Word: unionism
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...conventionalists gained the upper hand after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. Tens of thousands of Pakistanis charged across the border to aid their brothers in defending Islam, and Muslims around the world cheered the success of the mujahedin. The religious groups that backed jihad were given political prominence, and their coffers swelled with contributions and fees earned for training and supplying jihadis. The moderate religious groups who refused to sanction killing, even in the defense of Islam, were punished with political purgatory, from which they have yet to emerge...
...instead of stabilizing the Balkans, the creation of Europe's youngest state could be paving the way for future troubles. How things turn out largely depends on the European Union, which just decided to dispatch some 2,000 police officers, prosecutors and judges to Kosovo. Their goal, in essence, is to establish the rule of law in Kosovo so that the 15,000 NATO peacekeepers currently deployed there can go home. The E.U. must also keep an angry and frustrated Serbia on the path toward European membership, because that prospect is just about its only inducement to good behavior toward...
...Wisconsin, Obama constructed a sturdy coalition of Democrats and independents that could reshuffle the race in Ohio and Texas. Exit polls suggested that Obama continued to make strides against what had been Clinton's last line of defense until recently; they split evenly among female voters, voters in union households, voters with no more than a high school education and voters making less than $50,000 a year, while Obama carried men and independents by a rate of almost three...
...struggle to get along once the glow of the election victory fades. Bhutto and Sharif were longtime political foes, and it is no sure thing that the PPP and PML-N leaderships will be able to overcome that legacy - and the egos involved - and form a stable and workable union...
...bank. Lockheed Martin announced this week that it will supply six Super Hercules C130-Js to India in a deal worth $1 billion - a breakthrough that the U.S. hopes will open a floodgate of orders for its military hardware. During the Cold War, India relied on the Soviet Union for most of its arms, and Russia is still India's biggest supplier. Now U.S. companies want to cash in on closer political and strategic ties between America and India and grab a much bigger slice of India's defense spending...