Word: shied
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Pity poor Yemen. Three armed conflicts are being fought in the nation that hugs the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula: there is a separatist insurgency in the south and a fight between the mostly Sunni government forces and Shi'ite rebels in the north, while in the east, home of Osama bin Laden's ancestors, the local affiliate of his network is plotting to undermine the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh...
...least eight people were killed and hundreds more arrested in the most violent antigovernment protests in Iran since those that followed June's disputed presidential election. Authorities accused foreign governments of backing the demonstrations, which were held as Iran marked the major Shi'ite holiday of Ashura. Among those killed was 43-year-old Ali Mousavi Khamane, nephew of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi...
Pakistan's minority Shi'ite community was rocked by a suicide attack on a religious procession in Karachi during the holy festival of Ashura. The Dec. 28 bombing, which killed at least 40 people, was the third in a week to target Shi'ites. Sunni extremist groups were accused of orchestrating the attack, and government officials have asked Shi'ite clerics to delay upcoming processions for safety reasons. Critics of President Asif Ali Zardari pointed to the events as evidence of his inability to combat increasing sectarian violence in the country...
...heart of Shi'a Islam is a 1,400-year-old passion play of political succession: the hero is Hussain, grandson of the Prophet; the villain is Yazid, the usurper of the Caliphate; and each year on the holy day of Ashura, their bloody conflict is re-enacted as a Shi'ite cri de coeur. Iran, the pre-eminent Shi'ite nation, commemorated Ashura amid its own power struggle. Tens of thousands took to the streets, chanting, "We are the army of Imam Hussain ... supporters of Mir-Hossein." Hussain had become Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the declared loser in last June...
...violence that broke out during the protest on Dec. 27 - the mourning day of Ashura, the most sacred date on the Shi'ite calendar - was seen by many experts as a possible turning point in the increasingly bitter struggle between the hard-line regime and the opposition green movement. Not only was it the first time that security forces opened fire had on protesters since last June's election sparked the mass antigovernment demonstrations, but the protesters also took unprecedented risks, attacking police with rocks and other weapons and leaving their faces uncovered. (Read "Iran's Hard-Liners...