Word: insurrectionism
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In mid-February Hindus in Haryana staged then-most violent assaults yet. A mob of 5,000 quickly grew to 8,000, attacking however many Sikhs they could find. In one instance half a dozen Sikh prisoners were held immobile and their beards and hair shorn as Hindus hooted and...
Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas is less pessimistic. "The fact that the crimes have decreased over the past few months is positive," he says quietly. He confirms that the armed forces have asked the church to send priests to visit military command posts and give talks on human rights to...
Labor dispatched scores of M.P.s to campaign for Benn, but Party Leader Neil Kinnock must have been of two minds about the Benn candidacy. Labor could not afford to lose in Chesterfield, a party stronghold for nearly 50 years. But Kinnock has worked hard during the past five months to...
The commission also recommended resumption of military aid to Guatemala, where the government is currently keeping a much smaller leftist insurrection in check; increased military aid of an unspecified amount to Honduras, Nicaragua's northern neighbor, where U.S. troops will soon be winding up joint exercises that are scheduled...
As the fifth year of Soviet occupation of that savagely proud nation begins, the war is a soggy stalemate. As many as 20,000 Soviet troops have been killed in the past four years, according to U.S. estimates, but the Soviets are not about to leave. They still have a...