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...Another issue is the state of the government. Many officials are either former rebel fighters with no experience building a stable society, or members of East Timor's Elite. Prime Minister Alkatiri?who led the effort to make Portuguese the national language even though only a fraction of Timorese speak it?belongs to this class, and his ministers have come under attack from less privileged compatriots who think their lifestyle too lavish. A few days before the riots, Gusmao himself launched a withering attack on the administration, calling it incompetent and uncaring. "We cannot justify our situation simply because...
...week's end, Helgesen was close. Negotiators from the rebel Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam and the Sri Lankan government had made such remarkable progress that a return to the conflict?which has cost 64,000 lives since 1983?has become all but unthinkable. The turning point came Dec. 4, when Tiger negotiators abandoned their demand for a separate state. The next day, negotiators announced an outline for a new federal system allowing Tamil-speaking areas the right to "internal self-determination...
...tension between Taiwan, which China regards as a rebel province, and the Beijing government did not emerge as an issue in the mayoral contest...
Taiwan, currently considered a rebel province by China’s communist government, wants the international community to consider the island as an independent nation...
Whether it is the Victorian-era style of their Mather common room, Maats’ turn in drag at the Miss Harvard pageant or his running in gold paint with angel wings at primal scream, Maats likes to rebel against the conventional...