Word: overthrows
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...activists and the execution on trumped-up charges of opposition leaders like Ken Saro-Wiwa. Farrakhan also praised the government of Sudan, which has slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people in a long-running civil war, for its "wise Islamic leadership." In Tehran he pledged to help the mullahs overthrow the "Great Satan," as the U.S. is known locally. Then he moved on to Iraq to denounce U.N. economic sanctions--not mentioning that they are intended to ensure that Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological weapons are actually destroyed...
Different measures might indeed prove more practical. Western nations could help shut down a Zaire-based rebel radio station that is consistently urging the overthrow of the coalition government. More U.N. monitors, with adequate protection, could be sent to the country to report on human-rights abuses. Perhaps most important, the West could take meaningful steps to increase pressure on extremists still serving in the government and the army. These are not new ideas. Yet so far, due to a lack of support from member nations, the U.N. has managed only a minimal response. Last year Ntibantunganya requested 127 human...
...market for most other software as well, from application programs (word processors, spreadsheets, encyclopedias) to programming languages to a wide variety of programming tools. All this would be undermined should Java catch on. "Java," Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told a gathering of businesswomen last month, "is there to overthrow what we've done...
Although few in number, China's pro-democracy activists invariably bear the brunt of any crackdown. That was shown again last month when Wei Jingsheng, the country's most renowned dissident, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for "engaging in activities to overthrow the government." Wei had already spent 16 years in jail since his first campaign for greater freedoms in 1978, during the last big political transition. His sentencing brought protests from the West, but China ignored them. Two weeks ago, three Tiananmen activists were detained in coastal Zhejiang province for collecting signatures demanding Wei's release...
Reinforcing its image as a human-rights-challenged state, China charged prominent dissident Wei Jingsheng with attempting to overthrow the government. Wei, who has enjoyed just six months of freedom since being arrested in 1979 for his leadership of the Democracy Wall movement, was rearrested in April 1994 and held without charge. He now faces a long prison term or possibly even execution...