Word: roughness
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...been a rough few weeks for Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai. Violence in his insurgency-wracked nation reached new levels on Aug. 18 when the Taliban attacked French troops belonging to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) just 30 miles (50 km) from the capital Kabul; 10 Frenchmen died and another 21 were wounded. The next day, militants massed against one of the biggest U.S. bases in the country, launching a coordinated attack that included six suicide bombers. Just a week earlier, militants had killed three foreign aid workers and their Afghan driver, prompting international aid missions to reconsider...
...example, have yet to be discovered. Russia has said that Georgian government troops and militia had begun ethnic cleansing when they tried to retake the breakaway region, and South Ossetian Interior Minister Mikhail Minzayev has estimated 2,100 dead. (Western journalists in the area have come up with rough estimates of 500 to 600 dead.) Gogia said the South Ossetian and Russian claims of more than 1,000 dead are "inflated, exaggerated. There is no way to say a genocide take place. If there were 2,000 dead, we would have 6,000 wounded, and we have seen nothing like...
...battled the demons of doubt. A day after his disappointing 100m sprint (he failed to qualify for the finals), Gay sat down with TIME's Sean Gregory near the Bird's Nest. At some points visibly despondent, at other moments upbeat, Gay revealed the stumbling blocks on his rough road to Beijing...
...been a rough year so far for religion on the campaign trail. During the primary season both candidates had to distance themselves from, and ultimately condemn, religious supporters who delivered embarrassing and intolerant sermons. Both face skepticism from key blocs of religious voters. Saturday's forum provides an opportunity for the two candidates to reassure the faithful - or it could provide further ammunition for their critics...
...Some Taiwan people tell us that you are not bold and decisive enough, that you are too nice a guy for the rough and tumble of Taiwan politics. I admit I'm a nice guy, but I'm not just nice. I'm also bold and decisive. Otherwise I could not have done so much in 21/2 months...