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...Indian meteorologists had alerted the Bangladesh government in Dhaka that a killer storm was sweeping toward the country's myriad offshore islets and southern flatlands along the Bay of Bengal. Danger Signals Nos. 4 and 5, warning of winds racing above 50 m.p.h., had been hoisted in the port of Chittagong, and fishermen and other sailors had been urged to stay close to the shore. Hourly warnings were broadcast on state-run radio and television, advising residents in the imperiled areas to seek shelter instantly. But most of the impoverished squatters who crowd the islets are too poor...
...took several years to negotiate, would have permitted up to 20,000 Cubans to leave for the U.S. each year. Cuba had also agreed to take back 2,746 criminals and mentally ill people who came to the U.S. during the mass exodus of 125,000 Cubans from the port of Mariel in 1980; a mere 201 such "excludables" had been returned before last week. In addition, the agreement was to allow some 3,000 of Cuba's political prisoners to emigrate to the U.S. One hour after Castro's suspension was announced, the first, and perhaps the last, group...
...diplomatic snub. Had Lange, who also holds the Foreign Affairs portfolio, chosen to attend, he might have met there with U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz to discuss U.S.-New Zealand differences. The relationship between the two longtime allies soured after Lange and his ruling Labor Party banned port calls by nuclear-powered or -armed U.S. Navy ships. In retaliation, the U.S. has discontinued military cooperation with New Zealand. Said Jim McLay, leader of the opposition National Party: "This loss of an opportunity for meeting with Shultz is a tragedy...
Lange has delayed submitting to Parliament legislation to formalize the port ruling. In a recent magazine article he conceded that he must accommodate the feelings of insecurity "awakened by the attenuation of the defense relationship with...
...digest another, more jarring piece of news: a sweeping crackdown on a national pastime -- drinking. The decree raises the drinking age from 18 to 21, delays the daily opening of liquor stores by three hours, calls for a gradual cut in vodka production and an eventual ban on port, which the Soviets consume in huge quantities. The measure also prescribes harsh penalties for drunken driving, drinking in public, serving alcohol to minors and brewing moonshine...