Word: coupes
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Here is a film about yearning--the ache for love--and the way wounded people express it. The coup of Green's script is to render complicated feelings in a mix of plangent cliches and vernacular poetry. Listen to Buddy, lovesick over Nasia's desertion, as he bares his soul. "I gave my all to her," he moans. "A plastic ring and a kiss. I mean, it's the thought that counts...
...purge of Montesinos supporters in the military since the intelligence chief's departure, but many Peruvians still fear that the intelligence chief - who has also been accused of involvement in running guns to Colombian rebels and of maintaining other underworld links - may yet command sufficient loyalty to attempt a coup. If Montesinos is indeed looking to make a comeback, his window of opportunity is narrowing. The government and opposition on Thursday announced an agreement to hold new elections next April, at which time the Fujimori regime, which first elevated Montesinos to power, is expected to be shown the door...
...Sunday's election was as low as 5 percent of the electorate. The popular opposition leader Alassane Ouattara is leading calls for a new poll. An attempt by former president Henri Konan Bédié to exclude Outtara from the last election had prompted General Gueï's coup, but the general had then held the reins himself rather than hand over to Outtara. The only way out the mess, according to the international community and Ivory Coast's French-speaking neighbors, is to hold new elections. But Gbagbo isn't having any of it. Once the most prosperous...
...more than pique that's prompting Fujimori to seek a word with Montesinos. Throughout the recent constitutional crisis, there has been a fear that the former intelligence chief could lead a coup d'etat by calling in favors from the military's top commanders who are, for the most part, his personal appointees. Coup rumors have been rife since the return of Montesinos, and Fujimori claims to be trying to get his former enforcer to "contact the authorities" to lay such rumors to rest. The president did, for good measure, order the military confined to barracks while he goes knocking...
...concerned that the old regime will attempt a counter-coup...