Word: warriors
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...secret military training. In the 1980s, Washington fueled Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion by passing billions of dollars of covert aid to mujahedin fighters. Once the Soviets pulled out, the mujahedin turned on one another, and the country descended into civil war. When the Taliban--a band of warrior students--swept into Kabul five years ago, it imposed a ruthless Islamic rule. It brought peace to the city, but the world was outraged by its practices, including public executions and a ban on work for women and schooling for girls. Music, TV and photographs were prohibited, and men were...
...thrust upon Powell's staff, and he thought it was good politics not to protest too much. A few he actively blocked, like a Rumsfeld protEgE pushed for ambassador to NATO. Others languish in confirmation limbo. But some made it inside, and stir up trouble for him, like Star Warrior John Bolton in the powerful position of Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Powell insists he had a "free hand" to pick from nominations. "Where we had a meeting of the minds, and the person and I looked like we could work together well, I made...
...movie's four "friends" were still obligatory. The film has sold more than 8 million tickets, making it Korea's biggest blockbuster ever. The most anticipated new releases are Little Match Girl, which generated interest at Cannes this year although the script wasn't even finished, and Musa (The Warrior), a big-budget epic set in China and featuring mainland actress Zhang Ziyi. (Musa opens in Korea this week...
...Forced out of the forest and into the baking sunlight of the logging road, the confident warrior has transformed into a weak and confused old man. He has put on a purple T shirt and blue shorts to hitch a ride with his wife Iot in a pickup truck to get some medical help. Usually voluble, Along falls silent, his face clenched in anxiety as they approach town. Now and then he inquires aloud whether there is any cash to pay for the hotel and the doctor. Along has no money; he never does. That...
...reforms, was the biggest Hong Kong grosser since The Storm Riders in 1998. Help!!! (it was a big summer for punctuation), a hospital drama, mixed cynicism and sentiment in crowd-pleasing proportions. For New Year they offered the gorgeous, frantic, virtually all-girl Wu Yen, with Cheng as a warrior, Cecilia Cheung as an elfin enchantress and Anita Mui as both a King and his grandfather; it was the season's second-highest grossing film. Then came Love on a Diet, a romance about two grossly obese people determined to lose weight. It encased Lau and Cheng in bulbous makeup...