Word: refugee
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Trapped between the imminent threat of an Israeli army bulldozer crashing through a ground-floor wall or catching a bullet on an upper floor, Yasser Arafat spent much of last Friday and Saturday on the second floor of his Ramallah refuge telephoning Arab and European leaders to ask for support...
Zhang braved a Siberian winter to cross the frozen Heilongjiang River and seek refuge in the Soviet Union, nearly dying of exposure. His experience with the KGB, which denied the fugitive entry into their crumbling empire but allowed him to sneak back into China undetected, is a plot twist worthy...
Ginny steeled herself for the summer. Now that her numbness had lifted, she could finally focus on the mounds of paperwork that needed her attention. The deadline to apply for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, a topic she does not discuss with Hilary, was weighing on her. But there...
From his refuge in Afghanistan, bin Laden began issuing "declarations of jihad" against America for "occupying" the holy land of Saudi Arabia. In 1998 he ordered followers to "kill the Americans and their allies, civilians and military...in any country in which it is possible." The principal target was the...
This 180-degree turn reflects desperation. Since the rebirth of democracy some 50 years ago, no German government has sought refuge in nationalist, let alone anti-American, rhe-toric. Even the Chirac government is (very) quietly signaling Washington that it would go along in a war against Iraq - if also...