The Japanese Red Army seizes the United States Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, demanding the release of five comrades imprisoned in Japan in exchange for the fifty-three American hostages. On 8 August their terms are met, and the Americans are released.

6 Aug.

The Indian Parliament approves retroactive changes in the election law under which Prime Minister Gandhi was convicted of campaign violations.

15 Aug.

Sheik Mujibar Rahman, president of Bangladesh, is assassinated in a military coup.

18 Aug.

China and Cambodia sign an agreement on economic cooperation.

29 Aug.

Juan Velasco Alvarado, president of Peru, is overthrown in a military coup.

1 Sept.

Guillermo Rodriguez Lara, president of Ecuador, defeats a military coup.

2 Sept.

The nation with the world's fourth largest foreign-aid budget, Canada, announces that it will concentrate its resources on the world's forty poorest countries.

4 Sept.

Israel and Egypt sign an interim agreement on the disposition of the Sinai Peninsula and the...