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...Okello forged a firm alliance with Basilio Olara Okello, the brigade commander who led the coup. The two men are related but are both members of the Acholi tribe. It was the belief that Obote discriminated against the Acholis and favored officers from his own Lango tribe that helped spark the coup. The general's greatest challenge will be to win the backing of the National Resistance Army, a guerrilla group led by former Defense Minister Yoweri Musevni, which was at the forefront of the struggle against Obote. "Forming a military government without Musevni means it cannot last," says...
...death by four unidentified blacks as she was about to enter her home outside Durban. Black leaders blamed the government, while the authorities said the slaying was the result of a split between the U.D.F. and the followers of Zulu Chief Gatsha Buthelezi. Whatever the truth, the murder helped spark the rioting that burst across Natal last week...
...face it, the Sox played an April game. Wells looked like a 90-year-old fat guy with no evident desire to be pitching on a cold, raw night. Everyone in the lineup seemed to hit into a double-play or two. There was precious little spark in the World Champs, I felt, on the first day of their defense...
...cover. By inviting the public to choose which projects should come first, Jiang says, he avoids not only "the headache of having to guess what the people want," but also the perception that he might have chosen particular projects because of kickbacks. What's more, overhauls like these often spark social instability, with angry locals objecting to the relocation of their homes or the confiscation of their farms. A day after Zeguo's debate, thousands of citizens in Huaxi, 100 km away, rioted over chemical plants they claim are polluting the town. "That kind of thing doesn't happen...
Despite Haggis’s claims to the contrary, many may say the film falls prey to an overly neat ending, never really capitalizing on the spark and vitriol which is abundant earlier on. Nevertheless, Haggis accomplishes his goal of making “Crash” stay in your consciousness long after you’ve left the parking lot. And there wasn’t even a single three...