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...have long wanted greater autonomy from the central government in New Delhi. But even before the Indian army's bloody 1984 invasion of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Sikhdom's holiest shrine, an extremist minority had agitated violently for the creation of an independent state. Shortly after the temple assault, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rajiv's mother, was gunned down by her Sikh bodyguards...
Comrade Giegie is getting married. Her wedding will be held in a jungle clearing, which she will enter through an archway of raised assault rifles. The bride and groom will make their vows draped in a red flag bearing the spear and Kalashnikov of the 7,400-strong New People's Army (N.P.A.). Then they will pledge allegiance to the masses and promise to raise their children as revolutionaries. There will be no priest, no confetti, no wedding gown. So how will Giegie dress? "Like this," she smiles. Giegie, 22, is wearing a faded sweatshirt, jogging pants, Wellington boots...
...McCord may feel vindicated, but the Director of Public Prosecutions has concluded there isn't enough evidence to pursue charges. The British government is so far resisting calls for a public inquiry. Haddock - who is presently in prison for an assault that had occurred while he was still on the books as an informer, but which was only prosecuted after he had been taken off the books - hasn't commented. And McCord has paid a price for his efforts. There have been attempts on his life and he was forced to move out of North Belfast. He now lives behind...
That's a tough question, and the law offers few good answers. In criminal prosecutions for rape or sexual assault, about half a dozen states require that an adult victim's identity be kept secret (others require anonymity only if the prosecution or court requests it). That's because the state assumes that the promise of anonymity will encourage victims to come forward. When a woman accused basketball star Kobe Bryant of rape in Colorado, for example, the world was told his name but officially not hers. To this day, only 38% of rapes or sexual assaults are reported...
...Najaf, where U.S. forces battled the Mahdi Army in 2004. U.S. troops stage occasional raids in the sector against Mahdi Army operatives, which the Pentagon now considers a greater threat to security than al-Qaeda. But al-Maliki has consistently stopped American forces from waging an all-out assault on the Mahdi Army or its leadership out of fear of alienating his political base. "The Iraqi leadership has prevented us from targeting some leaders," says a senior military official. "Our understanding is that [such restraints] are now over." In a Jan. 17 meeting with reporters from five news organizations, including...