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Once again the copper-rich region of Shaba (formerly Katanga Province) in southeastern Zaïre was engulfed in civil war. An estimated 5,000 Katangese. guerrillas of the Congolese National Liberation Front (F.L.N.C.), which has been seeking autonomy for Shaba since Zaïre gained its independence from Belgium in 1960, launched a deadly strike on the region from their bases in Marxist-run Angola. In a seesaw battle with the forces of President Mobutu Sese Seko, the Katangese rebels-who variously refer to themselves as les tigres (French for tigers) or camaradas (Portuguese for comrades)-captured the provincial...
...case, Firestone started phasing out the 500s about 18 months ago in favor of the new and presumably improved 721 radials. Last April, the company sold off the last batch of its 500s at discount prices in several Southeastern markets, but millions are still on the road...
Cape Cod is at the southern end of Route 3, a natural peninsula turned into a large island: the Cape Cod Canal separates the Cape from the rest of southeastern Massachusetts. Two bridges connect the rest of the world to us. Cape Cod is shaped like an arm flexing its bicep, and the bridges connect where the shoulder would be. There are 13 towns on the Cape. One highway, Route 6, runs the length from Bourne (the shoulder) to Provincetown (the fist); 6A runs parallel from the shoulder to the crook of the elbow. Route 28 runs south from...
...didn't play well--we were bumping into each other, our rebounding was poor, and we didn't go back door when they left it wide open," said a disappointed coach Carole Kleinfelder after her Crimson quintet had merely annihilated visiting Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU) with a 34-19 second-half assault...
Women's Hoop vs. Southeastern Mass. Univ...