Articles tagged with "political uprisings"
Northern Ireland
By Larry Habegger | June 12th, 2001 |
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The June 7 election in the UK gave Tony Blair’s Labor party a resounding victory but in Northern Ireland it has raised worries about the progress of peace plans in... [Read this entry]
China
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Security has been intensified in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square following the attempted self-immolation of five people on the eve of Chinese New Year. The protest, in which one person died and... [Read this entry]
Solomon Islands
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
A peace agreement between warring ethnic groups was signed in October, but conditions are still tense because weapons are plentiful and the police force is essentially powerless to confront former... [Read this entry]
Indonesia
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Supporters of embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid staged protests in numerous cities in east and central Java and blocked the coastal road in north Java Feb. 12, causing heavy congestion. Many... [Read this entry]
Croatia
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Some 100,000 people rallied in Split Feb. 11 to protest the government’s attempt to arrest a suspected war criminal who is viewed by war veterans and right-wing opposition leaders as... [Read this entry]
India
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Ethnic tensions could flare up again over the site in Ayodhya that caused Hindu-Muslim hostilities in 1992. At that time, Hindu nationalists incited followers to destroy a mosque and begin... [Read this entry]
France
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Strikes that shut down roads and public transit are common here, and now the cattle dealers have got into the act. A short strike Jan. 8 shut down the Peripherique... [Read this entry]
India
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Hopes for peace in Kashmir are increasing. The first village elections in more than 20 years proceeded peacefully, with high voter turnout, in some places as much as 80 percent.... [Read this entry]
Tanzania
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Political tensions persist in Zanzibar and Pemba islands, and recently a group calling itself the Freedom Fighters of Tanzania issued a statement threatening violence against the embassies of Western countries... [Read this entry]
Switzerland
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos January 25-31, and like similar conferences held by international organizations, the WTO in Seattle, IMF in Washington, D.C., and IMF/World Bank in... [Read this entry]
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