Word: nationalist
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...Israelis see in Mandela a leader who took a principled decision to make peace with his enemies, and kept his word. The Palestinians see him as a nationalist fighter who refused to compromise his principles even when that meant immense personal suffering - and as a leader guided by those same principles when making the historic compromises necessary to minimize bloodshed while pursuing his goals. And in both instances - and others - Arafat falls short by comparison...
...Though the draft law is designed to end the nationalist violence and organized crime that have plagued the island for over two decades, one consequence - limited decentralization - goes against some of the most sacred tenets of French political ideology: concentration of power in Paris and insistence on the uniformity of French identity. The proposal would give Corsica's local assembly greater autonomy by allowing it to adapt certain national laws to the "specificities of the island." It would also permit the assembly more flexibility in managing Corsica's economy and grant its 250,000 residents tax exemptions to favor investment...
...Before he was 20 years old, Oliver Lee had lived in Nationalist China, Nazi Germany, the British colony of Mauritius and Iran under the Shah's rule...
...curb Husseini's influence. He was kept out of the last two years of negotiations. And it's easy to see why he might have caused unease among some potential rivals. He was highly respected by the international community as a man of ideas, a moderate, but also a nationalist. He had succeeded in establishing Orient House as a Palestinian address in Jerusalem, and that gave him a great deal of political influence. Besides meeting Arafat in Ramallah or Gaza, foreign envoys and diplomats used to come to Orient House and meet Faisal Husseini. And there was a great deal...
...been canny enough to offer her the Vice Presidency as consolation two years ago. But while his equivocation on dealing with secessionist rebellions - and his decision to bow to Western pressure and decolonize East Timor - angered the generals, Megawati made common cause with them as heiress to the nationalist mantle of her father, Sukarno, who had been Indonesia's first president. Last week, Wahid sought to head off his ouster by offering to transfer most of his authority to Megawati, but the Vice President and her backers appear to have decided to go for broke: She stormed...