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...Abrams during a congressional hearing ... 'Repeated reports of large-scale civilian massacres, forced starvation and impeded humanitarian relief operations indicate that Uganda has one of the most serious human rights problems in the world today' ... At one time known as the 'Pearl of Africa,' Uganda has been beset by tribal rivalries ever since it won its independence from Britain in 1962 ... Ugandan soldiers have destroyed villages and crops and herded civilians into detention camps in an effort, as Abrams put it, 'to dry up the civilian sea that the guerrillas swim in' ... Some analysts suspect that the army...
...capital, Rice met with five prominent Sunnis of different political leanings: Deputy President Ghazi al-Yawar, whose base is among tribal leaders; Deputy Prime Minister Abd Mutlaq al-Juburi, a former Baathist general under Saddam; Ala Makki, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Iraqi Islamic party, the largest Sunni political group; Dr. Hatem al-Mukhlis, a secular New York-based doctor and ally of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi; and Sheikh Adnan al-Janabi, a secularist tribal leader and expert on petroleum...
Over $80,000 was awarded last week to 14 Native American tribal initiatives by the Harvard-affiliated Honoring Nations awards program. The program—administered by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development—rewards tribal organizations for strengthening the schools, courts, and infrastructure of sovereign Indian tribes. The winning programs——seven of which received “High Honors” and a $10,000 grant——were selected from applicants representing 41 tribes and seven inter-tribal organizations, according to Honoring Nations Executive Director...
...Iraqi Army's Desert Protectors unit are from the al-Mahal tribe in the al-Qaim area. These men had fought against the Marines of 2/1 last year when U.S. forces first moved into the region. But after the Marines had left, the al-Mahal lost a tribal dustup with the Karabilah tribe, which had allied with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al Qaeda in Iraq group. So, the al-Mahal were kicked out of Huseybah and the jihadis moved in. Now, the al-Mahal are back helping their erstwhile enemies, the Marines, drive out their tribal foe-most...
DIED. GLADYS TANTAQUIDGEON, 106, medicine woman and oldest living Mohegan; in Uncasville, Conn. An expert on ancient-culture preservation, she collected tribal correspondence as well as old birth and marriage records that documented the tribe's history long after its reservation had disbanded. Her efforts helped boost the dwindling Mohegans into a federally recognized, 1,700-member tribe that now runs the successful Connecticut casino Mohegan...