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...whose post-independence history has been dominated by Big Men, despots like Mobutu Sese Seko, ruler of Zaire for 32 years, who took the country as personal reward for "liberating" it. But it is also observed around the world. A tide of leftwing revolt in Latin America, China and Southeast Asia left much of the same sour legacy of totalitarianism. In India, the Gandhi family has towered over its democracy for 60 years. In the Middle East, after helping broker a historic peace deal with Israel in 1993, Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement quickly lapsed into authoritarianism and corruption...
...While the LTTE initially funded itself by robbing banks, Prabhakaran has been able to tap into the sympathy (and wallets) of Tamils living abroad, especially in India's southeast...
...Which is what we did for the rest of our trip. From Koh Kong, we moved on to Sihanoukville, a 3-hr. drive southeast. Sihanoukville, named after a former king, is billed as Vietnam's up-and-coming high-end resort town, but for now, it is more accurately described as a beach town for backpackers. Hostels are abundant here, and there are a couple of nice hotels where you can get rooms for $5 to $400, depending on your budget. We got the last room, a private bungalow, at the one real resort in town, the Sokha Beach Resort...
...Ankara, Obama will also hear from opposition leaders, including the country's only legal Kurdish party, whom the government refuses to engage with to address the grievances of the large and restive Kurdish minority based mostly in the southeast. Kurdish lawmakers say they will speak to the president about ending the conflict with the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which spills over into Iraq and is potentially destabilizing for the region, and more regional autonomy...
...consequence of the increasing proximity of animals and people: zoonotic diseases, which can pass back and forth between wildlife and human beings. Several major human diseases have originated in animals, including Ebola (which began among primates in Africa) and avian influenza (which started in wild and domestic birds in Southeast Asia, but has also infected big cats...