Word: separatist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are those at Harvard and elsewhere who oppose the study of ethnicity, calling it separatist and unnecessary. Frankly, these people's opinions are ridiculous. The study of ethnicity is valuable for clearing up many misperceptions and stereotypes about ethnic groups, and would help eradicate some of the discrimination faced by minorities in our society...
VENICE: Six armed separatists took over the bell tower in St. Mark's Square for a few hours early Friday morning to proclaim independence for Venice. Although the group had brought enough supplies for a long stay in the tower, they barely had time to hang out a banner proclaiming their new "Serenissima Repubblica," as the old Venetian republic was called, before police forces scaled the 350-foot building and hauled the men away. Two other separatists were arrested in a mock armored car positioned in the square. No one was injured in the raid. The Northern League, a separatist...
FORT DAVIS, Texas: Police continued their blockade of the remote Davis Mountains community even after two hostages were released by members of the Republic of Texas separatist group. Richard McLaren, who calls himself the group's ambassador and an unknown number of others remain inside the development of tiny 1 to 5 acre 'ranchettes' in mountains 175 miles southeast of El Paso along with some 150 residents. Warrants are being drafted for at least three members who started the standoff on Sunday when they allegedly took Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe hostage. The couple was freed early Monday after police...
MADRID: The Basque separatist organization ETA struck for the third time in less than 24 hours Tuesday, killing a high-profile businessman and adding to fears that a new wave of separatist violence is in the offing. As mourners in Madrid and Granada commemorated the victims of two earlier slayings, a gunman shot Francisco Arratibel in the Basque city of Toloso during a carnival celebration. Arratibel had admitted earlier that he served as a go-between for citizens kidnapped by ETA and said that he was still on their hit list after surviving two previous assassination attempts. His murder came...
GROZNY, Russia: The new president of Chechnya is a military man and separatist war hero--and also a political pragmatist who may be the republic's only chance at winning independence. Aslan Maskhadov, 45, has 63 percent of the vote with about 90 percent counted; official results are expected today. Maskhadov masterminded the daring offensive last August to retake Grozny and bring the Russians to the peace table. He negotiated the deal that made Monday's elections possible. But the Chechens' overwhelming choice of Maskhadov over rival Shamil Basayev, a young rebel leader, shows political savvy in equal parts...