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...Harvard, discourse surrounding the U.S. military is awash with issues such as President Bush’s foreign policy, the war in Iraq, military recruitment on campus and the Solomon Amendment. While these dialogues are important to promoting political engagement, these policy debates can splinter the unity of the Harvard community. Similar to the growing partisanship in Washington, it is apparent from the current ideological warfare among students that Harvard seems to be following suit. But in celebration of Veteran’s Day, which coincides with the recent U.S. troop death toll in Iraq reaching...
When asked about the possibility of partitioning Kosovo, Tadic voiced strong opposition to the idea, saying that it was important for the region to unify, not splinter...
That task will fall largely to Gerry Adams, who has led the group's political arm, Sinn Fein, as it evolved into Northern Ireland's largest nationalist party, aided by an I.R.A. cease-fire over most of the past decade. But Adams' effort will be difficult if splinter groups keep up the violence. "Nothing has changed," a member of a splinter group told TIME. "There is still a British presence that has to be removed." The I.R.A. will need to show the same determination to keep the peace as it once displayed to wage the war. --By Chris Thornton. With...
...party in Northern Ireland, with 24 seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly. And they have gradually become an influential political force in the Irish Republic, too, where they even threaten Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's hold on working-class North Dublin. But there's also a risk that splinter groups could keep the violence going. "Nothing has changed," a defiant source from the Continuity I.R.A. told Time. "There is still a British presence that has to be removed." To counter that threat, I.R.A. members will need to show the same determination to keep the peace as they once displayed...
...last Friday, the civilized world was thus given yet another reminder of its vulnerability at the hands of suicidal terrorists, of the lethal instability that emanates from the Middle East and, finally, of life's terrifying fragility. Responsibility for the attacks was claimed by a dissident Palestine Liberation Organization splinter group. The assaults touched off widespread debate about possible motives, about the Likelihood of Israeli retaliation, and about whether the massacres could have been prevented in the first place...