Ian Douglas Smith (born 1919) was the last white prime minister of Rhodesia before it became the independent nation of Zimbabwe. In an effort to resist African majority rule, he led his extremist whit...
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HARARE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Ian Smith, who defied the world
in 1965 when he led 270,000 white Rhodesians in a unilateral
declaration of independence from Britain rather than accept
moves to black-m...
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Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last white prime minister whose attempts to resist black rule dragged the country now known as Zimbabwe into isolation and civil war, died Tuesday at age 88.Smith, who recentl...
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Johannesburg/Harare (dpa) - When Ian Smith, a lanky farmer from
the small white minority-ruled British colony of Rhodesia in Central
Africa, led an illegal and non-violent r...
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Johannesburg/Harare (dpa) - Ian Smith, the former Royal Air Force
fighter pilot who led the white minority Rhodesian government in
Central Africa to illegal independence and...
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HARARE, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Zimbabweans battling massive
inflation and chronic food shortages on Wednesday showed little
inclination to reflect on the death of Rhodesia's last white
leader. Ian Smi...
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Harare/Johannesburg (dpa) - Zimbabwe's information minister Friday
hit out at calls by the Archbishop of York to step up punitive
measures against President Robert Mugabe's ...
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TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday
invited Israel and the Palestinians to a Nov. 27 meeting aimed
at launching peace talks to create a Palestinian state ...
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TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - The United States announced on Tuesday it will
host a Middle East peace conference on Nov. 27 in Annapolis,
Maryland that Washington hopes will launch formal n...
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TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - The United States announced on Tuesday it will
host a Middle East peace conference on Nov. 27 in Annapolis,
Maryland, which Washington hopes will launch formal...
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Johannesburg/Harare (dpa) - The death of Ian Smith, the former
prime minister of Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe, prompted a muted reaction
in the country, where people recalled his...
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Ian Douglas Smith
Former Rhodesian leader Ian Smith dies
