France Faces Internal Clash Over Africa Policy And Kolwezi Role
France's Africa policy drawing domestic criticism as Giscard d Estaing plans a Corsica reception for Legionnaires from Kolwezi. Debates pit conservatives supporting intervention against Communists and Socialists wary of colonial echoes. Public opinion splits over NATO ties and Belgian mining interests in Shaba.
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Africa
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Corsica
Foreign Legionnaires
Kolwezi
Zaire
Communist Party
Giscard- Schmidt-Carter
Indochina
Algeria
Giscard d’Estaing
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Henri Alleg
l’Humanite
Vietnam
Tass
French Foreign Legion
Socialist Party
Francois Mitterrand
Shaba
L’aurore
le Figaro
Europe
Middle East
Jacques Chirac
Giscard d
le Monde
United States
Belgium
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Angola
Benguela
City strike by investors halts Labour budget plans
London investors in the gilt market halted Labour's 13th budget by refusing to buy government bonds for eight weeks. The financial pressure pushed the Bank rate up to 10 percent and raised national insurance while constraining lending. The City’s power to influence policy drew criticism from Nicholas Davenport and parallels with 1976. The Conservatives and IMF were blamed for earlier mistakes as a new squeeze aimed to slow money growth and recover $1 billion Thatcher had gained in the prior budget.
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Jim Callaghan
International Monetary Fund
Whitehall Treasury
Whitehall
Callaghan
Labor
Nicholas Davenport
the Spectator
IMF
Margaret Thatcher
Mercenaries Seize Comoros Island Aide Denard Leads Takeover
In a 1978 Washington Star report the so called dogs of war led by Belgian mercenary Bob Denard seized the Comoros, ousting Soilih allies. They landed at Moroni with limited arms and established a civilian military directorate under Said Atthoumani while Denard reportedly spoke of settling there.
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Africa
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Comoros
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Congo
Zaire
CIA
Angola
Indian Ocean
Denard
Madagascar
Tanzania
Mozambique
Ahmed Abdallah
Paris
Mayotte
Abdallah
Ali Sailih
Comoro Radio
Comoro
Moroni
Said Atthoumani
Mustafa Madhja
Alberta matrimonial property law debate courts broad discretion
The Alberta debate contrasts deferred sharing with judicial discretion in distributing family assets. Proponents argue deferred sharing guarantees one half to the wife, while critics say discretion better reflects varying contributions and different marriage lengths. The current law favors outcomes based on each spouse's contributions and circumstances.
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Alberta
Canadian tensions spiked as Davis blocks French rights bill
Ottawa writer notes Camille Laurin and William Davis clash over a bill granting Ontario French Canadians rights to provincial government services in French. The piece argues against minority oppression and urges generosity from the majority to protect French Canadian culture amid federal constitutional proposals.
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Camille Laurin
Confederation
William Davis
Laurin
Davis
Ontario
Quebec
Bang
Billy
Hull
Otto Lang
Prairies
Parti Quebecois
Canada
Albert Roy
Saskatchewan
Roy Bill Stone
Laurins
Yahoo
Toronto Blue Jays
Rene Levesque
Toronto
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