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The flotilla of ships heading for Mariel has nearly disappeared, however, thanks to President Carter's order two weeks ago setting up a 200-mile Coast Guard and naval blockade of the Florida Straits. U.S. Customs is seizing any vessel that brings back refugees.
Events were unfolding so fast that observers were having difficulty analyzing what everything meant. It seemed clear, however, that diplomats from many of the world's key countries were attempting new approaches to the two main problems that have raised international tensions to dangerous heights in the past half...
Beyond the near panic in Florida's large Cuban-American community, Carter's sudden crackdown on the flotilla chugging between Key West and Castro's designated embarkation port of Mariel produced other uncertainties. By seizing 113 boats by week's end and threatening boatowners with fines...
One of Doe's first acts after seizing power was to order the release of some 50 leaders of the opposition Progressive People's Party whom Tolbert had jailed early last month. One of his next acts was to order the immediate roundup of 91 officials of the...
The incursion had been provoked by a raid early last week on the northern kibbutz of Misgav-Am on the Lebanese border. Seizing six hostages in the kibbutz nursery, they demanded the release of several Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Following an abortive predawn rescue attempt, Israeli troops stormed the...