Word: nationalist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more offhand and random the brutality of the Serb rulers, the stronger the support for the emerging nationalist K.L.A. The Vojnik uprising looks like the start of a bloody, protracted guerrilla war that could spill over into the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, where 350 American troops are stationed and where ethnic Albanians also seek independence...
...along with almost 80 other international pacts covering everything from a nuclear-test ban to a boundary agreement between the U.S. and Cuba. And, as shown by the defeat of major free-trade legislation last month, Congress seems less inclined than in the past to join international movements. The nationalist passions reflected in the candidacies of Ross Perot and Pat Buchanan have sunk deep into Republican politics: just before Congress adjourned this year, it refused to pay $1 billion in back dues to the U.N. or to contribute the $3.5 billion the International Monetary Fund was asking to help stabilize...
...King Fahd of Saudi Arabia laid low by a stroke, day-to-day policy decisions of the world's biggest oil producer are being made by Crown Prince Abdullah--the first future King of Saudi Arabia in recent times who doesn't speak English. "He's more of a nationalist and is seeking better relations with Iran," notes Zonis. Both Iran and Saudi Arabia are trying to figure out how to increase oil revenues. Experts believe they might strike a deal: Iran would cease all terrorist activity in Saudi Arabia; in exchange, the Saudis would work to raise oil prices...
...interview with The Crimson, McGuinness said that as a child, he watched British soldiers commit atrocities against Catholic citizens. According to McGuinness, this drove him to work for the Nationalist cause...
...British soldiers shot Desmond Beattie for his Nationalist activities and then carried his dead body around the streets of Derry where McGuinness grew up. McGuinness said he can still vividly recall the body riddled with bullets...