Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...downtown Miami, where Blair specialized in drug interdiction and supervised 17 agents before he was placed on paid leave. Until his arrest, Blair was best known for helping to recover a 1636 painting by Peter Paul Rubens, stolen from a Spanish museum. That won him Spain's highest civilian honor. Now, a conviction for aggravated stalking could earn him 15 years maximum behind bars...
...said he found two freshly dug graves with canes, crutches and civilian jackets on the surface Serb officials later said the graves were for "fierce Bosnian soldiers." "No soldier I know needs a cane," Rohde said...
...death of Ken Saro Wiwa together with eight other minority-right activists is part of the wider Nigerian crisis in which the military government continues to resist a transition to civilian rule and to a democratic government. Saro Wiwa himself described the present Nigerian leaders as "mindless, stone-age dictators, addicted to blood . . . They are daylight robbers who kill for money...
...NATO contingents are sent into action, says task force commander Colonel James McDonough, "we're going in first. Just give us the word." The troops are ready to fight, but they have also been mastering crowd control, learning the skills of dealing with civilian authorities, soothing ruffled residents. "My guys want to do what we train for," says Sergeant-Major Gerald Parks, his face painted green and black. "If people are dying in Bosnia and we can help...
...horror and courage, remains unified under Bosnian control. Refugees will return home. The potentially traumatic process of repatriating those refugees was not clearly spelled out this morning, though President Clinton did say that an independent commission will monitor the human rights of all Bosnians, and that an internationally trained civilian police force will protect them...