Word: separatists
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...This month, the Bhutanese army went into battle for the first time, attacking 30 camps inside the country's southern border occupied by 3,000 separatist guerrillas from the Indian state of Assam. Simultaneously, the Indian army sealed its side of the frontier. (Some rebels also help smuggle weapons and people from China and Southeast Asia to insurgencies in the region.) By late last week, 92 guerrillas and 37 Bhutanese soldiers were reported killed in clashes, and hundreds of guerrillas, including some senior leaders, had been captured. Bhutan is apparently preparing for a sustained campaign. The King's 19-year...
...fleet of toxic U.S. Navy "ghost ships" after a high court judge ruled that the license awarded to dismantler Able UK was invalid. The fate of four ships already in the U.K. was unclear. Blow to ETA FRANCE Police arrested four suspected members of the Spanish Basque separatist group ETA, including its alleged military leader and chief of logistics, in the southwestern village of Lons. All four were placed under formal investigation on suspicion of having links with a terrorist organization. Spanish Interior Minister Angel Acebes said ETA had been "decapitated" - a claim officials have made before. Surprise Setback GERMANY...
...Chen might never have won the presidency in 2000 if China had not branded him a "dangerous separatist" whose election would bring war to the Taiwan Strait. Taiwanese, tired of China's bellicose rhetoric, rallied around him. But this time, until the referendum issue erupted, Beijing had deliberately held its fire. That, coupled with a steady drop in Chen's popularity over the years, apparently forced the President to seek a fresh squabble with China. "China is a useful enemy for Chen," says Su Chi, a senior policy adviser to the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party. "It's a scarecrow...
...police were once an integral part of the military, and parts of the force were notorious for being heavy-handed. Brimob, for example, has been accused by human-rights groups of committing abuses in recent years in provinces such as Aceh and Papua, where the authorities are battling separatist rebels. In an attempt to restore their responsibility for internal security, the police were hived off from the military three years ago, a move Washington supported. By providing advanced weapons and training, however, the U.S. is sparking concern that the police might use them for more questionable purposes. "If you give...
...This might well have been more directed at Israel than Turkey," says the diplomat. - By Andrew Purvis and Pelin Turgut Peace Dividend FRANCE The National Liberation Front of Corsica-Combatants Union - the island's main separatist rebel group - unexpectedly announced a unilateral cease-fire. Other groups trying to form a joint list of nationalist candidates for regional elections in March had called for an end to violence. Dissolving Democracy SERBIA-MONTENEGRO The beleaguered government of Serbia, weakened by infighting and allegations of corruption, dissolved its parliament and called elections for December, a year early. The third attempt in just over...