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...South Ossetia and Abkhazia broke away from Georgia in the 1990s in the wake of bloody ethnic wars. Much as those wars were ignited by the then Nationalist Georgian authorities, Russia fanned the flames by giving a brazen support to the separatists. It was the Russian army that won their wars against Georgia...
...wife, whom he met in Asia, to his Irish American roots, “where,” the musician joked, “I got my rhythm from.” Hancock also tried his hand at salsa dancing, Asian fan dancing, and African drumming. The range of ethnic dance and song was further illustrated by Harvard Wushu, whose modern rendition of kung fu became a dance, graceful and delicate despite the members’ giant swords and other weaponry. This play fighting popped up again in the Harvard Breakers performance, whose place in the show reminded us that...
...aspect that shaped progress in other places over the past year: local volunteer security forces who, in many cases, were nationalist insurgents who broke with al-Qaeda in Iraq. U.S. officials say that strategy won't work in Mosul, because standing up bands of irregulars could inflame existing ethnic and sectarian divisions in the city. So many U.S. military officials see provincial elections as a way to sap the insurgency's strength in Mosul. In the 2005 elections, many Sunnis across Iraq simply did not participate, a defiance that left them dejected and marginalized - and susceptible to the embrace...
OUTCOME Crisis. A 1943 agreement apportions power according to ethnic identity, but the nation has lacked a President since November...
...past five years, in countless villages across the region, civilians have borne the brunt of a war between government-backed militias known as janjaweed and rebels. Some 200,000 people are dead from violence, hunger and disease, and 2.5 million more are displaced. Although the conflict has no clear ethnic or religious lines, the janjaweed hail from nomadic tribes that identify themselves as Arab, and the rebels represent settled tribes usually labeled African. The plight of the Darfurians has received worldwide attention, with Hollywood stars like George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Don Cheadle taking up cudgels on their behalf...