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...years ago, when the tiny (720 sq. mi.) Indian Ocean island won independence from Britain, one might have got the idea that it was serving as a model for a less elevated region. Ringed by silver sands and azure waters, dotted with scarlet flame trees and emerald sugar plantations, it was suffering nonetheless from economic stagnation, staggering unemployment and mounting racial tensions. At least 24 people died in savage riots just before the independence ceremonies, and Britain had to fly in troops from Singapore to restore order...
...Gandhi last week offered technical aid in improving the island's airport and expanding its agriculture. That should solidly anchor New Delhi's presence on Mauritius. With Britain committed to a military withdrawal east of Suez, which will turn the Indian Ocean into a 28-million-sq.-mi. power vacuum, other nations are soon likely to be seeking footholds for themselves...
...being churned out by the clipboard-toting cache counters now roaming the sanctuaries, their importance is clouded by two facts: 1) nobody knows how much the Communists had stashed away to begin with; 2) as yet, the allies have managed to search only 5% of the 7,000 sq. mi. of borderlands. In some cases, the numbers are downright misleading. Items...
...attack was hardly unexpected. Since November, under an agreement with Beirut, Arab guerrillas have occupied a rugged 27-sq.-mi. section of the border near snow-topped Mount Hermon, using its hills and hollows as a base for attacks on Israeli settlements in East Galilee. In one recent 40-day period, by Israel's count, they carried out 61 attacks that killed eight Israelis, wounded 30 and brought demands for protection from settlers in the area...
...sputtering start; vicious ground fire pinned down the first troops to arrive, and an inexplicable shortage of helicopter fuel temporarily kept 1,000 men waiting for the jump-off in Viet Nam. After two days, the troops had combed only 1% of the base area's 115 sq. mi...