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...truth be told, the tradition of the fatigue-clad Latin American guerrilla, striking and vanishing through mountainous jungle terrain with a raised fist and a Marxist slogan, died years before Pedro Antonio Marin - known by his nom de guerre, Manuel Marulanda - passed away two months ago in a remote Colombian forest. But Marulanda's death by heart attack, confirmed over the weekend by the rebels he commanded for 44 years, makes it official: the Che Guevara era, like that of the hemisphere's military dictatorships, is over. And so, for all intents and purposes, is Marulanda's once feared...
...commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) surrendered on May 18--a boon to President Alvaro Uribe. Nelly Avila Morena--who went by the nom de guerre Karina--said FARC, which has been trying to overthrow the government for some 40 years, has been "decimated." The group now includes about 9,000 rebels, compared with an estimated 17,500 in 2002. Two of its most senior officials were killed in March. Morena's surrender is seen as a major blow to the organization's morale...
...myth - no one knew what he looked like or in which mountain fastness he hid or quite how he and his fighters, ragtag and ill-equipped, had managed to plunge Nepal into a decade-long civil war that claimed 13,000 lives. But now all know Prachanda, the nom de guerre by which Dahal is more often referred, as not only a man of flesh and blood, but of suits and expensive pens. As results filter in from Nepal's April 10 election - the country's first in nine years - Prachanda's Maoists are poised to win a clear majority...
...then there are the Maoists whose youth cadres are responsible for much of the lawlessness that has plagued parts of the country. The Maoist leader, still known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, insists they are committed to multi-party democracy, but some Kathmandu insiders believe the former rebels will balk at an election defeat. The Maoists consider themselves the chief catalysts of Nepal's transformation; recently, Prachanda declared to reporters that the path to a republic was "our agenda alone...
...gaggle of teenagers gleefully downloads Japanese porn. Off in the corner, Sweetnurse and his friends are also busy online, but they will have much more to show for their efforts. "What would you like to buy today?" inquires Sweetnurse, a twentyish musician who asks to be identified by his nom de Net only. "I just found a card with a $5,000 limit...