Word: nationalists
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...yacht on the Amazon; near Macapa, Brazil. A U.N. goodwill ambassador, Blake was on a worldwide expedition to monitor global warming and pollution. He won the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994 for sailing a catamaran nonstop around the globe in record time. DIED. JUAN JOSE ARREOLA, 83, a fiercely nationalist Mexican author who wrote 16 books of short stories and won Mexico's distinguished National Linguistics and Literature Prize in 1976; in Mexico City. Arreola 's Varia Invencion spawned a literary genre of poetry and prose woven intricately into story form. DIED. GERHART RIEGNER, 90, the honorary vice president...
TAIWAN The Last Domino The once-almighty Nationalist Party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in Taiwanese history, in an election marred by allegations of corruption. The pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, led by President Chen Shui-bian, became the legislature?s largest party, a stunning blow for the reunification-minded Nationalists, who had controlled the chamber for more than 50 years. But the DPP fell short of a majority, setting the stage for fierce political jockeying as it seeks to form a governing coalition...
...fragile economy. On television, Saudis see what they believe is a ruthless, U.S.-backed Israeli army shooting their fellow Arabs in the Palestinian territories. Meanwhile, Abdullah has consolidated a hold on the power formally exercised by an ailing King Fahd. The Crown Prince and his advisers are more nationalist, more religiously conservative and less instinctively supportive of the U.S. than their predecessors. Abdullah's advocacy to Washington on the part of the Palestinians, for example, has had a particularly sharp edge...
...IRA’s unwillingness to hand over its arms despite the provisions of the Good Friday peace accords had caused Trimble to resign in July. Trimble’s return now, coupled with the new constructive tone of the Nationalist forces, bodes well for a lasting peace process. At a time when extremism and terrorism are posing new dangers to the world, the progress in Northern Ireland provides welcome relief. Now the various parties must together seize the opportunity for peace and move beyond blind violence and sectarian division...
...difficulty. On Nov. 2, two members of Trimble’s own party joined hard-line Protestants in the assembly to block Trimble’s return. Yesterday, other loyalists attempted a legal objection to a planned re-vote, which has been rejected by the High Court in Belfast. Nationalist extremists, meanwhile, exploded a bomb on Saturday night in the heart of Birmingham, designed to kill innocent civilians. The desperate attempts by hard-liners on both sides to throw the peace process off track must not be allowed to succeed...