel under East Berlin, which allowed the CIA to tap into communications within the Eastern bloc, Harvey developed a reputation for accomplishing the impossible. That proved his undoing. When the Kennedy brothers ordered a secret operation to overthrow Castro, Harvey was put in charge. He employed all the tricks of his trade, including the recruitment of Mafia figures for a rubout, but he failed. After that, it was all downhill as he drank away his frustrations and died of a heart attack...