Word: national
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...please stop the Sri Lanka bashing and turn to supporting a nation with a mosaic of cultures that was sadly beset with over a quarter-century of separatist war. Journalists often ignored the atrocities committed by the Tamil Tigers - a group that assassinated two heads of state. Your article should have clearly congratulated Rajapaksa for having the strength of character to stand up to the protests of the international community and rid his land of the scourge of terror. Chandri Gunawardhana, Singapore...
...shouldn't have been surprising, really, that the world's most populous continent would give birth to a movement called People Power. In 1986, a housewife from the Philippines whose given name meant "heart" gave lifeblood to her wounded nation. The only weapon she possessed was moral courage. But with it she discovered a groundbreaking truth: that a populace holding nothing more than candles and rosary beads could face a cavalcade of tanks, topple a dictator and, most improbable of all, usher in democracy...
...devout and stoic Roman Catholic widow became the incarnation of a pious nation that had itself suffered silently through more than a decade of autocratic rule. Millions lined the funeral route and repeated her nickname as if saying the rosary: "Cory, Cory, Cory." If she had agreed to let the massive demonstrations of outrage pass in front of the presidential residence, Malacañang Palace, said Vicente Paterno, a Marcos official who would later be her ally, "that could have toppled Marcos." But it would be nearly three years before she would learn to take advantage of her power. Instead...
...Perhaps the most ominous moment came that same morning, shortly after Marcos announced in a televised news conference that he was declaring a state of emergency. At that point, General Ver whispered to Marcos in a voice that was audible to the whole nation, "Sir, we are ready to annihilate them at your orders ..." Marcos did not respond. Whether he knew it or not, his failure to move swiftly against Enrile had already cost him the office he was fighting desperately to retain...
...pictures of Barack Obama's nation of hope...