Word: pressee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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A considerably more serious development, in Washington's view, was Viet Nam's continuing troop buildup in its now devastated northern regions, as if in preparation for further fighting. Hanoi has already moved several of its better divisions out of Cambodia to the north. According to Agence France...
B.y 9 a.m. on Saturday, mortar shells descended near Lang Son, according to an Agence France-Presse correspondent on the scene. To the north, heavy artillery shells could be heard every ten to 30 seconds. "Chinese troops have launched a general attack, all the frontier posts are being shelled by...
Even before the UNESCO endorsement, a press pool was formed by nonaligned nations last July. Today as many as 47 national news agencies are exchanging reports, though most of the pool's copy is self-serving propaganda. Not many Western journalists take the effort seriously. Says Reuters Managing Director...
Last week Mengistu achieved realignment in a single stroke. Declaring that U.S. aid had only helped Selassie to "suppress the liberation struggle of the oppressed masses," the junta expelled all American military advisers, communications experts and information officials. By midweek some 300 Americans had departed within the four-day deadline...
Many Signers. Most journalists finally agreed to sign-many under instructions from their home office-hoping to continue reporting at any cost. The reasoning was that the ambiguous language of the revised pledge could be regarded as innocuous. United Press International, for example, accepted the agreement, saying: "Nothing in the...