Europe faces glacial unemployment across major economies
The 1982 European job crisis shows Britain with 3 million unemployed and 10.3 million across Europe, while West Germany, France, Italy, and Belgium grapple with structural and political strain. Leaders including Reagan and Thatcher face limited scope for swift relief as economies bend under recession and social welfare costs.
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France
David Nyhan
Europe
Reagan
Italy
Britain
West Germany
London
United States
West
Great Britain
Belgium
Michel Han
Christian Democratic
Alexander E. Lang
Labor and Social Order Ministry
Ken Livingstone
Greater London Council
Ken
Northern Ireland
Manchester
Liverpool
Hassan stirs sands of Saharan war
Moroccan King Hassan's Washington visit May 18 20 aimed to draw the United States deeper into the Western Sahara conflict. U.S. involvement includes F-5 jets, aerial monitoring, and advisers, while critics warn it could destabilize the region and undermine U.S. influence in Africa and the Arab world. Morocco ignores UN IEJC and OAU calls to pull out as SADR gains wider recognition.
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Hassan
Washington
United States
Morocco
Western Sahara
U.S
Black Africa
Polisario Guerrillas
Carole Collins
Institute For Policy Studies
Africa
D.C
Western
Sahara
Arab World
Polisario
Gueltazemmour
Reagan
Libya
U.S.S.R
Polisario Front
Stephen Solarz
D-N.y
Carter
Alexander Haig
Morocco faces dire economy and Western Sahara conflict
Morocco endures drought driven recession with 60 percent urban unemployment and a $1.8 billion payments gap in 1980. War costs exceed $1.9 billion yearly as Moroccan troops guard the Western Sahara’s disputed north while the Polisario Front resists.
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Western
Europe
Amnesty International
Western Sahara
Morocco
Broadcasters toast Hosers in Canada while government regulation looms
A Western Association of Broadcasters meeting theme Hosers echoes Canada’s regulatory path. The piece contrasts broadcasting with newspapers, noting government spread of control over airwaves and the push for a Newspaper Act, with CBC as a model. It cites Kent Royal Commission and concerns over federal versus provincial jurisdiction.
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Jasper
Canada
Western Association of Broadcasters
National News Service
Canadian Press
Kent Royal Commission
United States
CBC
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