In Italy Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti leads a new minority government.

7 Aug.

Uganda and Kenya sign a treaty restoring diplomatic relations.

11 Aug.

Palestinian terrorists kill four and wound thirty in the airport in Istanbul, Turkey.

12 Aug.

Thirty-five to forty persons are killed following a week of rioting in South Africa.

20 Aug.

Right-wing extremists murder forty-six people in Argentina in retaliation for the assassination of a retired army general.

1 Sept.

Political upheaval following a proposal to increase prison sentences for members of the Irish Republican Army results in the declaration of a state of emergency.

21 Sept.

The thirty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly elects H. S. Amerasinghe of Sri Lanka as president.

3 Oct.

Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's Social Democratic Party wins a narrow majority in West German parliamentary elections.

22 Oct.

President Cearbhall O. Dalaigh of Ireland resigns to be succeeded on 9 November by Patrick J. Hillery.

1 Nov.

President Michel...