Word: war-torn
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RETURNED. MOHAMMED ZAHIR SHAH, 87, former King of Afghanistan; to his country, for the first time since being deposed 29 years ago; to open a national council that will choose a new transitional government in June. In his emotional homecoming, during which he visited his assassinated father's war-torn grave, Zahir Shah said, "I want to serve the people of Afghanistan...
...explicit coercion has been replaced by implicit threats. The majority of the 500,000-strong Sri Lankan Tamil community abroad backs peace. But some?among them generous donors?oppose it, fearing a settlement would threaten their ability to win permission to settle abroad as embattled refugees from a war-torn land. "There are many who arrived in recent years and their applications for citizenship are still pending," says Charles Antonidaz, a British Tamil who has lived in London for 10 years, adding he knows some new arrivals who are "terrified" by the prospect of an end to war...
...ultimate victory that America—and the world—could enjoy in this presently war-torn region is a solid and lasting peace. We should strive for diplomacy, as well as caution, in order to protect the world from a trigger-happy president and a debatable imperative that will only cost more lives—both American and Arab...
...half of those with the disease will die in five to nine months unless they get help—and the war-torn country is hardly equipped to deal with this epidemic...
Heading into Afghanistan, Goldfeld had a battle plan similar to the one she used in her work in another war-torn country—Cambodia...