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...would no longer depend solely for arms on Moscow as it has done for nearly 20 years. The Soviets, said Sadat, had not been generous with their arms after the war. Indeed, Egyptian aircraft losses have still not been made up by the Russians; tank replacements have come from Yugoslavia and Algeria. Henceforth, Egypt would shop around. Said Sadat,"I have taken a decision in agreement with our armed forces that we should have diversified sources of arms. This decision has been put into effect...
Once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Trieste was annexed by Italy after World War I; after World War II it became the object of a prolonged tug of war between Italy and Yugoslavia, whose partisans had participated in the Allied capture of the region. In 1954, however, a practical accommodation was reached. Italy was granted provisional control over the northern section of the 287-sq.-mi. territory. Called Zone A, it included the city of Trieste (pop. 270,000), which is predominantly Italian but has a large Slovene minority. The rest of the area, Zone B, was kept provisionally...
...line is still not, technically speaking, a border. The current dispute began when signs on the Yugoslav side of the line were changed last January in such a way as to imply that Zone B was an integral part of the Yugoslav Republic of Slovenia. Italians immediately protested that Yugoslavia was trying to establish permanent sovereignty over Zone...
...people of Washington. It is made up of 13 women and ten men; 17 are blacks and six whites; only eight members are less than 40 years old. The dominant member is its foreman, Vladimir Pregelj, 46, who was appointed by Judge John Sirica. A native of Yugoslavia and a naturalized citizen, Pregelj (pronounced Pray-gull) is an economist for the Library of Congress. When the jury members asked President Nixon to testify before them, Pregelj wrote the request. Nixon refused to appear, and Pregelj planned to keep a photocopy of the reply as a historical memento. Carefully he placed...
Club members vote every three months on where they would like to go. Freelandia has recently obtained landing rights in Hong Kong, Colombia and Yugoslavia, and is negotiating for permission to land in Greece, Turkey, India, Bali, Afganistan, Tahiti and Australia. Eventually the club hopes to offer round-the-world flights for $300 to $400 (on commercial airlines that would cost about...