Articles tagged with "political uprisings"
Switzerland
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 |
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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]
Bangladesh
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Elections here are usually accompanied by violence, and trouble has already come even though the next election won’t be held until mid-2001. A bomb at a political rally in Dhaka... [Read this entry]
Ecuador
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Economic policies including a 100 percent fuel price hike and 75 percent increase in transport fees have prompted strikes, demonstrations and roadblocks around the country, especially near the towns of... [Read this entry]
Thailand
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Travel near the Burmese border in the provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son should be undertaken with caution. The Burmese army shelled the border town of... [Read this entry]
Bangladesh
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Three European engineers working on a Danish road project in the southeastern part of the country were kidnapped Feb. 16 in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Their abductors, believed to be... [Read this entry]
Mexico
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Subcommander Marcos and a band of Zapatista rebels have embarked on a 2,000 mile journey to Mexico City as a way to raise the profile of their cause and put... [Read this entry]
Indonesia
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Ethnic violence between indigenous Dayaks and Mardurese migrants flared again in central Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. More than 200 died in the port city of Sampit and thousands... [Read this entry]
England
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
A car bomb attack at the BBC Television Center in London prompted authorities to increase anti-terrorist measures. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Real IRA, an... [Read this entry]
Fiji
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
The interim government that came to power in the aftermath of last May’s ethnic coup was declared invalid by the high court, throwing the country’s political future into uncertainty. Further... [Read this entry]
Burundi
By Larry Habegger | May 30th, 2001 | Add a Comment »
Fighting between Hutu rebels and government forces has been raging for more than two weeks in Bujumbura, the capital. A curfew is in effect from 8 p.m. to dawn. The... [Read this entry]
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