Word: rebel
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...Units from the conquering Tutsi rebel army have been accused of brutal revenge killings. The government worries that trying alleged rpf crimes alongside those of people like Ntirushwamaboko will bolster claims that the Tutsi, too, committed genocide. That troubles some outside observers. "If you give justice only to one group of people, I'm not sure that will have a reconciliatory effect," says Jean-Charles Paras, head of the Rwandan mission for Penal Reform International. "Quite the contrary, actually." Another flaw, say critics, is the reliance on confessions. In many cases, the perpetrators are the only living witnesses to their...
...pilot failed to push through further job cuts before his departure in January. And rising fuel costs and chronic staff troubles could make it hard to get similar steps at BA off the ground. - By Adam Smith Trading Flaws Frankfurt's Deutsche Börse bowed to pressure from rebel shareholders and shelved its $2.5 billion bid for the London Stock Exchange. LSE shares promptly tanked. Pan-European rival Euronext, its remaining suitor, has yet to name a price...
...child of a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel leader, Maya Arulpragasam moved to London at age 12 and discovered hip-hop. Now 28, she has produced a mini-masterpiece that merges Jamaican dancehall patois and Missy Elliott's stuttering rhythm with a political viewpoint entirely her own. She's not so eloquent in her anger as Public Enemy or so tuneful as the Clash, but it's a pretty impressive neighborhood for a debut...
...friendly formula will translate into the widespread success she deserves. Just to get the ball rolling, all readers should get their hands on a copy of this album by any means necessary, cruise through their hoods blasting it on the fattest Prius soundsystems they can find, and watch the rebel rhythms trample past the hype...
...tsunami left more than 123,000 dead in Indonesia's Aceh province. But when negotiators in Helsinki last week announced a breakthrough in talks between separatist rebels and the Indonesian government, it appeared that some good might come from the tragedy. The Free Aceh Movement, known as GAM, offered to drop its demand for independence. "There's not a single member of the GAM negotiating team who hasn't lost family members in the tsunami," says Damien Kingsbury, an Australian academic who advised the rebel negotiators in Finland. "There's a very deep sense of loss and the suffering...