Mexican highwaymen adopt modern bus holdups in Mexico City
In Mexico City buses after dark face armed robberies by evolving bandit methods. Thieves board crowded buses wielding knives and guns, sometimes terrorizing selected victims or commandeering entire rides. Pick pockets exploit jammed vehicles and an off duty driver lures victims, with police estimating the gang earned about $8,000 over months before arrest.
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Caesar on British tactics as uncivilized in Caesar era
The British army is portrayed as uncivilized by Julius Caesar in his Conquest of Gaul, contrasting Roman open combat with native hit and run tactics. Caesar notes routines like corn-field ambushes and blue-painted Britons, while archaeologists link his landing near Portus Lemanis by Canterbury.
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Britain backs Kissinger in southern Africa peace push
London reports Britain fully supports Henry Kissinger's Africa mission. Richard Samuel will track developments from Washington as London and Callaghan's Labour government align on strategy to avert a racial clash in Namibia and Rhodesia. They see Vorster as key to any settlement in South West Africa and Rhodesia. The Namibian move toward multiracial independence by 1978 is welcomed, with broader inclusivity in talks endorsed.
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