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...Qaeda. "When we started fighting al-Qaeda [in 2007] it was just us and the Americans," he says. "Not the army, not the police." But he isn't happy about the way he and his men were treated by the Shi'ite-dominated government once they began to disband...
...Tymoshenko, who wears her hair in a peasant braid like a crown, became Yushchenko's Prime Minister, but disagreements between the two hindered their attempts to govern. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, wiping 50% off the Ukrainian currency's value in a few weeks, Yushchenko tried to disband Parliament to oust his foe. "It's depressing," said one Western banker at the time. "The economy is falling apart, and all he cares about is destroying Tymoshenko." Once seen as a Barack Obama figure with approval ratings topping 70%, the sitting President finished fifth in first-round voting...
...practically a byword for political vendettas. But it is highly prevalent in Mindanao's conflict-affected areas where there is a large array of armed groups that include separatist rebels, civilian militias and well-established crime syndicates. Not surprisingly, the massacre has intensified calls on the authorities to disband these private armed groups. (Read: "The Warlord Who Is Key to Karzai's Victory...
...military presence in the mainly Kurdish southeast remains strong and the only Kurdish party in parliament constantly worries it will be forced to disband. But in other ways, change is happening. After years under a ban, the Kurdish language is flowering, the result of European Union-mandated reforms introduced in 2006. In Silopi, the same store that once secretly sold bootleg Kurdish tapes is now plastered with pictures of budding Kurdish stars. Language courses in the unofficial regional capital Diyarbakir are packed, writers' groups have sprouted and at the local theater, young actors are staging the city's first ever...
...people dance that looks cool when girls do it but really stupid when guys do it, and even started some crowd surfing which amusingly ended in someone’s mom getting kicked in the head. A crowd chant after their last song made Elephantom early favorites.Next up was Disband, or Shy October, or Caitria O’Neill; a pre-show name change confused the Tommy Doyle’s staff, but for continuity’s sake let’s just call them Kathleen Turner Overdrive.The viola and acoustics outfit brought a slower, softer, Ingrid Michaelson sound...