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Jonas Savimbi Jonas Savimbi
Jonas Savimbi , 1934-2002, Angolan rebel leader. He was a founding member of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) in 1966. Savimbi was included in the interim independent government with Neto and Roberto in 1974 but returned to armed opposition when Neto's Marxist... Read more
Jose Eduardo dos Santos Jose Eduardo dos Santos
José Eduardo dos Santos , 1942-, president of Angola (1979-). Educated in the USSR as an engineer, he was foreign minister in the first government of independent Angola, succeeding Neto as president in 1979. In 1991, he abandoned Marxism and negotiated an end to the civil war with the... Read more
Huambo Huambo
Huambo , formerly Nova Lisboa , city (1983 est. pop. 203,000), W central Angola. The chief town of inland Angola, Huambo stands on a high plateau and serves as a road, rail, and air transport hub and as a commercial and shipping center for a rich agricultural region. Huambo exports grain, rice,... Read more
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Justus Jonas Justus Jonas
Justus Jonas , 1493-1555, German Protestant reformer. In 1521, Jonas, then a professor at the Univ. of Erfurt, accompanied Martin Luther to the Diet of Worms. During their intimate friendship Jonas assisted Luther with the translation of the Bible. He also translated the Latin works of Luther and... Read more
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Statistical Analysis You may have heard the saying "You can prove anything with statistics," which implies that statistical analysis cannot to be trusted, that the conclusions that can be drawn from it are so vague and ambiguous that they are meaningless. Yet the opposite... Read more
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Hushai Described as David's ‘friend’ (2 Sam. 15: 37), i.e. a court official, Hushai was instrumental in enabling David to defeat the rebellion of his son Absalom. When David fled from Jerusalem into the wilderness, Hushai at personal risk remained in the city, infiltrated the... Read more

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ANGOLA WORKS TO MAINTAIN POOR IMAGE.(Perspective)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) ...right-wing insurgents trying to...headed by Jonas Savimbi and backed...countered by joint Angolan, Cuban and...held the Angolan government...West, the Angolan government...carries. Where Savimbi is at ...
US, foreign banks back exploration for oil in Angola: deal is first American...
Magazine article from: American Banker ...extended to the Angolan state oil company...the northern Angolan enclave of Cabinda...official of Bankers Trust, which led...threat to the Angolan government from...commandos and insurgents within the country...insurgents ...

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