Word: territoryes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
In the quiet fishing village of Rusimalae in Thailand's embattled southern region, an army camp lies empty. Following a bomb on Aug. 2 that killed a soldier, the Thai military abandoned the improvised base, erected by sappers building a school nearby. The gates now stand wide open, and the...
Thai officials tend to assume that their status is inherently legitimate, not understanding that such legitimacy must derive from active popular consent on the part of citizens. In Bangkok, Thaksin is in office but not in power. In the deep south, the Thai state holds official control, yet in practice...
Since becoming Afghan leader nearly five years ago, Karzai has been the face, voice and guiding spirit of the new Afghanistan, an urbane antidote to the depraved rule of the Taliban. In 2004, bolstered by billions of dollars in Western aid and the firepower of 18,000 U.S. troops, Karzai...
At 7 a.m., there was no aircraft, no TIME editor, in sight. Nor at 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. Casta?o couldn't wait any longer. The ambush on the leftist rebels hadn't gone exactly as planned, and he was in a hurry to evacuate his men. He would see...
I don't understand the many references to sectarianism. It seems to me that the war is more one of control of people and territory than of religion. If changing your name protects you from attack, then you can't tell your enemy by looking at him or even knowing...