Word: skirmishes
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...standoff is causing concern inside the Bush Administration too. A skirmish over Kashmir could easily accelerate into a broader war. The remote but frighteningly thinkable worst-case scenario would see the two sides escalate in stages to an exchange of nuclear weapons. But even short of that unlikely cataclysm, the seriousness of the dispute requires American diplomatic attention and threatens to affect Washington's war on terror, particularly as Pakistan moves troops away from its western border with Afghanistan to the Kashmir front. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is scheduled to visit India and Pakistan this week...
Relaxing at the Quincy House Grille Tuesday night a few hours after a skirmish with a member of the Untouchables, two members of MI6, Andrew J. Gartland ’04 and Brian T. Cantwell ’04, describe the events of last Saturday, their most exhilarating day yet in their battle against their rival group, the Untouchables...
...recently as March 12, Pentagon officials said the battle of Shah-i-Kot, the bloodiest skirmish in the five-month war, was winding down. But late last week, as TIME spent a day and a night with a team of U.S. special forces and their Afghan allies, it was very much alive. True, the U.S. force numbers are way down from the 1,000 or more who fought in the battle's first stage, and the bombing, though occasionally heavy, does not match the scale seen two weeks ago. But let there be no doubt: the enemy is still there...
...action may be the first time that an Asia-based website has been closed for violating movie copyrights. But it is likely to be just an inaugural skirmish in a protracted legal battle against online video piracy. Movie moguls might ask their colleagues in the music biz for a few pointers on this. For the past three years, record companies have been trying to turn back the rising tide of online music trafficking. Napster, the pioneering Web service that allowed computer users to share their libraries of MP3 tunes, lost a high-profile court case against the big record labels...
...presidential election, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change was cautioned by police over allegations that he had plotted to murder 78-year-old leader Robert Mugabe, though Mugabe told visiting South African officials that Tsvangirai has not been charged with treason. In a confusing legal skirmish, one court overturned a law that disenfranchised many Zimbabweans, including expatriates, only to have the law reinstated later by another court. Mugabe's ZANU-PF party said it would accept any outcome of the election...