Word: fractious
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...backpack. They say they also found a bag with 1.7 kilos of explosives in Metzing's carpentry shop. Searches of the homes of other suspected gang members allegedly turned up 12 more kilos of explosives, grenades and detonators. The plot in Munich could be a sign that the fractious radical right is organizing itself into a terrorist network. There is increasing concern among politicians and law-enforcement officials that neo-Nazis could form a movement as organized and deadly as the Red Army Faction (raf), which carried out kidnappings, killings and bombings from the 1970s to the '90s. One investigator...
...aide to Rumsfeld, is more interested in leaving Iraq quickly than in picking its future leaders. "There will be people with credible claims to be able to lead various parts of the country," he says, "and our view is, Great, let them sort that out." Sorting out Iraq's fractious polity will challenge the skills of anyone, let alone a man exiled for 45 years. --Reported by Brian Bennett/Nasiriyah, Massimo Calabresi and Mark Thompson/Washington, Meenakshi Ganguly/Kuwait City and J.F.O. McAllister/London
...authority depends on the extent to which it enjoys national, regional and international legitimacy. That, they argue, requires UN supervision of the processes of electing a new leadership and drafting a new constitution. Against that, the hawks will argue that tying up the transition in the inevitably fractious UN process will simply delay the emergence of a democratic, post-Saddam Iraq...
...reject the declaration, claiming Iraq is in “material breach” of U.N. resolutions. U.S. sets Jan. 27 as the decision day for war against Iraq. Inspections team finds “zilch” evidence of weapons of mass destruction. Iraqi exiles at a fractious meeting in London agree on power-sharing plan for post-Saddam Iraq...
...organized crime within the state security forces and society as a whole - and it may have cost him his life. According to one senior government official, he was set to sign the warrant for Lukovic's arrest on the day he was shot. The murder leaves Serbia's fractious government rudderless; Djindjic's pragmatic maneuvering was the glue that held the 18-member governing alliance together. His loss casts doubt on future reforms at a time when Serbia is struggling to revive its economy and win foreign aid. "Every man, woman and child will feel the consequences," says Foreign Minister...