Word: yemenis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...despite his reputation for hotheadedness, the gruff general, 48, had managed to become Premier of the primitive Arab nation no fewer than seven times since 1962, when nationalist forces supported by Egyptian troops overthrew the conservative Moslem imamate.* Now, however, Amri's temper has apparently cost a young Yemeni shopkeeper his life and Amri his job as Premier and commander in chief of the armed forces. It is unlikely that he will ever again hold high office in Yemen...
...Beirut with his twelve-year-old son. Sources who have seen him say that he seems subdued and regretful. But the old temper still flashes, and he was about to smash a Beirut photographer's camera at the mountain resort where he is staying when the Yemeni ambassador stepped in and cooled...
...many years, Qabus ordered the release of 19 political prisoners. He offered full amnesty to the Dhofari rebels in the southwest who had opposed his father's regime; one group responded by congratulating him on his accession. He still faces opposition from Dhofari extremists, backed by the South Yemeni government in Aden and half a dozen Chinese advisers, but the rebel pressure will be sharply reduced. Even if Britain withdraws its 300 R.A.F. regulars by the end of 1971, as presently planned, Qabus appears capable of rallying enough support from his subjects to survive...