Word: rebels
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...Burundian President Pierre Buyoya foiled a coup attempt by junior military officers. Calling themselves the Patriotic Youth Front, a band of about 40 soldiers seized control of state radio and aired a taped statement that said, "The government that is killing people is over." But within hours the rebel troops had surrendered. Buyoya, who was in Gabon holding talks to end Burundi's civil war, returned home the next day without incident. Fighting between ethnic Tutsi and Hutu in Burundi has killed at least 200,000 people since...
...wave of popular support - Koizumi comes in with a 65 percent approval rating - got the rebel this far. But having given Koizumi his shot, the calcified, self-preservationist LDP elders will not be as eager to watch him engineer their downfall. Koizumi, who likes to talk about changing Japanese elections to bypass the LDP machinery, started incurring factional wrath on his first day in office Friday with his old-guard-snubbing cabinet selections...
...Frank Gibney: Well, he's definitely not the answer to all Japan's problems. It's certainly a hopeful sign that he comes in with such resounding public support. But if Koizumi is a rebel, he's still an old-line LDP guy. And no matter how committed he is to reforming the LDP, he's still dealing with the same party guys who have chosen prime ministers for so long - and made the post pretty much a revolving door...
...criticize his sudden rise to power - orchestrated, according to diplomats, by his Zimbabwean and Angolan allies. "The power today is dictated by Zimbabwe," says opposition leader Joseph Olenghankoy, who is calling for immediate talks on elections and last week, with other opposition leaders, met the head of the main rebel group Jean-Pierre Bemba to discuss a possible alliance. "The weight of Congo is too much for him. Politics needs strategy, and all he's got is foreign backing." Kabila says he will hold elections once the "foreign aggressors" have withdrawn and dismisses talk of foreign influence on the government...
...immediately broadcast their version of the night's events. The new management of NTV confidently announced that its first news program would air at 8 a.m. A bulletin appeared, but not the one Jordan and his staff expected. Instead, viewers were treated to a little guerrilla TV: two rumpled "rebel" journalists reporting their version of the proceedings from TNT. This was quickly replaced by the adventures of Vinnie the Alligator, a children's program, and game-show reruns...