Word: homeland
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...early last week? He wrote off the Bosnian government's hopes of regaining turf. Yet even if the town of Bihac should fall, and assuming continued supplies of food, fuel and medicine from outside, the defenders of Bosnian sovereignty are actually better prepared than ever to fight for their homeland against the viciousness of tribal aggrandizement...
...Blue Kite), and To Live lacks the surprise and sumptuousness of Zhang's The Story of Qiu Ju and Raise the Red Lantern. But the Chinese censors can still be shocked -- and vindictive. Zhang was recently forced, under the threat of never making another film in his homeland, to write an apology for wanting to promote To Live at Cannes. So one has to ask, How severe is the punishment for the crime of being an honest artist in a corrupt land...
Forbes magazine recently dubbed Ippy and his ilk the "New Refugees." While the Irish might have fled the potato famines of years past, wealthy American citizens are now fleeing a homeland starved by excessive taxation...
...Asian-Pacific trade deal, wrapped up his trip to Indonesia with a small about-face. His target wasn't China, but the host country, where 29 East Timorese students continued a sit-in on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to protest Indonesian occupation of their nearby homeland. "We cannot turn away from that cause and we will not," Clinton declared, after Indonesian President Suharto agreed not to harass the students after the U.S. contingent left. (Suharto, not known for his bleeding heart, merely promised to deal with the issue "squarely.") Secretary of State Warren Christopher also...
...FUNDED CIVIL WAR REDUX? Purvis says millions in U.N. aid to Rwandan could, ironically, be used to restart the civil war. The former Hutu leaders now have near-total control of the $2.5 million flowing into the camps each day and Hutu forces are already making forays into their homeland. "It's our money, it's taxpayer dollars and all these Christmas benefit funds for Rwandan refugees are going into the hands of killers," he says, "while the (legitimate) Rwandan government can't get a cent from the international community."Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...