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...only because he was afraid that his associates in the African National Congress would kill him if he did not cooperate. The A.N.C., for its part, has insisted that its guerrillas, not Moloise, committed the murder. Moloise was, however, a firm supporter of the A.N.C. and the violent overthrow of apartheid. As he once wrote: "A storm of oppression will be followed by the rain of my blood/ I am proud to give my life, my solitary life...
...move followed a U.S. decision to boycott court proceedings regarding charges that the U.S. was aiding guerillas trying to overthrow Nicaragua's leftist government...
...ornate chamber of the International Court of Justice in the Hague last week, lawyers for Nicaragua charged the U.S. with attempting to overthrow the Sandinista government, using the contra rebels as one of its tools. The lawyers made their case in the World Court before an empty row of leather chairs reserved for the American side. The U.S. is boycotting the proceeding: last year the Reagan Administration announced that while it would continue to recognize the court's jurisdiction generally, it would not do so for two years in matters involving events in Central America...
...through the ornate gates of the Armed Forces Supreme Command headquarters in downtown Bangkok last week. Out of habit, the guard on duty saluted. But it was not an occasion to honor the retired general and former Prime Minister, for Kriangsak, 67, was arrested and charged with attempting to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda on Sept...
Although Shagari permitted a multiple-party political system and won re- election in 1983, his overthrow on New Year's Eve was welcomed by Nigerians. Despite Buhari's increasingly repressive regime and his mismanagement of the economy, his fate may not have been sealed until earlier this year when he ordered the dismissal of 30,000 soldiers as a cost-cutting measure. The cashiered troops reportedly began terrorizing and looting the countryside. Babangida indicated his dissatisfaction with Buhari in a rare speech this year in which he warned, "Those who advocate less spending on defense cannot win." He also proposed...