A considerable step in advance is the establishment by the London County Council of a central laboratory for its asylums, with an eminent pathologist at its head: from this laboratory valuable reports are in course of issue.
10,000 Cubans Reported Killed in Angola War. June 16, 1987 | Associated Press. WASHINGTON â The Cuban general who defected to the United States last month has told U.S. officials that 10,000 Cuban troops have been killed in Angola since 1976, according to senior Administration officials.
The impending independence of one of those colonies, Angola, led to the Angolan civil war that grew into a Cold War competition. The Angola crisis of 1974â1975 ultimately contributed to straining relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Cuban and Angolan soldiers are shown during a weapon practice session at a training center. (AP Photo)