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...Vatican, however, has decided to press the issue. At Rome's instruction, Nicaraguan Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega last week reported that he has asked three of the priests to decide be tween their jobs and the priesthood in accordance with canon...
...principal negotiations throughout 1983 were not between the U.S. and the Soviet Union but be tween the White House and Congress. The beleaguered MX pro gram was about to run a gauntlet of votes on the Hill, and an increasingly assertive group of Congressmen made it clear that they would continue to support funding only if the Administration adjusted its START proposal to take account of their ideas about what constituted sound arms control...
...received "severe blows to the head and body" during the assault on the bus. But the two Arabs were still alive when security men took them to an adjacent field for questioning about whether or not the bus was booby-trapped for a delayed explosion. At some point be tween the retaking of the bus and the end of the interrogation, each man suffered "a blow dealt to the back of the head by a blunt instrument," fracturing the skull and killing...
...critics admit that Botha, 68, who became Prime Minister almost six years ago, has made things a little better. He has given a measure of political power to the Asian and "colored" (mixed-race) minorities, though none to the 21-million black majority. He has reduced the hostilities be tween South Africa and the black-ruled states of Mozambique and Angola. Finally, Botha has said he is prepared under certain conditions to give independence to Namibia, a territory that South Africa governs in violation of United Nations resolutions...
From the start, Botha's hosts went to some effort to keep a discreet distance be tween themselves and their guest. "I'm here because I was invited by different governments," Botha declared upon arrival in Lisbon, though most of the govern ments concerned were saying that he had invited himself. When asked about the demonstrations that threatened to interrupt his travels, Botha bristled, "We live in a free world. It is everyone's right to demonstrate, even to make fools of themselves...