Word: tribalized
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...spent shell casings, was identified as the prime suspect. However, the day after the shooting, he left the U.S. on a one-way ticket to Karachi. Soon he made his way to Quetta, Pakistan, capital of the province of Baluchistan, an area in which Kansi's Pashtun tribal clan has long exercised great political influence. Allegedly aided by family, friends and sympathizers, Kansi was initially hard to trace, and opportunities to apprehend him were nearly impossible to arrange. Locating and capturing Kansi became a high-priority project for FBI and CIA personnel in Pakistan, a rare joint venture...
...said New Mexico was the "cool summer state," but how could you not include Gallup in your story? Every August for the past 76 years, this community has celebrated the cultures of the indigenous people of North and South America by hosting the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. Gallup may have been forgotten, but you are forgiven. I am still proud to be an elected official in a state so steeped in history, cultural traditions, hospitable citizens and magnificent scenery. GEORGE GALANIS, Mayor Gallup...
...part of her fellowship agreement, Fineday will return to work in Minneapolis to work as a litigation director for a small non-profit firm. Fineday will also be working as a tribal judge at an American Indian reservation...
Mobutu has to be as surprised as everyone else. He was out of the country for cancer treatment last fall when thousands of Zairean Tutsi living in the southeast rebelled in the face of a tribal pogrom supported by Mobutu's army. Led by Kabila, who has been involved in uprisings in Zaire for 30 years, well-armed fighters not only halted the pogrom but swiftly overwhelmed the government forces in the region. Kabila's Tutsi-led forces kept right on winning, and are now poised to take over the whole country...
...access to suffering refugees. International aid agencies also accused his troops of participating in the slaughter that took place two weeks ago at Hutu camps where 80,000 refugees were huddled in rebel-held territory. More than 1 million Hutu fled into Zaire from Rwanda in 1994 after genocidal tribal warfare there, and an unknown number have been running ever farther west to escape Kabila's advancing Tutsi-led fighters. In recent weeks they have become the hapless victims of many attackers: Mobutu's retreating troops; Kabila's rebels; local Zaireans resentful of the aid the refugees were receiving...