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...Iraq's Shi'ite Muslims, the majority in the country, to overthrow the Saddam government, which is dominated by Sunnis. Iraq in turn demanded amendment of the Algiers agreement. It also insisted on the return to "Arab" sovereignty of three small strategic islands-Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunb-at the Strait of Hormuz that had been occupied by the Shah's forces in 1971. Iran did not respond...
DIED. Sol Lesser, 90, movie pioneer who produced more than 100 films and conceived the idea for a rating system that culminated in the current G, PG, R and X movie designations to guide audiences; in Hollywood. Son of a nickelodeon operator, Lesser was responsible for such features as the 1922 Oliver Twist, starring Jackie Coogan, and the Academy Award-winning 1951 documentary Kon-Tiki...
...address presented at the 1979 Conference for Women in Lusaka, by the delegate from Somalia, Mrs. Edna Ismael: "Female circumcision ranks high in the list of preventable health hazards and affects almost 100 per cent of the female population of Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti, and to a lesser extent the females of Southern Egypt, Chad, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mail, just to name a few." Islam is the religion of Somalia and most of the other countries concerned...
...desert peninsula in eastern Arabia, the land does not rise higher than 360 ft. above sea level; the average annual rainfall is a scant 4 in., falling mostly in short cloudbursts in winter. Slowly, with great care, a modern state is being built. Qatar is one of the lesser oil producers in the gulf (411,000 bbl. a day), but the population is also small (250,000, of whom only 60,000 are native Qataris). The country has been found to have vast natural gas reserves, though at current prices development is considered uneconomical. Still, the sheikdom has taken steps...
PERHAPS, THEN, Jimmy Carter should reconsider his politics of Pessimism, and recognize that he will not win by projecting a "lesser of two evils" image. If liberals and moderates reject Reagan as dangerous, and fear Anderson will siphon off enough Democratic votes to propel Reagan into office, Carter must make himself an acceptable choice, rather than a weak alternative...