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Even a Nobel Peace Prize can't ward off bloodshed in East Timor. President José Ramos-Horta won the award in 1996 for his tireless efforts to free his nation from a repressive occupation by Indonesia, and ever since has commanded respect both internationally and from a majority of...
Ramos-Horta himself professed not to be overly concerned about the occasional bloodshed. "Nation-building is a slow, laborious process," he told TIME last year. "It will take time, effort and lots of work." As for Reinado and his men, the President at the time dismissed them as "troublesome flies...
Although the streets of Dili remained calm in the immediate hours after the attack, groups of youth loyal to Reinado vowed to gather for an anti-government rally. A government spokesman said forces were being mobilized to deal with the angry Reinado supporters. But for the people of East Timor...
The 1960s was a period of civil unrest, disillusionment, and violence. It was also the era of Arthur Penn, a television and film director best known for such classics as “Bonnie and Clyde.” Penn appeared at the Harvard Film Archive (HFA) last weekend for...
Déby was among the French-trained Chadian warriors who defeated Gaddafi's army in 1987. He then chased Libya's proxy Arab militias - known as Janjaweed - into Darfur, sparking that region's descent into bloodshed. But Déby soon fell out with Habré, who tortured and...