Word: protested
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...China, the story revolves around Ying Zheng (Li Xuejian), whose grandiose ambition to unify the states into one massive, centralized entity is both truly visionary and tragically misdirected. Though (debatably) well-intentioned, Ying Zheng resorts to more and more extreme acts of violence to achieve his goals. In protest of his increasing brutality, Lady Zhao (Gong Li), Ying Zheng's childhood friend and long-time lover, announces that she is leaving him. Ying Zheng manages to convince her that the bloodshed he has incurred is only necessary in creating a lasting period of peace--until it becomes obvious that...
...Friday it was the mothers, and on Saturday, seemingly everybody else in Havana took to the streets to protest Elian Gonzalez's continued residence in Miami. Despite the demonstrations, and the mounting frustrations in Cuba (father Juan Gonzalez didn't make any friends by going on Nightline to tell of his desire to take a rifle to those who were blocking his son's return) the case is far from a resolution, especially now that House Republican Whip Tom DeLay has vowed to introduce legislation granting the six-year-old U.S. citizenship...
...Apart from sparing Ocalan, the E.U. factor may also help the Turkish leaders who oppose the execution prevail over their ultra-nationalist coalition partners. But not without some political cost, as was underlined on Thursday when two relatives of soldiers slain by Kurdish rebels attempted self-immolation in protest against the government's decision. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit opposes the death penalty, and believes executing Ocalan is not in Turkey's interest. Pro-government newspapers have warned in recent days that killing the rebel leader could reignite a wave of terrorism that has subsided since the imprisoned Ocalan called...
...school students participated in the mlee and were consequently expelled from school. Their participation in the rioting is not in dispute--in fact, it was captured on video tape--and if it were not for one entirely incidental detail, there just punishment would probably have been carried out without protest. Unfortunately for Decatur school officials, the students they expelled happen to be black...
...over the world, because the Chechens appear to have some very angry friends. Four rocket-propelled grenades slammed into the Russian embassy in downtown Beirut, Monday, killing two policemen and recalling that city's heyday as the mayhem capital of the Middle East. The attacks followed weeks of protest by local Islamic militants against Russia's military campaign in Chechnya, which the U.S. warned Sunday could become an albatross around the neck of acting President Vladimir Putin if he's unable to find an exit strategy...