Word: antigovernmental
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The government has answered with a massive security crackdown on fundamentalists in Cairo and other cities. In December Mubarak ordered 14,000 police and 100 armored personnel carriers to sweep Imbaba, a Cairo neighborhood known to be a sanctuary for extremists. Hundreds of fundamentalists were arrested. Still, the antigovernment attacks...
OVERNIGHT NEW DELHI BECAME A MILITARY FORtress. Even before they began converging on India's capital for a planned antigovernment rally, about 60,000 activists of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party were whisked into detention. The party's Hindu militants who reached the sealed-off city were confronted by a...
In this hour of trial, many citizens blame the government of President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, elected when the republic declared independence from Moscow in 1991, for the economic collapse. Many agree with engineer Arthur Verdian that "a government whose people are starving does not have the moral right to rule...
The constitution was finally amended to give Clinton a four-year term in 1986 (just when shorter term limits were gaining support elsewhere). At a time of pinched resources, Clinton has had experience of working within a financial straitjacket, setting priorities, concentrating on the essential tasks. The whole nation is...
Providing moral focus for the demonstrations was Chamlong Srimuang, a retired general and former governor of Bangkok who heads the opposition Palang Dharma party. A Buddhist, Chamlong announced that he would fast unto death to force Suchinda to resign. That vow sparked the antigovernment rallies. Suchinda fought back by accusing...