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UNITED NATIONS POTENT PYGMY IN MANHATTAN LAST WEEK, THE U.N .

GREW TO A TOTAL OF 113 MEMBERS WITH THE ADMISSION OF THE NEWLY

INDEPENDENT STATES OF ZANZIBAR AND KENYA . ZANZIBAR CONSISTS OF TWO

SMALL ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, WITH A TOTAL POPULATION OF 310,000,

OR ABOUT THAT OF OMAHA . NEVERTHELESS, ZANZIBAR HAS ONE VOTE IN THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND IS THUS EQUAL IN VOTING POWER WITH SUCH NUCLEAR

GIANTS AS THE SOVIET UNION AND THE U.S .