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...Soweto in 1976, that miners strike scheduled for August 25 seems to be a real threat. I mean if all 400,000 Black miners walked out, we'd lose more than half of our exports. And we've only got 275,000 police and military officers. How could they quell a worker uprising much larger than the size of their ranks...
Hoping to quell this mounting unease, Reagan met last Tuesday in Washington with Honduran President Robert Suazo Cordova. After two sessions and lunch, the two leaders emerged on the White House lawn, where Reagan pledged to defend Honduras "against Communist aggression." Suazo said that Honduras had "received security guarantees from the United States." Despite the reassuring words, no new agreements were actually signed...
...leadership easily quell the 10,000 guerrillas of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army who have gained ground over the past two years throughout the southern third of the country. The insurgents, representing the predominantly animist and Christian blacks of the south against the predominantly Muslim and Arab north, have cut off all but air links between the two parts of the country. Suwar al Dahab promptly sent a message to the rebels' chieftain, former army Colonel John Garang, suggesting that he was ready for talks. By the time he did, however, Garang, who has a Ph.D. in economics from...
...three days last week, thousands of demonstrators roamed the streets of Khartoum, Sudan's capital, looting shops, burning gasoline stations and trashing automobiles. Police and troops used riot sticks, tear gas and, on occasion, gunfire to quell the disturbances. At least six people were killed, more than 2,000 arrested; several thousand people, mainly squatters and vagrants, were trucked out of the city. The violence erupted the day before Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri departed on a one-week visit to the U.S. that includes an April 1 meeting with President Reagan...
...hall, was stunned. Striding onto the podium, he demanded to know why the match had been called off. "You knew I wanted to continue," he shouted, shaking his fist. "They are trying to deprive me of my chance." With that, he stormed out of the auditorium. To quell the ensuing pandemonium, an unaccustomed diversion at Soviet press conferences, Campomanes called the players to a private one-hour 45-minute session, after which he announced that Karpov had accepted the decision and Kasparov would "abide by" it. But the young challenger was still furious. Outside the hall, he met with reporters...