Word: rift
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...tanzanite. The stone, which is often likened to blue sapphire but is more brilliant with violet overtones, was discovered only 40 years ago, and geologists are convinced that it occurs in only one place in the world: Africa's Rift Valley, 25 miles from the base of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, in a little place called Merelani...
...shift Britain's Iraq strategy, announcing a planned reduction in troop levels by 1,500 over the coming months from some 7,100 at present, with the aim of pushing overall numbers below 5,000 by the end of the year. Answering unspoken accusations that this signaled a rift with Washington, Blair averred that these moves would be in tune with the new-minted policy of the Bush Administration and were "informed by Baker-Hamilton." The situation in southern Iraq "has never presented anything like the challenge of Baghdad" and had now reached a point in Basra - however battered...
...mild as those comments were, India's gossip page editors have pounced upon them as proof of the widening rift between Bollywood's reigning king and prince. In the past few days both actors have gone out of their way to say that they respect each other's work and remain friendly, but it somehow seems too late: like all the most ridiculous celebrity stories the Big B v. SRK brouhaha has taken on a life of its own. In a wonderful illustration of globalization's reach, even U.S. satirist Stephen Colbert has helped fuel the dispute by featuring Bachchan...
Imagine Leonardo DiCaprio publicly slamming Harrison Ford as too old, too last century, and Ford slapping back by questioning DiCaprio's acting abilities. A feud along those lines has gripped India over the past few weeks with newspapers and magazines breathlessly reporting the supposed rift between Bollywood screen legend Amitabh Bachchan, 64, and current heart throb Shah Rukh Khan, 41. Moviegoers here have long debated whether Khan will - or even can - take the place of Bachchan, who is one of Bollywood's most loved actors and is affectionately known as the "Big B." Last year when Khan starred...
...shared only by the political leadership (parliamentary and insurgent) of the Sunni minority. Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders alike protested loudly when the U.S. arrested Iranian security officials in the Kurdish city of Erbil. A more aggressive U.S. stance against Iran on Iraqi soil is likely to widen the rift between Washington and the Iraqi government...