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... Curriculum" (pdf) has been translated into six languages, including Farsi and Arabic, and its online "canvasopedia" features sections on nonviolent "weaponry" such as sit-ins and strikes. While he and ...
... “enormous weapons arsenal” of the Ampatuan clan and that “fear grips residents near the site, preventing them from speaking out.” Text: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/world/asia/04phils.html?ref=asia ...
... They said they were looking for weapons. That, and the violent crackdowns on pro-Zelaya rallies, seemed anachronistic. Latin America had supposedly left repression behind in the 1980s and embraced progressive ...
... the June vote, as Web users posted minute-by-minute updates and amateur video on sites like Twitter and Facebook. Revolutionary Guard chief Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, whose forces were the most potent weapon ...
... author of the blog Generación Y, which regularly criticizes the ruling system. ``The Cuban authorities are using brute force to try to silence Yoani Sanchez's only weapon: her ideas,'' said José Miguel ...
... valuable piece of real estate known as the Washington Post’s op-ed page, Nir Boms hailed Facebook as the latest weapon against authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. “Facebook,” he claimed, “is quickly ...
Every Friday, Mohammed Khatib's forces assemble for battle with the Israeli army and gather their weapons: a bullhorn, banners - and a fierce belief that peaceful protest can bring about a Palestinian ...
8. Zimbabwe: 'Slow Boat to China'
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... port. "Slow Boat to China is pointing out to [President Robert Mugabe] that getting a shipload of weapons isn't the best way to resolve conflict in your country," says Booysen. "I was happy that the Durban ...
... cutoff comes as the United States is negotiating directly with Iran about its nuclear program, which many Western governments believe is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. It's the first such contact ...
... its thinking has evolved as it has sought wider acceptance. It renounced violent tactics in 2001. In 2003, at the United States’ urging, it proclaimed neutrality in the Iraq war and turned over its weapons ...
... his sermon, Khamenei said the West knows that "it's not true" that Tehran is seeking nuclear weapons, and that the allegations are "part of an Iranophobia that controls the behavior of these arrogant governments." ...
... the video to the network. This one scene represents the future of authentic journalism; a citizenry armed with its "weapons" (in this case a cell phone camera) and a will to break the information blockades. ...
... symbols became the most powerful weapons.  ...
... that the Islamic Republic had granted inspectors access to sensitive research sites but has continued to stonewall efforts to examine past nuclear research that is alleged to be weapons-related.  ...
... read by his reformist colleagues, who are on trial charged with organizing a soft revolution. And a senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards denied that members of the Basij militia had used weapons ...
... by their own paranoia, the less strategically and tactically effective its actions turn out to be. A paranoid movement always loses its most powerful weapon: it’s connection to, and support from, the people. ...
... precious stones as well. Other governments see opportunities for trade. The Burmese junta embarked a few years ago on a modernisation plan for its armed forces, and has bought the weapons to equip them, ...
... the 2004 rebellion that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. A U.N. peacekeeping spokeswoman said demonstrators fired weapons and threw rocks at Nepalese peacekeepers as the troops removed barricades ...
... over the June 28 coup remained stalemated. "I am not forming any armed military force, although I have the means to do it because I come from a state where there are weapons everywhere," Zelaya, ...
... their weapons to overthrow the democratically elected government that they were supposed to protect. This military coup shows the importance of implementing security sector reform to guarantee that armed ...
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