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...people in the world," orated Algerian Premier Ahmed ben Bella to his fanatically cheering audience, "the Algerians are the last ones who will accept dictatorship." Then Ben Bella proceeded to make himself the one-man ruler of a one-party state...
...somewhat enigmatic ruler of Red China, has certainly been flailing in all directions with his hammer of late, but nothing much has been destroyed. Even Nikita Khrushchev, Mao's most recent target, has emerged unscathed from Peking's incessant blows. The only thing Mao has done with his paper hammer is to fan new hatreds for himself and his Red regime...
Bowing to longstanding Saudi demands earlier this year, Aramco signed a new deal with reform-minded Prince Feisal, who has replaced ailing King Saud as the nation's de facto ruler. Aramco agreed to pay the Saudis $160 million in retroactive extra royalties and to surrender in stages its original 673,000-sq.-mi. concession, until all that will be left in 1992 will be a 20,000-sq.-mi. area. With the money and the land, the Prince intends to set up a nationalized oil company. Aramco keenly regrets losing its concessions but figures to keep its best...
...last count, there were 72 princes and princesses of Liechtenstein, which is eleven more highnesses than there are square miles in the minuscule principality. Luckily for the postal system, only a dozen Von und zu Liechtensteins actually live in Liechtenstein. Indeed, it was not until 1937 that a hereditary ruler actually made his home in the drafty, 13th century family fortress, whose battlements rise starkly above the capital of Vaduz (pronounced Vah-dootz). There last week, amid eulogies and thunderous renditions of Heil Liechtenstein, Franz Josef II Maria Aloys Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignatius Benediktus Gerhardus Majella...
...plastic buttons they received as souvenirs. Said one diplomat: "It was almost a demonstration." The regime fears such scarcely concealed anti-Communist feelings, recently cracked down (like Moscow) on its creative artists. Even circus clowns were warned to make their acts more ideological. At the same time, Communist Ruler Todor Zhivkov allowed U.S. Ambassador Eugenie Anderson to give a Fourth of July speech on television; Bulgarian diplomats now accept dinner invitations from embassy personnel. After years of stalling the U.S., Sofia finally agreed to a settlement involving more than $3,500,000 in conflicting commercial claims. Reason: Bulgaria badly wants...