Word: bannered
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...response, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir called on local tribes to crush the rebellion. The most eager recruits came from small groups of Arab nomads who saw an opportunity to grab land and livestock under the banner of a state-sanctioned military operation. Locals dubbed the fighters Janjaweed, a name that loosely means "devils on horseback" and has long been used to describe the region's bandits. By August 2003 the Janjaweed had begun attacking not only the SLA fighters but also Darfurian civilians, who it said were aiding the insurgency. The conflict quickly descended into ethnic cleansing, say human...
...Among the many remarkable things about Medibank, which was revived and renamed as Medicare in the mid 1980s, is that - despite the vitriolic battles waged under its banner for nearly three decades - it largely retains its original form. Its cornerstone of bulk billing by general practitioners - the idea that all Australians should be able to consult a doctor for free - is still mostly in place. It's also the system's most contentious component, and is a hot issue again in this campaign, with the major parties' policies reflecting embedded ideological differences...
...Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers were sent to the Bright Hockey Center to take a report of a stolen Ivy League Champions banner worth $650 and seven Ivy League school banners worth...
...strong peacekeeping mission there. Now there are roughly twice as many European troops deployed outside the E.U. and NATO countries as there were 10 years ago, according to Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform in London. Most of them are doing peacekeeping work under the NATO banner. "We think it's better to have NATO than ephemeral coalitions," Alliot-Marie told TIME on the way home from her visit. "NATO has a habit of working together, and because we believe in it we want to see it continue." But continue to what end? Alliot-Marie correctly notes...
...from this process, but America must do better than allowing a million votes to be lost. When Just Democracy volunteers fan out on November 2nd, they will be working with election officials to preserve the integrity of the voting process. Just Democracy volunteers will operate under a non-partisan banner because Americans of all political stripes must support the premise that an eligible voter acting within the law has the right to cast a ballot. And finally Just Democracy volunteers will be demonstrating that this generation cares about protecting the rights for which previous generations of Americans have worked...