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...tanker, the 81,283-ton Sea Isle City, is part of the Kuwaiti fleet reflagged by the United States in July to protect it from attack. Iran claims Kuwait aids Iraq, Iran's enemy in the seven-year Persian Gulf...
...afire and killing one seaman. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called the assault "absolutely outrageous." In the wake of the attack, Britain finally ordered the closing of Iran's Arms Procurement Office in London, which has been operating openly on the international weapons market throughout the country's seven-year war with Iraq...
...most other sports, the women's cross-country team should get better and better as the season progresses. Judging from such an impressive early performance, it is nearly certain that the Crimson will maintain its seven-year hold on the Ivy League championship...
...time Mswati was installed as King last year, however, Mfanasibili was in deep trouble. His enemies on the Liqoqo had rallied against him, leading to Mfanasibili's trial and subsequent conviction on charges of framing his political opponents. He was given a seven-year jail sentence. Five months later Mswati, in a spirited gesture of independence, fired his Prime Minister and cousin, Bhekimpi Dlamini, before a crowd of thousands, and then appointed a former personal bodyguard to the job. Finally, in May the King ordered the arrest and detention of Bhekimpi and eleven others, including five princes and princesses...
...spate of investigations and prosecutions ensued; some are still not finished. Last year an Army court convicted Duncan of financial improprieties and security violations; he is now serving a seven-year sentence in the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Longhofer was court-martialed on charges of disobeying an order not to involve himself with his old special operations group and of not conducting a thorough investigation of Duncan. A dozen other officers were investigated for alleged irregularities. Several resigned; although the Army found no basis for prosecuting them, they feared that their careers were effectively ended...