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...Philippines: More Military Unrest...
...Philippines: More Military Unrest...
...Liberians asked, what took you so long? ECOMOG was meant to be the symbol of a new era. The intervention force, drawn from the armies of 15 West African nations, was first deployed in 1990 after the outbreak of civil war in Liberia. Since then, it has helped quell unrest in Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast. Washington points to it as an example of Africa helping itself, and over the past few years has trained Nigerian, Ghanaian and Senegalese battalions. But with around 1,300 troops in Ivory Coast, and West African soldiers in Congo as part...
...Yang Jianli, 39, scholar and pro-democracy activist arrested last April while allegedly trying to use someone else's passport to board a plane in Kunming, China; with espionage and entering the country illegally; in Beijing. Yang, a Chinese citizen with permanent U.S. residency, entered China to research labor unrest in the northeast...
...going to help rid us of the mullahs?" Advisers to Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei say he is genuinely worried about a possible U.S. attack. As a result, they say, he has ordered his fellow ayatullahs to refrain from using their influence with Iraqi Shi'ites to whip up unrest against U.S. troops. Iran's Foreign Minister last week denied charges that his country is trying to meddle in Iraq, saying U.S. officials are "looking for escape routes to justify their failure so far" to bring order to the country after...