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...outcome. Oueddei was actively backed by his neighbor to the north, Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, who had previously seized a swatch of disputed borderland. Chad seemed to fit neatly into the Libyan leader's ultimate dream of a sub-Saharan republic. Habré, meanwhile, was less directly supported by France, as part of Paris' abiding policy of trying to maintain a forceful role in the affairs of the French-speaking former African colonies...
Chad's African neighbors were even less sanguine about Gaddafi's invasion. Said Senegal's daily Le Soleil, summing up a common view: "All Africa should be concerned. Chad could be the first link in a United States of the Sahel sought by Libya...
...week Hua was the object of a crescendo of speculation by Chinese and foreigners alike that he was being forced to step down as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, theoretically the country's most powerful position. There was no official confirmation - or denial. Nonethe less, it seemed a good bet that some abrupt bit of palace intrigue had indeed toppled Hua from his post, though the change may not formally take place until a party Congress can be convened next year. Hua's most likely successor is a man who has lately been receiving unusually prominent treatment...
Stalin quickly recognized Kosygin's administrative skills, and promoted him into the Politburo in less than a decade. Soon after, the dictator turned on his protégé during a purge of Leningrad party officials in 1949-1950. Nikita Khrushchev recalled that Kosygin's life "was hanging by a thread. Kosygin must have drawn a lucky lottery ticket." Again, in late 1952, Kosygin's life was in jeopardy when Stalin demoted him and denounced one of his close colleagues...
...median forecast of the board members is a modest growth in the economy of about 1.3% during 1981, including a decline of about .3% between January and June. They foresee the economy recovering at a growth rate of slightly less than 3% during the second half of next year...