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...fear is of a deal with Moscow that would reduce West Berlin's ties to West Germany, and permanently recognize Red rule in East Germany. With this in mind, so stalwart a supporter of the West as former Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano (now Christian Democratic leader in Parliament) recently reminded the Allies sharply that "it is intolerable to offer additional concessions. The aim of talks must be to convince the Soviet Union that the German people have an ineradicable right to self-determination...
...bloody, seven-year Algerian War, which has cost an estimated 400,000 lives, was nearly over. In a green-shuttered Parliament building in Libya's capital city of Tripoli, 54 members of the Algerian National Revolutionary Council met last week behind heavily guarded doors to vote on the cease-fire agreement with France that will lead to Algerian independence...
After years of discussion, Italy's apertura a sinistra ("opening to the left") last week became a risky reality. In effect, the Christian Democratic Party shed some of its right-wing allies in parliament and went into partnership with Pietro Nenni's left-wing Socialists, who had long been working closely with the Communists. Chief architect of the experiment is shrewd, scholarly Premier Amintore Fanfani, who believes that only through the Nenni alliance can he muster the votes needed for necessary domestic reforms (TIME, Feb. 9). But many left-wingers predict gloomily that Nenni will become a hostage...
...shift leftward in domestic affairs, Fanfani kept on notable Christian Democrats in sensitive external affairs posts-moderate Foreign Minister Antonio Segni, a strong Common Market supporter, and rightist Defense Minister Giulio Andreotti, who is pro-NATO. The Nenni Socialists got no Cabinet jobs, but agreed to vote in parliament for government proposals they approve, abstain on proposals they dislike. With Nenni Socialist backing, Fanfani's new regime could count on 386 out of 595 voting members of the Chamber of Deputies...
...uprisings, Kenyatta is still a hero to millions of Africans; he insists on a strong centralized government with a one-house legislature and an elected head of state. KADU urges a Swiss-style federation of six largely autonomous regional constituencies, divided along tribal lines, with a two-house federal parliament and a coalition cabinet...