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Such systems are particularly attractive to governments troubled by civilian unrest. Guatemala, where death squads have been linked to hundreds of extrajudicial executions and "disappearances," purchased computer surveillance software from Israel in the early 1980s. Within the next few weeks, Taiwan is expected to award contracts worth $270 million for its own "residential-information system." Among the bidders: Unisys, Digital Equipment Corp...
...fair, it could have been worse, as it has been elsewhere. The recent fall of governments in Liberia and Somalia invited spasms of bloodletting that make the tumult in Ethiopia look like a tiff between friends. Still, the unrest in Addis Ababa laid bare the factional divisions that continue to plague Ethiopia, a country that has 70 ethnic groups and at least as many different languages. Holding together the country, or what remains of it, will be as daunting a task for the new regime as it was for the fallen...
Early in his career as a Harvard administrator, Bok became known for his skillful handling of student protesters. He is frequently credited with having helped calm the campus unrest of the 1960s and early 1970s...
...carrying spears is a cultural right. Last week, in a bid to halt political violence, President F.W. de Klerk secured an arms-control agreement with Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. Henceforth, the spear will be added to the government's list of dangerous instruments that are banned in areas where unrest occurs...
Terror is back in style in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Gone are those brief days after the war when, with Saddam looking totally vulnerable, open dissent as well as outright rebellion flared. With the unrest now almost fully suppressed, dreams of a new regime in Iraq have given way to the old hopelessness and fear. Saddam promises democracy and greater freedom of expression, but the Iraqi people expect only despotism. Asked about anti- Saddam demonstrations in March, a Baghdad taxi driver replies, "You cannot ask such questions in this country. If I talk to you, the police will come...