Word: benightedness
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Nowhere are the two faces of the military?traditionally oppressive, potentially progressive?more evident than in Aceh, where the army is locked in a bloody battle for control of the province with the secessionist Free Aceh Movement, or GAM. Villagers living along Aceh's one main road welcome the TNI...
When a celebrity finds a cause, cynicism is the first reaction. There are exceptions, of course, like the work of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills on land mines. But often, we suspect that we're being conned--that film stars and musicians have calculated that supporting some benighted group is...
When a celebrity finds a cause, cynicism is the first reaction. There are exceptions, of course, like the work of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills on land mines. But often, we suspect that we're being conned-that film stars and musicians have calculated that supporting some benighted group is...
When the tiny Yugoslav republic of Montenegro (pop. 650,000) adopted the euro last month - replacing its official currency, the deutsche mark - the move was greeted in the capital Podgorica with near universal acclaim. With its sultry Adriatic breezes, cyprus-lined boulevards and busy sidewalk caf?s, the city already feels...
Even before the bombs started falling, around 2.5 million Afghans had fled 20 years of war and four years of drought and crossed into neighboring Pakistan. Of the 22 million who remained in their benighted country, around 4 million depended on food donated by foreign charities. World Food Program executive...