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Some analysts had hoped that the Israeli invasion would open up new opportunities to purge Lebanon of foreign intruders and permit a central government to exercise full authority. Last week, however, a telling incident showed that such hopes still seem very optimistic.
Meanwhile, Warsaw is slowly reducing the number of less illustrious prisoners held in camps throughout the country. A holiday resort in Jaworze that has served as an internment camp is now taking reservations from prospective vacationers for June. Wladyslaw Loranc, the head of Polish radio and television, told staffers who...
From its headquarters in Beirut, the Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O.) described the latest Israeli move as the first step in an effort to purge the West Bank of all mayors who, like Tawil, have close ties to the P.L.O. Prime Minister Menachem Begin's ultimate aim, the Palestinians claim...
In 1974, Villalobos caused a sizable scandal in Latin American leftist circles when he personally executed a well-known Communist poet, Roque Dalton Garcia, on trumped-up charges of being an agent of the CIA. In reality, Dalton was Villalobos' chief political rival. The killing led to bitter factional...
Perhaps the most ominous sign of rebel intentions is that the crucial issue in any negotiations would be control of El Salvador's army and arsenals. Some rebel factions demand a complete purge of the current military leadership because of its ties to the old ruling oligarchy and the...