Ian Smith, who died Tuesday at 88, was the prime minister of Rhodesia and an ardent advocate of white rule; in 1965 he unilaterally declared independence from Britain, and over the next 15 turbulent ...

The stakes were rising in Ian Smith’s daring game against the British. Rhodesians jammed the downtown streets of Salisbury and Bulawayo in a carefree holiday shopping spree, while shopkeepers ...

Smith unilaterally declared independence from Britain on Nov. 11, 1965. He then served as the prime minister of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979 during white minority rule. The country failed to gain ...

Nov 20 - The former leader of white-ruled Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died in South Africa aged 88, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on its website on Tuesday. Here are some key facts about ...

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 after suffering a stroke. He was 88.

Ian Smith, 88, the steely prime minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) who unilaterally declared the former British colony's independence in 1965 and spent 14 years defying international sanctions and ...

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 yesterday. He was 88. Smith, who ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The former leader of white-ruled Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died in South Africa aged 88, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on its website on Tuesday. Smith defied the ...

As prime minister in 1964, Ian Smith declared what is now Zimbabwe independent from Britain. HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last white prime minister, died Tuesday at age 88. His attempts ...

Dressed in black tie and tux, Prime Minister Ian Smith jerked a piece of bunting one night last week to ring a 250-lb. bronze replica of the Liberty Bell. “I toll for justice, Christianity and ...