Word: orthodox
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...divide who would welcome the deal's demise, preferring to settle matters on the battlefield. Fighting has continued around Tetovo, a region in which the NLA's commanders are reputedly more hard-line than some of their comrades elsewhere in the country. And the razing of a centuries-old Orthodox monastery in their zone of control earlier this week underscores the deep nationalist hatred driving at least a section of the rebel movement - after all, blowing up a church is not exactly consistent with the claim to be fighting simply for better representation of ethnic-Albanians alongside Macedonians...
...Foca, he does not lack support. "I am in love with him," says a woman in her 50s who refuses to give her real name. "If he is arrested, we will rise up." She gestures at a portrait of "my man," displayed on a back wall, alongside Serbian-orthodox icons of Mary, the baby Jesus and St. Sava. "He is not a war criminal," she says, gazing at Karadzic's picture. "He is a saint...
...liberal society will be loosely modeled on the Federalist society, which was founded in 1982 by four law school students—one from HLS—to battle “orthodox liberal ideology” which it said pervaded legal institutions...
...convicted four others of plotting the Tanzania bombing and the deadlier attack on the U.S. embassy in Kenya that resulted in 224 fatalities. DIED. MAXIMUS V HAKIM, 93, 20th patriarch of the breakaway Greek Catholic Church of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem; in Beirut. Greek Catholics split from the East Orthodox Church in 1724 to accept the authority of the Pope. Maximus V led 600,000 followers, mainly in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. He advocated closer relations with the East Orthodox Church, straining ties with Rome. DIED. FRED NEIL, 64, folk-songwriter who penned the theme song Everybody's Talkin...
UKRAINE A Papal Call for Reconciliation Despite pleas from Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksy II to cancel, Pope John Paul II went ahead with a five-day visit to Ukraine. There he ignored Orthodox priests waving banners that read "Orthodoxy or death" and continued his mission to reconcile the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, apologizing in Ukrainian for past "errors" and declaring that "unity and harmony ... is the secret of peace". NORTHERN IRELAND Showdown The British and Irish governments planned intensive negotiations to tackle the latest crisis in the peace process. The reason: Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble's resignation as First...