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...stands at the building, declaring it a protected historical site. He is part of a core of KMT politicians-and a surviving handful of military veterans who arrived in Taiwan in 1949 as part of Chiang's fleeing Nationalist Army-who argue that the dictator paved the way for rapid postwar economic progress and fended off a Communist invasion. Those who suffered under four decades of brutal martial law, along with many younger Taiwan citizens, aren't shedding tears, however. "Most of those statues were built by the KMT when they were trying to control the thinking of the people...
...exports, but the country is still heavily dependent on agriculture - more than 80% of its 14 million citizens are farmers. Cambodia's population has doubled since 1975, and most of these extra mouths are in the countryside. In Phnom Penh, the tree-lined colonial avenues are being transformed by rapid construction that is uprooting fragrant frangipani trees in favor of glass-plated office buildings. The newfound wealth, though, hasn't extended much past city borders, and the disparity between rural residents and city folks is only growing wider...
...sort of works at a pace that is not conducive to things that need rapid results. It has to consider all its member nations, and it has to go through a bureaucratic process. China is definitely impacting what is happening in Sudan given its relationship vis--vis the oil. But I believe the U.N. is trying to make moves...
...immediate: his election in 1995 coincided with considerable stiffening of both French and European resolve to end fighting in ex-Yugoslavia, which saw them join with U.S.-led military actions that quickly ended the fighting. Chirac later paired with British Prime Minister Tony Blair to found Europe's Rapid Reaction Force as an alternative to overtaxed U.S. troops in responding to security crises. More recently, after the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister and personal friend Rafik Hariri in 2005, Chirac teamed up with Washington to co-author a U.N. push to break Syria's hold on Lebanon, and to seek...
...order of events and misquotations of the comments the students yelled. According to the students, they were also not given a warning before they were removed from the forum, which would represent a breach of free speech guidelines approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1990. The rapid dismissal left the students pleased as they exited the courtroom. “I am happy that it ended so quickly and relatively painlessly,” Lee said. “I really do think that it was all the media attention and community support that...