Word: war-torn
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...Golden Triangle, the war-torn, drug-financed area encompassing the northern regions of Burma, Laos and Thailand, Khun Sa was both king and kingpin--the man the U.S. once called the world's largest heroin producer. In the '80s and '90s, when Burma produced three-quarters of the world's heroin, the charming, ruthless guerrilla leader fended off ethnic rivals to control some 75% of Burma's trade--as well as a cadre of brutal armies to cement his rule. He surrendered with amnesty to Burmese officials in 1996. Now the Golden Triangle grows just 5% of the world...
...Chad, following their Oct. 25 arrest while trying to airlift 103 children they claimed were Darfur orphans. A total of 16 European nationals will stand trial for involvement in a case that Chadian authorities initially condemned as an illegal money-for-adoption scheme praying on child refugees from war-torn Darfur. If convicted, the six French child aid workers could face 20 years of hard labor in the bizarre affair - which has created an atmosphere of suspicion and hostility towards other NGOs working to protect victims of violence in Darfur...
...benefit of the dignitaries and press, a marching band playing to empty streets. Military officials joked nervously about the possibility of venturing out of the secured area around Government Center to get a sense of the general turnout. American and Iraqi snipers poked above the tops of war-torn buildings for blocks in all directions. No one seemed to be taking any chances even as the event was being sold as a celebration of Ramadi's turnaround...
...small Harvard contingent joined 100 other marchers in Boston Common on Saturday afternoon to demand both immediate peace in northern Uganda and increased aid to the war-torn region...
...waiting for Iraq to heal its sectarian wounds, Baghdad is the wrong place to look. If reconciliation can happen anywhere, it may be in the country's war-torn margins, where some locals say they've had enough of the violence and are trying to come together around common goals with or without the central government's help...