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...heart attack; in Khartoum. A veteran of British colonial jails, Azhari was elected Prime Minister in 1954 following the pullout of British troops, and guided the Sudan to full independence in 1956. Toppled from power six months later, he bided his time until 1964, when he helped overthrow the country's military dictatorship and a short time later emerged as the Sudan's first President only to be overthrown himself in May of this year. "In a backward country, prison is the politician's university," he once said, "and I graduated...
Waning Influence. Khiem, who was involved in the overthrow of Diem and masterminded two subsequent coupplots, joins Thieu and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, previously the air-force chief, to form an all-military triumvirate. They are expected to take an uncompromising political line at home and at the Paris peace talks...
...culture, sometimes naked but never far removed from the whole cloth of bohemian and Brahman tradition, Allen Ginsberg has gained celebrity not only as a poet but as a practicing pansexualist and pioneer in psychedelia. He has also preached all manner of revolutionary activities that could lead to the overthrow of what he considers society's "hallucination" regarding money and power...
...Cairo, as Egyptians last week celebrated the 17th anniversary of the overthrow of King Farouk and the establishment of the republic, Nasser told the congress of the ruling Arab Socialist Union: "We now begin the stage of liberation. We shall fight for the restoration of our land, not only Egyptian lands but all Arab lands." Calling for a war of attrition, he warned that "we are now engaged in a long battle to drain the enemy's strength." In an attempt to create more Arab cooperation against Israel, he called for a new Arab summit conference, noting that "conditions...
...Paulo, one of South America's most influential and respected dailies; of pneumonia; in São Paulo. All through the 1930s Mesquita fought the demagoguery, corruption and censorship of Dictator Getúlio Vargas and was one of the forces that eventually brought his overthrow in 1945. In 1964, Mesquita lent his powerful support to the coup that ousted Leftist President João Goulart, but later grew disenchanted with the military dictatorship that resulted, and rejoined the battle for a free press and democratic elections...