Kenya Debates Dress Code and Mini Skirt Ban
A Kenyan debate on traditional dress fuels calls to ban mini skirts. President Kenyatta warns on prostitution linked to Western fashions while citizens compare regional rulings and recount incidents of enforcement and resistance.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Daily Nation
James Kamau
Uganda
Idi Amin
Kenyatta
Limuru
The
East African Standard
Nephat Harris
London
Controversy Over Compulsory Latin Return in Italy Schools
A government proposal by Education Minister Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to reimpose compulsory Latin in secondary schools stirs a heated political and academic clash. Critics warn the move risks clerical influence and neo fascist tones, noting Latin enrollments fell from 60 percent in 1968 to 30 percent in 1971.
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Rome
Christian Democrat
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Education Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Tristano Codignola
Moroccans Start Eating Soil Early
In Rabat and rural Morocco some people consume large amounts of soil daily, driven by belief in benefits rather than hunger. Reports note children chewed chalk at school and plaster from walls, midwives prescribing clay meals to pregnant women, and babies in semi desert regions eating soil when unattended, often continuing the habit for years.
Hong Kong Spies Targeted In High Profile Crackdown
British and Chinese authorities reportedly back a covert pact to curb espionage in Hong Kong. Diplomatic sources note joint vigilance against Kuomintang and Soviet spy rings amid a July 23 bust exposing a Kremlin recruitment plan. Two Russian seamen were released with a warning. two Chinese businessmen were detained.
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China
Hong Kong
Police Special Branch
Kremlin
Far East
Young Wanderers Find Afghanistan Drug Haven
Western reporters describe Kabul and Herat as growing drug havens for European and American travelers with hashish opium and heroin traded in markets and hotels. The piece cites overdoses deaths of three young Englishmen and a Canadian suicide linked to drugs.
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Kabul
Herat
Afghanistan
Europe
United States
Iran
Afhanistan
Chile Faces Major Forgery Crisis Says Police Chief
Chile endures a serious forgery problem with an estimated one million fake dollars in circulation amid a deep economic crisis. Police chief Jaime Lavin cites Colombia Taiwan and West Germany as origins and notes the high quality of notes that fool experts.
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Santiago
Chile
Latin America
Jaime Lavin
U.S
Lavin
United States
Treasury Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Colombia
West Germany
Australia
Taiwan
Sam
Andrew Jackson
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