Word: strife
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...Bush's reciprocal gesture can only hurt Blair. The PM's approval ratings have slumped, largely because of his decision to stand with Bush on Iraq. There aren't any weapons of mass destruction to vindicate Blair's key argument that Saddam Hussein was furiously producing them. Constant strife and death in Iraq are making the British public uneasy about Bush's competence and fearful that Britain's nearly 10,000 troops in Iraq will be killed in increasing numbers. (Twenty-three have died since Bush declared an end to major hostilities on May 1.) In a recent MORI poll...
...chronicler Patrick O’Brian, Master and Commander and the Far Side of the World, that make up the epic narrative. Despite being a bit of a mouthful, the title perfectly fits the movie, as it is an examination of leadership in times of danger and strife and an exploration of the sailors’ reactions to being in a mysterious place which, to them, is the far side of the world...
...decided to return to the negotiating table, offering new proposals on Friday for creating an autonomous governing body for the north and east of the country. Sore points persist: the LTTE claims that the Sri Lankan army still prevents thousands of Tamils who fled their towns during the strife from returning, and the government balks at the rebels' demand for control over the police and security forces of the country's north and east. But Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he wants to keep the peace talks going, and though decisions in the LTTE are ultimately made by its enigmatic...
Strongly bound together, the returning six have shown twice in just one season their capability for overcoming strife to attain their objective...
...purportedly told his hosts that he respected Mao Zedong, whose soldiers killed thousands of South Koreans when China entered the Korean War in late 1950. On policy issues he has repeatedly flip-flopped. Foreign businesspeople say they have no clue what he wants to do about labor-union strife, which has badly damaged the South's economy. He went to the U.S. earlier this year to pledge support for Washington's hard-line stance on North Korea, then backpedaled furiously on his return to Seoul to placate Korea's angry young anti-Americans. Roh has strained the U.S. alliance further...