Word: tripolis
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...achieve it either by political means or by its own independent military power." And Sharon has made it clear that Israel intends to reply to any threat in its own way; i.e., a P.L.O. raid in the Bekaa Valley might touch off an Israeli foray into Beirut, Tunis or Tripoli...
Guerrilla Leader Sam Nujoma, president of the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO), said last week in Tripoli that while his forces would keep on fighting until a cease-fire was reached, SWAPO would take part in talks currently going on in New York City. The participants include South Africa, neighboring African states and the five Western powers (the U.S., Britain, France, West Germany, Canada) delegated by the U.N. to attempt to reach a settlement. Said a top U.S. official: "All sides have shown considerable flexibility. The political will seems to be there...
...past month the South Africans have destroyed at least two and possibly three forward SWAPO bases in Angola. In Tripoli, Angolan Foreign Minister Paulo Jorge charged that a large-scale South African invasion of his country had been under way since Aug. 2. Reports from Windhoek, the Namibian capital, tended to corroborate Jorge's accusation...
When Gaddafi's official green Chevrolet Caprice Classic rolled up in front of Tripoli's newly built Grand Hotel, where dignitaries were quartered, only 16 of Africa's heads of state were present. That was less than half the necessary O.A.U. quorum of 34 leaders. Among the decisions that the O.A.U. could not make: the scheduled passing on of the coveted chairmanship of the Pan-African body to Gaddafi, who craves the status and respect ability that the title confers...
...make the formal summit take place. Failing that, he may attempt to organize an emergency O.A.U. meeting, probably in November, at which he could take over the chairmanship. Meanwhile the mercurial strongman contented himself with haranguing the "radical rump" of 16 leaders who showed up in Tripoli about the fact that their non-gathering had been "openly corrupted" by - who else? - "the American colonialists...