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Under pressure from Arab diplomats who mediated between the guerrillas and government officials in Paris, the French reluctantly agreed. The Arab diplomats, however, had trouble finding an airline willing to fly the terrorists, and the delay made the gunmen edgy. Trying to ease the tension, Kuwait Ambassador Feisal Saleh Al-Mutawa stood on the curb outside the embassy and through a megaphone pleaded with the terrorists to be reasonable. Explaining the difficulties in arranging for a getaway plane, he shouted: "We couldn't contact the Arab Foreign Ministers in Algiers during the night. They were sleeping." Retorted the gunmen...
...Middle East the direct approach is not always the most successful one. Last week a complicated three-way swap of prisoners took place among Israel, Syria and Egypt. Shlomo Samueloff, a Hebrew University physiology professor, and Saleh Muallem, a travel agent, had been held in Damascus since their TWA jet was hijacked on Aug. 29. They were exchanged for 13 Syrians held by the Israelis, including two pilots who had accidentally flown their Syrian Air Force MIG-17s into Israel 16 months ago. In an emotional scene at Lydda airport, Premier Golda Meir hugged and kissed the two returnees...
...tubeholics," at Ohio State "TV majors " But the pros by any other nam are still the pros, and they log daily hours in front of TV that would make a union man scream for overtime pay; The leading contender for academe s top tubeman is the University of Texas Saleh Abdulrahman Athel, a studei from Saudi Arabia who started watching to learn English, then just stayed and stayed and stayed. Now, on his Magnavox portable he soaks up eleven hours a day. "Everything's fine with TV" he beams, "except the blasted commercials." He's not exactly sure...
...Iraq, the struggle was between burly Vice Premier Ali Saleh Saadi, a radical, and a faction of moderates headed by Foreign Minister Talib Shabib and Interior Minister Hazim Jawad. Saadi and his friends want more or less instant socialization of the Iraqi economy, crackdown on the middle class, revolution throughout the Arab world, and an anti-Western policy. Shabib, Jawad & Co. favor a slower, more conciliatory course...
...jubilant delegations dashed between Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo last week, the Arab world was awash with joy. Crowds swarmed in the streets chanting the slogan, "Unity. Freedom, Socialism!" In Cairo and Damascus, mobs shouted. "Nasser! Nasser! Union tomorrow!" Iraq's Deputy Premier Ali Saleh Saadi cried. "The Arab world will now certainly unite. This is an old aspiration. What is new is that it has now become possible...