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...long-range proposal rather than an immediate prospect, resigned when the trip was suddenly scheduled. "I am firmly against it," Fahmy told TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn in Cairo. Sadat immediately offered Fahmy's job to Egypt's second-ranking diplomat, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohamed Riad. But he resigned also, in what began to resemble an Egyptian Saturday Night Massacre. Sadat then named Butros Ghali, a member of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority and an economist with little foreign affairs experience, as Acting Foreign Minister. Presumably Sadat will have to name an experienced diplomat to the post...
...Beirut's banking street, Riad el Solh, all 73 prewar banks have resumed operation, including such multinational giants as Chase Manhattan, Barclays Ltd and Mitsubishi. The street corners outside are given over to smaller entrepreneurs with just as much Phoenician zest for commerce. They hawk everything from quarts of Johnnie Walker scotch to Barbie dolls; a good part of the merchandise comes from inventories assembled by looting. Says Citibank Manager John Bernson: "We're beginning to see unmistakable signs of that old Beiruti personality coming to the surface again...
Arab League Secretary-General Mahmoud Riad called last week's battle "a setback to Arab solidarity." He beseeched both sides to stop fighting, since a war between the neighbors would only benefit the enemy, Israel. Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat shuttled between Cairo and Tripoli to soothe tempers. If it comes to a full-scale war, Egypt's army outnumbers Libya's by about 11 to 1 and is much better trained. But Cairo must worry about 200,000 Egyptians who live and work in Libya to bolster that country's infant economy. They would become hostages...
...seaside hotel district, managed to get refurbished and reopened in time for New Year's. At the urging of Syrian-backed President Elias Sarkis, a former director of Lebanon's central bank, most of Beirut's banks-there were 73 of them clustered around Riad Solh Street before the war-will officially resume business on Jan. 17. Many are functioning already, including the U.S.'s Citibank, which now offers full-service banking in separate offices in the Christian and Moslem quarters of the city. Some bankers fear a run on reopening day, but on the basis...