World & Nation
State-issued invitations sent to guests of this week’s G-20 meeting in New Delhi referred to India as ‘Bharat,’ sparking rumors of a national rebrand.
Sept. 8, 2023
S. America: President negotiates the terms of his resignation after deadly street protests, army says.
April 12, 2002
Political analysts expect the African National Congress to win in South Africa’s first all-race elections next week, ending more than three centuries of white domination.
April 19, 1994
Books
A NECESSARY EVIL A History of American Distrust of Government By Garry Wills, Simon and Schuster: 352 pp., $25
Oct. 3, 1999
In his penultimate speech, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu boasted that Soviet-style reform would come to his country “when apple trees grow pears.”
Dec. 27, 1989
Business
There’s much talk in Washington these days about America’s technological slippage.
March 20, 1989
Confiscating the passports of eight white students who had planned to meet with the outlawed African National Congress this weekend, the South African government said Thursday that it will prohibit further contacts between the black nationalist movement and private citizens as a threat to national security.
Oct. 18, 1985
The government announced Sunday that seven more blacks have died in civil strife as South Africa braced for a general strike and nationwide anti-apartheid protests today on the 10th anniversary of the Soweto riots.
June 16, 1986
As the prime minister who pressed successfully for the enactment of the Canadian Constitution Act of 1982--which eschewed “distinct society” status for Quebec (subsequently granted by the Meech Lake Accord of 1987 and which now threatens to Balkanize Canada) in favor of a federalist solution--I think there is universal value in the Canadian experience for all states grappling with the reemergence of ethnic-based nationalism.
June 21, 1990
Sipho calls himself a “human radio.”
June 1, 1986