Word: states
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Yuehua, 34, a female activist who was tried for "libeling" a party leader by falsely accusing him of rape. She had helped organize mass demonstrations in the Chinese capital on the third anniversary of Chou's death last January. The crackdown on dissidents was castigated by State Department Spokesman Hodding Carter III, who for the first time since Washington established relations with Peking openly criticized China's human rights practices. It remains to be seen whether tough penal ties will squelch the reforming zeal of Chi na's small but active democratic move ment. Predicted...
...this has yet to make an impact on the Turkish public. Nearly all export earnings go for petroleum and fertilizers, leaving the vast state-owned industries without spare parts. The result: lower production and more unemployment. Says a State Department specialist in Turkish affairs: "We just hope that whatever the next government may be, it will stick to the terms of the IMF deal and not deviate from the international strategy for recovery. Otherwise, Turkey could become a flat-out disaster case...
...Administration is dispatching Philip C. Habib, former Under Secretary of State and now a special adviser to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, for talks in Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and the Vatican. Habib hopes to persuade Jordan's King Hussein and Syrian President Hafez Assad to pressure the Palestine Liberation Organization into withdrawing its guerrilla forces in Lebanon north of the Litani River. Lebanese army units would be beefed up and U.N. peace-keeping forces (UNIFIL) increased from 6,000 to 10,000. At the same tune, Habib hopes to convince the Israelis that they must control...
...those measures could be worked out in the next few weeks, U.S. officials believe, the Syrians would then agree to bring some of their peace-keeping troops home. Explains a State Department Middle East expert: "We know that Assad, for domestic political reasons, wants to get his troops out of Lebanon. There has been a lot of grumbling in the ranks about the hopelessness of their role there. On the other hand, Assad wants to be certain of the truce's chances. He doesn't want to withdraw and find his own security jeopardized by a new civil...
...coup d'etat that unseated Romero as President last week was greeted with unabashed enthusiasm in Washington. "It's the best piece of news we've had in this office for a long time," said a State Department official. Well aware that Romero was out of touch with El Salvador's realities, U.S. policymakers have been hoping for some kind of "evolutionary change" that would avoid the horrendous bloodshed of Nicaragua's civil war. Whether El Salvador's new rulers will be able to maintain peace in their factionalized little country, however, is doubtful...