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...band of allegedly U.S.-trained ethnic minority rebels known by the French acronym fulro staged raids from across the Cambodian border until the early '90s when they migrated to the United States. Vietnamese authorities are accusing one of the former guerrillas of engineering last month's unrest. Officials in Gia Lai seized documents they say are proof that "reactionary forces" were behind the protests. Signed by Ksor Kok, founder of the Montagnard Foundation in South Carolina, the papers call for a general uprising and an autonomous highlands state, to be named Degar. "The Kinh people will kill...
...highlands even has a bit of the rough-and-tumble of America's West?far more, in fact, than Vietnam's officials would like. In February, thousands of ethnic minorities rampaged through towns in Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces, apparently enraged by the still-unexplained arrests of two Jarai tribesmen near the Cambodian border. They threw stones, broke windows and in one village reportedly tied up and beat a local official. Witnesses say some shouted for the Kinh to leave. In a country where open opposition is rare and dealt with harshly, the riots amounted to Vietnam's worst...
...were members of the Kinh majority, which makes up 90% of Vietnam's population. Dak Lak's population has nearly doubled in 10 years, to 1.9 million. In 1975, ethnic minorities made up half of Dak Lak's population. Now, they number only 25%. Some officials, such as Gia Lai's Governor Nguyen Ly Ha, say it's natural to have tensions with such movements of people. But he says the government has no choice but to continue the policy: "The Kinh need land...
Find these 10 words connected to actress Angelina Jolie: lips, Oscar, tattoo, act, Gia, car, Billy, Bob, Voight and reel...
...misty, undefinable star quality: there's something edgy yet enigmatic in both her appearance and her manner. Jolie's real-life over-the-top intensity and f__-it-all attitude are nearly as unsettling as her screen performances, like the self-destructive fashion model in HBO's 1998 movie Gia and the dangerously seductive mental patient paired with Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted. At 24, she behaves like an awkward teenager trapped in a centerfold's body...