Word: provinciale
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Nowhere is the misery of Angola's civil war more palpable than in the provincial capital of Huambo. Lavender-blossomed jacaranda trees line the streets, but many buildings are pockmarked by shellfire and bullets. At a health center, one-legged children push themselves on wooden trolleys while waiting for fresh...
But what largely greased the way was the protection granted by well-rewarded provincial army officers who operated as virtually independent warlords. Drug- laden planes land regularly at the government airport in Cap-Haitien. An estimated 1,000 Colombians reportedly are in Haiti, some of whom are suspected of involvement...
Xueliang took part in a three-day demonstration attended by nearly 30,000 students to force the provincial governor of Hofei to confess corruption.
In fact, all sports have trouble recalling an occasion when the laws of the land superseded or even complemented the rules of the game. Within the white lines, berserk baseball players regularly brandish bats and spikes with legal impunity, and the football and basketball players who rampage beyond the whistle...
Translated, that means Moscow will continue to help the Najibullah < government avoid military defeat. Earlier this month the regime's forces lost two provincial capitals in the northeast: Taliqan, a relatively insignificant small city, and Kunduz, a strategic strong point. Though Afghan troops, supported by Soviet air power, subsequently recaptured...