Afghan Shakeup Ties Taraki Regime Closer to the USSR
In six weeks since the April coup Afghanistan’s government under Noor Taraki moves to consolidate power and deepen ties with the Soviet Union. Purges of old officials, new appointments, and extensive agreements with Moscow accompany a broad domestic reform drive while curfews and heightened security hint at ongoing unrest.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Soviet Union
Noor Mohammad Taraki
Taraki
Royal Palace
People’s House
People's Democratic Party
Commuunist
Texas
Hafizullah Amin
United Nations
New York
Cuba
Amin
Mohammad Daud
Information Ministry
Bakhtar
Tass
Moscow
Daud
United States
Revolutionary Council
Babrak Karmal
Economic summit doomed by Western divisions in Bonn hopes
The Paris report argues the London OECD pledge to reflation failed, with 17 million unemployed and inflation over seven percent. It notes Britain Germany and others wary of commitments, forecasting no new targets at Bonn while political strains and subsidies hinder freer trade and coordinated action.
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Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
London
Bonn
United States
West Germany
Britain
France
Japan
Canada
Italy
U.S
OECD
Paris
Palestinian statehood debated in Foreign Affairs piece by Walid Khalidi
Walid Khalidi argues for a sovereign Palestinian state on the Gaza Strip and West Bank with East Jerusalem, backed by Arab pragmatism and PLO endorsement. He envisions a nonaligned Austria model, limited military capacity, UN security roles, and joint Jerusalem services to advance peace and recognition.
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Foreign Affairs
Walid Khalidi
American University
Beirut
Khalidi
Israel
Middle East
Palestine
Palestine Liberation Organization
Gaza Strip
West Bank
East Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Austria
United Nations
U.N
Jordan River
Jordan
Harvard
PLO
Yasir Arafat
Georgia Anchor for Marijuana Imports Says DEA Officials
The Georgia coast along with inland routes serves as a major marijuana gateway, with seizures in 1978 approaching a nationwide record. DEA Agent Jack Salter cites Atlanta as a distribution hub for shipments from South America and Mexico, with coastal geography aiding runners and up to 200 tons evading coastal blockades yearly.
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Atlanta
Darien
Georgia
Thomson
Augusta
Florida
South Carolina
South America
Mexico
Jack Salter
DEA
The
Nor
Gainesville
University of Florida
Miami
Salter
N.Y
Rideau Club auction mixed history with humour in Ottawa
Charles Lynch recounts an Ottawa auction of Rideau Club furnishings as government scants budget push the sale. Alberta MP Ken Hurlburt bid boldly on chairs chandeliers and bric a brac while locals and journalists watched history pass from the club once linked to Sir John A. Macdonald.
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Ottawa
Rideau Club
John A. Macdonald
Parliament
Parliament Hill
United States
National Press Club
Wellington Street
Press Club
Heritage Room
Ken Hurlburt
Lethbridge
Dan McGrew
Hurlburt
Fort Macleod
Western College of Auctioneering
Billings
Montana
Alberta
Sir John A
London Bridge
Peace Tower
Fort
Sir John
Lester Pearson
John Diefenbaker
Pierre Trudeau
Southam News
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U.S.S.R
William Borders
Pakistan
India
Helmut Schmidt
Jim Callaghan
Germany
Callaghan
Anthony Lewis
California
Drug Enforcement Administration
Charles Lynch
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