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...Sunday, General Parvez Musharraf addressed the nation he now heads following Thursday's coup intending to, as they say in Congress, revise and extend his remarks. "This is not martial law," Musharraf told the country, but rather "another path toward democracy." Further, he made the surprising announcement that he would pull back troops from Pakistan's tense border with India and seek talks with his nuclear neighbor. India, which ordered its troops on high alert immediately following the coup, has so far reacted cautiously to the news. After two days of vainly casting about for a credible civilian administration...
...latter course. After all, Washington worked closely with the last military government, led by General Zia ul-Haq, which ceded to civilian rule in 1988, and successive U.S. administrations have recognized the Pakistani military as a source of stability in a fractious and volatile nation. Still, a martial law declaration by any other name is still martial law, and this dashes hopes that General Musharraf could parlay the widespread opposition to the government he ousted into a new political consensus. Which means that turbulence in Pakistan may trouble Washington for some time...
...Shim and his fellow members of the newly-created Harvard World Taekwondo Federation Club (WTF) are quick to add, the Korean martial art is, well...
...heavy-handed addition, pigs salvage a TV set from the farmhouse to keep the animals docile. And the filmmakers use ingenious images to dramatize how image control is essential to tyrants. When the hog Napoleon (voiced by Patrick Stewart) becomes absolute dictator, his apotheosis is celebrated by a martial chorus of foot-stomping ducks in a perfect and hilarious imitation of a Stalinist propaganda musical...
...However, the threat of a Court Martial hangs over their heads, and this element of self-interest in their pact with the refugees gives the movie added moral dimension, as we realize that this adventure is not as separate from real, post-war life as it may appear...