; and Egypt looks like
being as near as it has ever

greedy for more. ae
‘Now, even Egypt

, welcomes Carter's. visit as

ne that will ‘most

convince Anwar Sadat that.

-the proposals satisfy con-

ditions’ the Egyptian

arranged
to visit. both Egypt and
Israel, following com-
promise talks with Israeli
Prime Minister Menachen
Begin. He flies to. Egypt
today and Israel on
Saturday. .

And both both Israel: and Egypt
are Optimistic, about his
visit, with Begin predicting
the peace treaty could be
signed in the next few days if
Egypt will agree. to the
compromises worked out.

Egypt had previously
closed the door to- peace
talks after deciding it had

Buyers bid double for oil

Onan ve: Wek tol flowed the the

steps of its Arab nei

by introducing hefty price
increases for oil, overseas

* tankers lined up off the coast
of Iran for the privilege of
buying Iranian oil - at double
the price it fetched before
the revolution. -
Monday saw the first oil
‘exported from Iran since

lran demands revenge
against exiled Shah —

There were signs this week
that the exiled Shah of-Iran
_may soon be having need of
a $1.25 billion tomb he is
reported to have been
planning for himself.

Plans were going ahead
for the setting up of a special
court to try the d
Shah, even though he is in
Morocco, with the threat

that a cial task force~«

would bring him back for

At

president has set out. ;
Fhe Israeli _gabine has
already given approval to the

compromise deal, linking
‘the treaty to Palestinian
autonomy and involving the
priority which Egypt would
give such a peace treaty and
Begin says of such a peace
treaty:

“It will be a great
revolutionary change in the
Middle East because when
we prove that both Jew and
Arab can live together,
cooperate, visit each other,
cease hating each other and
start liking each other, thea
we can draw others into the
ring of peace making.”

production ceased last year
asthe revolution intensified.

And though production is
only a quarter of its former
level and buyers have to bid
against one another, there
was no. shortage of
customers. First to fill up its
tanks was a Japanese ship,
paying $20 per barrel -
nearly twice the standard
OPEC rate.

sentence if Iran fails to
obtain his return through
official channels.

Iran’s new leader, the
Ayatollah Khomeini has sais
the Shah will be tried for
crimes committed during his
37-year rule, although there
has been no mention of what
the charges might be.

Meanwhile, in preparation
for his referendum on

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- SADAT AND BEGIN - more bugs on the way?

. There are further threats
of an oil crisis as~-Arab
producers make accusations
‘of big oil companies and
industrialised countries
blocking Arab attempts to
set up their own refineries.

They are threatening to
create a crisis unless there is
cooperation with the Arabs
in their plans to industrialise.

whether Iran wants an
Islamic republic, the
Ayatollah has said that
anyone who votes no is
committing a sin against
Islam.

Exccutions have been
continuing in Iran, and it has
been learned that four men
who were convicted at a
secret trial have been shot
for sex offences § and
blackmail.

Hanoi has cleared the way

-- for China to withdraw its

soldiers from: Vietnam

without being hampered by ©

aggression from the Viet-
namese Army, by attaching

“ the condition that
‘must pull out hatapletely.
. before talks can begin.

_ . Up to earlier this week,
Vietnam was, refusing to

believe that China had any
intention of withdrawing as

_ . that country had stated. ©

The Vietnamese ~ had

- claimed that announcement
" was a ‘hoax to divert -at-

pulling out, Hanoi Monday ~ |
ordered a

“Vietnamese had ‘feared | all a
along. : ws
Even _after - China's an-
nouncement that it was

mobilization against. the

- invaders.

” But - by. Tuesday, Hanoi
had, agreed to .hold~ im-
mediate talks with China,on _
the condition that China first
complete its -withdrawal
from Northern Vietnam.

Even at that time, ‘Viet-
nam was trying to keep up a
tough face, threatening it
would stand up again and

1 nti o 1 from a Chinese

’ conquest of the whole of

South East Asia, which the

British Columbia and
Alberta are seen as the two
areas likely. to grow in
population the most, accord-
ing to.a study released by
Statistics Canada.

The report predicts that on
a national level the popula-

general. ...

fight if the Chinese” with-
Grawal turned out to be 2
trick.

7 Higher population :
forecast for B.C.

tion will rise to between 28
million and 31 million by
2001 but will begin a
decrease after 2020. Dis-
tribution of the increased’
numbers is likely to be
spread evenly except in B.C.
and Alberta which are seen
as growing faster-in numb-
ers. . mo

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