MIDDLE EAST: The Will of Allah

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With that stalemate the matter rested until last week, when Cairo and Teheran finally got together. "By mutual accord," the marriage of Fawzia and her Shah was declared off. "This conjugal rupture," the royal proclamation added hastily, "will in no way affect the friendly relations between Persia and Egypt."

Apparently a financial settlement has been reached, and the body of old Reza Shah Pahlevi may soon rest in peace in his native Persia.

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MICHEL SIDIBE, UNAIDS executive director, to South African President Jacob Zuma, just before Zuma announced that the country would treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing; South Africa has the most HIV-infected people in the world