Word: treasonable
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...latest furor was ignited when Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman told the Austrian magazine profil that the Sudeten Germans were "Hitler's fifth column." "According to Czech laws," Zeman said, "many Sudeten Germans committed treason, a crime which at that time was punishable by death. If they were expelled or transferred, it was more moderate than the death penalty." The reaction from neighboring countries was swift. "Zeman's statement filled me with consternation," responded Edmund Stoiber, the conservative candidate for German Chancellor in the September elections. Stoiber is premier of Bavaria, where many Sudeten Germans settled, and his wife...
...this week's presidential election, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change was cautioned by police over allegations that he had plotted to murder 78-year-old leader Robert Mugabe, though Mugabe told visiting South African officials that Tsvangirai has not been charged with treason. In a confusing legal skirmish, one court overturned a law that disenfranchised many Zimbabweans, including expatriates, only to have the law reinstated later by another court. Mugabe's ZANU-PF party said it would accept any outcome of the election...
...resulted in 16 political murders last month, according to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum. He has assembled militias, allegedly composed of war veterans, and used them to expropriate farmland from white Zimbabweans. In the past week, Mugabe’s government has even accused the leading opposition candidate of treason...
...closely and there was still that thing with the Canadian pairs and, well, they were in fifth place overall and someone had to answer to Putin. (Or so speculated a Russian journalist at the press conference where Russia aired its many grievances. The journo was hooted down for treason by a team official...
...closely and there was still that thing with the Canadian pairs and, well, they were in fifth place overall and someone had to answer to Putin. (Or so speculated a Russian journalist at the press conference where Russia aired its many grievances. The journo was hooted down for treason by a team official...