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43 results found for '"Republic"' in Keywords.
Enoch Powell claims US plot aimed to unite Ireland (1986)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on claims by Ulster Unionist MP, Enoch Powell that the USA had backed a plot, agreed with MI6, to unite Ireland, and was behind the deaths of Lord Mountbatten and Airey Neave. Includes excerpts of...
Escape from Yemen (1986)
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- Interview
Briton, Simon Skeddon describes his escape from a beach outside Aden in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen to HMS Jupiter, with a number of refugees. (In the context of violence erupting over...
Evacuation from Yemen (1986)
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- Interview
Keith Pickard and Peter Farrager, expatriate workers in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, on violence in Aden over conflict between political leaders, the lesser violence in Mukalla where Farrager...
Political reform in South Africa (1986)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Report produced by the Audio News Service of Johannesburg, South Africa, on President P.W. Botha’s speech outlining planned political reform at the opening of Parliament, and reaction to it. Botha...
Colonel Rabuka declares Fiji a republic (1987)
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- Speech
Following a second military coup, Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic.
Colonel Rabuka revokes Fijian Constitution (1987)
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- Speech
In 2 parts. Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka pronounces the revocation of Fiji’s 1970 constitution, and says he is supported by the indigenous people of Fiji.
Colonel Rabuka declares Fiji a republic (1987)
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- Speech
Colonel Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka declares Fiji a republic.
Colonel Rabuka on Fijian republic (1987)
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- Speech
Colonel Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka states that he wants Fiji to remain a part of the Commonwealth. He refutes claims that he is a racist and expresses his desire for the native Indians to remain in Fiji.
Geoffrey Howe on Fiji, the Gulf and the Falklands (1987)
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- Interview
British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe answers questions on the Fijian coup, the Iran-Iraq War and the Falklands. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Deeley); one question from LBC’s diplomatic...
Ben Brown reports from British tanker, Gentle Breeze (1987)
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- News report
IRN reporter Ben Brown reports from the British tanker Gentle Breeze, which was attacked by Iranian troops. Subsequently, the Iranian naval ship, Iran Ajr, was attacked by US helicopters after it was...