Alcalá 1986

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WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF

Many happening from around the world made headlines in the paper chi year ... China continued to go through radical eco– nomic change. Under the leadership of Deng Xiao-Ping, the economy continued 1t drive coward the modernization of China through capital investment and entrepreneurial spirit Hanoi sought rapprochment with the SA co hopefully slow down it troubled economy. The ke>· to rapprochment is the return of MJA's ouch Africa wa again the site of much racial turmoil To man) Americans, the trouble down there reminded them of the problems the USA went through at the beginning of the Civil Rights Move – ment. elson Mandela, the leader of the Afri – can National Congres , was released . . ould the lose another strategic position in the Pacific basin, This and other quesciom were raised as the Philippine went through a presidential election that pitted Ferdinand Marcos, leader of the last twenty years, again Cora~on Aquino, widow of the assassinated opposition leader Benigno Aquino. AmidS! widespread fraud and civil trife, more than 26 million voters curned out . . pain and Por– tugal sought to end almo c three hundred years of decline b>· joining the European Common Market. The e addition to chr Common Markee brought up the question of whether a United races of Europe will be come a reality soon . . Liberia and 1gena continued to go through governmental rrou· bles this year These scares are indicative of chr p<>St-colonial trouble chat have plagued Afri– ca for the lase twenty-five year . . . England and france have agreed tCl begin a proiecc chat has been on the minds of many French and English since ap<>lean. The project 1s known affecrionally a the Channel. Thi i the con· scruct1on of a rail -link between both countrie; under the English Channel. This i perceived by boch as a way to boost their respective economies and cement their ties . . Th, U A felt the strength of cht Pacific R1rn economies this year. For the first t1me ever. trade with the Far East surpa sed trade wicf Europe. America is beginning co realize that the world will increasingly move it emphas1 from the Atlantic co the Pacific . . Thr Bnrnh and Chinese continue co consider chr face of Hong Kong. The cock exchange ol tht Pacific i being prepared for a change in leader hip These are JUSt a few of chr maior news items of the lase year.

Mexico iry suffered great loss as a series of earthquakes brought down apartment buildings and high-rises financially as well as in lives.

MOTHER ALWAYS SAID THERE WOULD BE DAYS LIKE THIS o matter how civilized humanity be–

climate. The famine in Ethiopia and the Sudan still continues. Aid, in the form of money and donations, seemed not to stem the problem. Only the hope that the sky will yield some rain can help thi problem come to an end. ature took a great toll upon man, but nature sometimes received the help of man. Thi came in the form of air disas– ters. This was the worst year in aviation and space history. Planes fell from the skie over Dallas and Japan. Private pilots crashed in northern and southern Califor– nia. A whole troop of American oldier lost their lives flying over Canada. The 25th Shuttle Mission, with the first teach– er, Christa McAuliffe, disintegrated shortly after take-off. There are some ex– planation for these disasters, like wind. shear and poor maintenance, and ome are clouded in mystery. The kies eemed very unfriendly. This year's catastrophies made clear the fact that life is fleeting and 1t i not man that i in control.

comes, no matter how much technology man develops to fight away the elements, nature is a force that is much stronger in its ferocity . This year saw the struggle of man against the might of nature. Mexico's capital and surrounding en– vironment was hit by one of the greatest earthquake in recent memory. Over 20,000 lost their live in and around the capital. The earthquake caused shock for many witnes es. It showed how helpless man can be. . . Envoy John Gavin gave one of the best descriptions; "It looked a if a giant foot had stepped on the build– ings." In Columbia, the violence of nature came in another form. The volcano e. vado def Ruiz erupted so strongly that it shot "reddish illumination" to about 26,000 feet. It triggered a series of mud· slides that took the lives of almost 25,000. A the death toll in the New World was increased by tectonic phenomena, the Id World ttll suffered from the spread of the ahara and the change in

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