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...Neil left the crowded field of candidates for the Eighth Congressional seat with a smile on his face, in marked contrast to State Representatives William F. Galvin (D-Allston) and Thomas J. Vallely (D-Back Bay), both of whom were visibly upset when they withdrew from the race last month...
Galvin, who withdrew from the Eighth Congressional contest to seek re-election, lashed out bitterly at O'Neil in his departing announcement, calling him "a disgrace to the race," whose flamboyant presence hampered the serious discussion of issues...
...DECADES, various indigenous factions fought to overthrow Portugese colonialism in Angola and Mozambique. In 1975, Portugal withdrew, and the elections which were supposed to forge a democratic consensus were precluded by civil war. The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)--a Marxist group supported by Cuba and the Soviet Union--prevailed in 1976, but Savimbi's group, a Chinese proxy, failed to secure itself a role in the new government. This despite the Ford Administration's last-ditch commitment of $32 million in CIA aid to another "anti-communist" faction, the now-defunct National Front for the Liberation...
...signals. Mexico's Finance Minister Jesus Silva Herzog, whose country's financial condition has been devastated by falling oil revenues, rushed to Washington to seek aid in closed-door meetings with Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, Secretary of State George Shultz and Treasury Secretary James Baker. Meanwhile, Peru suddenly withdrew its gold, silver and cash reserves from U.S. banks to prevent any effort by Washington to freeze them. When foreign ministers and finance chiefs from five major debtors--Brazil ($104 billion), Mexico ($97 billion), Argentina ($49 billion), Venezuela ($32 billion) and Peru ($14 billion)--gathered late in the week near...
Meanwhile, a regional court in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, withdrew charges against Winnie Mandela, the wife of jailed Black Leader Nelson Mandela, for violating her banning order, a legal device that places restrictions on her movements. Mandela is currently challenging the validity of the banning order before South Africa's Supreme Court. If the ban is upheld, the charges in the regional court may be reactivated. Even less clear is the disposition of investigations opened into the activities of several journalists. If formal charges are brought, it will be the first time that journalists have been criminally charged since...