Word: statehooder
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...pointing at us, yelling, 'You're Arab! You did this to us, and what, now you're here to save lives?' It was like a knife in my heart." Adds Alian, "On the Israeli side, human lives are being lost, and the Arab side is demanding rights for statehood. I'm caught in between, angry and frustrated. All I can do is focus on my training and try to keep the wounded from dying...
...historic roots of polygamy in the region too have often made trying polygamy cases difficult and sensitive. Utah, a state founded by the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints - Mormons - rejected polygamy in the 1890s as it bid for statehood and now "wants to live down" the image. Says Gale, "Generally, Mormons believe it is a taboo subject." By making the case focus on child and domestic abuse laws, prosecutors avoided the touchy topic...
...Mormonism, teaching that men would be exalted in heaven by marrying multiple wives on earth. In 1890, after years of penalties, persecution and seizure of church property, a new divine revelation inspired church leaders to reject the practice--which, among other things, paved the way for Utah's statehood. But traditionalist Mormons thought the church was selling out and established their own fundamentalist sects, which continued the practice even as the larger church condemned...
...late August, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte declared Chen's proposal "a mistake." The State Department has regularly said the U.S. opposes Taiwan's membership in international organizations that require statehood, including the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Negroponte called the vote a step towards "a declaration of independence," urging Taiwan's leaders to "behave in a responsible manner." The referendum, scheduled to take place alongside presidential elections in March, will ask voters whether the island should join the U.N. under the name Taiwan. It's a provocative moniker: unlike previous applications under its official name...
...which was created in 1994 as an interim body for Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories as a prelude to statehood, is now in shambles. After years of single-party rule by Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, the PA became a paragon of corruption and mismanagement. Hamas won control of the PA's legislature and government in democratic elections of January 2006, prompting a Western boycott of much of the Authority. And after the short, sharp civil war in Gaza in June, Palestinians now have in effect two rival governments - one run by the Islamist militants of Hamas...