Word: crackdown
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...month national strike against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez; on charges of rebellion and incitement; in Caracas. Although the strike failed to oust Chavez from power, it crippled the country's key oil industry and resulted in $4 billion in business losses. His arrest is part of a government crackdown on its political opponents...
...million worth of illegal narcotics were incinerated on live television as part of Thailand's crackdown on drugs...
...Revolutionary Struggle; in Athens. Described by officials as "the mother of Greek terrorist groups," the urban guerrilla organization has been held responsible for more than 100 bomb attacks in Greece in the past 30 years. Tsigaridas is the fourth member of the group to be arrested since a police crackdown began earlier this month...
...playing host to jihadis from Afghanistan and beyond. Rather than address these concerns, the government has systematically muzzled journalists and opposition leaders who try to get the story out. Since October, more than 4,000 people have been arrested and 44 have died in custody during a government crackdown supposedly directed at organized crime and euphemistically called Operation Clean Heart...
...suspect in the abduction, Afghan war veteran Fazal Karim, has identified Mohammed as the man who drew the knife across Pearl's throat, two men who participated in Karim's interrogation tell TIME. Karim was detained in a Pakistani crackdown on militant groups last May, and he admitted he assisted in Pearl's abduction. During his interrogation, Karim confessed that he had helped three unknown Arabs carry out Pearl's murder. With Karim's aid, one Arab pinned the journalist to the floor while another wielded the weapon. The third videotaped the grisly act. The two officials who grilled Karim...