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...announced that the army wanted to bring under control "the worsening situation in the country." The military, he said, would "transfer power to the people after a limited transitional period." The new regime not only dismissed Nimeiri, 55, but suspended the constitution, imposed martial law and dissolved the Sudanese Socialist Union, the country's only legal political party...
...decision to use French computers rather than the Apple Macintosh in its ambitious computer-literacy program. Under the plan, which Servan-Schreiber devised in 1984, France will place computer-learning centers in 36,500 cities, towns, villages and hamlets. Yielding to pressure from France's computer industry, the ruling Socialist Party rejected Servan- Schreiber's bid to use the American machines, even though they would have been built in France under license...
Wearing a gray Mao jacket, Premier Zhao Ziyang delivered the keynote address last week at the opening session in Peking of the National People's Congress, China's nominal parliament. His theme was "socialist economic construction," a euphemism for the wide-ranging reforms instituted by Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping that have decentralized economic planning and decision making. Zhao spoke of "gratifying major successes" over the past year in industry, housing and agriculture. Then, in a surprising admission before the 2,712 delegates, he acknowledged that there were problems...
After two inconclusive parliamentary ballots in six days, Greece's Socialist Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou succeeded last week in a bold move that left him at the pinnacle of his power. By mustering 180 votes in Parliament --the absolute minimum necessary--Papandreou saw to it that his candidate, Christos Sartzetakis, 56, was elected President. Sartzetakis replaces conservative Elder Statesman Constantine Caramanlis, 78, a prestigious counterweight to Papandreou who resigned March 10 after the Socialists withdrew support for his candidacy...
...troubles began early this month when tin miners walked off their jobs, calling for higher wages. Other workers soon joined the miners, paralyzing much of Bolivia. As the tumult grew, radical labor leaders issued a political ultimatum: that Siles, a moderate leftist, resign in favor of a Socialist government. Siles, whose 2 1/2-year-old administration has been marked by indecision, at first sought to compromise. He reiterated an offer of "coadministration" under which seven labor leaders would have been taken into his 16-member Cabinet, but was turned down. At week's end the strike was still on, but both sides...