Word: clan
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...camp scoffs at that claim, pointing out that Disney's radio arm has no compunction about distributing fire-breathing conservative Sean Hannity's show. The film has been described as an incendiary attack on the Bush family's ties to Saudi Arabian oil money and the Osama bin Laden clan. But a source who has seen the picture tells TIME that the Bush-Saudi elements make up only about 15 minutes of the roughly 110-minute film...
...kadyrovtsi, which stands accused of a series of human-rights violations against civilians and political opponents. "The [kadyrovtsi] is notorious for kidnappings, brutality and tortures, and is universally hated by the population," a top Russian law-enforcement official told Time before Kadyrov's assassination. Chechens loyal to the Kadyrov clan have asked Putin to change the regional constitution - which states that presidential candidates must be at least 30 - so Ramzan can run, and some regard his appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister as a sign he's being groomed for the job. "Ramzan's promotion is right," says Edi Isayev...
...general's men. The Pakistani army agreed to halt its operation against Mohammed's militants, repay Wazir tribesmen for war damages and set free most of the 160 suspected al-Qaeda supporters who were captured. The tribesmen were also allowed to keep their weapons. In exchange, Mohammed and his clan promised to refrain from attacks on Pakistani forces and the U.S. troops in nearby Afghanistan. Gleeful rebel tribesmen accepted the easy terms--and then treated Hussain to a meal of rice and slaughtered sheep...
...DIED. RATU SIR KAMISESE MARA, 83, Fiji's first Prime Minister and a leader of the nation for three decades after its 1970 independence; in Suva. Born into a family of clan chieftains, Mara helped draft a constitution that sought to balance the rights of native Fijians and residents of Indian descent prior to the end of British rule. He served as Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992, aligning the country against communism, and was appointed to the largely ceremonial presidency in 1993, only to be forced out in 2000 when an armed gang stormed the Parliament and held...
...factories are run worldwide. Few people have done more to perfect "the Toyota Way" than chairman Hiroshi Okuda, 71, and president Fujio Cho, 67, with a combined 93 years at Toyota between them. Toyota's first two CEOs not to hail from the company's founding Toyoda clan, Okuda and Cho have taught hundreds of companies the TPS secrets of eliminating waste, reducing defects and maximizing flow. "From the very beginning, Toyota learned much from other carmakers," says Cho. "Sharing what we have discovered since then is one way we can give something back...