Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...over-simplification and self-deception used by the Administration to defend the likes of Zia obscures some technical issues like nuclear arms development. But on the question of human rights, only the truth--and with it our guilt--can prevail. In Pakistan, General Zia's martial law (Regulation 53) declares the death sentence for "any offense liable to cause insecurity, fear, or despondency amongst the public," and presumes the accused guilty until proven innocent in front of a military court. Yet in the end, America's military and economic support for such human rights violators will haunt us long after...
Vice President George Bush continued to defend the notion of a Cuban-Namibian deal last week as he made a two-week tour of seven African nations. Calling the linkage "the key to the settlement," Bush declared that "we're going to stick with it." His words met with displeasure from his hosts, who included Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, leader of one of the five "frontline" states that most actively support the SWAPO guerrillas. That did not bode well for the future of Namibia, nor for the U.S. image in black Africa...
Saddam has lost almost all the territory he won in the fall of 1980, when he started the war by invading Iran's oil-rich Khuzistan province. Now he is counting on his troops to show their fighting spirit when they defend their own land. So far they have done so, holding the Iranians to small victories at a huge cost in lives. But the war of attrition may only be beginning, and the will to win may ebb and flow before the fighting is over. -By Sara C. Medina. Reported by Barry Kalb/Baghdad and Raji Samghabadi/New York
...told an interviewer, with regard to one work, "to give a representation of a woman who is pregnant. She tries to be frightening but she is frightened. She's afraid someone is going to invade her privacy and that she won't be able to defend what she is responsible...
Born to a Russian peasant family in the Novgorod region, Romanov helped to defend Leningrad during the 900-day Nazi blockade in World War II. Eventually landing the top post of party boss in the city where the Bolshevik Revolution began, Romanov gained the admiration, and perhaps envy, of party colleagues for his success in revitalizing Leningrad's aging industry...